*Dear Recipients: Please find Resources for August 2022 below GENERAL‘As the elephant towered above me, I thought: I am finished’* Julia Llewellyn Smith, The Times August 29, 2022 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/as-the-elephant-towered-above-me-i-thought-i-am-finished-cx0nk8xnq *The ‘Beef’ with Foot and Mouth Disease: Academia helps farmers balance production and conservation* United Nations / Academic Impact https://www.un.org/en/academic-impact/%E2%80%98beef%E2%80%99-foot-and-mouth-disease-academia-helps-farmers-balance-production-and *Conservationists want Bugoma Forest made national park (Uganda)* The Independent August 21, 2022 https://allafrica.com/stories/202208220093.html *Customs officials seize elephant foot converted into container (Germany)* Joseph Golder, Newsweek August 22, 2022 https://www.newsweek.com/customs-officials-seize-elephant-foot-converted-container-1735594 *Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche on biodiversity conservation and the illegal wildlife trade* Sonam Dema, Buddhist Door Global August 22, 2022 https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/dzongsar-jamyang-khyentse-rinpoche-on-biodiversity-conservation-and-the-illegal-wildlife-trade/ *Environmentalist Soksophea boosts wildlife conservation (Cambodia)* Ben Sokhean, Khmer Times August 29, 2022 https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501140353/environmentalist-soksophea-boosts-wildlife-conservation/ *EXIM Bank maintains steadfast commitment to elephant conservation* The Sun Daily August 20, 2022 https://www.thesundaily.my/home/exim-bank-maintains-steadfast-commitment-to-elephant-conservation-XD9647000 *Experts weigh in on call for SA to completely ban trophy hunting* Kristin Engel, The Independent Online August 30, 2022 https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/experts-weigh-in-on-call-for-sa-to-completely-ban-trophy-hunting-0587bdf7-b35b-4448-824f-88076d406efa *From whistling arrows and trumpeting elephants to battle cries and eerie horns, ancient soldiers used sound to frighten and confuse their enemies* The Conversation August 17, 2022 https://theconversation.com/from-whistling-arrows-and-trumpeting-elephants-to-battle-cries-and-eerie-horns-ancient-soldiers-used-sound-to-frighten-and-confuse-their-enemies-182116 *Ganesh Chaturthi 2022: From Afghanistan to Japan and China, here’s how Lord Ganesha is celebrated outside India* The Times Now August 30, 2022 https://www.timesnownews.com/exclusive/check-how-ganesh-chaturthi-2022-celebration-in-world-images-and-videos-article-93868818 *Graduate student awarded prestigious international scholarship for elephant research* Theresa Barosh, Colorado State University August 29, 2022 https://source.colostate.edu/graduate-student-awarded-prestigious-international-scholarship-for-elephant-research/ *How the pandemic has driven a surge in wildlife smuggling through Northeast India* Rokibuz Zaman, Scroll In August 28, 2022 https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://scroll.in/article/1031395/how-the-pandemic-has-driven-a-surge-in-wildlife-smuggling-through-north-east-india&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM0ODQxNDE4NjE3MjcyMzk1MjMyGjY3MGRmMGRhNDk0Y2NjNGM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw3m0T8l-x494iuyyRZ9eElL *Illegal logging and the global north threaten Congo’s rainforest — Not oil drilling* Ken Silverstein, Forbes August 1, 2022 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2022/08/01/illegal-logging-and-the-global-north-threaten-congos-rainforest---not-oil-drilling/?sh=f0c46a93899a *In Gabon, camera-trap developers find the ideal proving ground for their craft* Manon Verchot & Sanshey Biswas, Mongabay August 18, 2022 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/08/in-gabon-camera-trap-developers-find-the-ideal-proving-ground-for-their-craft/ *Keo Seima most biodiverse protected area in Cambodia: Official* The Phnom Penh Post August 1, 2022 https://asianews.network/keo-seima-most-biodiverse-protected-area-in-cambodia-official/ *Lifelong