Anti Poaching

Anti-Poaching

Big Life strives to prevent the poaching of all wildlife – including thousands of migrating elephants, a growing lion population, and critically endangered Eastern black rhinos – within our area of operation.

Anti-poaching was Big Life's initial conservation priority and continues to be the primary mission focus for our organization: to stop illegal wildlife crimes and arrest poachers.

Big Life’s rangers conduct extensive daily patrols on foot and by vehicle to gather intelligence, detect and intercept illegal activity, monitor activity via hidden field cameras, and use the latest night-vision and GPS technology to thwart poachers and prevent habitat destruction. Working alongside Kenya Wildlife Service and our vast network of informers from local communities, Big Life rangers are able to prevent most instances of poaching and successfully apprehend poachers who do manage to kill. Once poachers are apprehended, we work with local prosecutors to ensure that they are punished to the fullest, and most appropriate, extent of the law.

381 Trained Rangers
45 Ranger Units
32 Permanent Outposts
11 Mobile Units

 

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THREE LIVES SAVED

Snares are a cruel and awful way to kill animals. Poachers set the deadly nooses on well-used trails and unsuspecting animals get caught around the neck or ankle, the wire pulling tighter as they try to escape. Thanks… Read More
March 08, 2024

MEET CONSTABLE SUSAN LEKATOO

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November 06, 2023

MOURNING THE QUEEN OF AMBOSELI

We are sad to report that Theodora, one of Amboseli’s oldest and most loved matriarchs has died of natural causes at the age at 57. She had not been seen for months following the recent drought and everyone feared the… Read More
August 26, 2023

RUFF JUSTICE

Some dogs spend their lives in lofty apartments barking at pigeons, others exist perpetually in pursuit of tennis balls, or waiting semi-patiently for their next meal. But here at Big Life, our tracker dogs do things a… Read More
April 19, 2023

MAJOR IMPACT FROM PART TIME RANGERS

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October 28, 2022

RAZOR SHARP RANGER SKILLS

Big Life’s rangers all come from the local Maasai community and bring with them the kind of bush skills that can only be acquired from experience. This head start in their career as a ranger is essential, but these… Read More
September 21, 2022

A HAND FOR ANIMALS THAT DON’T HAVE ANY

Evolution didn’t see humans coming, or giraffes would have hands. Because with hands, a giraffe could pull a snare off its neck, or pull poisoned arrows out of its body. Animals are getting weaker as the drought… Read More
September 13, 2022

BONE-DRY: AMBOSELI'S STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL

There is a commotion on the bone-dry Amboseli lakebed, as a herd of elephants gathers around a small shape. From a distance, it looks like the celebration that follows a birth. Getting closer, it is clear that it is the… Read More
April 08, 2022

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