SWT/KWS Shompole De-Snaring Report for August 2023

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DE-SNARING UNITS & ANTI-POACHING EFFORTS MONTHLY REPORT

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AUGUST 2023 MONTHLY SUMMARY: ALL UNITS

1717

47

370kg

5

22.9kg

Snares Lifted

Arrests

Bushmeat Confiscated

Vet Treatments

Ivory Recovered

In August the teams lifted 1717 snares including 35 bird traps, which seems to be becoming a more common poaching method in the Northern Area of Tsavo East. The teams made 47 arrests during the month including 23 bushmeat poachers, confiscating 370kg of bushmeat, most of which was bushbuck and eland meat. Other arrests included 7 livestock herders, 5 woodcarvers, 3 loggers, 1 fisherman, 1 charcoal burner and 3 trespassers. They also arrested 4 men for theft who were caught trying to steal solar panels and pumps from an SWT water project.

Other illegal activities the teams attended to included destroying 16 illegal livestock enclosures erected inside the parks and protected areas by herders. Destroying 26 charcoal kilns, 13 poachers’ hideouts and 14 other camps. The teams also discovered 4 elephant carcasses and recovered ivory weighing 22.9kgs, which was handed over to KWS for safekeeping.

August also saw the teams help the Veterinary Units with the treatment of 1 buffalo, 1 elephant, 1 lion and 2 zebras. The teams also responded to 2 bushfires, 3 cases of livestock predation, 1 problem hippo straying into a community area as well as 7 problem elephants.

In August the Yatta and Chyulu Mobile team were on annual leave whilst Chyulu, Dakadima, Galana Kulalu 2, Mobile North, Shompole, Sobo and Umbi teams worked part of the month. The rest of the teams were operating fulltime.

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MAP OF ALL UNIT’S PATROL ROUTES

MAP OF ALL UNIT’S ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES

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DAILY SITUATION REPORT MONTHLY SUMMARY – AUGUST 2023

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TOTAL SNARES COLLECTED – AUGUST 2023– All Teams

TOTAL ARRESTS MADE – AUGUST 2023- All Teams

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INDIVIDUAL TEAM REPORTS AUGUST 2023

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AUGUST 2023 SHOMPOLE TEAM (MOBILE) PATROL AREA: This is a mobile team operating in the Shompole Ecosystem.

DAYS ON DUTY: 12

SECURITY & INCIDENTS LIFTING SNARES 23/8/23

The Shompole team, which patrols in Naivasha and the Rift Valley, lifted a number of large snares from the park

SNARE BUFFALO 27/8/23

The team helps the vet unit treat a snared buffalo

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BUSHMEAT POACHERS 29/8/23

AUGUST 2023

The team arrests two bushmeat poachers in the park with snares

SHOMPOLE UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES

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