Semi-captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) engaged in forestry activities Myanmar account for 20% of all captive and semi-captive the world, are important both conservation elephant populations. Understanding moving behavior is required to sustain them. Our specific goals 1) determine range during free time, 2) hourly distance skidding when off duty. Three were fitted with handheld global n...

Captive rearing and reintroduction / translocation are increasingly used as tools to supplement wild populations of threatened species. Reintroducing captive-reared Chinese giant salamanders may help to augment the declining wild populations and conserve this critically endangered amphibian. We released 31 captive-reared juvenile giant salamanders implanted with VHF radio transmitters at the He...

In environments where resources are difficult to obtain and enhanced cognitive capabilities might be adaptive, brain structures associated with cognitive traits may also be enhanced. In our previous studies, we documented a clear and significant relationship among environmental conditions, memory and hippocampal structure using ten populations of black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) o...

Captive farming of alpine musk deer (Moschus sifanicus) in China has been used for conservation and harvesting of musk since the mid 1950s. Despite this long history, management practices and captive breeding have been primarily based on trial and error due to lack of behavioral and ecological information about this vulnerable species. Understanding behavioral patterns plays a vital part in det...

Abstract Captive breeding programmes are key to many threatened species reintroduction strategies but could potentially be associated with adaptations captivity that maladaptive in their natural habitat. Despite the importance of sensory ecology biological fitness, few studies explore system captivity. environments devoid predators and provide ready access food sources potential mates, thus red...

The African painted dog (Lycaon pictus) is an endangered carnivore of sub-Saharan Africa. To assist in conservation efforts a parasitological survey was conducted on wild and captive populations. Faecal samples were collected and examined for the presence of parasites using traditional microscopy techniques. The protozoan Giardia duodenalis was identified at a prevalence of approximately 26% in...