Wildlifevets.com specializes in the global conservation and management of wildlife
About Us
Mission
To apply our veterinary background, experience and networks to contribute and enhance global wildlife conservation through active involvement in all aspects of wildlife management, education, research and development.
Goals
- Maintain the highest professional and ethical
standards in our work with wildlife and towards our clients.
- Promote a greater number of veterinarians as team members in Conservation
Medicine worldwide through service excellence and education.
- Establish new conservation areas in such a manner to render minimum disease
risk and wildlife human conflict at the interface.
- Promote and participate in research to develop tools and methods ensure that
all species of wildlife are treated humanely and compassionately during all
wildlife management activities.
- To recognize our limitations and incorporate specialists from our network to
the benefit of conservation.
- Represent wildlife and conservation on a global scale.
Staff
The practice currently consists of two
veterinarians: Dr. Cobus Raath and Dr. Johan Steenkamp, working exclusively
with wildlife, professional game capturer Mr. Louis van Wyk and the game
capture team.
The variety of activities in the wildlife veterinary practice include:
Clinical work on
wildlife Management of
breeding projects Animal
rehabilitation Imports &
Exports Game captures,
relocations and introductions Contractual
research Specialized
procedures such as airlifting Disease
investigation, control and research Writing and
monitoring of management plans Student training
and facilitating
Wildlifevets.com in
Action
March 2008
Environmental consultation
Research
Education
Disease investigation and control
Projects
Game Farmers
You as the game farmer
can now complete the online
wildlife request form and you will receive a quote
from us as soon as possible. Students
2008 Interns
Game
Capture
January 2008
Sir Bani Yas - United Arab Emirates
Wildlifevets.com captured over 10 000 free ranging animals in just under a
month.
Read more about this project.
February 2008
Captured kudu, zebra, rhino, lion and eland
Impala - meningocoele
Chemical
Immobilizations Course - Blue Wildebeest, Giraffe and Buffalo
Clinical work
Most of the clinical cases involve the removal of
snares set by poachers.
Other work include the treatment of injuries due to
various causes, intoxications, post mortem and disease investigations, breeding
projects of various species, hand rearing and rehabilitation of wildlife.
Advice offered to prospective land owners and new
wildlife breeders with respect to type of vegetation, topography, species of
wildlife, management and fencing on the farm or camp.
We are actively involved with various research projects. Most of the
research is done on veterinary wildlife pharmaceuticals - to increase the
efficiency of wild animal immobilizations.
Wildlifevets.com offers four different types of courses to
veterinarians, veterinary students and also courses tailored to specific needs
for specific groups. To read more about the courses we offer, click
here.
With the aid of state of the art
laboratories and technicians, every disease is traced to it's aetiological and
epidemiological source. Advice and assistance with disease control is a top
priority.
Sir Bani Yas, UAE
Pharmaceuticals
- The immobilization of hippo with Scott
Catino and Mitch Bush.
- Contraception in lions.
Internship program
Wildlifevets.com now offers a three month internship program and a two to four
week externship program to all veterinary students across the globe. To get more
information click
here.
The following services can now be requested online:
Congratulations to the following students who
have been accepted as externs this year:
- Maria Cristina Julia (Ross
University)
- Phil Putter (Ross University)
- Lisa Lynn (Ross University)
- Amy Adams (Murdoch University)
Congratulations to the following students who
have been accepted as interns this year:
- Jack Sean John O'Sullivan (Ireland)
- Tom Hendrikse (Utrecht University)
Chemical
Immobilization Course
Apply now
Introduction to Conservation Medicine
View the pictures of the first Ross University Course for 2008
All courses for 2008 are fully booked
Application forms
Want to apply for the next Introduction to Conservation Medicine Course? Click here.
