eing a wildlife veterinarian in Africa is a tough job! You have to be flexible, resourceful and work in often extremely remote areas under challenging conditions. And to make matters worse, training opportunities are very limited, so most wildlife vets end up training on the job. They must understand a vast diversity of species, from the smallest antelope to lions to elephants; and that does not even consider the reptiles and birds that also come into the mix. Then there is the giraffe – darting, immobilising and treating the world’s tallest animal adds an entirely different level of complexity to the task and increases the challenges exponentially. As if that were not enough, African wildlife vets are frequently required to work in remote and isolated settings,
