September was a busy month for the SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams. The teams covered 14,197 kilometres on patrol, making several significant arrests, and supported a number of orphan rescues, veterinary treatments, firefighting operations, and field emergencies. It is the height of the dry season, which brings a reliable uptick in illegal activities. Over the course of September, SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams made 48 arrests, including 13 arrests for poaching activities (11 bushmeat poachers, one ivory poacher, and one offender caught in possession of bushmeat), 16 charcoal burners, 13 livestock herders, four firewood collectors, and two loggers, all of whom were operating illegally in protected areas. The teams also collected and confiscated 897 snares set by bushmeat poachers. In one feel-good incident, the Kenze Team discovered a live duiker in a snare and were able to release him back into the wild. The dry season also brings an inevitable rise in field emergencies. SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams provided invaluable support on this front, helping with the rescue of three orphaned elephants (including Wamata, who is currently at the Nairobi Nursery) and helped extract several elephants from wells, including a mother and baby pair. The teams also supported the SWT/KWS Mobile Veterinary Units and Aerial Unit in numerous veterinary treatments and human-wildlife conflict incidents.