until he was promoted to be a ranger in 2008. appointed to be one of the ranger instructors at Wildlife Works. He completed a ranger life saver course thanks to training from Ranger Campus Foundation, and he used Until his passing, Joseph was the head of his ranger team, where he was in charge of ranger welfare, #rangers

In one way it makes the job of Wildlife Works rangers harder and sometimes deadly in dealing with often One of the rangers I met, Ijema Funan, had a visible injury from a past encounter. Wildlife Works Rangers conducting their normal patrol. Wildlife Works rangers help the KWS locate the illegal poachers, who then go in and make the arrest. #Environment #Community #REDD #Kenya #education #rangers #Africa #conservation

We welcomed our first female Wildlife rangers  and happily received validation and verification for the Within the past year, one of our rangers was killed , another injured, and six elephants were recently The incident had taken place as the sun was going down, so unfortunately there was little the rangers The rangers also spotted the tracks of a fourth elephant, which they found 800 meters away at Ziwa-nyoka While on the hunt, rangers discovered two more fresh elephant carcasses with tusks removed.

effectively protect the wildlife in our project area, the Wildlife Works biodiversity monitoring team and rangers Some ways used to monitor the wildlife include ranger patrols, road transects and camera traps, which Wild dogs at the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project A lion approaches the den of the pups Wildlife Works rangers #lion #Community #pups #Wildlife #Kenya #poachers #Rukinga #Kasigau #rangers #Africa

It all began as a ranger patrol day in Rukinga. Early in the morning, Wildlife Works’ Head Ranger Eric Sagwe drove down to camp to pick up the rangers patrol “Rangers daily patrols are crucial for conservation”, explained Eric. Wildlife Works rangers on a daily patrol. Kenya Wildlife Service and Wildlife Works rangers attending to the lion.

for our rangers. work side by side with Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers who are armed, trained in combat, and who In that incident, our rangers were assisting armed KWS rangers in tracking poachers when the poachers These poachers never threatened our rangers, even when being arrested. Rangers across Kenya – armed or not – are all losing elephants at an alarming rate.

His discovery was a conclusion of a thorough rescue operation comprising of Wildlife Works rangers, the As Wildlife Works rangers, the aerial surveillance team and community members intensified their search One of the Wildlife Works rangers spotted him trying to dash into the bush and convinced him not to run as much as possible to calm him down and reassure him that he will be ok,” says Ijema, Deputy Head Ranger Harrison with Wildlife Works rangers and some of his community members.

At the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project, a dedicated team of rangers and workshop staff is always on high , even during ranger patrols,” Evans says.  to Deputy Head Ranger, a role he describes as very rewarding. as the Head Ranger when required, which is particularly critical during the fire season.    or, in his absence, the Deputy Head Ranger,” he adds.

By Jane Okoth When Erick Sagwe, the Head Ranger at Wildlife Works, receives frantic phone calls from Our brave rangers play this critical role, which ensures that the lives of people and elephants in the To contain this situation, our 16 rangers from 2 camps have been teaming up with Kenya Wildlife Service rangers to have a presence on the farms, especially at night. the farms as soon as the rangers had left.

While patrolling the protected area for poachers, our rangers are faced with various dangers; for instance , poachers who are armed either with guns or bow-and-arrows frequently threaten to attack our rangers Three of our rangers practice dressing a wounded person. Erick Sagwe, head ranger, during practical examinations. Eric Sagwa, the head ranger, thanked the lecturer for devoting his time to work with our staff.

years of operation that an employee was lost to a poaching-related incident, also lead to the death of ranger “Ijema is feeling much better and livelier,” says Eric, the head ranger. Ijema, who currently spends most of his time doing patrols with Eric, was among a team of WW rangers Only wildlife rangers, such as Ijema, are experienced enough to get this close to an elephant An optimistic Our rangers indeed report that there have been fewer cases of poaching reported around the Wildlife Works

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