for our rangers. In that incident, our rangers were assisting armed KWS rangers in tracking poachers when the poachers the habitat for the elephants to pass through in their migrations. Rangers across Kenya – armed or not – are all losing elephants at an alarming rate. #elephants #Africa #Elephant #conservation #Poaching

The rangers on patrol also spot several animals including a lion, two elephants and a giraffe and track Mr Hellyer acts as an eye in the sky and supports rangers in anti-poaching activities like locating elephant Wildlife Works Rangers Spot Poachers’ Footsteps! Kenya Wildlife Service rangers to apprehend the suspects. The rangers head straight to its direction quietly and steadily.

On November 2, 2016, our ground team received a call from a goat herdsman that a 5-year old elephant Our Rangers immediately reported to the scene and called @dswt to arrange airlift transport to their Meanwhile, the rangers kept close eye on the baby girl elephant by keeping down wind and out of site Head ranger Eric explained that this baby elephant most likely got lost from her herd as opposed to being

Our brave rangers play this critical role, which ensures that the lives of people and elephants in the rangers to have a presence on the farms, especially at night. “Some elephants were also mischievous and engaged our rangers in a cat and mouse game, moving back into the farms as soon as the rangers had left. The rangers work with community members who alert them whenever they see an elephant roaming around which

We received a phone call from one of our rangers saying that an elephant had become stuck in a muddy Upon seeing the young elephant, some team members thought that she may have already died due to how far The first stage was to free up around the elephant’s head and as many of her limbs as possible. The rangers in the area will be keeping an eye out on the animal in the hopes that her family will come #Community #safari #Kenya #Africa #Elephant

We’re saddened to report that three elephants were killed this past Sunday in Taita Ranch, at the far The poachers, four armed Somalis, were discovered by Kenya Wildlife Service and Wildlife Works rangers as they were removing the tusks from the dead elephants. We are grateful that none of our rangers were harmed in this incident, and will keep our readers updated #Kenya #Elephant #conservation #Poaching

Our team rangers Ijema and Eregae looking after Mackinnon at Rukinga Usually during such a scenario, an orphanage in Nairobi, but since night had fallen, the only possible solution was for our wildlife rangers The baby elephant getting ready to be airlifted to Nairobi at David Sheldrick’s Wildlife Trust Rangers A ranger from David Sheldrick’s Wildlife Trust, feeding baby Mackinnon with milk at Rukinga The trust Kamui our Ranger having a good time with a friendly baby elephant Mackinnon Baby elephant, Mackinnon

Within days, our rangers made another gruesome discovery at Amaka Ranch: two more elephants amid rifle A short time later, when two additional elephants were killed for their tusks at Washumbu Ranch, the Wildlife Works Rangers hold an elephant tusk left behind Conservationists and Kenyans alike are infuriated Raise awareness on the plight of the African elephant. #Wildlife #Kenya #poachers #Elephant #conservation #Poaching

In 1930, an estimated 10 million elephants roamed the African continent. Human-wildlife conflict is quickly emerging as a top threat to elephants’ survival. This, combined with human development encroaching into former elephant habitats, has put elephants and people have been killed by elephants in Kenya over the last 7 years. A team of rangers performs over 500 aerial patrols and over 1000 foot patrols per year to monitor the

Head Ranger Erick Sagwe distributing shoes. This shoes were enough for our 85 rangers and 15 security staff to be gifted with two new pairs each. One of the rangers putting on the shoe The ranger team at Wildlife Works is particularly happy because All of our rangers and security rangers received the shoes THANK YOU GREATER GOOD AND SOLES 4 SOULS! #donation #Wildlife #Kenya #rangers #conservation

With the gyrocopter keeping visual on the injured elephants location, the ground team attempted to get close enough to the elephant to tranquilize it. The elephant was treated, and put back on his feet with a clean bill of health.   This goes to show how important aerial patrols are for elephant protection.

The main threats to elephants are: (1) The Ivory Trade: A recent research by Save the Elephants revealed That’s an average of 96 Elephants that were killed every day in Africa. (2) Habitat Loss: Elephants We brought on locally hired rangers and trained them to be wilderness guardians. The Elephant Protection Trust was established to create additional financial support to our rangers Donate to the Elephant Protection Trust .