Mara Triangle

  • Snare removed but wound is deep.

    Posted: September 30, 2008, 9:22 pm by Naiguran

    After calling him last night, Dr Dominic Mijele was here in the early morning to treat the young lioness with the snare caught around his chest.

    It took more than an hour and a half to locate the lioness even though she was only a few hundred yards from where we had seen her kill the zebra yesterday. She had hidden herself well in some long grass and made no movement at all no matter how close we passed while searching.

    She was found before noon and put to sleep with a dart.

    Wire cutters were used to remove the snare, and then it was possible to see how much damage had been done. 

    In places the cut was as deep as an inch and a half.

    Dominic cleaned the wound and treated the lioness with the whole procedure taking little more than half an hour.

    Thank you to Dr Dominic and to KWS for their prompt response. We will be closely monitoring the lioness and giving updates on the blog.


  • Please don't do this - it's really very dangerous.

    Posted: September 30, 2008, 4:28 pm by William

  • Lion with snare found - Vet on his way

    Posted: September 30, 2008, 10:27 am by Naiguran

    The other day we reported on a young lion who had been seen with a snare caught around his chest. Late yesterday afternoon while out on patrol we saw the lion again down by the Tanzanian border.

    Yesterday we watched the young lion who was able to catch and kill a zebra, which had recently lost a leg in a snare.


    We have called the vet and he is already on his way. We will update later on today.

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