BUFFALO & WILDLIFE HANDLING
AND CHEMICAL IMMOBILIZATION

Buffalo/Wildlife Handling & Chemical Immobilization

About the Course

Global Wildlife Resources (GWR) is offering a special 3-day wildlife chemical immobilization course April 21-23, 2026 (Tuesday-Thursday) at the Aaniiih Nakoda College in Harlem MT. The course is for tribal members and tribal college students by invitation only. This course the most current &comprehensive chemical capture training in North America, with field-based instruction customized to the needs of participants. This course with co-instructors Mark Johnson DVM (CEO, GWR) and Terry Lincoln (Director, Dakoa Zoo) will focus on buffalo chemical immobilization with coverage of other wildlife species.

Hands-on Labs Each Day

• Drug Delivery Systems - opportunity to practice the most effective projectors (dart guns)
• Needle &Syringe Skills - building professional habits for practical field use and human safety
• Blood Collection Practice Station - practice proper techniques for successful blood collection
• Practice Immobilizaton Lab - participants will chemically immobilize large show heifer
• Final Field Day - participants will dart and chemically immobilize buffalo bulls
  

Registration

Please: 1) Complete the registration form and 2) Register for the course at the checkout page.

Enrollment is limited to 20 tribal members or tribal college students. By Invitation Only. Before registering please contact Teri Harper, Program Coordinator, Aaniiih Nakoda College at tcharper@ancollege.edu or Cell: 406.320.1651 to confirm there are openings in the course. The course includes a course notebook, daily labs - including two chemical immobilization labs, and a Certificate of Training. Course fee is $950.