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Projects
(with
links to more information and the opportunity to donate to specific
projects)
To learn more please see
Background
Mission/Goals/Strategies
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Elephant Tuberculosis Initiative -
surveillance and follow-up care for
elephants and mahouts in Asia; research to improve diagnostics and
treatment
India: TB and Healthcare Evaluations -
Supporting/advising on comprehensive medical evaluation and
disease survey of 800 captive elephants in India by Indian partners
Africa: Alternative to Culling -
Testing a new long-acting contraceptive
Nepal: TB Project -
Field-tested new
diagnostic techniques in the first comprehensive TB
testing of an elephant population in Asia.
Sri Lanka: Saving Elephants by Helping People -
Establishing alternative crops to provide sustainable livelihoods
for villagers in areas of high human-elephant conflict
Elephant
Publications -
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Elephant Biology, Medicine, and
Surgery,
the first modern
elephant care text book
Thanks to the generosity of Columbus Zoo and Nancy Abraham, 120 copies of
this book are being donated and sent to elephant vets, wildlife agencies,
and zoos in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos,
Viet Nam, Indonesia, China, Bangladesh, and Cambodia.
Wildlife Information Network is
donating an equal number of CD modules entitled Elephants: Diseases and
Treatment that will be shipped with the books.
Read more...
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Sumatran Elephants in
Crisis―Time for Change,
S. Mikota, H. Hammatt, and Y. Fahrimal, a book chapter in
Elephants and Ethics (in press)
Resources for Elephant Professionals -
This website with:
Sumatran Elephant Healthcare and Conservation -
After 3 years of fieldwork, we are still fighting for change to
save elephants in peril in Indonesia.
Additional projects - small grants program, online
elephant medical image library, PowerPoint collections on elephant
healthcare, etc. |
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Projects
