Asian & African elephants in the United states 2013 (Zoos only)
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Hello from germany,,
Do somebody know the elephants at Six Flag Safari ??
Bertha
Gloria
Lucy
Tanja
Barbara
Debbie
Sheila
and could telling me his charateristics to identifye them??
thank you !!
Petra Prager – Elefanten-Fotolexikon
Do somebody know the elephants at Six Flag Safari ??
Bertha
Gloria
Lucy
Tanja
Barbara
Debbie
Sheila
and could telling me his charateristics to identifye them??
thank you !!
Petra Prager – Elefanten-Fotolexikon
I dont know anything about the elephants at Six Flags Safari but maybe this site will help a little. Its a nice database for elephants all over the world.
Present living elephants at Six Flags Wild Safari (Six Flags Great Adventure) in United States
Present living elephants at Six Flags Wild Safari (Six Flags Great Adventure) in United States
Very interesting.
Very intresting article about elephants in North America ! :
PLOS ONE: Elephant Management in North American Zoos: Environmental Enrichment, Feeding, Exercise, and Training
PLOS ONE: Elephant Management in North American Zoos: Environmental Enrichment, Feeding, Exercise, and Training
And another link; this one summarises the findings of several papers on elephant welfare, including the above.
PLOS ONE: Determining Connections between the Daily Lives of Zoo Elephants and Their Welfare: An Epidemiological Approach
Perhaps the most striking finding is that enclosure size is secondary to social structure in ensuring optimal welfare. The importance of (readily modifiable) management and enrichment regimes is also stressed.
As the authors write: "caring for zoo animals is still more of an art rather than evidence-based". This research is exactly what zoos should be doing.
The San Antonio Zoo has 0.2 now as they acquired a 40-year old elephant from the the Ringling Bros.