With funding from Asian Elephant Support, the Elephant Emergency Response Unit (EERU) in Myanmar under the Myanma Timber Enterprise (MTE) recently held a three-day workshop. EERU staff and MTE veterinarians participated. Delegates listened to presentations from each EERU team, learned about Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV) and forensic wildlife investigations from veterinarians, and learned, hands on, how to build electric fencing to prevent wild elephants from entering cropland as well as how to use cellphones to capture the best photographic evidence.
Electrical current being tested on a fence designed to prevent crop raiding & Human-Elephant Conflict
Asian Elephant Support is grateful for the EERU teams in Myanmar who patrol and monitor areas to help prevent Human-Elephant Conflict.
Members of the EERU in Myanmar
You can help AES sponsor workshops just like this one by donating here www.asianelephantsupport.org/donate or via Venmo @asianelephantsupport. Thank you!