Isaac Maina is the Team Leader, Animal Welfare Programs and has been working for ANAW since June 2006. Before joining ANAW, he worked as an elephant orphanage Head Keeper and a de-snaring team leader based at the Tsavo East National Park.
He participated in the first formal de-snaring operation in Kenya that resulted in the formation of full time de-snaring patrols. He headed over 50 de-snaring operations which have helped dismantle more than 30,000 snares, rescued over 35 animals from snares and with the help of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers, help apprehend more than 70 poachers. Besides de-snaring operations, he has been involved in rescuing other 21 juvenile animals among them 16 elephant calves, a lion cub, a zebra foal, and buffalo calves and has taken them to various orphanages. He has also rescued other mature wild and domestic animals found stuck in mud or fallen on pits.
He has been involved in many other conservation activities and campaigns among them conservation education, clean up exercises, tree planting and many animal welfare activities.
Isaac is a technical education graduate. He is trained in first aid by the Kenya Red Cross Society and has undergone a series of patrol training by the British Army and the Royal Marines.
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