Publication: Fence Removal Enhances Elephant Movement and Promotes Behavioural, Physiological and Ecological Functioning
Ecology and Evolution, 2026
New project: Understanding elephant well-being in National Parks in South Africa
We begin our study looking at the interactions between tourists and elephants in National parks in an effort to understand the rise in reported incidences of human elephant conflict instances.
Publication: African elephant reintegration from captivity to wild living: quantifying the detailed behavioural changes.
Pachyderm. 2024
ERT presents at the PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society) conference in Los Angeles
The conference provided an opportunity to highlight some valuable findings that we have noted over the last 5 years of studying these elephants, reiterating elephants don’t thrive in captivity and that they can adapt to a novel environment.
Publication: Movement patterns of two reintegrated African elephant herds: transitioning from captivity to free-living
PeerJ. 2024
Sibuya Game Reserve Joins our GWRP
Researching a new elephant population in the Eastern Cape gives us the opportunity to continue learning more about the unique behavioural cultures present in each reserve.
Study of epigenetics of African elephants.
With the support of Humane World for Animals, we are collaborating to understand the effect of large impact events on the epigenetics (the study of how the environment and lifestyle can affect the way our genes work) of African elephants.
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