I have used MidWest reptile and handling equipment both in the field, whilst filming "Big Adventure in the Americas", and in the Reptile House at West Midland Safari Park and I am very pleased with the results.
The most important factors being that the reptile can be captured or transferred without danger or risk of damage to either the handler or the animal, I believe MidWest's equipment is designed with the safety and comfort of both in mind.
I especially like the bagging system and the plastic restraining tubes which limit the necessity to come into close contact with dangerous snakes in remote locations. I am currently filming a new series of "Big Adventure" in Australia and the Pacific and rest assured, not only am I taking MidWest equipment with me into the field, I am happy in the knowledge that my team in the WMSP Reptile House have access to the best equipment on the market whilst I am away.
Mark O'Shea FRGS FZS
Curator of Reptiles, West Midland Safari Park, Worcs., England Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London; Fellow of the Explorers Club of New York (British Chapter); Honorary Research Fellow of Wolverhampton University; Affiliate to the National Museum of Papua New Guinea. Author of "A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea". and presenter of "Giant Snake", "Black Mamba", "O'Shea's Big Adventure in the Americas" and "O'Shea's Big Adventure in the Pacific".
