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Our Founder & Project Lead Dr. Lisa Yon will be
hosting a talk about the EWP at the
University of Nottingham's main
campus on the 17th of November at 6pm!
This talk is open to all and is free of charge!
Book your attendance at scipubliclecturenov22
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Check out this new study measuring how changes to elephant management can affect welfare. It defines behavioural and physiological welfare parameters for measuring stress in free-ranging elephants, laying a good foundation for further research.
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🐘 After a decade of planning, @Noahs_Ark_Zoo opened a 5,000 sqm home-grown willow plantation for African #elephants Shaka & Janu. It's the first of its kind in the UK.
Read more➡️ biaza.org.uk/news/detail/a-u…
📷 #NoahsArkZooFarm
ALT African Elephant in a willow thicket
ALT African Elephant entering a forest
ALT Bird's-eye-view directly over an elephant amongst trees
Wonderful work by @WildWelfare! 🐘
Part two of the update from our recent project visit to Sabah. #Elephants feature heavily as we visit a facility which we have a historical relationship with to work towards improvements to #animalwelfare practices.
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Please take a moment to watch @WelfareElephant’s new video. Hear about the use of our Elephant Behavioural Welfare Assessment Tool that is now available as a FREE app, & how this can be used to monitor the welfare of captive elephants over time fb.watch/c6w3t8td7J/
🐘App in Action🐘
Would you like to know more about the Noah’s Ark keeper team?
Find out about the great work they do here: facebook.com/101713848490893…
🐘App in action🐘
Read more about Noahs Arks Head Elephant Keeper Tom Lindley and how he uses the app here: facebook.com/101713848490893…
Read more about the people and the work behing the Elephant Welfare Project here 👇🐘
Did you know BIAZA has some of the most stringent guidance on elephant care in the world?
Nottingham Uni's elephant welfare experts @WelfareElephant Dr Lisa Yon & Dr Jess Rendle discuss the importance of data in giving elephants the best possible care
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🐘 APP IN ACTION 🐘 Meet Janu, the massive 16yr old bull from @Noahs_Ark_Zoo! “A bruiser of an elephant. He only has one short tusk as he broke it in 2015. His broken tusk was managed by his keepers & is now slowly growing back.” His keepers use our app to monitor his welfare! 🐘
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🐘APP IN ACTION🐘 Meet Shaka! Shaka is currently the biggest and oldest bull elephant at @Noahs_Ark_Zoo. He is 30 years old and weighs around 4.5 tonnes. The keepers have been using our new app to measure his behaviour and monitor his welfare! 🐘 facebook.com/101713848490893…
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See our ‘App in Action’ with the Bull elephants at @Noahs_Ark_Zoo! 🐘 facebook.com/101713848490893…
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🐘 Our first ‘App in Action’ facility is @Noahs_Ark_Zoo! 🐘The Zoo's ‘Elephant Eden’ is the largest elephant enclosure not just in the UK, but in Northern Europe! Find out more about Noah’s Ark elephants and the people who care for them over the coming month! 🐘
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🐘App in Action🐘
Over the next month we will be spotlighting one of the facilities using our ground-breaking app, in our section called 'App in Action'. Look out for more info on who is using this amazing and absolutely FREE app! 🐘
In the final ‘Meet the Team’, we introduce Ryan Harley. Ryan is a 4th year vet student who aspires to be an exotics vet. He’s excited to see how technology, such as our ground-breaking app, can be used to improve the welfare of elephants around the world! facebook.com/101713848490893…
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Meet Lucy, a 4th Year Vet Medicine student at @NottinghamVets. She’s been working with @WelfareElephant for over a year, helping with aspects of data collection & website development. She hopes to work in wildlife medicine & with elephants! facebook.com/101713848490893…
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Meet Layla, a 3rd year Vet Medicine from @NottinghamVets! She’s been involved in many areas of the project and is now managing our social media. In the future, she wants to work in wildlife and conservation medicine #elephant #animalwelfare #goteam facebook.com/101713848490893…
Meet our Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dr Jess Rendle. Jess in an animal welfare scientist with a passion for improving the lives of animals under human management. Welcome to the team @WelfareScience!
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Meet our Founding Director, Dr Lisa Yon. For more than a decade, Lisa has worked tirelessly to improve the welfare of captive elephants. She has recently developed an app to help keepers monitor their elephant's welfare! Amazing work! #dedication #elephant facebook.com/theelephantwelf…
