Africa wildlife capture online
This online capture course covers all you need to know about capturing wildlife! This course does cover African wildlife and South Africa, but it also covers all capture methods, drugs and more which can be useful in any country!
The online course has been accredited by a few universities to count towards credits for studies. The universities include Purdue US, Pennsylvania US, The Royal Dick UK.
Course Contents:
- Common Wildlife species and information
- The history of the wildlife industry in South Africa
- Safety during a capture operation
- Capture methods
- Capture related deaths
- Helicopters used during capture operation.
- Capture equipment
- Antibiotics and supportive medication
- Opioids used in wildlife capture
- Cyclohexylamines and neuromuscular blockers
- Tranquillizers, Sedatives, Alpha 2 and supportive drugs
- External parasites
- Internal parasites
- Wildlife and field management
- Marking and measuring techniques
- Animal behavior
- Special notes and recommended dosages.
- Animal tracking techniques
- Animal behavior
- Species notes and recommended dosages
- Animal tracking techniques
- Anti-poaching
- Case studies and footages of practical work done for this course.
After each module there is a short quiz, students can only move onto the next chapter of the course once passing the quiz. There is no time limit to this module, once the course has been purchased the course can be accessed at any time and done at the students convenience.
Approximate time: 16 hours at own pace
Online Support available before, during and after course. Questions will be answered within 24hrs via whatsapp, email or live session.