Lion Guardians

Category: life in camp | Date: May 07 2009 | By: lionguardians

Yesterday we were called to the scene of an injured elephant, which had been spotted limping badly close to our camp in Ol Donyo Wuas. The elephant had been speared in the foot because he had been raiding farms in search of food and water.

KWS/Sheldrick Trust vets from Tsavo West National Park were called to the scene, and eventually he was in a good position to dart. Everything went well, and the vets treated the spear wound on his leg.

Game scouts from the Maasailand Preservation Trust were on hand to make sure he was kept cool with water.

When the vets were happy that the wound was treated fully, they made some final checks before rousing him from the anaesthesia.

Here he is, waking up, and moving off into the bush. We are told he will be just fine! Thank goodness for a successful outcome to this potentially tragic story!

We’ll keep you posted if we hear any developments about how he is doing.

Sorry for the slight hiccup on posts for the last few days. I think it is what is called a technical fault, which has now been rectified! It does mean that any comments you made about Antony’s new home in England have been lost though. Sorry about that!

Tags: elephant, injured, Kenya, kws, lion, lion conservation, Lion Guardians, lions, Maasai, masai, sheldrick, speared, vet

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