Hours of trekking through the bushes of Soysambu Conservancy bore fruit when a team lifted eighteen live snares and 27 dead snares during the exercise. The group encountered a man with 210 kgs of bush meat in sacks and numerous snares. The man was immediately detained and arrested. The man gave information that led to netting of two motorcycles that they were to use to ferry the bush meat.

The team on patrol consisted of volunteers, officers and field guides from ANAW, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Soysambu Conservancy, Projects Abroad and Bweha Camp.

ANAW in partnership with the KWS Vet Section responded to two zebras with wire snares on the foot and neck at Soysambu Conservancy on 9th October, 2018. The rescue exercise continued the following day with few other wildlife spotted with snares in Naivasha area.

On 2nd November 2018 a team of ANAW & Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) embarked on a mission at Maanzoni Ranch, in Machakos County, to rescue two zebras after receiving a distress call from residents on the ground. One of the zebras had a snare around its neck; it was darted, treated and released back to the wild.

The second zebra had near-fatal wounds on its hind legs and a wire snare on its neck. It was darted and upon prognosis it was established it had a deep wound on its hind legs. The team cleaned and treated the wounds then released the zebra.

ANAW continues to work with KWS and other stakeholders to free these wildlife species from pain, injury and discomfort.

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