While volunteering with the Pre-Vet program, through
VA32 we get to see and do so
many fun things!
Here are a few of the tasks we've done over the past few weeks:
When working with the wildlife, we have gone on several game captures at
one of the few local game reserves, mPongo. While at mPongo, we get to
drive around on the game drive looking at all the animals: giraffes,
zebras, nyalas, waterbucks, warthogs, impalas, lions, monkeys,
elephants, bushbucks, and many more!
We've taken part in
capturing zebras, giraffes, nyalas, impalas, lions...all within the past few
weeks!
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| Capturing a giraffe |
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| Capturing a zebra |
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| An impala capture |
When we are done with our long days of carrying animals through the bush on stretchers, we get to relax by the fire. We get to know one
another, and get closer as a family while we wait for our dinner to cook!
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| Our Pre-Vet family of volunteers around the fire :) |
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| Treating a zebra that had screw-worm |
On occasion, we get called for special cases with the animals. We have
worked with a horse with anaphylactic shock, cows that have lost
considerable weight, and even a zebra with a lame leg due to screwworm.
We also work with agricultural animals. Our pre-vets have loads of fun doing things they've never done before with
livestock species. They learned how to flip sheep properly, how to
artificially inseminate pigs, inject vitamins to sheep and cattle, as
well as checking for a calf inside a pregnant cow.
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| Tyler flipping a sheep |
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| Mads injecting a sheep |
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| The Pre-Vet team artificially inseminating pigs |
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Savannah getting ready to inject
cows |
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| Pregnancy testing is a messy business! |
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Our Pre-vet team after a long day of pregnancy testing cows...
Keep Calm and Glove Up! |
When we can, we try to go to the East London Zoo to help out. That is
when we do zoo enrichment. We help around the zoo, locating different
things that could be changed for a better quality of life for the animals.
For many of the animals at the zoo, we have to figure out a way to
stimulate their minds and keep them occupied. It gives our volunteers the chance to
get creative and come up with ideas that can really benefit the
animals. We have come up with a few ideas like creating paper mache balls to put meat on, water bottles full of scents to spray around encloses, removing branches to allow for more sunlight, toys for the birds and puzzle feeders for the
monkeys.
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Lindsay and Elizabeth making the paper
mache balls |
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A tiger going for a swim to fish the pumpkin
out of the water |
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| Francesca petting the giraffe |
Look out more more of our adventures in our next blog!
Cheers,
Ashley & the Pre-Vet Team
If you are interested in getting hands-n experience in Pre-vet work with South African wildlife, vosot our website to find our more about The African Pre-Vet Experience.
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