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Pachyderm 45: July 2008 - June 2009

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Contents

1 Chair reports/Rapports des Présidents

1 African Elephant Specialist Group report/Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Eléphants d’Afrique - Holly T. Dublin

8 African Rhino Specialist Group report/Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Rhinos d’Afrique - Martin Brooks

16 Asian Rhino Specialist Group report/Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Rhinos d’Asie - Bibhab K. Talukdar

20 Research

20 Diurnal activities of the desert-dwelling elephants in northwestern Namibia - Keith Leggett

34 Comparison of two dung count methods for estimating elephant numbers at Kakum Conservation Area in southern Ghana -Yaw Boafo, Mildred Manford, Richard F.W. Barnes, Emmanuel M. Hema, Emmanuel Danquah, Nandjui Awo, Umaru-Farouk Dubiure

41 Browse preference of captive black rhinos at Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage, Zimbabwe - Mduduzi Ndlovu, Peter J. Mundy

47 Les éléphants du Gourma, Mali : Statut et menaces pour leur conservation - Philippe Bouché, Benoît Doamba, Biramou Sissoko, Stéphane Bouju

57 Estimation des effectifs des populations d’éléphants par la méthode d’inventaire pédestre total au Ranch de Gibier de Nazinga (Burkina Faso) - Moumouni Ouédraogo, Willy Delvingt, Jean-Louis
Doucet, Cédric Vermeulen, Philippe Bouché

67 The USA’s ivory markets—how much a threat to elephants? - Daniel Stiles, Esmond Martin
77 The costs of living with elephants in the areas adjacent to Marsabit National Park and Reserve - Shadrack M. Ngene, Patrick O.M. Omondi

88 Seasonal Abundance and Distribution of Elephants in Sioma Ngwezi National Park, southwest Zambia - Michael Chase, Curtice Griffin

98 Recent political disturbances in Nepal threaten rhinos: lessons to be learned - Esmond Martin, Chryssee Martin, Lucy Vigne

108 Management

108 Observations on habitat preference of translocated rhinos in Bardia National - Park and Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve, Nepal - Kanchan Thapa, A. Christy Williams, Sarala Khaling, Shyam Bajimaya

115 Field notes

115 Postscript: Rogue army staff involved in poaching in Bardia National Park, - Nepal, 2007–2008 - Richard Kock, Rajan Amin, Naresh Subedi

117 Preliminary Data on Forest Elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) in South Western Nigeria - Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh

124 Investigation of a fresh African elephant carcass by conspecifics - Christen. E. Merte, Katie F. Gough, Bruce A. Schulte

127 Environmental education programme focused on Human-Elephant coexistence / Education à l’environnement centrée sur la coexistence Humains–Eléphants - Julien Marchais, Douglas & Sandi Groves, Laure Berthon

129 Drought threatens Mali elephants - Iain Douglas-Hamilton and Jake Wall

131 MIKE-ETIS updates

131 MIKE update - Tom De Meulenaer

133 An Overview of the elephant status in the MIKE sites in DRC - Sebastien Luhunu

135 Kenya Wildlife Service adopts Management Information System (MIST) to - improve protected area management - Edison Nuwamanya

138 Elephant survey in Liberia Sapo forest - Massalatchi M. Sani, Yaw Boafo

141 ETIS update: Progress in the Implementation of the Elephant Trade Information System - Tom Milliken, Louisa Sangalakula

145 Book reviews

145 Rhinoceros - Lucy Vigne

147 Ivory Markets in the USA - Kees Rookmaaker

148 Ivory’s Ghosts: The white gold of history and the fate of elephants - Daniel Stiles

150 Opinions

150 CITES approved ivory sales and elephant poaching - Daniel Stiles

154 The current elephant poaching trend - Iain Douglas-Hamilton

158 Guidelines for contributors

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