Medical and trauma practitioners have called for the intervention of health minister Dr Joe Phaahla to alleviate a critical shortage of antivenom in South Africa.
The shortage of antivenom in South Africa was made strikingly clear for Steve Meighan, owner of Deep South Reptile Rescue, after a Cape Cobra bite last week.
remains on the top. how much antivenom do these horses actually produce? well, it will produce an average of 2,000 vials of antivenom, one donation, that s as far as scorpions. for snakes, you only get 200 vials. those are still pretty powerful numbers. yes. so what would you say to people who, you know, think that this might not be the right thing to do to horses, to these beautiful animals? well, i will say that these horses have been used for antivenom production for more than 130 years. and as you can see, they are well treated, well fed. and i will say that that is more suffering saving lives. and so far, there is not an alternative for that. if you think about it, each of these horses could potentially save thousands of lives.