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Elephant Interest Group Questionnaire, Elephant Editors

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Form for consideration for the Elephant Interest Group.

A Note From The Editor, Jeheskel Shoshani

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Dr. Shoshani introduces the newsletter and documents increasing interest and support.

Elephants In The News, Elephant Editors

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"Motty"-- Birth of an African/Asian elephant at Chester Zoo; Elephants at the Washington Park Zoo, Portland, Oregon, USA; Elephants at the Knoxville Zoo, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; "Dima"--26,000-year-old baby mammoth tissues are being studied at the University of California and Wayne State University, USA

Recent Correspondence, Elephant Editors

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Letters from Pieter deVilliers, Richard Lair, and Norris Whitehill

Elephant Interest Group - Membership List, Elephant Editors

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Mailing List for the Elephant Interest Group. This document contains sensitive personal information and is therefore not openly available on this site. Please contact the administrators for details.

Errata And Comments For Elephant Newsletter No. 2, Elephant Editors

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Errata and comments for Elephant Newsletter No. 2

Miscellaneous, Elephant Editors

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Including: a plea for publication of The African Elephant Bibliography; Errata and comments for Elephant 1.2; Information for readers; Proposal of an elephant hotline; and prompts for reader opinion

Observing Elephants In Africa, Richard Van Gelder

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Field research notes from Botswana and Kenya in 1977-78.

Elephant Interest Group Questionnaire, Elephant Editors

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Form for consideration for the Elephant Interest Group.

Elephant Interest Group - Membership List, Elephant Editors

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Mailing List for the Elephant Interest Group. This document contains sensitive personal information and is therefore not openly available on this site. Please contact the administrators for details.

Potpourri, Elephant Editors

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Acknowledgments, back issues, information about mascot Ahmed.

A Note From The Editor, Jeheskel Shoshani

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Dr. Shoshani introduces the newsletter and documents increasing interest and support.

Tentative Agenda For The Upcoming Meeting Of The Eig, Elephant Editors

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Agenda for the EIG's meeting during the 58th Annual meeting of the ASA, Athens, GA, June 13-17, 1977.

Known Elephant Numbers And Distribution In Africa, Iain Douglas-Hamilton

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Map and Population table detailing known elephant population in Africa as of 1978.

General Information On Elephants With Emphasis On Tusks, Jehskel Shoshani

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A brief encyclopedic entry on elephants in general.

Bibliography, Elephant Editors

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Selected bibliography covering references from 1970 - mid-1977.

Front Matter, Elephant Editors

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Table of Contents and Cover credits

Information From The Elephant Interest Group Questionnaire, Elephant Editors

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Elephant-related activities of answering respondents to the first newsletter's questionnaire, along with the stated objectives of the Elephant Interest Group.

Elephantine Animals, Dale J. Osborn

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Survey of animals named for features that recall the elephant.

Ivory, Elephants, And Men (A Book Soon To Be Published), Kenneth C. Wylie

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Topical preview of the titular tome.

Eratta And Comments For Elephant Newsletter No. 2, Elephant Editors

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List of known errors for Elephant 1.1, w/ additional comments.

Elephant Library, Elephant Editors

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First mention of the future Elephant Library at the Wayne State University Library System

Ban The Ivory Campaign, Elephant Editors

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Timeline and details of the Ban The Ivory campaign.

Present Status Of The Asian Elephant (Elephas Maximus Linneaus, 1758), Robert C. D. Olivier

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Summary of the distribution, population, habitat, conservation, etc. of the Asian Elephant.

Erratum, Elephant Editors

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Correction of the location of the Elephant Symposium at the 59th Annual Meeting of the ASM to Corvallis from Portland, Oregon.

Captive Elephant Population, Elephant Editors

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Survey of elephants in captivity, 1978.

Elephants In The Plant World, Dale J. Osborn

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Survey of plants named for features that recall the elephant.

Oil-Soaked Birds Saved: Hsus Participates In Historic Bird Rescue

Close Up Reports

As the world watched the black tide of crude oil from the Amoco Cadiz devastate bird life along the French coast, HSUS staffer Guy Hodge was reporting to Congress about efforts to save oil-soaked birds in a recent Chesapeake Bay oil spill. A barge (ATC- 133) carrying nearly 500,000 gallons of crude had run aground south of the Maryland-Virginia border. Some of its cargo spilled into this North American waterfowl wintering area.

Together with HSUS cruelty investigator Phil Steward, Hodge had assisted in the most successful on-site bird rescue operation in history. One out of every three rescued birds was …

Quantitative Analyses Of The Ontogeny Of Predatory Behaviour In Coyotes, Canis Latrans, Louis E. Vincent, Marc Bekoff

Ethology Collection

Four infant coyotes (Canis latrans) were studied in order to describe quantitatively the development of predatory behaviour. Our results indicated that prior play and agonistic experience had virtually no effect on later predatory success. Also, there was no relationship between an individual's social rank and its prey-killing ability. Latency to kill was shortened when animals were tested in, pair and hunger level was not related to latency to kill. The results are discussed with respect to current 'functionalist' theories of play behaviour and Leyhausen's concept of the relative hierarchy of moods. The practice theory of play should be reconsidered in …

Mammalian Dispersal And The Ontogeny Of Individual Behavioral Phenotypes, Marc Bekoff

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Explanations of dispersal mechanisms in mammals that have stressed the importance of aggression by dominant (?) individuals as the immediate cause of the dispersal of less aggressive (more subordinate?) individuals are insufficient for explaining recent data collected on a variety of mammals. In fact, avoidance of social interaction at the time of dispersal is more characteristic of some species in which individuals emigrate. Studies that have investigated genetic correlates of dispersal in rodent populations that undergo regular cycles are few and have not provided any "causative" explanations. In various canids and rodents, behavioral interactions at the time of dispersal do …