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Aug 4, 2017 · If an elephant is not acting in a manner consistent with her ‘normal’ self, we collect samples to determine why she is not feeling well. Through training sessions, we are able to collect saliva, blood and trunk sputum samples. In this photo, we are conducting a blood draw training session with Maharani.
The role of the Elephant Keepers that replace that lost mother and family is one of love and healing; of constant companionship, endless patience, heartfelt empathy and gentle guidance to impart reassurance and persuade the orphan to make the effort to try and live. Aside from this, there is the vital necessary husbandry which entails 3 hourly ...
Meet Richard Fraser, elephant keeper at Chester Zoo. Our elephant herd here at the zoo are a close knit family. This is backed by scientific research which has shown that social bonds between individual elephants has a big influence on cohesion in the whole group and consequently the health and well-being of the herd.
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Oct 1, 2021 · October 01, 2021. Raise your trunks for the world’s largest land mammal: the elephant! Find out how animal keeper, Rebecca Riley, cares for Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Asian elephant herd. While attending a conference with other animal care professionals, Asian elephant keeper Rebecca Riley realized how important keepers’ roles are in ...
A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper. Mahouts were used since antiquity for both civilian and military use. Traditionally, mahouts came from ethnic groups with generations of elephant keeping experience, with a mahout retaining his elephant throughout its working life or service years.
May 14, 2012 · A few days after his death, two herds of elephants filed through the bush to their friend’s home, where they appeared to stand vigil for two days, according to Anthony’s family. Anthony had ...
Feb 14, 2013 · A female northern elephant seal and pup at Ano Nuevo State Reserve near Santa Cruz, Calif. Lauren Sommer/KQED. "The alphas' strategy is to be dominant over a group of females, the harem ...
