I think your options underestimate the prevalance of this virus within the elephant population. It is currently thought that this virus is far...
If you could would be much appreciated - would be intersting to see what's been written. Andy
In honesty this virus requires a lot more work to get details like that but extrapolating from other herpes virus's there is likely to be some...
My mistake - misread your post - I don't know anything of the specifics at Twycross is not one of the collections I've had involvement with, so...
Yes I think this is most problematic in collections without a Bull and it doesn't surprise me that 2 of the Twycross females are considered beyond...
This situation is far from unique to Whipsnade and has been an issue at a number of collections as it was previously never recognised the...
This is far from 'my opinion' it is actually an area that has undergone much work over the last few years. It is widely accepted that elephants in...
The AI procedure in captive elephants was developed to combat the high prevalance of reproductive pathology within captive females and it is being...
They are for the majority - a team from IZW in Berlin come over to collect from the Bull and perform the AI procedure.
Herpes is a very complex condition to diagnose and the situation at Whipsnade is a complex one. It is unlikely that the carrier status of the...
News from London today is that Bobby has been seen mating Mjuku on a number of occasions already. Though whether anything will come of it remains...
Rhino tend to follow a bag of food - they're not hard to recapture!
As Jonnie was shot well within zoo grounds the perimeter fence obviously played no part in the incident from his point of view. It was actually...
As I understand it Koko virtually handed herself in and was encouraged back into the enclosure with food, Jonnie was the opposite and headed off...
Having had first hand experience of sedative darts with a number of species I can say that darting really would not have been an option in this...
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