26 October - 01 November 2026
This week: Joint operations led to the arrest of 9 suspects in 2 incidents, including 6 with owl eggs and 3 with bush meat // Joint operation led to the recovery of 57 wire snares // Rangers and drone unit prevented elephants from crossing the crop protection fence in several instances // Rangers responded to multiple incidents of elephants crossing and damaging the crop protection fence // Rangers pushed elephants away from farms and settlements in several incidents // Rangers and partners investigated 2 suspected giraffe poaching incidents // Joint operation contained a fire in national park // Rangers responded to a report of an injured giraffe calf, vet informed and monitoring to continue
19-25 October 2026
This week: Joint operations led to the arrest of 2 suspects for suspected unlawful entry into protected areas // Rangers responded to several incidents of elephants crossing and damaging the crop protection fence // Rangers and drone unit prevented elephants from crossing the fence and pushed elephants away from settlements in several instances // Rangers responded to multiple elephant crop raids // Rangers and community members responded to several fires, successfully containing multiple fires // Joint operations led to the treatment of an elephant with spear wounds and 2 injured zebra, including the removal of a snare // Joint operation led to the relocation of a lioness to national park // Rangers and community members located a missing herder and child, both found safe
12-18 October 2026
This week: A joint operation led to four suspects were arrested with 6 kg of bush meat // Fifty-one snares were recovered across five operations // The Drone Unit extinguished a reignited fire and prevented elephants from crossing the crop-protection fence
05-11 October 2026
This week: Joint operation led to 5 suspects arrested in 2 incidents for charcoal burning and illegal possession of forest products // Joint operations with partners recovered 43 snares // Joint response with a vet led to the successful removal of a snare from a zebra // The Drone Unit prevented elephant crop raids in several instances // Rangers responded to multiple incidents of elephants crossing and damaging the crop protection fence // Rangers, partners and community members contained fires in 3 incidents with air support, the Drone Unit assisted // Rangers halted fencing and drilling activities on a farm without relevant documents and escorted the drilling equipment out// Rangers continued monitoring a treated vulture chick, its condition improved and it was observed flying
28 September-04 October 2026
This week: Joint operation led to the arrest of 1 suspect with 3 pieces of elephant ivory weighing 67kg // Joint response led to the treatment of an injured elephant // Rangers and a vet treated the rescued vulture chick, returned it to an improvised nest and continued monitoring // Rangers rescued 4 zebra from a swamp // Rangers and partners contained fires in several incidents, 1 suspect arrested for starting a fire // Rangers responded to several incidents of elephant crossing and damaging the crop protection fence, prevented a crop raid and pushed elephant away from farms // Rangers administered first aid and transported a farmer to hospital after being injured by an elephant // Joint operations recovered 3 snares
21-27 September 2026
This week: Joint operations led to the arrest of 4 suspects in 2 incidents involving bushmeat // Joint operations recovered 25 snares // Rangers and the Drone Unit prevented elephant from crossing the crop protection fence, rangers prevented several crop raids and pushed elephant away from settlements // Rangers rescued a vulture chick, monitoring to continue // Rangers and partners contained fires in several incidents // Rangers administered first aid after a vehicle accident // Rangers responded to a house fire
14-20 September 2026
This week: A joint operation led to the arrest of four suspects in two wildlife-crime operations, with one piece of elephant ivory and two owl eggs recovered // A hyena skin and other wildlife parts were recovered in a separate operation // 28 snares were recovered in separate intelligence-led operations // A farmer was injured by elephants and taken to hospital // The Drone Unit repeatedly intervened to deter elephants away from crops and crop-protection fencing.
