Image Galleries

  • Ultra-sound scanning lioness prior to contraception

    Game capture, translocation & clinical treatments

    Most of the physical work involved in wildlife veterinary practice is split between clinical cases and the capture & translocation of wild animals from one game reserve to another. Translocation may be undertaken for a variety of reasons such as removal of surplus animals from a reserve so as to manage the animal density to match the habitat/available resource (ensuring sustainability)and introduction of animls to new reserves- so expanding their available conservation range- while generating income for the source reserve which is then used to sustain the management of the conservation area.


    There are 28 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 2010-02-01 17:33

  • Lion paw - young male - few people realise just how big & strong these cats really are!

    General Gallery


    There are 33 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 2010-01-22 17:09

  • Walking a tranquillised white rhino bull to the transport crate

    Rhino ear-notching & microchipping

    In most of the remaining populations of Black & White Rhino in Africa it has become common practice to ear notch and microchip as many of the rhino present in an area as possible. By enabling rapid identification of individuals in the field, ear notching is an invaluable management aid assisting management to monitor individual animals (presence/absence in its normal territory, relationships & genetic relatedness of individuals, medical history, etc) as well as the overall performance of the population (reproductive performance, average intercalving periods, herd health, etc).
    The single most important reason for notching & microchipping all rhino is to aid in antipoaching efforts. Being able to determine that an individual is missing as soon as possible enables the most rapid & therefore most effective follow-up investigation.
    The microchipping of the animal and its horns helps in the event of a mortality especially if scavengers have removed the ears (notches) or, if poachers have removed the horns, the microchips in the horns will enable investigators to trace the area of origin of any illegal horn shipments intercepted. This aids greatly in elucidating the structure and modus operandi of illegal syndicate networks trading in restricted products of endangered animal origin.
    DNA samples are also taken from all animals during the notching operation so as to have an additional tool to link illegal/poached rhino products to an individual animal/reserve as well as to aid in management of genetic diversity within the population.


    There are 15 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 2010-02-03 15:22

  • Nyoni with her Swazi family- soaking up some attention!

    Rhino orphans- general pics

    General photos of the two White Rhino orphans in our care


    There are 20 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 2010-01-12 13:47

  • Miles of Zululand bushveld

    Sights & "flavours" of Zululand


    There are 26 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 2010-02-01 10:15

  • Lisa & the boys

    Volunteers & Students

    Volunteer accomodation, downtime activities & sightseeing.


    There are 40 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 2010-02-01 16:56

  • Sample collection- leopard blood

    Wildlife Research

    Valid wildlife research is invaluable in conservation strategy formulation- which is an objective we support by extending pro bono wildlife veterinary services, advice & support to valuable research projects in Zululand.


    There are 14 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 2010-01-22 14:25