Humane World for Animals
Thank you for your continued support of our Greater Welfare Research Project since 2021 (continuous). Your generous funding has not only sustained our ongoing research but also enabled us to present our findings at the SAWMA Conference in 2022 and publish our work in open-access journals, ensuring broad dissemination and impact. A heartfelt thank you […]
Publication: African elephant reintegration from captivity to wild living: quantifying the detailed behavioural changes.
Pachyderm. 2024
Presentation: Walk to Freedom- Movement and Behavioural patterns of two Reintegrated Elephant Herds.
Performing Animal Welfare Society Conference 2024 – Tenisha Roos (Du Toit)
Presentation: Rewilding Captive Elephants – Restoring Autonomy and Reintegrating them into Wild Ecosystems.
Performing Animal Welfare Society Conference 2024 – Brett Mitchell
Publication: Movement patterns of two reintegrated African elephant herds: transitioning from captivity to free-living
PeerJ. 2024
EMS Foundation
We gratefully acknowledge your funding of the Greater Welfare Research Project from 2019 to 2021. Your support allowed us to publish our findings in open-access journals and present at the 2021 SAWMA Conference. We are especially thankful for your contribution towards our research vehicle, which was essential to conducting this fieldwork.
Publication: Twisting collars on male elephants in shrub terrain: animal welfare considerations for researchers, managers and manufacturers
Pachyderm. 2023
Publication: Identifying potential measures of stress and disturbance during a captive to wild African elephant reintegration
PLOS One. 2023
Publication: Identifying the Effects of Social Disruption through Translocation on African Elephants, with Specifics on the Social and Ecological Impacts of Orphaning
Animals. 2023
Presentation: Investigating the movement patterns of previously captive African elephants after successful reintegration onto a fenced game reserve in South Africa.
Southern African Wildlife Management Association Symposium 2022 – Tenisha Roos