Congratulations to GFP graduate Antoinette van de Water '17 who co-authored the article, "Twisting collars on male elephants in shrub terrain: animal welfare considerations for researchers, managers and manufacturers." Their research was published in Pachyderm, a peer-reviewed international journal that deals primarily with matters related to elephant and rhino conservation

"Elephant management interventions that potentially impact elephant well-being, such as twisting of collars, should be adequately investigated and mitigated by collar manufacturers to avoid future animal well-being issues, loss of research efforts, and damaging financial repercussions. We strongly urge researchers and organizations embarking on collaring procedures to exercise caution in their application."