In the heart of South Africa’s Kwa Zulu Natal, a critical mission is underway to relocate a large number of highly endangered black rhinos to two new reserves. An operation this size relies on meticulous precision, execution and highly specialised tools- such as the use of the tranquilising drug M99. M99, which is ten thousand times more potent than morphine, has revolutionised wildlife translocation. It enables wildlife veterinarians to safely manage animals stress and monitor their condition, whilst working with speed out in the field.
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BAR02 - Giraffe Translocation
Game capture is a part of everyday life for game reserves and a vital part of conservation. Yet the process is potentially life threatening, particularly for the world’s tallest land mammal, a 20 ft giraffe. Working with these highly skittish creatures requires constant monitoring and the minimiz...
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BAR03 - Hippo Translocation
Wildlife veterinarian, Brett Gardner, is called in to translocate two adolescent hippo bulls trapped in a shrinking dam with an overly aggressive dominant male. The move is fraught with danger as the animals consistently outwit their captors, chomping through lassos and submerging in the cover of...
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BAR04 - White Rhino Dehorning
South Africa’s rhino population is under siege. Over the past nine years nearly 7 000 of the countries rhinos have been poached and often brutally killed for their horns. In a final and desperate bid to deter rhino poachers, conservationists are now performing dehorning operations to remove the h...
