Various Online Resources on Elephants, April 2014

Date Published
ARTICLES/BLOG POSTS
Gift to the Maasai Mara, a Male Elephant is Born
ElephantVoices, A Voice for Elephants, National Geographic
 
A New Lifeline for Malawi’s Animals in Distress
Lilongwe Wildlife Trust
 
KENYA: Where The Wild Things Were
Suzan Crane, Wandermelon.com
 
NRA and the Elephants
Daily Kos
 
Extinction of the Species? Notes from the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee on Illegal Ivory
Richard Schrader’s Blog
 
Barbarians at Ivory’s Gate
Our Rhinos
 
Updates from Sri Lanka Elephants
 
Elephants Today Have No Place to Hide
Georja Umano, Huff Post Blog
 
Water for Elephants
Samburu Stories
 
Tourists get way too close to Kruger elephant… again
Africa Geographic
 
The Right Way to Protect Elephants
Elly Pepper’s Blog
 
Politics, Corruption and Greed destroying our wildlife!
ndekejully
 

FILMS

Elephant King
Mayhem is about to break out in Namibia’s Etosha National Park. Join ecologist Caitlin O’Connell as she unlocks the secrets of this Namibian elephant society during their ferocious battle for alpha position. 46 minutes long. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-JmgHa95Yw

Living with Giants, a 50-minute film on elephant conservation and management in India, which won Merit Awards for Narration and Conservation Message at the 28th International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula, MO, and was subsequently broadcast by Discovery Channel, is 10 years old now but the issues remain. Now online at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg_i-cIOHiQ&feature=youtu.be
 
VIDEOS
Elephant Ecosystems – A short animation by Untamed Science and Trunks & Leaves Inc. about the importance of elephants and other wildlife for their ecosystems.  
 
‘No Hype’ NBA Cares, Nick Brandt, and WildAid 30s
The Wildlife Poaching Crisis in Africa: A Conversation with Jane Goodall
http://live.worldbank.org/jane-goodall-wildlife-poaching-crisis-africa
 
Sunday Live: Dr Richard Leakey Interview
Citizen News
 
A New Elephant Life
 
Hands Off Our Elephants Campaign
 
White Elephant Origami
 
Elephant expert shares calls, images from the wild
 
FILM ANNOUNCEMENTS/TRAILERS
Let Elephants Be Elephants
 
RADIO
Interview with EIA President Allan Thornton on Rakuten’s ivory sales
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/online-ivory-sales-driving-illegal-elephant-poaching-report/5376744

 
PHOTO STORIES
Chobe elephants use lodge plunge pool as waterhole
Africa Geographic
 
Drunk Elephants Stagger Around After Eating Fermented Marula Fruit
Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2610540/Trunk-disorderly-Tipsy-elephants-stagger-South-African-park.html

 
BOOKS
 
EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL
?Supporting material for Elephant Ecosystems (see Video listed above) – Download the raw animation and transcript?? ? to translate into your language of choice.  Free for use for education and outreach. http://asianelephantresource.webs.com/educational-tools
 
WEB SITES
?Asian Elephant Resource Center – A dedicated website compiling various tools, resources, publications etc. (most FREE) to inform and educate about the Asian elephants and their habitats. http://asianelephantresource.webs.com/ ??