SkyVets in action - Kilaguni - DSWT | Sheldrick Trust

On 6th July 2013, SkyVets was dispatched, following a report from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) about an emergency case involving an elephant with a snare wound on its trunk in Tsavo West.

A helicopter, with KWS veterinary officer Dr. Titus Kaitho on board, lifted off from Nairobi and just one hour later it had reached the location where the elephant was last seen. The next task was to locate the elephant and dart it so that the vet could assess the wound. This film tells the story of what happened and demonstrates how SkyVets enables the DSWT and KWS to react quickly to emergency cases. Reducing the time to reach an injured animal can be the difference between life and death.

Read the full account at: http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?ID=542

Established in 1977, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT) operates the world’s most successful orphan elephant rescue and rehabilitation program, rescuing and hand-rearing orphaned elephants and other animals that have lost their mothers, all too often as a result of human activity. But we do much more than this. Through our Aerial, Anti-Poaching and Mobile Veterinary Units, we safeguard the natural environment and provide immediate assistance to wild animals in need. We also secure irreplaceable wilderness areas so that animals will always have space to roam and work with local partners and communities to ensure people and wildlife can live alongside one another.

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