Rhino Attacked at Thaba Manzi

Last week there was another poaching attack at one of Silent Heroes Foundation’s supported projects in South Africa, Thaba Manzi Veterinary Services, run by Dr. Jana Pretorius.  Although the veterinary compound is surrounded by high fencing and is guarded at all times by armed security, poachers seem undeterred and continue to attack.
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Internships for Veterinary Students

 Silent Heroes has partnered with Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine to offer projects for students interested in participating in Cornell's Expanding Horizons program.  The program offers paid internships to students through a rigorous selection process, and encourages students to gain international experience in veterinary medicine.  Students are required to design a research project to contribute to the field of veterinary science, as well as to give back to the local communities in which they work.  Two students were awarded internships for projects supported by Silent Heroes for summer 2011.  Chelsea Anderson will work with Dr. David Hyeroba of the Community Animal Health Centre in Entebbe, Uganda, and will investigate the prevalence of Ehrlichia (an intracellular parasite) in the local dog population.  Her work will also involve treatment of infected animals, general veterinary care for animals that visit the clinic, and community outreach and education.  Through a corporate donation from IDEXX, SHF will provide Chelsea with testing supplies for her project.  Sarah Dumas will work with the Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) village poultry project in Lusaka, Zambia.  She will be developing a veterinary care protocol to improve production and elevate the overall health of the birds.   SHF is working to provide vaccines for her work, as well as an on-going supply of vaccines for the continuation of the village poultry project.  COMACO is stewarded by the Wildlife Conservation Society, and uses a cooperative business model along with market incentives to encourage sustainable agricultural and natural resource management practices, including the stopping of poaching and rampant deforestation.

SHF has also partnered with the University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Africa, to offer three additional internship opportunities to veterinary students, including opportunities in wildlife and conservation, production animal, and equine medicine.   Internships will be offered to veterinary students nationwide in 2012. 

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Operation Rhino

The Operation Rhino campaign has been launched! Our aim is to educate the youth in Asia where there is a cultural belief that rhino horn has medicinal value. >>read more

Generous donation from Kimberly-Clark Healthcare to help save mountain gorillas!

SHF would like to extend a gracious thank you to Kimberly-Clark Healthcare for their recent donation of an 18 month supply of disposable face masks to aid our Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project. These masks will be distributed to all visitors and park staff in close range of the gorillas, to help decrease the risk of disease transmission from humans to the gorillas. This donation is a huge step towards saving the gorillas from extinction, and we are eternally grateful for Kimberly-Clark's support! For information on Kimberly-Clark's products and services please visit www.kchealthcare.com

SHF Welcomes New Projects for 2011!

Silent Heroes would like to welcome three new projects on board for the coming year: the Elephant Orphanage Project, Zambia, of the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation; Raptor Rehabilitation Kenya; and the Department of Wildlife and Aquatic Resources Management of Umutara Polytechnic University in Rwanda. To read more about these projects please click here.

New Resources for Elementary School-Age Children

Learn about Africa and the endangered Mountain Gorilla with Silent Heroes Foundation's free, downloadable teaching resource for use in your home or classroom.
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Silent Heroes Foundation Comes to You

Contact Dr. Hayley Adams if you would like to have a personal introduction to the work of Silent Heroes Foundation presented at your school, church, or civic organization meeting.

Donation to Aid Mountain Gorillas

Silent Heroes is donating facemasks and two oil-immersion microscopes to the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project. Facemasks are crucial to protecting the animals from human-introduced disease (also known as anthropozoonotic disease), for example from tourists visiting the gorillas in their natural habitat.
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Dr. Innocent Rwego talks about Envirovet Summer Institute

Meet Dr. Innocent Rwego as he talks about himself and shares a bit about his experience during the Envirovet summer course for veterinary students and veterinarians. 
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