Wilderness Foundation
For many years, Medivet has proudly partnered with the Wilderness Foundation, supporting its work to protect endangered rhino populations and conserve the natural world.
Today, our partnership is evolving.
Rather than relying primarily on fundraising, Medivet now provides sustainable funding through an annual group donation. This gives the Wilderness Foundation greater certainty and enables us to support a broader range of projects creating meaningful, long-term impact.
Rhino conservation remains an important part of our partnership, but our support now goes much further – reaching across biodiversity conservation, habitat restoration, community health, mental wellbeing and environmental resilience.
It reflects something fundamental to veterinary medicine: One Health – the understanding that the health of animals, people and the planet are deeply connected.
Our impact goes beyond animal welfare
Caring for animals will always be at the heart of Medivet. And we also know that animal health cannot be considered in isolation. Wildlife, pets, people and the environments they share, all depend on one another. Through our partnership with the Wilderness Foundation, we’re extending our impact beyond veterinary care alone and support projects that protect individual animals, strengthen communities and restore the ecosystems on which we all rely. From rhino conservation and community veterinary care in South Africa to rewilding, marine biodiversity and nature-based mental health programmes, our partnership is helping to create positive change across animals, people and planet.
Animals
Our partnership supports conservation and veterinary programmes protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable animals.
In South Africa, this includes rhino conservation through tracker dogs, aerial monitoring, anti-poaching patrols and veterinary care for injured and orphaned rhinos. Our support also extends to marine biodiversity and the recovery of the endangered African penguin.
The Wilderness Foundation also works to tackle the drivers of wildlife crime through its demand reduction programme in Vietnam, helping to reduce consumer demand for rhino horn.
People
Protecting animals and the natural world also means working alongside the people and communities who share those environments.
Through One Health community programmes, the Wilderness Foundation supports the health of pets and livestock through veterinary interventions.
In the UK, it’s using nature as a powerful tool to support mental wellbeing. Nature-based programmes give young people opportunities to spend time outdoors, build confidence and resilience, develop a stronger sense of belonging and improve their wellbeing.
Planet
Healthy animals and healthy communities need a healthy natural environment. Our partnership supports work that goes beyond the protection of individual species to help restore entire ecosystems and improve biodiversity.
At the Tanglewood Conservation Area in South Africa, the Wilderness Foundation is researching rewilding, ecosystem recovery and biodiversity corridors that can help reconnect protected habitats.
Our support also reaches Algoa Bay, contributing to marine biodiversity work, the recovery of the endangered African penguin and the wider ambition for the area to achieve World Heritage status.
Over the years, Medivet & Partner’s support has helped to:
- Treat more than 50 rhinos injured in poaching attacks, as well as orphaned rhinos.
- Fund two tracker dogs over a seven-year period, helping support anti-poaching efforts.
- Contribute towards the running and maintenance of specialist anti-poaching aircraft.
- Provide rabies vaccinations for more than 2,000 dogs in local communities.
- Provide flea, tick and worming treatments for nearly 1,000 dogs.
- Spay and neuter more than 100 dogs, helping to manage populations and reduce the spread of disease.
One Health in action
Every day, we improve the lives of pets through unwavering veterinary care.
Through our partnership with the Wilderness Foundation, we’re taking that commitment further – helping protect wildlife, improve animal and community health, restore natural habitats and support people’s wellbeing.
It means looking beyond the health of an individual animal and recognising the bigger picture: healthier animals, healthier communities and healthier ecosystems.