Category Archives: Latest Operations

A couple of weeks ago, Dr Jen Lawrence assisted with removing a snare off a wild dog. The snare had tightened around the wild dog’s neck and front leg leaving an awful open wound. The ecologist of the reserve, who has been intensely monitoring her recovery sent us an update this week, noting that she- continue reading –

Operational procedures for collaring predators vary based on species. Lions and hyenas are attracted using specific animal calls during night call-ups, employing distress calls of buffalo, wildebeest, or warthog for lions and a range of hyena calls for hyenas. Despite efforts, call-ups do not guarantee success, and veterinarians and conservation teams often spend hours waiting- continue reading –

A hyena was recently found in the northern Sabi Sands after crossing from Manyeleti, entangled with two snares. It had a double-looped copper snare around its neck and a cable snare around its hind leg. The snare rescue group (@africanwildlifevets, @wildwonderful_world, @down2the_wire and @blueskysociety) responded quickly to offer support and Dr Joel Alves ,@the_conservation_vet, successfully- continue reading –

Earlier this week @the_conservation_vet rescued a male leopard from a snare despite facing challenging conditions. The rain, mud, and persistent presence of spotted hyenas made the operation quite a circus. The leopard was perched high up in a tree, and the team had to navigate a tricky darting process. After being tranquilized, the leopard slipped- continue reading –

Dr Chris Smith responded to an emergency snare removal operation whereby a young elephant calf had a snare digging into its neck. The snare was successfully removed. A huge thank you to @blanketsforbabyrhinos who have ensured that we can respond to emergencies like this. In collaboration with: @hope_for_wildlife_helicopter | @mjejane_river_lodge_official | @theaspinallfoundation #emergencyoperation#snareremoval#elephant

In the heart of Mpumalanga, African Wildlife Vets, proudly supported by XContent (Pty) Ltd and African Secret Liqueur, and Friends Of Wildlife Management joined forces to assist the Mpumalunga Tourism and Parks Game Capture Unit in an incredible mission. Together, we embarked on a challenging journey to protect the rhino population at Manyeleti Game Reserve.- continue reading –

African Wildlife Vets teamed up with @wildlife_act to translocate a total of 6 African wild dogs from Phongolo Nature Reserve holding boma to a holding boma in Somkhanda Game Reserve. All dogs were successfully immobilized by Dr Jen Lawrence and Dr Max Krings and safely translocated using crates. 5 of the wild dogs were fitted- continue reading –

You may or may not have seen in recent news articles, the tragic incident whereby 4 rhinos were hit by a speeding train in Phongolo Nature Reserve. Two were killed on impact and the other two were suspected to be severely injured. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife field rangers dedicated their time to findingthe injured animals. They- continue reading –

A couple of weeks ago, Dr Max Krings assisted Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife game capture unit with the response to reports of a new rhino orphan. A small white rhino calf had been spotted by field rangers wandering around by itself. Dr. Krings, along with EKZNW’s game capture officer JP van Heerden, stalked the calf on- continue reading –

“Teamwork makes dream work,” a phrase that truly resonated during last week’s remarkable mass horn-trimming operation. In a collaborative effort, African Wildlife Vets, supported by Cycle of Life joined forces with the Aspinall Foundation supported by DCM Surfaces assisted Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) in trimming the horns of 40 white rhinos. The operation- continue reading –