Cover Photo by Clive Walker

Pachyderm 25: January - June 1998

Journal of the African Elephant, African Rhino and Asian Rhino Specialist Groups

Contents

1 Chair reports / Rapports des présidents

1 African Rhino Specialist Group - Martin Brooks

3 Groupe Des Specialistes Des Rhinos Africains - Martin Brooks

6 Asian Rhino Specialist Group - Mohd Khan bin Momin Khan, Thomas J Foose and Nico Van Strien

7 Groupe Des Specialistes Des Rhinos Asiatiques - Mohd Khan bin Momin Khan, avec Thomas J Foose et Nico Van Strien

9 African Elephant Specialist Group- Holly T Dublin

11 Groupe Des Speciacialistes Des Elephants Africains - Holly T Dublin

14 Research

14 Trends Of The Elephant Population In Northern Botswana From Aerial Survey Data - Debbie St. C. Gibson, G Colin Craig and Rapelang M Masogo

28 The Rhinoceros Fight in India - L.C. Rookmaaker, Lucy Vigne and Esmond Bradley Martin

32 Chemical Immobilization of African Elephant in Lowland Forest, Southwestern Cameroon - Paul W Elkan, Hubert P Planton, James A Powell, Jerry A Haigh, William B Karesh

38 African Elephant Specialist Group Meeting

38 Current Issues

39 Ecology of Crop Raiding Elephants - Loki Osborn

40 Trends of Elephant Poaching in Kenya the Elephant Mortality Database - John Waithaka

41 Human-Elephant Interactions at the Ecosystem Level - Richard Hoare

42 Social Organisation in Translocated Juvenile African Elephants; The Dominance Hierarchy and an Intriguing Behaviour - Marion E Garai

43 Elephants and Human Ecology in Northeastern Ghana and Northern Togo - Moses K Sam and Richard Barnes

44 The Distribution of Elephants in Northeastern Ghana and Northern Togo - Kotchikpa Okoumassou and Richard Barnes

45 Elephant Contraception Research in the Kruger National Park - Ian J Whyte and Dave G Grobler

53 Habitudes Migratoires des Elephants et Interactions Homme-Elephant dans la Region de Waza-Logone (Nord-Cameroun) - Martin N Tchamba

67 Variability in Ranging Behaviour of Elephants in Northern Kenya - Chris R Thouless

74 Elephant Status and Conflict With Humans on The Western Bank of Liwonde National Park, Malawi - Roy Bhima

81 Tracking African elephants with a Global Positioning System (GPS) radio collar - lain Douglas-Hamilton

93 African Elephant Database and Data related issues

93 Presentation: Proposal for incorporation of Grid-based Data into the African Elephant Database - Chris Thouless

94 Presentation: Predicting Human-elephant conflict - Chris Thouless

97 Afesg Terms Of Reference

98 Implementation of CITES Decision Regarding Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants and Trade in Ivory

100 Human-elephant Conflict Task Force (HETF)

100 Captive Breeding of Elephants

101 A Revisit to the IUCN Red Listing of the African Elephant

102 Minuted Meeting

102 AOB and Close of Meeting

103 Notes from the Field

104 The Current Status of the Northern White Rhino in Garamba

106 A Simple Method for the Analysis of Stratified Aerial Sample Counts

107 Nepal Destroys Large Stocks of Wildlife Products

108 Pourquoi une strategie de gestion pour les Elephants d’Afrique de l’Oest?

109 Tsavo - The Legacy

111 African Rhino Specialist Group (AfRSG) Members

113 African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) Members

116 Asian Rhino Specialist Group (AsRSG) Members

120 Notice to Contributors