Background CLIMATE CHANGE may be the greatest danger facing our planet today.  WWC’s ranger teams are lead by Mr. Eric Sagwe, who was born in the Maungu area. We would like to congratulate our new rangers who were recruited in 2010.Seventy people qualified to become WWC Rangers. We are still building new ranger camps, but already we have taken on the first thirty new recruits: 1

On Sept 19th, a team of our rangers responded quickly to black smoke they saw rising from the bush far that they are hard to spot and it was only the hissing noise this one made that alerted one of our rangers

They alerted Wildlife Works rangers, who collected the zebra and brought it to Wildlife Works Headquarters Dodson, Wildlife Works Vice-President, African Field Operations, and Joseph Safari, Wildlife Works Ranger

3 JANUARY 2011 – Eric Sagwe, Head Ranger On Monday 3 January 2011 having checked into Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project headquarters in the morning, I and my team of eight Rangers, went out on an afternoon younger elephants which where three or four days old. This would I hoped find the elephant carcasses quickly. #Elephant #Ivory #Poaching

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

BY ROB DODSON – VP – RUKINGA –  15th February 2011 Our Wildlife Works rangers at our Kasigau Corridor Our rangers led the vet through the thick bush to where the elephant was leaning against a tree, showing Wildlife Works Rangers point out the location of the sick elephant to the vet. The vet cleans the puncture wound to the elephants shoulder with hydrogen peroxide. #Kenya #rangers #Elephant

They informed Eric, the head ranger, who immediately drove to the scene with two other rangers. Two rangers held its forelimbs while the other two held its hind legs, and one of the rangers took considerable Once the snare had been cut, the rangers lowered the kudu’s legs slowly and carefully. “Most local poachers who do not need huge animals like elephant or buffalo, use snare to trap small animals #poachers #rangers #Snares #Rescue

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

While few would risk their lives to get close to one of these beasts, the wildlife rangers at Rukinga buffalo growing tired after the tank is filled With help from our team in the office, Wildlife Works rangers The rescue mission, not unlike another mission to rescue a baby elephant that had been stuck in the mud

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

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

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