ELEPHANT PIPE RESCUE
In the dry season in Hwange elephants must walk incredible distances between food and available water each day to survive......
This elephant had stepped into a PVC sewage pipe and was struggling to walk...
TWO SNARED ZEBRAS
On this occasion TWO zebra stallions in the same small bachelor herd of five animals were spotted with wire snares around their necks.
To rescue two snared zebras on the same afternoon was great way to end the day.
SNARED GIRAFFE CHALLENGE
Giraffe are the tallest land mammal and they're also THE most challenging African wild animal to dart and safely immobilize.
Removing a poacher's snare from the neck of a giraffe is a very tall order....
SNARED ELEPHANT CALF
An elephant mother will aggressively defend her snared calf, so to avoid problems both the cow and calf will usually be darted to ensure the injured calf can be treated in safety.
SNARED PAINTED DOG
Removing a deeply embedded snare is from any animal is a daunting experience, but never more challenging than when it involves one of the most endangered species on the Planet.
2020 WILDLIFE CAPTURE COURSE
All Dangerous Drug Licence holders attend a compulsory refresher course in the Chemical Immobilization and Physical Capture and Restraint of African Wildlife every five years.
LEOPARD CAGE PREPARATIONS
Capturing a wild leopard to fit or remove a satellite collar is not an easy exercise!
The Hwange Leopard Project developed some leopard-friendly techniques that enabled us to capture and recapture a number illusive leopards. This video goes some way to help illustrate and explain the preparation involved.
LEOPARD
CAPTURE
"Leopards are the most dangerous of all wild animal species that are immobilized.
If they are presented with two opportunities, one to escape, the other to attack, they'll choose the latter, especially if threatened or cornered...." (Chemical & Physical Restraint -Training Manual)
CPR FOR SNARED VERVET MONKEY
A Vervet Monkey had been caught around its neck by a piece of fence wire and it's frantic attempts to escape only caused the wire to tighten even more.
Time was running out!!
CPR was the only way to revive the clinically dead monkey.... Fortunately the lucky monkey was revived & survived!!
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