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avril 05
2011
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"Ole Mzee" passes onPosted by: ranger in MBT - Conservancy Diary on Avr 5, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Head Scout’s daily report
Reporting date: 04.04.2011
The Oldest elephant in our conservancy passed on this week due to old age. The elephant, an adult male was a frequent visitor to the conservancy especially after the rains in the past year. Prior to his demise, he was seen in the conservancy for about 5 days. Every evening during our afternoon game drives, we passed by to see him. At one point Daniel, reported that he looked frail and limping. He spent most of his last days resting in the nearby croton bushes at Ntulele plot sometimes straying into Oloropa and Kirok Loirien plots. His behaviour was unusual at first as elephants move a lot in the day searching for food. In fact they spend three halves of their time eating. But when his body was found five days later in Kirok Loirien plot them, we knew that he must have been on his last days.
Our scouts on patrol discovered the body lying in a bush where he must have struggled as he inhaled his last breath. His tusks were intact. His boby still fresh was opened by a pack of Hyenas who managed to rip open a small hole if the belly.
We invited the Wildlife authorities KWS and NCC who came and removed the tusks for safe keeping. Both tusks were estimated to weigh about 100Kg in total. May Ole Mzee rest in peace!
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Scouts on Duty (Patrol) |
Chemichemi |
Main Gate/Barrier |
Off Duty |
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| Benson, Shuel, Tompoi, Yenko, Siito | Salau Njapit | Sedek |
Daniel Lomokunyo, Lenkiroro Taki |
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Patrol route |
Bravo 1: Oriatu, Kirok Loirien, Oloirien, Chemichemi, Safaricom, BT, Milimani
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Bravo 2: Osinoni, Oloropa, Ntulele, Orgillai, Saltlick, BT, Oyerata
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Livestock Movement in the Conservancy |
No livestock intrusion reported |
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Condition of wild animals |
Good |
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Condition of cattle |
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Condition of vegetation |
Good |
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Weather condition |
Sunny and Hot |
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Water Supply |
Plenty |
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Animals sighted |
No. of animals seen |
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African Civet Civettictis civetta |
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African Elephant Loxodonta africana |
25 |
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African Wild Cat Felis lybica |
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Banded mongoose Mungos mungo |
21 |
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Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis |
4 |
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Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis |
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Buchell’s Zebra Equus burchellii |
50 |
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Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus |
4 |
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Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer |
5 |
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Cape hare Lepus capensis |
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Caracal Felis caracal |
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Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus |
6 |
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Coke’s Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus |
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Common (Golden) Jackal |
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Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula |
27 |
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Eland Taurotragus oryx |
5 |
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Grant’s Gazelle Gazella granti |
8 |
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Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris |
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Honey Badger (Ratel) Mellivora capensis |
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Impala Aepyceros melampus |
490 |
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Kirk’s Dik Dik Madoqua kirkii |
20 |
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Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus |
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Large-spotted Genet Genetta tigrina |
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Leopard Panthera padus |
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Lesser Bushbaby Galago moholi |
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Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis |
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Lion Panthera leo |
2 |
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Maasai Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis |
20 |
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Olive Baboon Papio anubis |
40 |
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Porcupine Hystrix cristata |
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Rock Hyrax (Dassie) Heterohyrax brucei |
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Serval Felis serval |
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Side-striped Jackal Canis adustus |
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Silver-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas |
4 |
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Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea |
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Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta |
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Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta |
2 |
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Striped Hyena Hyena hyena |
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Topi Damaliscus korrigum |
26 |
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Thompson’s Gazelle Gazella thomsoni |
60 |
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Warthog Phacochoerus eathiopicus |
12 |
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White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda |
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Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus |
42 |
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