Elephant (Elephas maximus) Health and Management in Asia: Variations in Veterinary Perspectives

Table 8

Date: —————————————
(1) Which Asian range country do you work in? ————————————————————
(a) What region within that country? ———————————————————————————
(2a) Do you work for a government agency?
□ No  □ Yes   If yes, what type?
□ Forestry
□ Wildlife
□ Livestock
□ Other ——————
(2b) Do you work for a nongovernment agency (NGO)?
□ No    □ Yes   If yes, what type? —————————————————————————
(2c) If you responded “no” to both (2a) and (2b) please indicate your employment type  —————————
(3) How often do you work with elephant health care?	□ Full time		□ Part time	□ Occasionally
(4) Approximately how many years have you worked with elephant health care?          ———————years
(5) How many elephants do you check and/or treat on average each month?     ———————Elephants
(6) In the area where you are working, how many individual elephants do you see for treatment and/or health check on a regular basis (minimum 2 times per year)?	————————————————Elephants
(7) In the area where you are working, how many of the captive elephants (males and females) have successfully reproduced?	□ All		□ Some		□ None
What is the percentage of your work with captive or wild elephants:	0–19%	20–39%	40–59%	60–79%	80–100%
(8a) With captive elephants?	□	□	□	□	□
(8b) With wild elephants?	□	□	□	□	□
In the area where you are working, what is the percentage of the captive elephants owned:	0–19%	20–39%	40–59%	60–79%	80–100%
(9a) By the government?	□	□	□	□	□
(9b) By private owners/institutions?	□	□	□	□	□
(10) For which type of activities are the elephants utilized?	All of them	Most of them	Some of them	A few of them	None of; them
Zoo exhibition	□	□	□	□	□
Tourism	□	□	□	□	□
Logging	□	□	□	□	□
Forest and habitat patrols	□	□	□	□	□
Human elephant conflict management	□	□	□	□	□
Education awareness programs	□	□	□	□	□
Not utilized	□	□	□	□	□