With your generosity and the continued support of Woodland Park Zoo, our efforts help the Veterinarians from the Wildlife Ambulance Of the Syiah Kuala University Veterinary Faculty in Aceh, Sumatra provide routine healthcare to elephants and other wildlife. In 2022 the Wildlife Ambulance conducted a total of 55 field operations, each lasting from one-ten days (159 days in total). The most frequent activity was providing regular health care for a total of 59 captive elephants in 12 different locations in the provinces of Aceh and Lampung. These elephants participate in patrol units for forest monitoring and Human-Elephant conflict mitigation.Besides elephant health care, the Wildlife Ambulance also provided needed veterinary services to Wildlife Conservation Authorities for the GPS collaring of a wild elephant (1 case), translocation of wild elephants (5 cases), treatment of injured wild elephants (3 cases), and elephant post-mortems (2 cases).
We are grateful for the efforts of the Veterinarians of the Wildlife Ambulance who continue to care for endangered wildlife in Sumatra.
