FEBRUARY 2015: MONTHLY REPORT BY ARR MOBILE VET UNIT

Date	Location	Species	Concern	Photo	Notes	Drugs/Notes
1/2/15	Loldia	Reedbuck-Male & 2 Females	Capture & Translocation		After reccing for possible trial capture, two nets were elected at a possible track. People were used to chase them from the wheat fields towards the net.	About eight went through the net and one male plus two females were successfully captured and released outside the horticulture fields. A large capture will be organized when need arise.
	Naivasha Mobile Veterinary Clinic	Zebras-Couple	Release		The two had been raised within the clinic since they were young and later released to the wild one year earlier. They visited the clinic one very early morning.	They were dewormed with 6mgs Ivermectin SQ and topically covered against ectoparasites with 200ml Pyrethrin. They were released after three days and they didn’t hesitate to return to the wild.
2/2/15	Naivasha Veterinary Mobile Unit	Margaret Zak-ARR Founder & Trustee	Team Building		She accompanied the Unit to one of the rescue where she witnessed the desnaring of the buffalo at Aberdare Hill Golf Resort. She is seen here indicating to vet where the snare has traumatized the buffalo.	She appreciated the Unit hard work. She commended positively on team work displayed
	Aberdare Hill Golf Resort	Buffalo-Male	2 Snares		Was reported to have inhabited plant/parking area causing disruption of day work. On examination it was found to have two snares one on each hind limb. Left hind had a wedge snare causing severe lameness due to resultant traumatic wound. Snoop was loosened and taken off the limb. The right hind had a plastic ring from a trimmed pipe. No wound on the right.	It was darted using 10mgs Etorphine and 150mgs Azaperone. Wound was cleaned using Hydrogen Peroxide and Iodine retrieving all maggots. It was liberally sprayed with Tetracycline wound spray. It was injected with 15000mgs Tetracycline and 50ml Multivitamin into muscles. 200ml Pyrethrin was applied topically as Acaricide. It was revived using 36mgs Diprenorphine into jugular vein.
4/2/15	Lake Nakuru National Park	Black Rhino	Postmortem	Skull showing horns point of attachments	The animal could not be easily identified due to predation. It died after plunging into dry gorge of river Naishi which is about 3.5m v-shaped deep by 3-4m wide. The area was scanned for any human involvement but it wasn’t. Carcass was more than 7 days old. Front horn was retrieved from bed following forceful landing.	The two recovered horns from the site of death.
5/2/15	Mundui Estate	Camel-Female	Lameness/Lassitude		Reported with a swollen distal right fore limb. It was established it had a thorn of ‘Jerusalem’ making it full of pus and lame. It was retrieved and abscess lanced.	It was drained and cleaned with Hydrogen Peroxide and Iodine. Was injected with 30000mgs Amoxicillin and 50ml Multivitamin into muscles. 300ml Pyrethrin was used topically against ectoparasite.
6/2/15	Chechnia Naivasha-Mai Mahiu Road	2 Buffalos-Males	Stray/Capture & Translocation		The two had wreaked havoc for the last three weeks being elusive to PAC team. They were reported to be chasing herdsmen within the area. They are captured and taken to Annex KWSTI and are under monitoring and if they become aggressive they will be put down.	Each darted with 10mgs Etorphine and 150mgs Azaperone. They were loaded into two pickups and quickly taken to KWS Annex 12kms away for community safety. Each was revived using 40mgs Naltrexone into jugular vein.
	Moi North Lake Road-Crater Lake	Zebra-Female	Traumatic Wound		Noted limping on the left front limp. It was caused by granulating wound around the coronet fetlock area. Wound could have been caused by faulty snare. It was cleaned using Hydrogen Peroxide and Iodine later sprayed with Tetracycline wound spray.	Darted using 4mgs Etorphine and 60mgs Azaperone. Was injected with 30000mgs Amoxicillin and 50ml Multivitamin into muscles, 200ml Pyrethrin applied as pour on. It was revived using 12mgs Diprenorphine into jugular vein after getting it through Crater Lake electric fence
7/2/15	“	Zebra Carcass	Game Meat		Acted on tip off from Central Community ‘Nyumba Kumi’ Chairman that the car had loaded a zebra carcass and was on its way to Naivasha. As he spent off he lost control and veered off the rough road into the bush.	The car was found off road after it lost control
		Zebra Carcass	Game Meat		The vehicle was searched and two nylon sacs were recovered from the boot. Each sac had three dressed pieces of carcass. The driver was questioned which led to head recovery in the bush where the slaughtering had taken place.	Area Investigation team was called to the scene and cases handed over. The vehicle was towered to Kongoni Police Station where the incidence was booked. The driver is to be aligned in court for prosecution.
