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mai 05
2011
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Bull elephant meets its matchPosted by: ranger in MBT - Conservancy Diary on Mai 5, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Head Scout’s daily report
Reporting date: 04.05.2011
Two days earlier, our scouts while on patrol noticed a huge lone bull elephant resting in one of the bushes in the conservancy. Earlier, they received reports from some young herders that the elephant had been seen resting in one of the wooded areas outside the conservancy for 7 days without leaving the area. When our scout got the message, they monitored its movement to ascertain whether it was ill or just resting. For 2 days the elephant did not leave the area where it was. Sensing that it might be ill, we notified the Kenya Wildlife service (KWS) and the Narok County Council (NCC) Wardens as well as the police who responded quickly by sending vets on the scene. Our scouts joined the KWS team and we tracked the elephant to assess any injuries before bringing him down for treatment. The bull kept us at bay by hiding in the bush. For over 2 hours we struggled to get it into an open area to enable us get closer for assessment. At some point the KWS ranger had to shoot in the air to prevent it from charging at us. We were almost giving up thinking that it would hide for the whole day when one of the memebrs of staff observed it from a distance as it came out of the bush into an open area away from where we were. He phoned us. We immediately swung into action, pursued it and caught up with it before it went into the bush. The vet quickly darted it and after 10 minutes it was overpowered by the tranquilizer. It fell and immediately the vets went to work, searching for wounds, picking pests like tick as specimens. It was found with wounds on the lower left leg and ear which was treated with antibiotics. Therebeing no major injury, it was "woken up" by an injection. In 2 minutes, he rose and walked away as if nothing had happened. The bull met its match, a doze that sent him tumbling down in the bush.
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Scouts on Duty (Patrol) |
Chemichemi |
Main Gate/Barrier |
Off Duty | |
| Daniel, Shuel, Tony, Siito, Lenkiroro, Salau | Benson |
John Tompoi | ||
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Patrol route |
Bravo 1: Oriatu, Kirok Loirien, Oloirien, Chemichemi, Safaricom, Oyerata, Ngosso
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Bravo 2: Osinoni, Oloropa, Ntulele, Salt lick, Olgenchemi, BT, Kirok Loirien.
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Livestock Movement in the Conservancy |
1 herd belonging to Patrick Gilisho & Nguyata Njapit intruded into Ntulele plot | |||
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Condition of wild animals |
Good | |||
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Condition of cattle |
Good | |||
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Condition of vegetation |
Good | |||
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Weather condition |
Sunny, then rainy in the eve | |||
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Water Supply |
Sufficient | |||
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༯p> Animals sighted |
No. of animals seen | |||
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African Civet Civettictis civetta |
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African Elephant Loxodonta africana |
1 | |||
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African Wild Cat Felis lybica |
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Banded mongoose Mungos mungo |
27 | |||
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Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis |
2 | |||
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Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis |
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Buchell’s Zebra Equus burchellii |
120 | |||
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Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus |
4 | |||
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Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer |
5 | |||
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Cape hare Lepus capensis |
12 | |||
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Caracal Felis caracal |
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Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus |
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Coke’s Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus |
5 | |||
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Common (Golden) Jackal |
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Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula |
21 | |||
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Eland Taurotragus oryx |
18 | |||
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Grant’s Gazelle Gazella granti |
12 | |||
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Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris |
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Honey Badger (Ratel) Mellivora capensis |
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Impala Aepyceros melampus |
400 | |||
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Kirk’s Dik Dik Madoqua kirkii |
20 | |||
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Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus |
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Large-spotted Genet Genetta tigrina |
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Leopard Panthera padus |
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Lesser Bushbaby Galago moholi |
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Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis |
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Lion Panthera leo |
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Maasai Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis |
18 | |||
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Olive Baboon Papio anubis |
26 | |||
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Porcupine Hystrix cristata |
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Rock Hyrax (Dassie) Heterohyrax brucei |
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Serval Felis serval |
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Side-striped Jackal Canis adustus |
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Silver-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas |
4 | |||
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Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea |
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Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta |
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Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta |
2 | |||
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Striped Hyena Hyena hyena |
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Topi Damaliscus korrigum |
24 | |||
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Thompson’s Gazelle Gazella thomsoni |
60 | |||
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Warthog Phacochoerus eathiopicus |
12 | |||
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White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda |
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Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus |
42 | |||
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