The work of volunteer vets consists of dealing with wildlife in the Forest Department centres and to stray dogs inside and around these centres.

Preventive medicine is implemented by vaccination and de-worming schemes for all animals. Curative medicine may include emergency medicine, treating individual sick animals or tackling group problems like a recurring skin condition in the black bears at the Banglamung project. Additionally, assistance is given with issues regarding nutrition, hygiene, cage enrichment and release of animals into enclosures.

The work with the stray dogs exists mainly of de-sexing and systematically vaccinating, worming and treating for mange. Attention is also given to individual sick animals, encountering things like fractured limbs, wounds and tumours. Every animal, whether it is a wild animal or a stray dog, gets the best veterinary care that can be provided at that time.

All the neccesary equipment and medicine are available to perform adequate injectable and halothane gas anesthesia, basic diagnostic work and treatment of a great range of diseases. In some cases, referral for X-rays or extensive surgery can be arranged. Euthanasia of dogs is rarely carried out but is possible. There is further a purpose-built clinic/surgery alongside the Banglamung project.

Extensive individual animal records are kept of all animals, and there is a wealth of information present about wild animal medicine in general. Back-up is also provided via e-mail with previous volunteers.

Veterinarians with little or no wildlife experience have sufficient information to refer to and enough practical support to be able to carry out whatever needs to be done, provided they have a willingness to learn and the ability to improvise when necessary.