	Crater Lake gate opposite Bushy Area	Elected Trap/Snare	Snare Dismantle		The mounted trap was found as the Unit did tracking of the zebra which had been snared. This was thought to have been mounted for Guinea Fowl.	The snare was dismounted. We contacted the owner of the house within the vicinity. He was warned of dire consequences if the same is noted within the area and no report made to the authority.
9/2/15	Valentine Farm	Zebra	Game meat/Poaching		These were discovered by farm hand as he went round the farm on his normal patrols. He reported and when we went we called the Area Investigation Team so that they can follow up the matter. We recced the area and established the perpetrators exit point and that they used bicycles.
	Annex-KWSTI	Impala-Female	Postmortem		On routine assessment of the health of the wild animals within the area we stumbled on a dead impala. Examination revealed it had matted perineum indicating possibilities of ante mortem diarrhea.	The area has been identified as to have same incidence during rain seasons due to internal migration of parasites but this time it was during dry period. Surveillance will continue on any death hence forth.
10/2/15	Aquila Farm	4 Zebras-3 Males, 1 Female	Snares		Male reported dragging a post anchored on the neck by wedge snare. There was no resultant wound. The snoop was loosened and taken off the neck Suckling female with a snare on the left fore fetlock. Snoop was loosened and taken off the limb. Traumatic wound was cleaned with Hydrogen Peroxide and Iodine. Male with a wedge snare wire and a plastic on the left fore fetlock joint. The snoop was loosened and taken off the limb. The plastic was severed using a wire cutter. Male with a snare on the left hind fetlock. The snoop was loosened and taken off the limb. The resultant traumatic wound was raw and fresh. The lactating female was reported lame on the left fore. Examination revealed that it had an amputated fetlock as a result of faulty wedge snare.	Each was darted with 5mgs Etorphine and 60mgs Azaperone. Each was revived using 18mgs Diprenorphine into jugular vein. The three with resultant wounds were covered with 30000mgs Amoxicillin and 50ml Multivitamin into muscles. 200ml Pyrethrin was applied as pour on.  Each of the three with traumatic wound was sprayed liberally with tetracycline wound spray after cleaning the wound. It is under observation so that the foal can be weaned.
	Kongoni Game Valley	Zebra-Female	Helminthosis/Lassitude		Noted to have defecated loose stool with roundworms. Also it was emaciated and weakling. Was captured manually, injected with 8mgs Ivermectin subcutaneously, 15000mgs Amoxicillin and 50ml Multivitamin into muscles and 200ml Pyrethrin topically.
	Green Park	Waterbuck	Game meat		Fire was reported to have been started near Eburu community-Green Park bonder. As it was been put off it was suspected to have been started by poachers who were cooking/roasting meat. Area was combed only to discover a	Waterbuck limb and two pots where the fire was first discovered. The owner of the plot was contacted and informed of the incidence which was thought to have been involvement of his farm hands who were fencing the area.
12/2/15	Marula Estates	Masai Giraffe	Possible capture & translocation		The giraffe were reported to be debucking the acacia trees leading to ecosystem degradation as the debucked trees end up drying up r falling. The number is reported to be exceeding carrying capacity within the fenced/paddocked areas. A recce was conducted	And about three young ones/juveniles were identified for possible translocation out of the paddocks to be released on free range outside the paddocks where there is plenty of browse. The exercise will be planned for.
13/2/15	Eburu Community	Poaching	Assessing snaring status		Following the discovery of the poached waterbuck limb on Green Park, we visited Eburu community area bordering Green Park because it was suspected to be snaring site. It was discovered that there was a dug out trench on which there were several dug out trap holes within potato planting field	Possible site where waterbuck was trapped was identified. We visited Eburu Chief’s office and reported the matter. Chief agreed to hold a baraza on the same and urge the dug outs to be filled with soil since they were even dangerous to residence and farm hands. A follow up will be made to assess the action taken.
	Naivasha Vet Clinic	Zebra-Female	Helminthosis-Review		It had been treated on 10/2/2015 and a review was made. It was still defecating stomach worms but at a lesser degree. Was injected with 8mgs Ivermectin subcutaneously, 15000mgs Amoxicillin and 50ml Multivitamin into muscles and 200ml Pyrethrin topically.	It was cornered and held manually as it had not gained much strength. Improvement was noted and another review was schedule to be done if necessary as monitoring continued.
16/2/15	Mundui Estate	Impala-Female	Retained After Birth		Was reported dead near a residential area. Examination revealed that it had retained after birth which was hanging from vulva. Awful smell was emanating from the same.	Death could have been caused tentatively by metritis.
		Impala-Female	Postmortem		This was found within the nearby bush and was suspected to have been hidden there by the dead dam. Postmortem revealed that it had frothy discharge right from the bronchioles to nostrils.	Was tentatively deemed to have died of pneumonia.
