We have another May elephant baby! On Sunday evening, 37-year-old Asian elephant Tess gave birth to a 391-pound male, named Teddy, who joins the May birthday club with Methai, Baylor, Tucker, and Nelson. Mother and baby will undergo continued post-natal exams and spend several days bonding before they’re ready to join the rest of the herd.
ZSL’s Human Elephant Alert Technology (HEAT) project is leading the development of an affordable technology solution that uses thermal cameras to identify the heat signature of elephants. The cameras can identify elephants in real time, alerting communities to their presence. ZSL is pushing the boundaries of innovative zoo research, working together with elephants, keepers and technologists to help tackle this very real threat to wildlife.
Conservation South Luangwa’s Human Wildlife Conflict Coordinator, Billy Banda, walks us through their efforts to help the villages outside the South Luangwa National Park protect their livelihoods from elephants without hurting the elephants.
