Course curriculum

  • 1

    Module 1 Intro

  • 2

    Module 2: Understanding the recent historical evolution of issues concerning wildlife

  • 3

    Module 3: A basic understanding of the components of conservation in Southern Africa

    • A basic understanding of the components of conservation in Southern Africa

    • The Components of Conservation in Southern Africa: Short quiz

    • Reference video for assignment: Let Africans Decide

    • Assignment: Trophy Hunting - Should trophy hunting be retained as a conservation tool ?
  • 4

    Module 4: Knowing your patient

    • Know Your Patient Part 1: As an individual (Signalment)

    • Knowing your Patient Part 2: As a species

    • Knowing your Patient: Species

    • Knowing your patient: Species

    • Knowing your Patient: Signalment

    • Know your Patient: Signalment

    • Know you Patient: Signalment

    • Know your Patient: Species

    • Know your patient: Species

    • Knowing your Patient: Signalment

    • Know your Patient: Signalment
  • 5

    Module 5: Do you know what you are getting yourself into?

    • Do you know what you are getting yourself into?

    • Situational Preparedness Quiz
  • 6

    Module 6: Is what I plan to do ethical and beneficial ? Lesson 1 of 2 Ethics

    • Lesson 1 of 2: Ethics in Wildlife and parallels in domestic species

    • Assignment: Continue or discontinue captive lion breeding in SA? Is veterinary support for this industry ethically acceptible?

    • Reference: Unlocking the socio-economic potential of South Africa's Biodiversity Assets through Sustainable use of Wildlife Resources

    • Reference: Towards a cost-benefit analysis of South Africa’s captive predator breeding industry. Author: Ross Graeme Harvey D.Phil (Economics)(Senior Research Associate)

    • Reference: Born captive - A survey of the lion breeding, keeping and hunting industries in South Africa. Vivienne L. Williams , Michael J. ‘t Sas-Rolfes

    • Reference: Zambia lifts big cat hunting ban (Article Africa Geographic 18 May 2015)

    • Reference: The economic significance of lion breeding operations in the South African Wildlife Industry. Peet Van der Merwe*, Melville Saayman, Jauntelle Els and Andrea Saayman

    • Reference: Trophy Hunters Exposed - Inside the Big Game Industry (An interview with Eduardo Gonçalves about his explosive book on trophy hunting).

    • Reference: South Africa is replicating China’s policies that resulted in the Covid-19 outbreak, including mandates promoting domesticating and breeding wild species. David Kukura 2 April 2020

    • Reference: South African MPs seek end of captive lion trophy hunting by Susan Njanji (Phys.org 27 Nov 2018)
  • 7

    Module 6: Is what I plan to do Ethical & Beneficial? Lesson 2 of 2 ONE HEALTH Introduction

    • Ethics in wildlife & parallels in domestic species Lesson 2 of 2 One Health Intro

    • Reference Video: Changing disease landscapes - Towards a Global Health approach (FAO - Food & Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations)

    • One Health Quiz
  • 8

    Module 7: Do I feel prepared for most eventualities?

    • Lesson 1: Packing the right attitude from first contact

    • Lesson 2: Do I feel prepared- What to pack for most wildlife call-outs

    • What to pack for an emergency call-out?
  • 9

    Module 8: Appreciating the value of a compliant patient

    • Lesson 1 of 4 : Using Physical Capture Techniques to Immobilise those that are not

    • Physical Capture

    • Physical Capture

    • Physical Capture

    • Physical Capture

    • Lesson 2 of 4: Planning to use Chemical Restraint to Immobilise those that are not

    • Planning to use chemical restraint

    • Lesson 3 of 4: Using Chemical Restraint to Immobilise those Herbivores that are not

    • Using chemical capture on Herbivores

    • Using chemical capture on Herbivores

    • Using chemical capture on Herbivores

    • Lesson 4 of 4: Using Chemical Restraint to Immobilise those Carnivores that are not

    • Using chemical restraint on carnivores

    • Using chemical restraint on carnivores

    • Using chemical restraint on carnivores
  • 10

    Module 9: Safety in Handling and Using Darts and Wildlife Drugs

    • Safety on a Wildlife Procedure

    • Watch the following short clip of a Cape Mountain Zebra darting procedure and state what safety parameters you think were breached and what the team did well with regards to safety on a procedure.

    • Short answer assignment: Cape Mountain Zebra Darting
  • 11

    Module 10: Understanding your patient

    • Physiologically similar but different

    • Physiology

    • Anatomically similar but different
  • 12

    Module 11: Pharmacology Applied to...

    • Altering Levels of Consciousness

    • Altering Levels of Consciousness Quiz

    • Altering Levels of Consciousness Assignment
  • 13

    Module 12: Basic principles of toxicology applied to Southern African Wildlife

    • Toxicology Lesson 1: Basic Principles of Plant Toxicity

    • Basic Principles of Plant Toxicity

    • Toxicology Lesson 2: An Overview of Common Toxic Plants in South Africa

    • Lesson 2: Toxic Plants Quiz

    • Lesson 2: Toxic Plant Short Answer Assignment

  • 14

    Module 13: Appreciating the importance of disease in natural ecosystems

    • The Importance of Diseases in Natural Ecosystems
  • 15

    Module 14: Re-contextualising the importance of healthy eco-systems and their services

    • The importance of healthy eco-system services
  • 16

    Module 15: The Veterinary role as agents of biodiversity

    • How we as Vets can be agents of biodiversity

    • How are we responding to Rhino Poaching?
  • 17

    Module 16: The Veterinary role as doctors of the planet

    • The World is not well and needs Doctors to help restore good health

    • The Climate Mitigation Gap - The 4 most effective individual actions