The ANAW team in collaboration with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) vet team and the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust mobile vet unit responded to the emergency rescue of an adult male white rhino in Solio Ranch Conservancy, in Laikipia County.

In the month of February, seven animals were attended to: three (3) zebras, a white rhino, a lion, a greater kudu and an eland, in both Machakos and Laikipia Counties.

The lion was an adult male called Rooney that had sustained fight injuries and a broken tooth and the greater Kudu, an adult female, had a plastic lodged on its foot. Both were found in El Karama Ranch where they were darted, treated, revived and released to the wild to recover. The eland, an adult male, had been injured with a spear while one of the zebras was found with a snare on both his foot and neck.

One of the zebras had strayed into someone’s compound and fell into a deep hole in Konza Market, Machakos County. In a selfless collective act, the team and community members worked together to lift the zebra out of the hole and into a waiting land cruiser. A quick check-up was conducted to ensure it was okay and was later on released back into the wild.