Heidi Riddle

The 2026 Elephant Managers Association Small Grant Program for field-based elephant conservation projects in Africa and Asia is open for proposals
The EMA will award 2 grants of US$3,000 each
Deadline for applications is 11:59 PM EST, April 18, 2026. Submit to
grants@elephantmanagers.com

Good morning 2026 🌅
Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and nature friendly new year!

#Arkansas sunset

#Arkansas sunset

Wildlife Disease Investigation Online Webinar series.
The next webinar ‘Elephant Health in Asia’ will be held December 13 from 2-4 PM (India Standard Time), and include presentations on Asian elephant diseases and conservation.
To register click here 👉 bit.ly/WDIwebinarse...

Myanmar’s Elephants are Partners in Resistance and Relief Elephants are playing important roles in the country’s civil war, but the conflict casts a dark shadow over their future.

thediplomat.com/2025/07/myan...

Asia hit hard by warming and extreme weather Asia hit hard by warming and extreme weather Rituraj Phukan Rituraj Phukan Asia, home to more than half of the

‘Asia is currently warming nearly twice as fast as the global average’
mahabahu.com/asia-hit-har...

Wildlife Disease Investigation Webinar series

The next webinar ‘Wildlife Health in Asia’ will be held June 25 from 10 AM to noon (India Standard Time), with presentations on Asian wildlife diseases and conservation.
Free registration 👉 bit.ly/WDIWaug2024

#WildlifeDiseases #WildlifeMedicine

New paper on ‘The cost of knowing what will stop wildlife trafficking: Organizations reallocating 3% annually could reveal what works to protect species’
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#wildlifetrafficking #wildlifeconservation #wildlifewednesday

Asian Elephant Support and LIFE Trust-India host a Wildlife Disease Investigation Webinar series.
The next webinar ‘Elephant Health in Asia’ will be held May 7 from 10 AM to noon (India Standard Time).
Free registration 👉 bit.ly/WDIWaug2024
#AsianElephants #ElephantHealth

On #InternationalWomensDay celebrating all the amazing women dedicated to wildlife conservation around the world, including my long time friends from Bangladesh, India, and Indonesia 🙏

📷 Sherpur, Bangladesh 2009

Diet and nutrient balance of wild Asian Elephants Elephas maximus in Nepal We estimated the nutritional content of major wild (n = 22) and agricultural crop plants (n = 3) consumed by Asian Elephants Elephas maximus in Nepal during the wet and dry seasons, respectively. We t...

New paper on diet and nutrient balance of wild Asian Elephants in Nepal

threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/Jo...

Wildlife Disease Investigation Webinar series

The next webinar ‘Wildlife Health’ will be on February 12 from 10 AM to noon (India Standard Time), with presentations on Asian wildlife diseases and conservation.

Free registration 👉 bit.ly/WDIWaug2024

#AsianWildlifeHealth #WildlifeMedicine

The Elephant Managers Association is now accepting funding proposals focused on elephant conservation projects in Africa and Asia. 

For more information visit elephantmanagers.com/Small-Grants...
Or scan the QR code

#Elephants #ElephantConservation #ElephantManagersAssociation

Bangladesh adopts new technology to fight wildlife crimes The Bangladeshi government’s forest department recently added surveillance drones to their arsenal of conservation tools. Wildlife inspectors started using this technology to prepare a dragnet around ...

news.mongabay.com/2024/12/bang...

Tiger among 20 cats to die of bird flu at sanctuary in Washington state Bengal tiger, cougars, a lynx and bobcats dead as disease spreads rapidly among US poultry flocks and dairy herds

20 big cats die of bird flu at a US facility
www.yahoo.com/news/twenty-...

Join the Asian Elephant Transport Working Group for an engaging webinar on the recently published Handbook to Mitigate the Impacts of Roads and Railways on Asian Elephants.

Register now! bit.ly/EleHandbook

The Vietnam Elephant Conservation Action Plan has been finalized and formally approved by the Government of Vietnam.

The document can be viewed at this link 👇
www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/VEC...

Adivasi (Tea Tribe) worldviews of living close to wild Asian elephants in Assam, India In Assam state, northeastern India, human–elephant conflict mitigation has included technocentric measures, such as installation of barriers, alternative livelihoods, and afforestation. Such measures....

Interesting paper on the relationship between local communities in #Assam #India and #elephants by @sayan12011991 and colleagues
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Asian Elephant Support and LIFE Trust-India host a Wildlife Disease Investigation Webinar series. The webinar ‘Elephant Health in Asia’ is December 11, 10AM to 12PM (India Standard Time). Presentations from India, Indonesia & Nepal
Free registration 👉 bit.ly/WDIWaug2024

White tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)