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Footprints for the Future Never forget – saving elephants from a deadly virus EEHV
Footprints for the Future Never forget – saving elephants from a deadly virus EEHV
After 12 years here at Chester Zoo, we’re set to wave goodbye to 22-year-old male Asian elephant, Aung Bo.
A virus called EEHV is a real threat to elephants all over the world.
Representatives from major UK zoos have written to Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of a UK-EU summit on 19 May to ask that the movement of endangered animals and biological materials between the UK and EU countries be made easier.
to see if animals in other zoos in Europe have, for example, picked up a deadly virus
supplementary feeding programmes, and ways to reduce the spread of beak and feather disease virus