We look forward to the confirmation of this request for an urgent meeting so that we can facilitate an urgent discussion with the Honourable Minister, her advisors and the PREN elephant scientists and experts.
The elephant experts and scientist who would give of their time to participate in the meeting with the Honourable Minister are:
Dr Marion E. Garai, Elephant Behaviour Specialist, Elephant Reintegration Trust,South Africa
Professor David Bilchitz, Director, Animal Law Reform South Africa, Director South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public and Human Rights and International Law, South Africa
Dr Brett Bard, Veterinarian, South Africa
Michele Franko, Senior Research Associate, Elephant Care and Wellbeing at the Kerulos Centre for Non-Violence, United States of America
Professor Bonita Meyersfeld, Director of Animal Law Reform
Dr Keith Lindsay, Conservation Biologist, Kenya
Chief Stephen Fritz, Chief of the South Peninsula Khoi Council, South Africa
Brett Mitchell, Chairman of the Elephant Reintegration Trust, South Africa
Dr Mark Jones, Veterinarian, Born Free Foundation, United Kingdom
The request for this important meeting is supported by the following members of the Pro Elephant Network:
Owais Awan, Environmental Lawyer, Islamabad
Suparna Baksi-Ganguly, President and Founder, Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Centre, Bangalore, India
Dr Jessica Bell Rizzolo, Postdoctoral Researcher, the Conservation Criminology Lab, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
Dr Gay Bradshaw, Director, Kerulos Center for Nonviolence – USA
Lenin Chisaira, Founder, Advocates 4 Earth – Green Law Connect, Zimbabwe
Dr Betsy Coville, Wildlife Veterinarian – USA
Nomusa Dube, Founder, Zimbabwe Elephant Foundation
Stefania Falcon, Co-Founder, Future 4 Wildlife, South Africa
Rachel Harris, Managing Director, Elephant Human Relationship Aid, Namibia
Dr Ross Harvey, Environmental Economist, South Africa
Lenine Chisaira, Founder, Conservation Kenya
Alok Hissarwala Gupta, Elephant Specialist, Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations
Iris Ho, Senior Wildlife Specialist, The Humane Society International
Peter Hodgskin, Founder, Hands-off Fernkloof, South Africa
Dr Paula Kahumbu, Founder and CEO WildlifeDirect, Kenya
Professor Mohan Kharel, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Nuria Maldonado, Ecologist, Environmental Science, Max Plank Institute
Jim Karani, Advocate, Lawyers for Animal Protection in Africa
Dr Winnie Kiiru, Founder Conservation Kenya
Rob Laidlaw, Executive Director, Zoocheck Canada
Kahindi Lekalhaile, Africa Network for Animal Welfare, Kenya
Dr Smaragda Louw, Director Ban Animal Trading
Giorgio Lombardi, Warden Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve, South Africa
Linda Masudze, Advocate 4 Earth, Zimbabwe
Varda Mehrotra, Executive Director, Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations
Mary Morrison, Advocate, WildlifeDirect Kenya
Sharon Pincott, Elephant Behavioural Specialist, ex-Hwange, Zimbabwe
Michele Pickover, Director EMS Foundation, South Africa
Dr Yolanda Pretorius, SA Wildlife College, Elephant Behavioural Specialist, South Africa
Ingo Schmidinger, Elephant Husbandry, iScapes, Europe
Dr Jan Schmidt-Burbach, Vetertinarian, head of Wildlife Research and Animal Welfare, World Animal Protection International
Antoinette van der Water, Director, Bring the Elephant home, South Africa
Professor Dan Wylie, Rhodes University, South Africa
Amy P. Wilson, Director Animal Law Reform South Africa
Julie Woodyer, Director Zoocheck Cananda
Yours faithfully,
Megan Carr, Founder Rhinos in Africa Pro Elephant Network
Link to the article in the Daily Maverick:
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-02-06-no-shade-no-company-no-exercise-thats-no-life-for-sad-elephant-charlie/
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