One would wonder, why bother with wild animals? One person told me, “why can’t you leave the nature to take its course” My answer was, it can be done if it can also happen to human beings. If man took care of wild animals in the 1900s and before we could not be talking of the words like endangered species. To me wild animals should be conserved, protected and given proper medical care.

Unlike the human doctors and my counterparts in pets practice, wildlife veterinary work is more expensive, challenging, risky and calls for people with determination to handle the challenging issues.

The vet is applying an eye ointment into the eye of a giraffe. Most of the wild animals have to be immobilised for any intervention to be done. Immobilisation drugs are expensive and are also potentially dangerous to animals. Any opportunity to avoid using them the better

This white rhino is used to human beings and an antibiotic is being administered intramuscularly. This animal had a deep cut wound on the right fetlock joint. The wound was cleaned with antiseptic solution and a long acting antibiotic administered.

This elephant was a victim of human wildlife conflict and it sustained several spear wound injuries on his body. The vet was called in to intervene. The animal was treated and released back to the wild

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