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Work for Wild Life International's Founder/Director, Hollis Burbank-Hammarlund, collaborated with Elephant Care International, the ElephantCARE ASIA Team, Dr. Khyne Mar, and Green Hill Valley in Myanmar to deliver a new elephant healthcare and welfare training program to 21 veterinarians, vet techs, and elephant rescue facility managers from Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Nepal, Cambodia, and Indonesia.

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Read about our workshop participants!

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100% About Elephants ~100% of the Time!

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Our week-long workshop (23-29 September 2018) was specially designed for people whose professional careers include caring for Asian elephants living in captivity. 

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By combining healthcare information with positive reinforcement training (PRT)--and hands-on practice--our workshop gave participants the skills they need to better care for their elephants in a non-stressful way. 

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Delivered over seven days in the classroom, in clinical labs, and in the field, our ElephantCARE ASIA Workshop curriculum included:

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• "Status of Elephants in Myanmar" (Dr. Khyne Mar)

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• "Anatomy and Physiology" (Dr. Susan Mikota)

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• "Health and Wellness Exam" (Dr. Susan Mikota)

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• "The Science and Art of Teaching" (Erin Ivory)

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• "Positive Reinforcement Training Lab" (Erin Ivory)

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• "Wellness Exam/Body Score Training" (Dr. Susan Mikota, Dr. Willem Schaftenaar, Erin Ivory)

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• "Lameness and Orthopedic Problems" (Dr. Willem Schaftenaar)

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• "Eye Problems" (Dr. Khyne Mar)

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• "Diagnostic Methods for Elephants: Hematology and Urinalysis" (Dr.Susan Mikota)

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• "Elephant Behavior, Motivation, and Natural History; Let's Get to Know Them" (Erin Ivory)

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• "Reproduction Part 1" (Dr. Willem Schaftenaar)

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• "Diagnostic Lab: Hematology and Urinalysis" (Dr. Susan Mikota, Dr. Willem Schaftenaar, Dr. Janine Brown)

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• "Medication Techniques, Basic Elephant Pharmacy, Important Drugs and Dosages, Pain Meds" (Dr. Susan Mikota)

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• "The Science and Art of Teaching 2: How elephants become willing participants in their own care" (Erin Ivory)

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• "Foot Anatomy, Basic Foot Care, Common Foot Problems" (Dr. Susan Mikota)

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• "Welfare and Tourism Issues for Elephants in Asia" (Dr. Janine Brown)

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• "Foot Care Lab / Enrichment" (Erin Ivory, Dr. Susan Mikota, Dr. Willem Schaftenaar)

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• "Reproduction Part 2" (Dr. Willem Schaftenaar)

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• "Wound Management" (Dr. Susan Mikota)

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• "Anesthesia, Sedation, Manual Restraint" (Dr. Willem Schaftenaar)

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•  "Management During Anesthesia, Sedation, Manual Restraint" (Erin Ivory)

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•  "Herpes" (Dr. Willem Schaftenaar)

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• "Ultrasound Lab and Sedation Training" (Dr. Willem Schaftenaar)

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• "Preventative Health" (Dr. Khyne Mar)

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• "TB" (Dr. Susan Mikota)

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• "Managing for Complexity: How to develop socially, physically and mentally complex environments for elephants" (Erin Ivory)

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• "Dental Disorders" (Dr. Willem Schaftenaar)

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• "Diagnostic Methods for Elephants: Serum Chemistry Analysis" (Dr. Susan Mikota)

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• "Postmortem Examination" (Dr. Willem Schaftenaar)

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