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Streaming to survive: Thailand’s out-of-work elephants in crisis

September 9, 2022604 Views

In the northeastern village of Ban Ta Klang in Thailand, Siriporn Sapmak starts her day by doing a livestream of her two elephants on social media to raise money to survive. The 23-year old, who has been taking care of elephants since she was in school, points her phone to the animals as she feeds them bananas and they walk around the back of her family home. Siriporn says she can raise about 1,000 baht ($27.46) of donations from several hours of livestreaming on TikTok and YouTube but that is only enough to feed her two elephants for one day. Baby elephant Pangmaemae Plainamo, along with her mother and a mahout, are live-streamed on social media at Ba Ta Klang village in Surin, Thailand April 8, 2022. Live-streaming is a new - and insecure - source of income for elephant owners,...

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Appeal to improve the care of elephants in human care

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February 3, 2022608 Views1

A ground-breaking new android app, developed by experts at the University of Nottingham, could help elephant keepers at facilities around the world to monitor the welfare of their animals ensuring they lead happy and healthy lives. The team are now appealing to members of the public to help them to fund the ongoing development and upkeep costs, which will help to support the well-being, and ultimately the future existence of this incredible species. The app is the next step in ongoing research being carried out by experts in the University’s School of Veterinary Medicine and Sciences, in helping to improve the welfare of elephants in captivity across the globe. Photo credit: Ryan Harley In 2019 the team launched the elephant behavioural welfare assessment tool, which was devel...