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October 24, 2001
October Update
We are currently involved in numerous elephant study projects with
various facilities, universities and international elephant experts
such as:
- Regular Blood Analysis of every elephant at the sanctuary in collaboration with Primedica Laboratories
- Hormone Assessments
of every elephant at the sanctuary in collaboration with Hendrix
College (Conway, Arkansas); Baptist Hospital (Little Rock, Arkansas);
Dr. Bets Rasmussen PhD (Oregon Graduate Institute); Dr. Dennis Schmitt
DVM, PhD, Dipl ACT (Southwest Missouri State University); Dr. David
Hess PhD (Oregon Primate Center); Dr. Janine Brown PhD (Smithsonian
Center for Research and Conservation)
- Reproductive Evaluations in collaboration with Dr. Dennis Schmitt DVM PhD Dipl ACT (Southwest Missouri State University)
- Behavioral Studies in collaboration with Dr. Bruce Schulte PhD (Georgia Southern University)
- Chemical Communication studies in collaboration with Dr. Bets Rasmussen PhD (Oregon Graduate Institute); Dr. Thomas Goodwin PhD (Hendrix College)
- Pharmacological Studies in collaboration with Dr. Ursula Bechert DVM (Oregon State University)
- Ultrasonographic Studies
in collaboration with Dr. Dennis Schmitt DVM PhD Dipl ACT (Southwest
Missouri State University); Dr. Thomas Hildebrandt Med Vet (Institute
for Zoo and Wildlife Biology, Berlin, Germany)
- Elephant Conservation Projects
such as developing safe and effective repellents to prevent
human-elephant conflicts in collaboration with Dr. Bets Rasmussen PhD
(Oregon Graduate Institute); Dr. Raman Sukumar and Dr. V Krishnamurthy
(Asian Elephant Conservation Center, Bangalore, India); and assisting
in the medical care and husbandry training of elephants in Sumatra in
collaboration with the International Elephant Foundation.
Our long-term goals include successful conservation programs for these
endangered animals, as well as continuing to develop our international
educational outreach programs which include presentations to various
wildlife, civic, youth and school groups as well as guided tours of the
sanctuary.
Our unique programs include:
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