@the_wildlife_vet

I moved to India over a decade ago from NZ to work with wildlife across the country. In the years since, I've worked with Government Forest Departments and NGOs in the pursuit of conservation medicine. As a vet, I was called upon for hundreds of cases that ranged from taking care of baby elephants (Which tend to be lot of work) to capturing and treating a man-eating tiger that had killed half a dozen people.

I started up my career working at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve where I worked on dealing with human wildlife conflict management as well as the occasional tiger or leopard capture. It was there that I became involved in the treatment of Elephants, both in the wild and in captivity. Over the years since, I have become a consultant with a number of NGOs across the country where I work towards the welfare of elephants. I currently work on a project that rescues and rehabilitates begging elephants and elephants that have been through cruelty, giving them medical assistance and treating their feet (Which are in very bad shape due to a lifetime of being on solid concrete or walking on roads).

I am currently trying to raise funds to treat and take care of a few elephants in my care as the recent COVID outbreak has made funding extremely difficult here in India.

If you would like to know more about some of the work we do, check us out on Instagram @the_wildlife_vet