neighboring communities, the kenya wildlife service and other organisations frequently request lewa's assistance with support and follow-up to incidents such as poaching, cattle rustling, robbery and banditry. lewa is in a position to respond rapidly and effectively to such incidents. lewa's internal security operations have a good record: only two rhinos have been lost to poaching on the conservancy (ntoiye and tana, were shot on 26 december 2009; tana survived until 5 march 2010). lewa was the only wildlife sanctuary in kenya not to have lost a rhino to poachers in 2014. lewa’s anti-poaching teams have been deployed to other rhino sanctuaries following serious levels of rhino poaching and have effectively reduced rhino poaching as a result. in 2015 edward ndiritu, employed at lewa as head of the anti-poaching unit and the northern rangeland trust, received the tusk wildlife ranger award from prince william.