This past year in 2014 one of our advisors, Heidi Riddle, co-authored a paper about the importance of identifying health issues in Asian elephants as seen by their veterinarians. It is important to understand how difficult it is to find data on captive Asian elephant management throughout their range countries. That being said the authors of this paper delved into what could potentially help both mahouts and their elephants receive the best care. When both mahout and elephant are able to access medical care, that is a mahout is healthy and can provide for his charge, both individuals will thrive. Finding solutions to this little known problem will certainly allow for a future with elephants to flourish. Follow the link below to read the paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4320845/