Trip Report
Letter
Echo of the Elephants III
Oakland Zoo | |
2003
 | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT NOVEMBER, 2003
 | We've been very busy at AERP this fall and I want to share some of the
news with you. First, thanks to all of you who responded to the
"Bad Bull" crisis and our urgent plea for funds. Your prompt
and generous support diffused a tense situation and saved Bad Bull's
life. In September, Cynthia spent 3 ½ weeks in the U.S., during which
time we worked in our Massachusetts office; held a Board of Directors
meeting; met with donors and friends of AERP; and drove to Yarmouth Port
for a two-day meeting with the International Fund of Animal Welfare
(IFAW). ... click here for the
rest of the stories and 15 photos |
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| Letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding
proposed changes to the U.S. Endangered Species Act |
| PLEASE HELP US SAVE BAD BULL (Sept_Update
Nov_Update 2003) |
| Letters From AERP Scientists to US Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the
application for permits by the San Diego and Lowry Park zoos to import
elephants from Swaziland
| Letter from the AERP scientists (PDF) |
| Letter from AERP ecologist Keith Lindsay (PDF) |
| AERP Open Letter to San Diego Zoo and Lowry Park Zoo (PDF) |
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Echo of the Elephants III
In December 2002 Martyn Colbeck and I started filming the third in a series
of BBC documentary films about one family of elephants in Amboseli-the EBs
led by the beautiful matriarch Echo... (click
here for the text and photos) |
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The Story of Erin
One of the best known elephants in Amboseli, Erin of the EB family, died in
May after a three week struggle for survival involving her family, the
Amboseli Elephant Research Project (AERP) team, a BBC cameraman, and the
staff of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). .. (click
here for the text and photos) |
| Lecture and Silent Auction at Oakland Zoo
7th Annual Celebrating Elephants
May 22, 2003 Another successful lecture and silent auction were held at the
Oakland Zoo to benefit the Amboseli Elephant Research Project and the
Elephant Sanctuary ( http://www.elephants.com/
). Carol Buckley, Asian elephant expert and co-founder of the 800-acre
Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, discussed her life-long journey
with elephants and the creation of a natural habit refuge specifically
developed for elephants. Buckley also shared plans for the arrival of the
first African Elephants to join the sanctuary. (click
here for event photos) |
| SEVP launches online Visual and Tactile Signals Database
The Savanna Elephant Vocalization Project (SEVP) in Kenya has recently
launched a comprehensive database of savanna elephants' Visual and Tactile
Signals on their website http://www.elephantvoices.org/
. 171 signals, expressions and gestures are listed under the headings
General Context, Narrower Context, Signal Name, Code and Description.
Currently some two thirds of the signals are documented with more than 300
photos. The database is the most comprehensive collection available and,
over the next two years, will be followed by a similar collection of
elephant vocalizations including written description, audio, photo and video
documentation. Also other updates, photos and functions have been added to
ElephantVoices, in SEVP's effort to fullfill the project's outreach
perspectives. You can now also subscribe to ElephantVoices News through the
website's news pages.
The SEVP and www.ElephantVoices.org
are initiated and executed by Joyce Poole and Petter Granli, and were
started in 2002. The project is to a large extent based on Poole's research
on the elephant population in Amboseli National Park over more than two
decades. The SEVP will continue through 2005, and is integrated with the
Amboseli Elephant Research Project (AERP). The world renown AERP celebrated
its 30th anniversary in September 2002.
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| BBCi Nature Environment ( Click
Here ) |
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