Samburu Long Term Monitoring Monthly Report May 2008

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by David Daballen

Date Published

A brief summary of recordings in Samburu on the Long Term Monitoring for the month of May 2008

Total monthly rainfall Nil

Number of Days Spent Monitoring: 17 days

Total Number of Individuals Recorded: 454

Total Number Bulls: 18

Total Number Cows/Calves: 427

Proportion (%) Recorded Last Month: 88%

Number of Mature Bulls: 15

Number of New Calves: 10

Number of Estrus Females: 10

Number of Deaths: 1

Recorded Births: Nil

Estrus/Matting: 10

Deaths: Nil (Early this month a poached bull was found in Mlango area without tusks. (KWS) attended).

Musth: 6