News on Lewa

Lewa News

November 20, 2003

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy could not operate successfully without a huge back-up support of planes, machinery, radios, mechanics and dogs. As well as the two-seater Super Cub, used for surveillance and security, there is one more fixed-wing aircraft, and a host of trucks. Plus, of course, a yard full of maintenance and... more

Snared Elephant in Samburu

September 13, 2003

Early one morning in January we got a call from the Save the Elephant headquarters in Samburu Park. They had just spotted one of their elephant with a snare around its leg. The Lewa Team took off immediately and within an hour we were on the site looking for the elephant. It was not very hard to find because the wound... more

Treating A Grevy's Zebra

April 15, 2003

On the 16th of April 2003 one female Grevy’s zebra was spotted on the western boundary of Lewa. She had awful cuts on both sides of her belly. She was surprisingly calm and unfazed about her injuries, grazing along side by side with the other zebras. Since we suspected that she was pregnant so we decided to dart her to see... more

A Lost and Wounded Baby Elephant

April 10, 2003

On 4th April 2003, a male baby elephant was reported having been found roaming in Isiolo valley by Will Roberts. Immediately the head of security and patrol team were tasked to link the baby with other elephant herd within the vicinity. They met with very little success, the baby elephant being abandoned by the herd... more

Lord Deedes Visits Lewa

March 20, 2003

As part of the London Daily Telegraph Christmas Appeal Lord Deedes has just finished a 6 day visit to the Conservancy, Il Ngwesi and Namunyak. The Appeal features four charities and this year Tusk has been one of the nominated ones. Bill, seen above with Toki the cheetah, spent his time at Lewa, visiting and seeing... more