Bush meat hunting in Kenya is the single most threatening, illegal activity to wildlife conservation and management in the country. Kenya Wildlife Service and other authorities have declared that the demand for bush meat to supply commercial consumption is insatiable.

ANAW raises awareness about the devastating effects of bush meat hunting in critical wildlife dispersal areas near and outside of wildlife protected areas including community conserved areas. This is achieved through rescuing animals trapped with wire snares and injured by the same in various known hotspots for bush meat hunting in Naivasha and Nakuru environs, Machakos and Taita Taveta areas. ANAW and local stakeholders rescue giraffes, zebras, eland, impala and hartebeests among other wildlife trapped by wire snares while also mopping up substantial volumes of live and dead wire traps in the surveyed regions.

In addition, ANAW’s Biosafety project seeks to contribute to improving policy and legislative environment for sustainable agricultural practices in Kenya and elsewhere in the region. As a member of the Kenya Biodiversity Coalition, ANAW supports coalition activities to promote environmental health and the wellbeing of animals.