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and Port Lympne (total of 4). All elephant moves are under the auspices of
the EAZA EEPs.
Management data
The results of the surveys are summarised. It should be noted that at present
the Federation’s guidelines are only mandatory for member collections.
Staff
Minimum staff working with elephants was 2 or 3 in all collections. Three of
the 14 collections did not have written training protocols (one of these was a
Federation collection). More detailed research needs to be done before a
summary of elephant keeping expertise is summarised.
Summary: all complying with condition of minimum staff numbers, one Fed
and two non-Fed collections not complying with mandatory written training
protocol.
Risk Assessments
One collection (a Federation member) did not have risk assessment specific to
working with elephants. Of the 13 that did five did not have a risk assessment
for each elephant (four of these were Federation members). Only five
collections had risk assessment for each staff member against each elephant
(four of these were Federation members).
Summary: one Federation member not complying with guidelines, and nine
zoos need to prepare assessments for each member of staff against each
elephant.
Elephant personality profiles
Five Fed members had prepared these.
Summary: seven collections (five Fed Members) need to prepare elephant
profiles. It is apparent that the methodology for doing this needs to be
reviewed and advice given to collections.
Ankus and electric goad
One collection (not a Fed member) was not aware of the SOP re use of the
ankus. Four collections (two non-Fed members) do not use an ankus as they
do not use free contact management at all at present (Blair Drummond,
Howletts, Belfast and Paignton). Five collections had an electric goad (four
Fed members) but only for use in emergency or life threatening situations.
One member collection was looking in to the possibility of getting one
Summary: all Fed members complying with SOPs re ankus and electric goad
use.
Bathing and foot care
Two collections (both non-Fed) did not specifically wash their elephants but
the animals did have access to water for bathing. Only three collections (two