Web Resources:
David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org
Information on the protection and preservation of Kenya’s elephants as well as Daphne Sheldrick’s elephant orphanage.
An Orphanage for Some Big Babies
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian/issues97/mar97/elephants.html
Daphne Sheldrick has turned her Nairobi home into a nursery and rehabilitation center for infant elephants. From SMITHSONIAN magazine.
Chimp Haven
http://www.chimphaven.org
Linda Koebner’s organization dedicated to providing sanctuary to “retired” chimpanzees.
The medicinal use of plants by Chimpanzees in the wild
http://jinrui.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp/CHIMPP/CHIMPP.html
Learn more about Michael Huffman’s research on chimpanzees self-medicating in the wild.
Colorado Boys Ranch
http://www.coloradoboysranch.org/
A ranch that uses horsemanship as a way to provide troubled youth with the means to become happy and productive citizens.
The Center For Captive Chimpanzee Care
http://www.savethechimps.org/
A Boynton Beach, FL, group works to care for former research chimps.
If you would like to make a donation to “The Thomas Carling Appeal Fund” you may contact: john@jcarling.freeserve.co.uk.
Related episodes:
NATURE: CHIMPANZEES: AN UNNATURAL HISTORY
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/chimpanzees/index.html
NATURE introduces you to the unsung heroes in our history in CHIMPANZEES: AN UNNATURAL HISTORY
Books
Carwardine, Mark. THE BOOK OF DOLPHINS. New York: Collins and Brown, 1999.
De Waal, Frans. CHIMPANZEE POLITICS: POWER AND SEX AMONG APES. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1998.
Fine, Aubrey. HANDBOOK ON ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICE. Washington: Academic Press, 1999.
Fouts, Roger. NEXT OF KIN: WHAT CHIMPANZEES HAVE TAUGHT ME ABOUT WHO WE ARE. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1997.
Funston, Sylvia. ANIMAL SMARTS (THE SECRET LIFE OF ANIMALS). New York: Owl Communications, 1997.
McElory, Susan Chernak. ANIMAL WISDOM: TRUE STORIES OF THE ANIMALS THAT CHANGE OUR LIVES. New York: Sounds True, 1997.
Pascoe, Elaine. ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE: WHY IS THIS DOLPHIN SMILING? New York: Blackbirch, 1998.
Pool, Joyce. COMING OF AGE WITH ELEPHANTS: A MEMOIR. New York: Hyperion, 1996.
Yoder, Susan E. and Major T. Benton. THE WISDOM OF DOLPHINS. Sourcebooks, Inc., 1999.
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08/19/2008 :: 01:01:13 AM
Belem Villaescusa Says:
A BIG THANK YOU!! wonderful show we need to respect and love all animals, and all the information related. Here in Phoenix we have also sanctuaries that need your help,southwest wildlife is one of them.