Wildlife Vet Experience

Register here | Book here | Prep here

If you’ve been searching online for wildlife vet opportunities to gain some in-person, practical experience, you may be restricted by the cost or quality of the options out there. For this reason, we’ve designed an exclusive package just for vets-in-training that is both affordable and of high quality. It’s built around our principles of collaboration, credibility and accessibility by connecting communities and exceptional projects and experts while not sacrificing on some of the fantastic food and accommodation that South Africa has to offer.

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Your experience includes

Selecting only 8 student per two-weeks, the Wildlife Vet Experience will bring the Wildlife Vet Online course to life with a tour of projects, reserves plus wildlife vet shadowing. The experience includes the following highlights:

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Inspiring project and reserve visits

Credible wildlife vets

Practical clinical EMS and AHEMS sign-offs

24 hour support crew

Professional airport pick up and drop off

Complementing activities and conservation topics

Delicious South African food

And fantastic reserve accommodation

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Week 1

Wildlife Vet Shadow and Reserve Management

Week focus – Shadow an experienced wildlife vet

Wildlife Vet – Dr Chris Boshoff

Week summary – Observe / participate in clinical procedures, observe darting / capture techniques, helicopter darting (optional add-on). We aim to include the following – Assist with rehabilitation, Human-wildlife conflict, anti-poaching, and conservation techniques, Husbandry skills – handling, Husbandry skills – observation, Husbandry skills – physical exam, Husbandry skills – reproduction, Husbandry skills – routine health care.

Week 2

Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre

Week focus  – Wildlife rehabilitation and cheetah breeding

Wildlife Vet – Dr Peter Rogers (when available). Read more here.

Week summary – Monitoring and care of Cheetah, Wild Dogs, White Rhino, Lion, African Wild Cats, Ground Hornbills, Sable Antelope and more, feeding and assisting with or observing veterinary activities, learning about cheetah breeding, learning about hospital equipment, feeding rhinos, lions and leopard. When possible – Vaccination of cheetahs, Lime Sulphur treatment of cheetahs, Treatment of antelope for internal and external parasites. More details here.

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Topics

We aim to include and allow you to sign-off the below topics. Please note that when working with wildlife, wildlife vets and wildlife conservation there are times when ethics or circumstances do not always allow schedules to run according to plan.

Clinical EMS:

Observe / participate in clinical procedures
Observe darting / capture techniques
Helicopter darting (optional add-on)

Husbandry skills:

Wildlife handling
Wildlife observation
Wildlife physical exam
Wildlife and / or captive routine health care

Wildlife conservation:

Assist with wildlife rehabilitation
Human-wildlife conflict, anti-poaching, and conservation techniques

Conservation in the community:

Wildlife education
Environmental conservation

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Accommodation

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Read more about your accommodation here.

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Local Area

Find out more about the Hoedspruit area here.

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Your Support

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How to book

1. Register here.

2. Pay your deposit here.

3. Schedule an interview here.

Before you travel

Look for updates on entry requirements here.

The best way to prepare for this experience is to take our Wildlife Vet Online course and read about our partners.

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Register here | Book here | Prep here