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Research

Scientific papers & articles supported by the work of the Elephant Care Association of South Africa

A selection of material prepared with the assistance of members of ECASA

Animal-visitor interactions: Ethical Reasoning and Participatory Approach Towards Achieving Regulatory Processes For Animal- Visitor Interactions (AVI) In South Africa

  • ECASA’s response to the call by the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Creecy, for submissions to a High-Level Panel constituted to review policies, legislation, breeding, hunting, trading, and management of elephants, lions, leopards, and rhinoceroses in captivity. 
  • Published: June, 2020
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Scientific and Ethical Issues in Exporting Welfare Findings to Different Animal Subpopulations: The Case of Semi-Captive Elephants Involved in Animal-Visitor Interactions (AVI) in South Africa

  • Authors: Barbara de Mori, Elena Stagni, Linda Ferrante, Gregory Vogt, Keith A. Ramsay, Simona Normando
  • Published: researchgate.net, October, 2019 
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A Protocol for the Ethical Assessment of Wild Animal-Visitor Interactions (AVIP) Evaluating Animal Welfare, Education, and Conservation Outcomes

  • Authors: Barbara De Mori, Linda Ferrante, Daniela Florio, Elisabetta Macchi, Simona Normando
  • Published: researchgate.com, July 2019
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Information content and acoustic structure of male African elephant social rumbles

  • Authors: Angela S. Stoeger & Anton Baotic
  • Published: nature.com: 08 June 2016
  • ECASA member affiliated with this paper: Adventures with Elephants
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Establishing the fundamentals for an elephant early warning and monitoring system

  • Authors: Matthias Zeppelzauer & Angela S. Stoeger 
  • Published: BMC Research Notes volume 8, Article number: 409 (2015), 4 September, 2015 
  • ECASA member affiliated with this paper: Adventures with Elephants
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Distances Between Individuals in an Artificial Herd of African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana Africana) During Resource Utilisation in a Semi-Captive Environment

  • Authors: Elena Stagnia, Simona Normando, Barbara de Mori
  • Published: sciencedirect.com, August, 2017
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