"The Post" Interviews Dr. Mike

NC Zoo veterinarian Dr. Mike Loomis directs visitors to Field Trip Earth to a lengthy interview in "The Post", a large Cameroonian newspaper. The article deals with his efforts, funded by the NC Zoo and Zoo Society, to help Cameroon, its African elephants and WWF.

"Since we are looking at elephant movement patterns, we can apply that information to other activities such as anti-poaching activities. If we have been able to identify elephant corridors, important areas where elephants move from one place to another, then anti-poaching activity is going to be concentrated in those areas. Also, sensitisation and education efforts can be concentrated around these areas so that the local population has a better understanding of what conservation is and why it is important."

And: "An elephant has charged at me many times. One thing I always tell people is that you cannot outrun an elephant. Sometimes you can out-bluff an elephant but the safest thing to do is to find a tree and stay behind it because a person can run around the tree faster than the elephant. So that has been my strategy."