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Jennie Crawley et al. published in Scientific Reports: Taming age mortality in semi-captive Asian elephants
February 10, 2020Jennie A. H. Crawley, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Zaw Min Oo, Win Htut, Hnin Nandar & Virpi Lummaa 2020: Taming age mortality in semi-captive Asian elephants. Scientific Reports 10(1889) ABSTRACT. Understanding factors preventing populations of endangered species from being self-sustaining is vital for successful conservation, but we often lack sufficient data to understand dynamics. The global Asian … Read More
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New article about recognising elephant stress was recently published in Animals by Jonathan Webb et al.
January 24, 2020Evaluating the Reliability of Non-Specialist Observers in the Behavioural Assessment of Semi-Captive Asian Elephant Welfare Simple Summary: It is essential that elephant workers monitor the stress levels of their animals to uphold high standards of welfare. This can be done quickly and eciently by observing elephant behaviour, however, the consistency of this approach is likely … Read More
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Latest Elephant Project paper by Martin Seltmann et al. published in Animals
January 9, 2020Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and H/L Ratio are Related Markers of Stress in Semi-Captive Asian Timber Elephants Animals are kept in captivity for various reasons worldwide. Throughout its range countries, the Asian elephant is used for various purposes, with a significant proportion of the remaining population working as draft and transport animals in the timber industry. … Read More
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Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans – Read the newest paper in BMC Evolutionary Biology by Simon Chapman et al.
October 23, 2019Chapman SN, Jackson J, Htut W, Lummaa V, Lahdenperä M (2019): Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans. BMC Evolutionary Biology. Abstract Background: The existence of extended post-reproductive lifespan is an evolutionary puzzle, and its taxonomic prevalence is debated. One way of measuring post-reproductive life is with post-reproductive representation, the proportion of adult years lived by females … Read More
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Océane Liehrmann has finished her Master’s Thesis on elephant-mahout working relationship. And won the best poster prize in Paris congress. Congratulations!
October 15, 2019Abstract The nature of relationships between people and animals has been of interest for many centuries. However, the experimental study of these interactions is a relatively recent development, despite the suggestion that Human-Animal interactions may have consequences for animal welfare. Intriguingly, although the Human-Animal relationship is an important factor to take into account in animal … Read More