Many snares collected today, night ambush now planned
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 01:08PM We have come back from our morning patrol and collected 23 wire snares in the Maji ya Bett area, Serengeti. The snares were put up yesterday so we expect that some of the men will return tonight to check on the snares and therefore we will be going out on a joint night ambush this evening with the Ngiro-are team.
On our way back from patrol I saw this young elephant who has lost most of its trunk in a snare.
It is not uncommon to see an elephant with the tip of his trunk missing from a snare, but you can see that this young female has lost quite a long length making it difficult to feed and water. If you look at her back you can see that her condition is not ideal.
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Reader Comments (4)
Poor animal.. What do you do in situations like this one, when you the animal is suffering and will eventually die due to this massive injury? Is there anything which can be done to help this elephant?
Very, very sad for this elephant. I have seen ellies with severed trunks survive, but not to this extent. My heart breaks for the innocent animals whose lives are cut short by these poachers.
my guess is this poor girl is starving to death from looking at her extremely short trunk. no way she can take leaves and grass off a tree and land. and i doubt she can get a good drink either. since her injury was due to human activity, shouldn't the vet intervene? or at least put the poor girl to sleep for her own sake? no more suffering before her death.
It is very sad but she's not doing so bad. She's still feeding and so not starving, but not the same size as a healthy elephant. She is disadvantaged but not suffering and is part of a large herd.