Not every rescue or emergency wildlife response is painful or dramatic, some are quiet, urgent moments where timing makes all the difference, just as love.
Like in this case at Swara Lodge in Machakos County, a giraffe was spared a painful and potentially fatal fate after our officers on the ground spotted it with a deadly wire snare loosely constricted around its neck and trailing dangerously toward its hind limb.
They raised the alarm immediately, enabling the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) veterinary and capture team led by lan Muchina to respond in time and safely remove the snare.
This is what love means in conservation. Not sentiment, but action. Not words, but presence. Snares are silent killers: indiscriminate, cruel, and capable of inflicting prolonged suffering not only on targeted species but also on iconic animals.
This rescue stresses the value of KWS boots on the ground, vigilant patrols, rapid coordination, and why conservation is ultimately an expression of love for the future we share with wildlife. Proving that when alerts come early, lives are saved.
“Our wildlife is ours to protect, and while enforcement remains critical, we call on the public to reject bush meat consumption entirely and instead embrace sustainable, lawful ways of benefiting from the wildlife economy, through conservation, tourism, and coexistence as stipulated in the KWS Strategic Plan 2024-2028,” KWS says.
