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African Conservation Experience - Work With the Wildlife - Wildlife Volunteer in Africa
African Conservation Experience offer volunteering opportunities at sustainable wildlife conservation projects in southern Africa.
Work With Animals - Volunteer on Wildlife Conservation Projects
There are a range of different wildlife conservation projects where volunteers can get involved, getting first hand experience while they work with animals.
Work With a Wildlife Vet - Veterinary Work Experience in Africa
On the Shimongwe Wildlife Veterinary Experience volunteers work with a variety of species in South Africa, alongside experienced wildlife vets.
Buffalo Capture
When animals need to be relocated, a specialised capture team comes into to do the job. This is hands-on and adrenaline fuelled work!
Cheetah in the clinic
Volunteers assist Dr Rogers on a variety of call outs. Here a cheetah has been bought back to the clinic.
Vet attends a buffalo call out
Of the four vets we work with, three of them operate 100% in the field. Volunteers often help out with the testing of disease free buffalo.
Wildlife veterinary work
Volunteers get hands-on with the treatment and care of sick and injured birds, mammals and reptiles and subsequent release back into the wild.
Moving lions is a skilful task
By law only a registered vet can use high scheduled drugs to immobilise animals. Volunteers learn about the drugs involved, darting techniques, and will administer low schedule drugs. Here volunteers are preparing these lions to be moved.
Rhino capture
M99 is a powerful morphine derivative. Once sedated with M99, a rhino will sink to the ground, allowing the capture team to rope the animal and take blood and other samples.
Volunteers assist vets with lion work
At Phinda volunteers assist with hormonal contraception methods on lions to help manage populations and maintain the balance
Volunteers assist with a cheetah darting
Life in the field working alongside an experienced wildlife vet is both unpredictable and challenging
TB Testing Buffalo
All buffalo go through a quarantine period before being sold to another reserve. ACE volunteers get to see the buffalo bulls darted, and help the vet test for Tuberculosis (TB).
Shimongwe Wildlife Veterinary Experience
A video of volunteers participating in the Shimongwe Wildlife Veterinary Experience
Volunteer Diaries from Shimongwe Wildlife Veterinary Experience
Shimongwe Volunteer Ruby Shorrock records some of her memorable moments volunteering with Dr Rogers in August 2010 on Shimongwe Wildlife Veterinary Experience. See the latest news to read more about her placement and her online diary!
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