The goal of this project is to achieve sustainable provision of professional veterinary service to support elephant and other wildlife conservation programs and activities in sumatra by building local…

This $518,973.78 Project Grant was awarded on October 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) program. The grant supports two key objectives: 1) Continuing wildlife-specific veterinary education and training at the Center for Wildlife Studies and the Veterinary Faculty at Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in collaboration with experienced wildlife veterinarians; and 2) Continuing the wildlife ambulance program established at the Syiah Kuala University Veterinary Faculty to provide veterinary expertise and services needed for elephant and other wildlife conservation and welfare programs in Sumatra, Indonesia. The grant recipient, Wildlife Conservation International LIMITED (doing business as Forests For People), is a foreign-owned non-profit organization focused on endangered species and habitat conservation efforts, particularly in Southeast Asia.

The goal of this project is to achieve sustainable provision of professional veterinary service to support elephant and other wildlife conservation programs and activities in sumatra by building local capacity and through direct hands-on support. Specific objectives are as follows: 1) continue wildlife specific veterinary education and training at the previously established center for wildlife studies and its program for wildlife and conservation medicine at the veterinary faculty of the syiah kuala university banda aceh in collaboration with national and international experienced wildlife veterinarians and 2) to continue the wildlife ambulance program which has been established at syiah kuala universities veterinary faculty and provide veterinary expertise and services needed for elephant and other wildlife conservation and welfare programs conducted by government and non-government institutions in sumatra.