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Section 4: Acknowledgements
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The production of this document has been made possible by contributions and
support from many people. The production of the first edition of these
guidelines was overseen and supervised by Mary Talbot Rosevear, then
Director of BIAZA and Chris West, then Chair of the JMSP Elephant TAG.
Major contributors to the document were:
• Jake Veasey, Woburn Safari Park;
• Iain Valentine, Blackpool Zoo and currently Royal Zoological Society
of Scotland;
• John Lewis, International Zoo Veterinary Group;
• Penny Cusdin, International Zoo Veterinary Group;
• Chris West, Zoological Society of London and currently Adelaide
Zoo;
• Ellen Dierenfeld, Wildlife Conservation Society and currently St Lous
Zoo;
• Andrea Fidgett, Zoo Nutrtionalist, Chester Zoo;
• Alan Roocroft, San Diego Wild Animal Park and currently Elephant
consultant;
• Amanda Alabaster, Edinburgh Zoo and Chair Marketing and PR
Committee and currently Alabaster Blue.
• Ann-Kathine Oerke , German Primate Centre , Gottingen
The EEP elephant studbook keepers and coordinators were particularly
helpful: Amelia Terkel of Ramat Gan Zoo (African elephants) and Rob
Belterman and Ton Dorresteyn of Rotterdam Zoo (Asian elephant).
Comments and constructive criticism was received from many in particular
we would like to thank: Nick Lindsay, ZSL; Ros Clubb, Oxford University;
Anthony Tropeano, Colchester Zoo; Mark Pilgrim, Chester Zoo; Gordon Reid,
Chester Zoo; Mick Jones, Chester Zoo; Lee Sambrook, ZSL; Fredrik Mohlin,
Woburn Safari Park; Chris Webster, Woburn Safari Park; Tony Mitchell,
Colchester Zoo; Roy Smith, Interzoo Service & Logistik GmbH; Bryan Carroll,
Bristol Zoo and Chair Conservation and Animal Management Committee;
Robert Atkinson, RSPCA; Rebekka Deleu, Antwerp Zoo; Olivia Walter,
BIAZA and Miranda Stevenson, BIAZA without whom this document would
never have been put together.
Many people have assisted in this first revision, notably the members of the
BIAZA and EAZA Elephant TAGs, the members of the Zoos Forum,
comments from various elephant holding collections, the European Elephant
Group and Ros Clubb and Georgia Mason. We are also grateful to Gareth