promise from Mama Soraida to her elephant friends (Thailand)* Song Yu, Xinhua August 13, 2022 https://english.news.cn/20220813/c9cc151df8f5481f9ee03b6c2e04263b/c.html *The man who wants to release thousands of wooly mammoths into the Arctic* Aristos Georgiou, Newsweek August 21, 2022 https://www.newsweek.com/man-who-wants-release-thousands-woolly-mammoths-arctic-1735273 *‘Secret squad’ of Asian elephants in China help police track and capture five suspects crossing border to Laos* South China Morning Post August 10, 2022 https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/asia/article/3188482/secret-squad-asian-elephants-china-help-police-track-and *Thinking global, acting local to preserve Assam elephants* Jonali Buragohain, Indian Masterminds August 12, 2022 https://indianmasterminds.com/features/be-inspired/thinking-global-acting-local-to-preserve-assam-elephants/ *This teenager invented a low-cost tool to spot elephant poachers in real time* Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian magazine August 4, 2022 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-teenager-invented-a-low-cost-tool-to-spot-elephant-poachers-in-real-time-180980522/ *Training to investigate, prosecute wildlife criminals (Malaysia)* Borneo Post August 28, 2022 https://www.theborneopost.com/2022/08/28/training-to-investigate-prosecute-wildlife-criminals/ *Which mammals can best survive climate change?* Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Ecowatch August 22, 2022 https://www.ecowatch.com/mammals-survival-climate-change.html *Why separate cyber wing for wildlife is need of the hour (India)* Pallavi Priya, India Masterminds August 16, 2022 https://indianmasterminds.com/features/beyond-headlines/why-separate-cyber-wing-for-wildlife-is-need-of-the-hour%EF%BF%BC/ *William hails 'landmark' wildlife sentence* Lucas Cumiskey, Magnet August 18, 2022 https://www.edenmagnet.com.au/story/7867884/william-hails-landmark-wildlife-sentence/?cs=5461 *ARCHAEOLOGYA mammoth accomplishment: CT captures images of an entire ancient tusk* Hannah Murphy, Health Imaging August 16, 2022 https://healthimaging.com/topics/medical-imaging/computed-tomography-ct/ct-captures-images-woolly-mammoth-tusk *FILM & VIDEO / DOCUMENTARIES / AUDIO / PHOTO RELATEDCelebrating World Elephant Day and what you can do to help these animals (video)* Jackie Koppell, NY1 August 12, 2022 https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news-all-day/2022/08/12/celebrating-world-elephant-day- *Clint Eastwood endorses plant-based diets in new wildlife documentary* Polly Foreman, Plant Based News August 29, 2022 https://plantbasednews.org/culture/film/clint-eastwood-plant-based-diets/ *The elephant was giving birth to a child (Kenya) (video)* Morning Express August 17, 2022 https://morningexpress.in/the-elephant-was-giving-birth-to-a-child-so-all-the-elephants-stood-around-in-a-herd-video-went-viral/ *Watch: Brave mother elephant saves her calf from clutches of deadly crocodile (video)* India Narrative August 1, 2022 https://www.indianarrative.com/culture-news/watch-brave-mother-elephant-saves-her-calf-from-clutches-of-deadly-crocodile-187798.html *Zimbabwe reports rise in cases of human-elephant conflict (video)* France 24 August 30, 2022 https://www.france24.com/en/video/20220830-zimbabwe-reports-rise-in-cases-of-human-elephant-conflict *World Elephant Day: Rising human populations hindering elephants' role as 'ecosystem caretakers' (video)* Euronews August 12, 2022 https://www.euronews.com/2022/08/12/world-elephant-day-rising-human-populations-hindering-elephants-role-as-ecosystem-caretake *ART / MUSEUM / BOOKS Bond stresses on the need for ensuring welfare of jumbos* The Daily Pioneer August 13, 2022 https://www.dailypioneer.com/2022/state-editions/-bond-stresses-on-the-need-for-ensuring-welfare-of-jumbos.html *Human-Elephant conflict: ‘Youth can solve problem of co-existence’* The Free Press Journal August 17, 2022 https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/human-elephant-conflict-youth-can-solve-problem-of-co-existence