Nov 3, 2026 |
The Mozambique Wildlife Alliance (MWA) carried out 111 interventions on wild animals in September, spread across 22 operations in Mozambique and Malawi.
According to the Mozambican organisation MWA, this was the busiest month of the year for its veterinary team, which worked with rhinos, buffalo, elephants, lions and other species, carrying out GPS collar fitting, biological sample collection, treatments and translocations.
One of the operations moved six hyenas from Karingani Game Reserve to Maputo National Park, a protected area where wildlife reintroduction has been under way since 2010. By 2024, more than 5,385 animals of 11 species had been translocated to the park, and another clan of spotted hyenas had previously arrived there from Sabie Game Park, according to Peace Parks Foundation, which manages the park in partnership with the National Administration for Conservation Areas (ANAC).
During September, 12 elephants were fitted with collars, allowing monitoring to be extended to new regions, and lions were the subject of ten interventions, nine for collar fitting and one to treat an injured animal.
Also according to the MWA, 23 tracking devices were implanted in the horns of black and white rhinos, along with six collars fitted on their legs, to strengthen surveillance in three conservation areas that the organisation does not name.
For buffalo, 40 animals were handled for biological sample collection, in what the NGO describes as its largest programme with the species this year, which also included fitting and replacing collars and treating an injury. The September list also includes interventions on another hyena, a cheetah, an African wild dog, eland, a sable antelope and a zebra.
Photos: MWA
