Conservation
Saving an Elephant from a Snare
Earlier this month, our Ol Kinyei Conservancy rangers helped in the successful rescue of an elephant from a wire snare.
Following reports of the injured elephant, rangers rushed to the scene and found a 45-year-old adult male elephant with a wire snare wrapped around his right hind limb. The snare posed a risk of cutting into his flesh and causing an infection or even death.
Thanks to the combined effort of our resourceful rangers, the Mara mobile veterinary unit and the Mara Elephant Project, they managed to dart the elephant and swiftly remove the snare, ensuring no harm to the elephant’s soft tissues. Now liberated, this majestic creature can roam freely once more.
Wire snares are illegal traps set by poachers or farmers to catch wildlife for meat or to protect their crops. This human-wildlife conflict poses challenges, but our collective commitment to conservation prevails and we will continue to work together with the local communities, the authorities and other stakeholders to find sustainable and humane solutions that benefit both people and wildlife.