Gyrocopters Kenya provides anti-poaching patrols for the Wildlife Works Elephant Protection Trust and we need your help! We conduct daily aerial patrols to support the 85+ ranger force in Tsavo's Kasigau Corridor to try and stop and prevent elephant poaching from happening in this vast wilderness. 

The Kasigau Wildlife Corridor is located between Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Park and covers 200 square kilometers. The 14 group ranches that collectively make up this corridor provide an important habitat and dispersal area for wildlife between these two protected areas. There are approximately 11,000 elephants in the Tsavo ecosystem and roughly 2,000 of them that rely on the corridor as part of their movements in search for water between the two national parks. 

Aerial surveillance is one of the most effective means of reducing wildlife crime, and is needed now more than ever in an effort to curb elephant poaching.

Our daily aerial patrols are conducted with a Magni 24 Gyrocopter, and we have seen a major impact with the gyrocopters presence.  It is a vital tool in the effective prevention of illegal activities, whilst increasing security and providing essential data needed to protect such expansive areas of land.

Furthermore, aerial support also helps in identifying other illegal activities from the air, such as illegal charcoal burning, trespassing, illegal grazers and logging, which poses a great threat to the Kasigau Corridor and the future of the environment. While we've had a great impact, we need additional technology to give us an advantage. 

With your help we will purchase aerial thermal camera system, communication, and navigation equipment which will greatly improve the identification of poachers and injured animals during patrols. 

Your donation will go directly to helping us protect these beautiful animals and their land!