Works team at the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project, Kenya, witnessed a conservation success story; our rangers , led by Head Ranger Eric Sagwe. During a routine daily morning patrol, a Special Operations ranger group discovered some unusual tracks A team was immediately assembled of Wildlife Works’ rangers and the local Mobile Veterinary Unit from Said Head Ranger Eric, “I was impressed by my rangers skill at tracking, the quick response of the KWS

local farmers in the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ project zone to secure their crop by having Wildlife Works rangers “Elephants tend to avoid fields with Kasaine fences,” Kasaine says. were erected, we were forced to stay up all night to guard our crops with the help of Wildlife Works rangers Peter is still experiencing frequent elephant invasions, and since the elephants are afraid of invading #elephants

Ayub has been working as a Wildlife Works ranger since 2010. or by Wildlife Works rangers. Being out in the bush also had other challenges, such as being caught in the middle of a herd of elephants Transformation from a Poacher to a Ranger It was in 2010 when Ayub heard that there was a ranger recruitment #rangers

Moses Lorewa is Head of Data Collection as part of the 85 Wildlife Works rangers that patrol our Kasigau Today, Moses is Head of Data Collection for the ranger team. Within each of our seven ranger camps across the project area, one ranger is responsible for collecting This data includes information such as elephants, lions or birds seen, poaching snares found, or incidences Moses recalls, “it was a time when poaching was really high, and Somalis were killing lots of elephants

Last week, we introduced a series on getting to know our four female conservation rangers currently working in the Kasigau corridor, in celebration of Wildlife Works’ first-ever hiring of female rangers in the In many cases, she explains, the rangers are able to track the footprints of poachers and catch them red-handed with elephant tusks, or other illegal animal parts; this is an aspect of the job that she The rangers must be careful when encountering these kinds of poachers, because the poison is fatal for

Learning to Speak Elephant In a ground-breaking new study, researchers demonstrated that elephants have This research and the broader “Elephant Listening Project” have critical implications for conservation We are not only in danger. We are the danger.”

Within the past year, one of our rangers was killed , another injured, and six elephants were recently 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. Elephants are a world’s heritage. Elephants belong to all humanity. Elephants belong to you. -Kuki Gallmann #tragedy #Ivory #Wildlife #Kenya #poachers #Rukinga #rangers #Africa #Elephant #Poaching

I caught glimpses of buffalo, warthogs, ostrich, zebra, giraffe, and my personal favorite, African elephants A glimpse of the African elephant at the conservancy. I was inspired by the presence of both male and female rangers and loved the inclusivity within the ranger A group of rangers on a patrol We silently walked through the tall grasses to where the ranger was standing #rangers #Wildlife

A ranger tells me that the smell of a rotting elephant can penetrate the soles of his boots for days, So, too, are the elephants. They normally don’t hunt elephants because of the harsher penalties and greater danger of killing a seven-ton In 2012, ranger Abdullahi Mohammed was  fatally shot by elephant poachers . #elephants #Poaching

: Rukinga, Kenya: This morning Wildlife Works’ anti poaching pilot Keith Hellyer, spotted this bull elephant The elephant was resting in the thicket alone, with a large lump on his side, which was feared to be The elephant was unresponsive to the aircraft, a clear sign that he was in severe pain. Wildlife Works ground team immediately responded to the scene and kept watch on the elephant while we To support our rangers and the anti-poaching work they do, please donate to the Wildlife Works Elephant

Jessica Njeri, a Wildlife Works ranger, is ready to begin her daily patrols by 5 am. Jessica is part of the 100+ ranger team who patrol the 500,000 acres of dryland forest in the Kasigau It was during that time that she learnt of a ranger recruitment exercise happening at Wildlife Works through LEAD Ranger . rangers like Jessica. 

In March of 2011, Wildlife Works welcomed its first-ever female rangers to the team of 75 rangers currently for the first time in our fifteen-year history, we have been able to welcome a total of four female rangers to our team in a series of posts featuring each woman and her experiences working as a conservation ranger Originally from Sagalla, a small tribe located in the Taita Hills of Southwest Kenya, Jane’s duties as a ranger More female ranger profiles: Meet Constance.  #Kenya #Kasigau