The strike happened so fast, the rangers didn’t even see it. Jerry had let out a yelp and began shaking his head in pain. After rushing to the super dog, Honeyguide’s head of the Dog Tracker Unit, Lembris Kephas, discovered what seemed to be snake fang marks just below Jerry’s left eye. Within minutes, the
For more than seven hours, Honeyguide’s wonder dogs followed the scent trail of the elephant poachers. Supported by a joint team of rangers, Rocky and Jerry tracked the poachers across the savannah, along steep ridges, and over hilly woodlands. It was Valentine’s Day, but a day filled more with heartbreak than happiness. Earlier in the
Armed with deadly poison and specialized arrows, four poachers entered the Enduimet Wildlife Management Area (EWMA) on January 15. They came for elephants and ivory. So sure of their tactics, the gang didn’t even bother to bring bows or guns. The poison, according to one source who later came forward to Honeyguide, could kill an
Rocky and Jerry strike again! Last month, Honeyguide’s Dog Unit supported rangers from the Enduimet Wildlife Management Area, Big Life Foundation, and the Kenya Wildlife Service in a joint operation that led to the arrest of a notorious elephant poacher in Kenya. Read the full dramatic account from Big Life Foundation. On November 18, Big
Meet Rocky, a four-year-old German shepherd who can sniff and track down a poacher practically from the forests of West Kilimanjaro all the way to the back alleys and markets of Dar-es-Salaam. Enter his sidekick, Jerry, who is always on standby to leap into action in hot pursuit of the scent trail. With funding from