Minneriya-Kaudulla Elephant Project, Sri Lanka

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About Minneriya-Kaudulla Elephant Project, Sri Lanka

The Minneriya-Kaudulla Elephant Project is a study of the social behavior and population dynamics of the Minneriya-Kaudulla elephant population in north central Sri Lanka. The project is jointly run by ElephantVoices’ Dr. Joyce Poole and Petter Granli and Sri Lankan wildlife biologist, Manori Gunawardena. The project aims to provide important baseline data and new ideas and methodology with which to protect this important population and Asian elephants in general. One of our goals is to engage with the public in this endeavor.

Through this group on Flickr you are welcome to upload photos and information that will assist us to identify individuals and keep track of their associations, activities and movements. By uploading you agree that the Project can freely access and use photos and information for any project-related use.

You will in late 2008 be able to access our online ID database for the Minneriya-Kaudulla population through ElephantVoices, and there also learn more about what kind of specific information we are looking for. When it comes to ID photos the search-able database will include the following perspectives:

- Right ear (including head profile)
- Left ear (including head profile)
- Head on (whole head and ears spread)
- Body right (profile)
- Body left (profile)
- Tail
- Special Feature(s) (Bumps)

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