Dr. Erick Onsongo Attends to an Animal at the Animal Welfare Clinic in Diani Dr. Erick Onsongo Attends to an Animal at the Animal Welfare Clinic in Diani

50 Animal Welfare Cases Attended to in Two Months in Diani, Ukunda – Kwale County

The coastal town of Diani provides a wonderful terrestrial and aquatic home for hundreds of animal and plant species. Colobus Conservation, an organization that provides clinical treatment and care to sick, injured and orphaned primates and other animals.

The month of March and April was no different. A total of 50 animal welfare cases were attended to including colobus monkeys, a bushbaby, an African civet, baboons, vervet monkeys, Sunis, hare and sykes monkeys. The African civet was treated and transferred to another facility.

The team was able to treat a vervet monkey and release it back to the wild. An infant Sykes monkey was re-united with the mother and two (2) vervet monkeys were entered into long term rehabilitation.