VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

MISCELLANEOUS GADGETS

• Mouth gags may be useful for small sized wild mammals like jungle cats, foxes, jackals etc. However, needs a clear assessment. Snares also may be used to restrian the wild animals at a distance.

• Adjustable partitions are used in between the animals like carnivores. The enclosures for lions or panthers often have the partitions that can be operated from outside in a more safe manner.
• The drop gates with pulley system can be used to capture and restraint of non-human primates, wild pigs etc.

• Snake hooks for snakes and elephant hooks for elephants may be of more useful in physical restraint procedures.

Snake hook	Elephant hook

• Please note that the snake hook needs to have an adequately lengthy handle to provide safety to the operator or restraining personnel associated. Transparent plastic tubes may be used for the proper restaint of serpentinbes.

• Nets are being used for various species of wild fauna esp. birds.