20-26 April 2026
This week: Rangers responded to several elephant crossings of the crop protection fence, fence attendants made repairs // Rangers prevented elephants from entering farms and crossing the crop protection fence in several instances // Rangers responded to elephant near settlements, no damage reported // Rangers halted farming activity in wetland and marked the mapped boundary // Joint monitoring of illegal development continued, with direction to decommission a 15 acre electric fence // Joint response to a lion carcass, vet completed postmortem, cause of death still unknown // Rangers responded to a report of injured zebra, search to continue
13-19 April 2026
This week: Rangers and partners followed up on illegal farming in a wetland and stopped further cultivation, monitoring to continue // Rangers responded to several incidents of elephants crossing the crop protection fence, fence attendants made repairs // Rangers recovered a poisoned arrow and 2 abandoned motorbikes in separate incidents, patrols to continue // Rangers halted vegetation clearing on a farm for lack of relevant documents // Rangers and partners responded to hippos near settlements, one was pushed away and another remained under monitoring.
06-12 April 2026
This week: Joint operations led to the arrest of 7 suspects in 3 incidents involving ivory, live terrapins and illegal forest produce // Joint compliance operations issued stop orders on 4 farms lacking relevant documents, turned back construction materials and removed illegal water pumping equipment from national park // Rangers responded to elephant crossing the crop protection fence in several instances, fence attendants made repairs // Rangers responded to repeated elephant incidents at a camp, pushed the elephant away and continued monitoring // Rangers assisted in the search for a missing child, who was later found safe and reunited with family
30 March-05 April 2026
This week: Rangers recovered 3 pieces of broken elephant tusks weighing 4.3kg // Rangers blocked heavy machinery and drilling equipment at the barrier in 2 incidents due to lack of relevant documents // Rangers located an injured elephant and continued monitoring after vet advice // Rangers responded to a lion incident that killed 1 cow and successfully calmed community members attempting retaliation // Joint operation led to the arrest of 1 suspect with python skin
23-29 March 2026
This week: Rangers located an injured elephant, treatment was unsuccessful and monitoring continues // Rangers and county officers halted unauthorized development and fencing activities in 2 incidents // Drone unit responded to elephant crop raids and prevented elephants from crossing the crop protection fence in several instances // Rangers responded to 2 separate lion conflict incidents, including one retaliatory hunt that was stopped // Rangers responded after 2 herders were injured by a predator and assisted with transport to hospital // Rangers recovered 7 snares in national park
16-22 March 2026
This week: Joint operations led to the arrest of 2 suspects in 2 incidents // Rangers responded to elephants crossing and attempting to cross the crop protection fence in several instances, pushed some back and repaired damage // Rangers responded to reports of fencing activities in several instances and halted work lacking relevant documents // Joint response to an elephant carcass led to the recovery of a tusk and postmortem confirmed natural death // Rangers and community members located a missing person and transported him home
09-15 March 2026
This week: Joint operation led to the arrest of 3 suspects with 2 pieces of elephant ivory weighing 6.1kg // Rangers responded to elephants crossing the crop protection fence in several instances // Rangers and drone unit pushed elephants away from farms and settlements in several incidents // Rangers recovered 3 broken pieces of ivory weighing 10kg // Rangers pushed 4 lions away from settlements // Rangers stopped fencing activity on a 42-acre parcel that lacked relevant documents // Rangers responded to a reported human-elephant encounter involving a motorbike rider, more to follow
02-08 March 2026
This week: Joint operation led to the arrest of 2 suspects with wild bird eggs // Rangers responded to elephants crossing the crop protection fence in several incidents, fence attendants made repairs // Rangers and drone unit prevented elephants from crossing into farms in several instances // Rangers responded to reports of crop raids in several incidents // Rangers responded to a report of an injured lioness, later found her moving well and reported condition okay // Rangers responded to a report of a farmer injured by an elephant and transported him to hospital // Rangers turned back a tractor at a roadblock
