Saving Lives in the Field: GCF Fully Sponsors 2025 K9 First Aid Course in South Africa

Saving Lives in the Field: GCF Fully Sponsors 2025 K9 First Aid Course in South Africa

Global Conservation Force is proud to announce that we are fully sponsoring the next K9 Field First Aid Course for anti-poaching and conservation K9 units in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. This life-saving training will take place on May 30th, 2025, in collaboration with Ikhala Veterinary Hospital in Grahamstown, South Africa.

 

This intensive, hands-on course will empower 40 K9 Rangers and their Handlers from over 10 wildlife reserves across the region. These reserves protect some of the world’s most iconic species—like rhinos, elephants, and big cats—and are part of some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth. The rangers and their four-legged partners are on the frontlines every day, and we’re making sure they’re equipped with the skills and gear to handle medical emergencies when help is far away.

 

This isn’t our first time running this program. Since launching it in 2020, we’ve already trained dozens of rangers and handlers. In several real-life field emergencies, that training made the difference between life and death for K9s injured in the line of duty. Thanks to their handlers’ rapid response and medical knowledge, these K9s survived and returned to the field stronger than ever.

But we can’t do it alone.

 

While GCF is sponsoring this upcoming course, you can help us take this impact even further. The cost to sponsor one ranger—including their training and a fully stocked, field-ready K9 emergency medical response kit—is just $100.

 

Your support could literally save a K9’s life in the field.

 

Whether you sponsor one ranger, five, or more, your donation directly equips the heroes on the frontlines with the tools and knowledge they need to protect their K9 partners—and by extension, the wildlife they defend.

Sponsor a K9 Ranger and Ranger K9 Handler Today!


Click the link to donate directly toward the K9 First Aid Program.

Together, we can continue building a stronger, more resilient force for wildlife protection—one ranger, one dog, and one life at a time.

CLICK HERE: Become a Recurring K9 Donor