Considering approach
I'm considering making this blog a source for fresh info on happenings and implications related to the North Carolina Zoo. I'm in my 20th year as exec director of the N.C. Zoo Society, the private support membership for the State Zoo.
The NC Zoo's senior veterinarian Dr. Barb Wolfe, who is trained as a very specialized exotic animal veterminarian has another doctorate, a Ph. D. in reporductive physiology. She was recently in another zoo. The result: there is a female African elephant there which is pregnant through artificial insemination (AI).
The Zoo's lead vet, Dr. Mike Loomis, is just back from a conference in Africa. He offered a paper on his work with African elephants in Cameroon. The NCZS (Society) and WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and the Cameroonian government are partners with "Dr. Mike" in putting satellite and radio collars on the elephants to track their wanderings to help deal with elephant/human interactions which are detremental to both species.
A year ago "Dr. Mike" was also returning from Africa. He was back from a collaring exercise in Cameroon. Just before that, he, a college friend of Mike's and I spent nine days on Mount Kilimanjaro, finding our ways to the top, by way of the Western Breach.
The NC Zoo's senior veterinarian Dr. Barb Wolfe, who is trained as a very specialized exotic animal veterminarian has another doctorate, a Ph. D. in reporductive physiology. She was recently in another zoo. The result: there is a female African elephant there which is pregnant through artificial insemination (AI).
The Zoo's lead vet, Dr. Mike Loomis, is just back from a conference in Africa. He offered a paper on his work with African elephants in Cameroon. The NCZS (Society) and WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and the Cameroonian government are partners with "Dr. Mike" in putting satellite and radio collars on the elephants to track their wanderings to help deal with elephant/human interactions which are detremental to both species.
A year ago "Dr. Mike" was also returning from Africa. He was back from a collaring exercise in Cameroon. Just before that, he, a college friend of Mike's and I spent nine days on Mount Kilimanjaro, finding our ways to the top, by way of the Western Breach.
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