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

23 February - 01 March 2026
This week: Joint operation led to the arrest of 4 suspects in 2 incidents and recovery of illegal bushmeat and other materials // Rangers recovered 2 pieces of elephant tusks reported by a community member // Rangers responded to several reports of elephants crossing or attempting to cross the crop protection fence, fence attendants repaired multiple damaged posts and wires // Rangers pushed elephants away from farms and settlements in several instances, including crop raid responses // Rangers prevented elephants from crossing the crop protection fence in several incidents // Rangers pushed lions away from a boma // Rangers responded to a wildlife attack on a child, transported him to hospital where he was treated and discharged // Rangers assisted community members in search operations for missing persons // Report received of a sick elephant, teams informed and monitoring to follow.

16–22 February 2026
This week: Joint intelligence-led operations led to the arrest of 3 suspects for possession of ivory, illegal logging materials, and recovered 150kg of bushmeat, 52kg of sandalwood, 19 snares // Rangers recovered multiple snares during patrols // Rangers responded to several incidents of elephants crossing the crop protection fence, with multiple posts and wires damaged and repaired, and prevented further crossings in numerous instances // Rangers pushed elephants out of settlements and controlled crop raids in several cases // Rangers responded to human-wildlife conflict incidents involving hyena and leopard, injured persons were transported to hospital // Rangers halted illegal construction, drilling and ploughing activities, investigations ongoing.

09–15 February 2025
This week: Joint operation to monitor an injured elephant, follow-up ongoing // Rangers responded to multiple incidents of elephants crossing the crop protection fence, with fence attendants carrying out repairs in several cases // Rangers prevented numerous attempted crop raids and pushed elephants back to conservancies in multiple instances // Rangers responded to two separate incidents where elephants injured community members, both were transported to hospital for treatment // Joint operation tagged 2 juvenile martial eagles // Rangers responded to and investigated a suspected poisoned lion carcass, follow-up conducted // Rangers arrested a suspect in connection with an assault case and handed over to police // Rangers intercepted a lorry carrying construction materials at a roadblock // Rangers addressed illegal grazing inside a sanctuary area.

02–08 February 2026
This week: Joint operations led to the arrest of 2 suspects in separate incidents for possession of ivory and illegal logs // Rangers recovered 4 snares // Rangers responded to a snared lion incident; investigation ongoing // Rangers pushed elephants away from settlements, schools, lodges and boreholes in multiple instances // Rangers prevented numerous elephant crop raids and crossings of the crop protection fence, with fence attendants carrying out repeated repairs // Rangers responded to and contained a fire that burned approximately 4 acres // Rangers reunited an abandoned zebra foal with a herd // Rangers assisted in community search for a missing child, found safe.

26 January – 1 February 2026
This week: Joint operations led to the arrest of 13 suspects in 3 incidents for illegal activity, including illegal logging and land clearing // Rangers recovered 23 snares and 654.65 kg of illegal sandalwood // Rangers and partners responded to and managed multiple elephant incursions, preventing crop raids and repairing sections of the crop protection fence in several instances // Rangers assisted with partners and treated an injured elephant, with monitoring ongoing // Rangers responded to two fire incidents, which were contained // Rangers safely relocated a python from a farm // Rangers reunited an abandoned juvenile zebra and an abandoned juvenile wildebeest with their respective herds // Rangers responded to a lion attack that injured a child, supported medical response, and continued monitoring the area.

19–25 January 2026
This week: Joint operations led to the arrest of 3 suspects in separate incidents for trespassing, possession of illegal wildlife products, and illegal substances // Rangers and partners conducted elephant conflict mitigation, preventing or pushing back elephants in multiple incidents before crop raids and fence crossings // Fence attendants responded to fence incursions, repairing damaged posts, gates, and wires // Rangers responded to several crop raids // Joint teams searched for and safely reunited a missing community member.

12–18 January 2026
This week: Joint operations led to the arrest of 10 suspects in 4 incidents for illegal activities, including sandalwood, wildlife products, illegal tree cutting, and possession of bushmeat // Rangers and fence teams responded to multiple elephant incidents along the crop protection fence, preventing crossings, pushing elephants away from settlements and farms, and completing repairs // Rangers prevented several elephant crop raids and responded to incidents involving damage to fences and boreholes // Rangers recovered one elephant tusk weighing 6.6 kg handed in by a community member // Joint teams halted unauthorised fencing and grazing activities, with follow-up enforcement ongoing // Rangers and partners treated and monitored a sick buffalo calf // Rangers assisted the community in rescuing livestock and locating and reuniting a missing community member.

05–11 January 2026
This week: Joint operation recovered suspected illegal sandalwood, investigations ongoing // Joint intelligence-led operation led to the arrest of 2 suspects with python skins // Rangers responded to and managed multiple elephant incidents including crop raids, fence breaches, and elephants near settlements, with fence attendants carrying out repairs in several locations // Rangers and drone units prevented numerous elephant crop raids and crossings of the crop protection fence // Rangers responded to reports of elephant damage to community infrastructure including schools // Rangers responded to a poisoning incident with cross-border coordination and investigations ongoing // Rangers located 2 giraffe carcasses in separate incidents, investigations ongoing // Rangers responded to a report of a zebra entangled in a snare; the animal was later confirmed free and mobile // Rangers assisted community members in locating lost livestock and a missing herder // Rangers responded to reports of livestock injured by wildlife // Rangers continued routine patrols and monitoring following reports of unauthorized machinery access, with no illegal activity confirmed

29 December 2025 – 4 January 2026
This week: Joint operations led to the arrest of 2 suspects in separate incidents, including 1 with a live pangolin and 1 with elephant ivory weighing 13.5kg // Rangers recovered 45 newly set snares during an intelligence-led operation // Rangers and partners responded to reports of hippos near settlements and successfully pushed them back to national park // Rangers responded to multiple incidents of elephants crossing or attempting to cross the crop protection fence, made repairs, and prevented crop raids in several instances // Rangers and drone units pushed elephants away from farms and settlements in multiple incidents //  Rangers intercepted illegal farm clearing activities and turned back machinery // Rangers monitored a sick elephant, with veterinary teams responding; the elephant later died and a postmortem was conducted // Rangers responded to a buffalo encounter in which a ranger sustained an injury and was attended to.

22–28 December 2025
This week: Rangers assisted community members following a buffalo encounter, with no injuries reported // Rangers and fence teams responded to multiple elephant fence crossings, with repairs carried out in several areas // Rangers and response units prevented multiple elephant incursions and crop raids in several incidents // Rangers recovered a piece of elephant ivory handed in by a community member // Joint operations led to the arrest of 2 suspects in 2 separate incidents for illegal wildlife-related activities // Rangers and partners treated an injured elephant, monitoring to continue // Rangers responded to multiple reports of elephant damage to farms and bomas // Rangers responded to an elephant incident involving a community member, with partners continuing follow-up operations // Rangers halted unauthorized farm or development activity lacking required documentation // Rangers pushed elephants away from settlements, roads, and paths in several instances.