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6/6 I look forward to sharing my completed thesis in September. A big thank you my supervisor, @DrDavidLRoberts, my interviewees, and my co-researchers at Chiang Mai University #DICECON22 #SpsMon2
5/6 Refinements to Thai elephant tourism policy are needed to embed approaches ensuring that the expertise of veterinarians and mahouts can reliably inform best practice and utilisation: the 'elephant-first' policy #DICECON22 #SpsMon2
4/6 Bull hooks + chains are still actively used by mahouts, but often hidden from tourists. This has a direct and negative impact on both mahout safety and elephant welfare. Tourist perceptions and intervention ≠ better standards #DICECON22 #SpsMon2
3/6 Through interviews with #mahouts (elephant handlers), #veterinarians, and owners / managers of elephant tourism venues I gained insight into the varied practices used to work with elephants and how traditional and modern practices can be used together #DICECON22 #SpsMon2
2/6 There is a long history of taming and utilising the species, previously for warfare and logging, and now tourism. It is estimated that currently 3,800 elephants in Thailand are in captivity #DICECON22 #SpsMon2
1/6 Hi 👋 I'm Georgina and as part of my MSc at @DICE_Kent I've been researching how Western perceptions of welfare influence #elephant 🐘 handling practices in Thailand and providing recommendations for an 'elephant-first' tourism policy #DICECON22 #SpsMon2
2/6 We analysed legal and illegal trade, reviewed national and sub-national legislation/s governing orchid resources to explore existing challenges to conserving Nepal’s most traded medicinal orchids #DICECON22 #SpsMon2
1/6 Hi👋 #DICECON22 #SpsMon2! I’m presenting our ongoing project #NepalOrchids🌿
Nepal’s >100 orchid species are harvested for medicinal trade. Illegal and unregulated orchid trade is rampant, under-recognised conservation challenge and faces complex legality #Orchids
6/6 This research, once complete, will bring this 21-year-old project up to date, and ready for the next round of future analysis. The outcomes can then be used to provide more research into the species and how better we can contribute to its conservation. #DICECON22 #SpsMon2
5/6 The recapture, survival, and detectability rates are computed in Program MARK using the JS/CJS model. Whilst this part of my research is not yet complete, I expect to see a growing population with high survival and detectability as seen in previous studies #DICECON22 #SpsMon2
4/6 Whilst previous studies have used manual identification, this study uses the digital identification software 'Wild-ID' to automate the identification process. Once IDs are confirmed, indivudal annual presence and absence can be recorded. #DICECON22 #SpsMon2
3/6 Using ethical trapping methods, each great crested newt' is weighed, measured, and photographed for identification. This has provided a novel data log of individuals who have all been named and can be recognised via their belly patterns. #DICECON22 #SpsMon2
2/6 This research project is the longest running population study of its kind in the UK lead by Prof Richard Griffiths on the great crested newt. Using this data, I am analysing their population size, annual survival, and their detectability. #DICECON22 #SpsMon2
1/6 Hello everyone! My name is Thomas Fry and I am a Conservation Biology MSc student at DICE. Today, I will be presenting my research on the population ecology of the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) found on the University of Kent campus for #DICECON22 #SpsMon2.
5/6 Additionally, although there was no difference between HR and PR ♀♀in receiving affiliative (grooming and playing) or agonistic interactions (aggression and displays), HR♀️♀️ initiated more agonistic interactions than affiliative ones. #DICECON22 #SpsMon2
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Preliminary results based on a partial dataset showed HR♀♀️spent less time with their groupmates on average compared to PR♀️♀️. However, the daughter of a HR subject had the highest sociality % and was often observed engaging in affiliative interactions.#DICECON22
3/6 Three hand-reared & 13 parent-reared adult ♀🦍at Howletts Zoo were observed for two months, including scan samples & instantaneous social interactions initiated or received by ♀subjects. Interaction type & the response of the recipient was also recorded. #SpsMon2 #DICECON22
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WLGs rely on a social structure comprised of several adult females, their offspring, & a silverback male. In a captive setting where certain 🦍🦍 may need to be reared by human zookeepers, how might this affect a female’s social position in her group? #DICECON22
1/6 Hi everyone, I’m Maddy! I’m a Conservation Bio MSc student @DICE_Kent! Excited to be sharing my dissertation work on behavioral social competency in captive adult female #WesternLowlandGorillas a #CriticallyEndangered great ape native to Central Africa. #DICECON22 #SpsMon2
6/6 #DICECON22 #SpsMon2 There is still hope for #AmurLeopard. I trust that results of my study would help with further conservation actions and #AmurLeopard reintroduction would happen soon. My acknowledgment to Simon Black and Jim Groombridge for support with this research!
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