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This little bull elephant calf was the first rescue of the new year 2022. Estimated to be around a year old, he was found looking lifeless and walking around on…

Our caretakers rescued this Yellow Baboon female from a Wildlife-Human Conflict. Her right arm was strangulated by a wire snare, immobile and without any feeling, “Lady”, her new name, was…

When Grunt was brought to us, he was a little feathery ball, quite exhausted and almost at it’s end. Apparently a pair of eagles killed and ate the other hatchling,…

Esperanza had a very tricky start into her life. After she was born she didn’t even have time to get her first and so important milk but was abandoned right…

Spikey has been living with us for many years. He only has one eye left and has issues moving. Being the largest rodent in Africa, he is vegetarian and mostly…

Bahati faced a traumatising incident which eventually led him to us. Bahati’s mother tried to cross the road holding him but sadly was hit by a vehicle and succumbed to…

This female bushbaby was found injured but alive, after a collision with a motorbike. A caring lady picked it up and handed it over into the care of the CREW….

Gifti shares a sad fate with many other monkeys. She was caught as a baby and taken from her mother and family to be sold illegal as an pet. She…

On a sunny day in January 2019 villagers encountered a very nervous herd of elephants, not far from their home village. On closer inspection they detected the reason: a small…

At the beginning of July 2019, a male elephant calf, only a few days old, was found on its own at the border of Tanzania’s youngest National Park Burigi-Chato. The…

A little calf had fallen into a well, full of water, in the Maswa Region (roughly between the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti) and couldn’t get back out. The herd…

When you find a tiny elephant baby in a deep hole, you wouldn’t have much hope of it still being in one piece… However, when TAWA rangers pulled the bull…

On 18th April 2021 Kiteto, a little female elephant baby, was found by villagers in Makame Wildlife Management Area. The previous night a big herd of elephants had ventured into…

In February 2019, a herd of zebras passed by a Maasai village in the West Kilimanjaro Wildlife Corridor. This didn’t remain undetected by the village dogs, so they went out…

In September 2019, at the height of the dry season, a zebra mare walked straight into a Maasai village with her foal. Not long after, the zebra collapsed and died,…

On the 10th of November 2020, a Maasai man encountered a pack of feral dogs that chased a small zebra foal. Fortunately he was on a motorbike, so he very…

Nobody knows why Kwanza was on her own, but she took the right decision and followed a herd of Masai cattle until they returned to their Masai Boma for the…

On the 29th of March 2021, a Maasai herder in Simanjiro was sitting in peace and quiet with his livestock, when suddenly some noises from outside came near and an…

At the end of 2017, Handsome, a big male cheetah, appeared out of the blue in a conservation area set aside by a sugar cane plantation in Moshi, named Namolok….

Kaira was hit by a car and brought to Makoa Farm many years ago. Her back leg was so badly broken and the knee shattered that it had to be…

In February 2020, farmers, who lived about an hour’s drive from Makoa Farm, were clearing land for a new agricultural field. As they were slashing the grass, they removed the…

In March 2021, this little and most probably orphaned Serval kitten was almost killed by domestic dogs in a private garden in Arusha’s outskirts. She was able to hide in…

Tonic was a little unlucky-lucky piglet! Tied up on the back of a bicycle on the way to the next market to be sold off as bushmeat, Tonic was saved…

Ronnie was found as a tiny little hedgehog baby, lying in the middle of a tarmac road. His spikes were still soft and his eyes firmly shut, making him only…

Felix was found by a few school children as a baby in a hole . Luckily, these kids had just recently visited the Kilimanjaro Animal CREW and therefore knew exactly…

Our cattle herder found Bambi in the pouring rain, lying beside her dead mother that had been caught and strangled to death in a wire snare. He quickly brought Bambi…

These three ostrich chicks were confiscated from poachers, who were using them for bush meat. After rescue, the rangers took them to Kilimanjaro Animal CREW. where they spent their first…

Paulchen was rescued from Arusha with a broken wing that could not be rectified. He is a permanent resident at Makoa Farm and is totally in love with our animal…

Daisy was rescued from the Airport in Moshi with a broken wing. Unfortunately, the wing couldn’t be fixed anymore and therefore she will remain at Makoa Farm as an ambassador…

Korongo is a victim of poaching. A man tried to catch him using his dog and a slingshot during harvesting at Makoa Farm. Lucky, the poacher was caught in the…

Together with the rest of his flock, little Mdomo was resting on a tree when a fisherman set upon cutting down that same tree, killing most of the birds. Mdomo…

In 2019 the Kilimanjaro Animal CREW was called to rescue more than a hundred baby and juvenile egrets and herons from a nearby village, where a tree had been cut….

Kwarara fell out of his nest when he was a juvenile bird and must’ve broken his wing and his leg during this accident. Luckily, he was rescued and brought to…

It seems that Aura originally came from Arusha National Park. Still a juvenile, she must have stretched her wings and got caught by a gust of wind that carried her…

In September 2020, this beautiful bird flew into powerlines outside of Moshi and got electrocuted. Luckily, a person walked by and found him. As the eagle was no longer able…

Panya was rescued just in the nick of time in 2004. He was a baby owl sitting on his nest somewhere in Usa River, when the nest was raided and…

In Tanzania, owls are believed to bring bad luck, even death, to those who see them. Therefore, it has always been tradition to kill any owl before it can bring…

Bundi is one of many victims of collision with powerlines. Luckily, she was found and rescued in time, but had to have her wing amputated, as it was totally burnt,…

Tai fell out of a tree in a private garden in Moshi, stiff and as good as dead. When it arrived at the KiliCREW a few hours later, intensive shock…

In July 2020, Tom was confiscated from poor conditions by the Tanzanian Wildlife Authorities and was rehomed with the KiliCREW. After a couple of months of proper nutrition, Tom changed…