New welfare tool to help improve the lives of elephants in human care

The new elephant behavioural welfare assessment tool, the result of research which has been published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, allows ...

App developed to boost the welfare of elephants under human care

The Elephant Welfare App (EWA) is designed to be easy to use for people caring for elephants in zoos, safari parks, and other settings.

Development of a welfare assessment tool for tourist camp ... - PeerJ

Background Approximately one-third of Asian elephants are managed under human care, participating in educational, cultural, religious, ...

New welfare tool to help improve the lives of elephants in human care

The new elephant behavioural welfare assessment tool, the result of research which has been published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, allows keepers to ...

New welfare tool to help improve the lives of elephants in human care

Zoos and safari parks in the UK are using a special new tool to help them more successfully monitor the wellbeing of elephants in their care, thanks t....

Elephant Conservation - AZA.org

In 2018, AZA and its program, the Wildlife Trafficking Alliance (WTA) partnered with the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) and joined the pledge to conserve ...

Somerset zoo uses app to improve welfare of elephants - BBC

An app designed to improve the welfare of elephants under human care is being used for the first time in a zoo. ... will help them develop new ...

New Milwaukee zoo exhibit to improve standards for elephants

The upgrade, which cost $16.6 million, was created in part because of an effort to improve standards for elephants in zoos. The treatment of ...

New welfare tool to help improve the lives of elephants in human care

Zoos and safari parks in the UK are using a special new tool to help them more successfully monitor the wellbeing of elephants in their care ...

Press release: App developed to boost the welfare of elephants ...

The 'Elephant Welfare App' (EWA) is designed to be easy to use for people caring for elephants in zoos, safari parks, and other settings.

Comparison of animal welfare assessment tools and methodologies

We propose that a holistic, context-specific, evidence-based, and practical tool be developed to ensure high elephant welfare standards in non- ...

Comparison of animal welfare assessment tools and methodologies

Elephant Welfare Initiative (EWI). The EWI is a software-based online tool endorsed by the Elephant Taxon Advisory Group of the AZA as a follow- ...

ZSL unveils new research on elephant welfare

Our elephants at Whipsnade Zoo are part of the European conservation breeding programme, which aims to ensure that we have a genetically ...

New welfare tool to help improve the lives of elephants in human care

Zoos and safari parks in the UK are using a special new tool to help them more successfully monitor the wellbeing of elephants in their care, ...

Future of elephants living in captivity hangs in the balance - Phys.org

Scientists at the University of Sheffield and University of Turku are looking at ways to boost captive populations of Asian elephants ...

Fitness Trackers Boost Zoo Elephant Health : Shots - NPR

But that's if you're human. Fresno Chaffee Zoo, in Fresno, Calif., is taking fitness tracking to a mammoth new level — part of a national ...

Comparison of animal welfare assessment tools and methodologies

Zoo elephants are typically managed in protected contact systems, minimizing direct interaction with humans and other practices that adhere to ...

Welfare of elephants under human care - YouTube

the UK have designed an app, that will boost the welfare of elephants under human care. The Elephant Welfare App collects data that allows ...

Caring for Elephants: Managing Health & Welfare in Captivity

I am hopeful that the document would be a ready reference for professionals and help in paving the way for improving the standards of captive elephant welfare ...

Welfare - elephantCREW - The eleCREW

The Welfare Program · The Ambassador Herd · All Elephants in Human Care · Free-roaming Elephants ...