Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
Lithuanian military and its NATO allies, trained to fight together in urban conflict scenarios.
The Tsavo East National Park together with the Tsavo West National Park forms one of the largest National parks in the world and covers a massive 4% of Kenya’s total land area. Tsavo East the larger of the two, lies to the east of the Nairobi –Mombasa road and offers a vast and untapped arena of arid bush which is washed by azure and emerald meandering of Galana River. Guarded by the limitless lava reaches of Yatta plateau and patrolled by some of the largest elephant herds in Kenya
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The Joint mass of Tsavo West and Tsavo East National Parks forms one of the largest National parks in the world and covers a massive 4% of Kenya’s total land area. Tsavo East the larger of the two, lies to the east of the Nairobi –Mombasa road, equidistant between Nairobi and Mombasa, and offers a vast and untapped arena of arid bush which is washed by azure and emerald meandering of Galana River. Guarded by the limitless lava reaches of Yatta plateau and patrolled by some of the largest elephant herds in Kenya
Kenya Wildlife Service rangers are dedicated to the protection and management of wildlife in Kenya, despite the dangers the job entails. One of their main tasks involves guarding parks and reserves against those who poach elephants for their valuable ivory tusks. Though the rangers are armed with assault rifles, they face extreme dangers when faced with poachers who are often heavily armed and out number the KWS rangers. These exclusive photos portray the rangers as they put their lives on the line to protect Kenya’s threatened elephants in Tsavo East National Park. June, 2013.
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The Tsavo East National Park together with the Tsavo West National Park forms one of the largest National parks in the world and covers a massive 4% of Kenya’s total land area. Tsavo East the larger of the two, lies to the east of the Nairobi –Mombasa road and offers a vast and untapped arena of arid bush which is washed by azure and emerald meandering of Galana River. Guarded by the limitless lava reaches of Yatta plateau and patrolled by some of the largest elephant herds in Kenya
In January 2013 eleven elephants were killed by poachers and in 2012 figures indicate that up to 350 elephants were killed by poachers in the entire Kenya. The most elephants killed since the catastrophic 1980's.
Kenya Wildlife Services have launched a joint operation with other security agencies to drive livestock out of all national parks. Since tourists visit national parks to view wildlife, droves of livestock now grazing there negate this purpose. Furthermore, areas experiencing livestock incursion, account for majority of poaching incidence reported this year. The operation will also try to net suspected poachers masquerading as livestock herders especially in Tsavo Conservation Area.
Kenya Wildlife Rangers is the last line of defence for the wildlife of the area and they are constantly on patrol in the park. They have to endure extremely tough conditions , battling poachers armed with assault rifles, wildlife and exposure to the elements. A ranger typically stay inside the park away from their families for three months at a time often in isolation for weeks at a time as they man observation post all over the park.
Kenya Wildlife Rangers from the anti poaching unit during a patrol in the Tsavo East game park in Kenya 9 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Rangers from the anti poaching unit during a patrol in the Tsavo East game park in Kenya 9 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Ranger Stephen Lewagat from the anti poaching unit during a patrol in the Tsavo East game park in Kenya 9 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Ranger Stephen Lewagat from the anti poaching unit during a patrol in the Tsavo East game park in Kenya 9 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Ranger Sgt.Benson Epae gesture to fellow rangers as they approach a illegal charcoal sight in the Tsavo East game park in Kenya 9 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Rangers from the anti poaching unit chase cattle grazing inside the park in the Tsavo East game park in Kenya 9 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Rangers from the anti poaching unit chase cattle grazing inside the park in the Tsavo East game park in Kenya 9 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Rangers from the anti poaching unit chase cattle grazing inside the park out through a fence in the Tsavo East game park in Kenya 9 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Rangers question Kenyan Somali herders as they move their cattle just outside the Tsavo East game park in Kenya 9 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Exhausted Kenyan Somali herders sleep as they move their cattle just outside the Tsavo East game park in Kenya 9 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Rangers question Somali herders as they move their cattle just outside the Tsavo East game park in Kenya 9 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Rangers question Somali herders as they move their cattle just outside the Tsavo East game park in Kenya 9 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Rangers question Kenyan Somali herders as they move their cattle just outside the Tsavo East game park in Kenya 9 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Range Gafo Enos from the anti poaching unit during a patrol on the back of a truck in the Tsavo East game park in Kenya 8 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Ranger Gilbert Gikos from the anti poaching unit pose for a picture in Tsavo East game park in Kenya 7 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Ranger Gafo Enos from the anti poaching unit pose for a picture in Tsavo East game park in Kenya 7 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Ranger Nixon Simotwo from the anti poaching unit pose for a picture in Tsavo East game park in Kenya 7 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO
Kenya Wildlife Ranger Nelson Munga from the anti poaching unit pose for a picture in Tsavo East game park in Kenya 7 June 2013. PHOTO/KAREL PRINSLOO