	Hippo Point	Masai Giraffe-Male	Lameness-Snare case review		The heavy male had been desnared two months earlier at Crater Lake. It was reported being lame as it ambulated in the new location. Observation revealed that the wound on the right metatarsus had formed scab.	A confirmation was made to the property owner that the animal had been attended to previously and that It was getting on well as there was no embedded wire at the resultant traumatic wound
18/2/15	Green Park	Buffalo-Female	Stuck in Mud		Was reported stuck in mud at a soak area near the residence camp. Was urged to get up but all in vain as mud had heavy density. Strap was wrapped around its poll and manually pulled out by five men taking care of nostrils to avoid aspiration or drowning.	Was darted using 8mgs Etorphine and 90mgs Azaperone. It was emaciated because of the prevailing dry spell. It had spent substantial time in cold mud and had developed numbness. It was revived using 40mgs Naltrexone into jugular vein. It got up after half an hour rest and vanished into the nearby bush.
24/2/15	Lake Nakuru National Park	10 Buffalos	Disease Surveillance Sampling		Sampling was scheduled for three areas within the location which was to act as control in the Rift Valley Fever surveillance since these animals don’t intermingle with livestock. It was in collaboration with KALRO. Whole blood was sampled and preserved in liquid nitrogen and other for sera, tissue was also sampled and preserved in absolute methanol and so were ticks.	3 darts of 3.5mgs, 3 of 6mgs, 2 of 7mgs and 2 of 8mgs Etorphine and of 30mgs,60mgs,70mgs and 90mgs Azaperone respectively were used in darting candidates. Each candidate was revived using three times of Etorphine mgs used Diprenorphine into jugular vein.
		Black Rhino-Male (Muriuki)	Wound Treatment Review		Was reported to have previously treated wounds discharging. The wound on the right ramp seemed to have started to discharge tenacious grayish pus downwards. The same had also made it lame on the same limb	Attempt to dart it proved futile as it inhabited cliffy and densely forested area. It quickly dashed into challenging terrain. Further darting attempt was planned to be done using chopper when the rhino resurfaces in an open ground.
25/2/15	Crater Lake	Eland-Male	Disease Surveillance Sampling		Rift Valley Fever surveillance was done in Eland s and buffalos. 5 Darts of 6mgs,3 of 4mgs,3 of 5mgs,3 of 7mgs and 2 of 8mgs Etorphine in mixture of 60mgs,40mgs ,50mgs,80mgs and 90mgs Azaperone were used.
	Lentolia	Zebra-Male	Snare		Was reported with snare around the neck. On examination three plain snare wires were discovered around the neck. It was established that it had been snared at different times and every time snare was defective as it was not meant for a big candidate.	Darted with 5mgs Azaperone and 50mgs Azaperone. The animal’s neck was deviated to the left due to straining. Twelve milligrams Colvasone was injected into muscles as anti-inflammation. Each was severed using wire cutter. The animal was revived using 20mgs Naltrexone into jugular vein.
	Sanctuary	3 Waterbucks & 3 Wildebeests	Disease Surveillance Sampling		Rift Valley Fever surveillance continued. Each was darted with 5mgs Etorphine and 60mgs Azaperone. Each was revived using 18mgs Diprenorphine into the vein.
26/2/15	Langa Langa	Leopard-Female	Snare		Was reported to have been snared and needed rescue. It had plain snare wire around the tummy causing severe strangulation. It was anchored on a shrub stamp at the edge of bush near horticulture field.	The rescue was futile as the animal strained to death by the time we arrived. Strong sun was thought to have exacerbated the overheating. It was handed over to Naivasha KWS Station for trophy harnessing and onward transmission.
	Lower KARI & Hells Gate National Park	3 Buffalos Each	Disease Surveillance Sampling		Rift Valley Fever Surveillance continued. 2 darts of 4 mgs, 2 of 6mgs and 2 of 8mgs Etorphine in combination with 40mgs, 60mgs and 90mgs respectively were used. Three times Etorphine mgs used of Diprenorphine were used.
	Hells Gate National Park	Buffalo-Male Calf	Snare		Was spotted with a plain snare wire around the neck depicting strangulation. There was no resultant wound.	Was quickly darted using 5mgs Etorphine and 40mgs Azaperone. It was quickly loosened and taken off the neck before complete sedation to prevent death. It was revived using 24mgs Diprenorphine into jugular vein.
28/2/15	Mogotio-DO’S Office	Ostrich	Stray-Capture & Translocation		It was reported to have strayed into Sub-county administration block as from January 2015 but due to scarcity of space it lacked browse. Plan to capture and translocate was done which ended up successfully. It was released at Lake Nakuru National Park where it joined other 3 females and one male	It was darted with 4mgs Etorphine and 6mgs Medetomidine. It was revived after loading into a waiting pick up well netted with ropes to enable safe and aeration during translocation. It was revived while inside the pick up using 40mgs Naltrexone and 62.5mgs Yohimbine into muscles as veins were not easily accessible.