Elephant Welfare Project
Working to make elephants' lives better
Elephant Welfare Events and News
Upcoming Events
26th October – Plenary talk for Asian Society for Conservation Medicine; ‘Welfare and Ethics in Wildlife Conservation Programs’
25th November – Fundraiser Black Tie Event & Auction at the Yew Lodge, Kegworth. Click here for more details.
Previous Events & News
2022
22nd July – Human-elephant Relationships; a talk by Dr Jennifer Crawley from the University of Turku, Finland
18th July – Fundraiser Pub Quiz at the Red Lion pub, Kegworth
14th April – Dr Lisa Yon appointed as Technical Advisor to Wild Welfare
2nd April – Plenary Online plenary presentation on the development of the Elephant Welfare App to European Association of Aquatic Mammals (EAAM) conference (click here to watch)
29th March – Zoom webinar as part of elephant care and wellbeing platform, hosted by the Elephant Welfare Initiative
16th March – Zoom talk on the Elephant Welfare Project, held by Bristol University Veterinary Zoological Society (BUVZS)
23rd February – In person and Teams talk on the elephant welfare research activities at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science (SVMS) at the University of Nottingham, held by Nottingham University Veterinary Zoological Society (NUVZS)
22nd February – Blog about the Elephant Welfare App on Discover Animals website (click here to read)
7th February – Webinar on the Co-Production of the Elephant Behavioural Welfare Assessment Tool and our new Android app, hosted by the International Society for Applied Ethology (click here to watch)
2nd February – ‘Meet The Elephant Welfare Project Team’ stall, Sutton Bonington Farmer’s Market
1st February – Blog about the Elephant Welfare Behaviour Assessment Tool (EBWAT) and app on British & Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) website (click here to read)
27th January – Webinar about rolling out the Elephant Welfare App to elephant keepers and mahouts, hosted by Animal Concepts and Elephant Care & Wellbeing (click here to watch)
26th January – Facebook live talk about the development process of the Elephant Behavioural Welfare Assessment Tool, hosted by the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation (click here to watch)
2021
18th December – Began distributing the Elephant Welfare App and published instructional videos on YouTube (click here to view)
9th December – Seminar on Elephant Behavioural Ecology & Welfare, hosted by Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, University of Turku, Finland
25th September – Webinar and Q&A with the British Zoo Veterinary Society, part of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council CryoArks project
20th September – Interview with Julien Malmoun for a documentary on circus elephants and legislation in France
1st August – Start of an online webinar series for elephant keepers, mahouts & the general public on the launch of the new Elephant Welfare App
29th July – Interview with Ruth Padel about human-elephant relationships across the globe
30th June – Drafting and submission of 10 year Elephant Welfare Group (EWG) report to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) of the UK Government about UK zoo elephant welfare
11th June – Interview with ITV news regarding the 500km wild elephant trek across China (click here to watch)
1st May – Publication of information regarding the Elephant Behavioural Welfare Assessment Tool (click here to read more)
May (ongoing) – Trialling of the Elephant Welfare App with various international partners across South Africa, USA, UK, Zimbabwe, France and Germany