TOO MANY RAIN CHANCES.
IT WILL BE PRETTY GOOD.
Kumasi: ABOUT 6,000 ASIAN
ELEPHANTS IN OUR WORLD TODAY AND
FLORIDA IS HOME TO 28 WITH THE
AND 12 MORE WILL BE COMING SOON.
Nikki: RIVER CITY LIVE'S
RANCE ADAMS GOT AFTERNOON
EXCLUSIVE LOOK INSIDE THE
CONSERVATION CENTER IN ORLANDO.
LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS, OH
MY.
THOSE AND OTHER ATTRACTIONS THAT
GO WITH THE CIRCUS HAVE MY EYES
LIT.
THE TRUE DRAW, HUGE, ATHLETIC
AND REMARKABLY GRACE.
, ELFANLTS HAVE BEEN AN INTEGRAL
PART OF CIRCUS PERFORMING,T WITH
IT COMING TO AN ENDS AT THE
OWNED OF MAY, WHERE DO THEY GO.
I CAME DOWN TO CENTRAL FLORIDA
TO SEE THE LARGEST EHERD OF
ASIAN ELEPHANTS IN THE WESTERN
THEM E HEMISPHERE AND RIGHT HERE
AT THE ELEPHANT CONSERVATION.
JANUARYIS GIVES DEEPER INSIGHT
INTO THE THREE Rs.
THE PURPOSE FOR ELPHANT
CONSERVATION IS GUARANTEEING THE
SURVIVAL OF THE ENDANGERED ASIAN
ELEPHANT.
WE FOCUS ON RESEARCH,
REPRODUCTION AND GENERAL STUDY
OF THE ASIAN ELEPHANT AND THEN
RETIREMENT FOR OUR OLDER SHOW
GIRLS.
THERE IS AN R.
REI-TOO.
HOUSING ELEPHANTS OF ALL AGES,
THE TRAINING CENTER WILL SOON
HAVE A FULL HOUSE WHICH ALLOW
FOR MORE OPPORTUNITYs FOR THE
SECOND R, RESEARCH.
THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY START
STUDYING ELEPHANTS UNTIL THE
1960s WHICH REALLY IS QUITE
RECENT.
SO A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT
WE KNOW ABOUT ELEPHANTS HAVE
BEEN GATHERED FROM OUR
ELEPHANTS, BECAUSE THEY'RE
TRAINED, BECAUSE WE HANDLE THEM
AND CAN GO RIGHT UP TO THEM AND
TOUCH THEM.
IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY
LEARN A LOT MORE THAN FROM A
DISTANCE.
SO THE TRAINING ELEMENT HAS
CONTRIBUTED TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS
OF INFORMATION TO THE ENTIRE
ELEPHANT COMMUNITY AND THEREFORE
GUARANTEED MORE THAN ANYTHING,
THE FUTURE OF THE SPECIES.
OUR MAJOR OBJECTIVE HERE IS
TO DO RESEARCH AND TO GET
INFORMATION TO BETTER TAKE CARE
OF THE ELEPHANTS.
WHETHER INFORMATION FOR
PHYSIOLOGY, ANATOMY,
REPRODUCTION AND ALSO CONNECT
STUDY.
AND A SCOOP ABOUT THE THIRD
R, REPRODUCTION.
WE GET A LOT OF STUDIES ON
REPRODUCTION.
HERE WE HAVE THE FIRST
RESOURCE-BASED WE'RE TRYING TO
PRESERVE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
OUR GOAL IS TO PRESERVE THE
GENETICS AS LONG AS POSSIBLE TO
GO AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE HAVE
THE LARGEST NUMBER OF MALES HERE
AT THE CENTER FOR ELEPHANT
CONSERVATION.
IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO
PRESERVE THEIR GENETICS.
WE COLLECT THEIR SEMEN AND
FREEZE IT AND CAN STORE IT
INDEFINITELY.
GENETIC TESTING ALLOWS THE
TRAINING CENTER TO TRACK THE
ELEPHANTS AND ENSURE THERE IS NO
INBREEDING.
AND HELPS WITH THE NEW CANCER
RESEARCH PROGRAM.
.
AND ALSO, ALL THIS EQUIPMENT IS
MEANT FOR THIS PURPOSE OF
FREEZING ELEPHANTS AND SHARE
WITH IT OTHER FACILITIES SO THAT
WAY IF THEY HAVE A BALL IN IS
RELATED TO THE REST OF THE
FEMALES WE CAN GIVE HIM ANOTHER
NEW SOURCE OF GENETICS.
AND MAYBE THE ACTIVITY OF ONE
ELEPHANT IS BET THEY AREN THE
OTHER, WE CAN FOLLOW THEIR YES
IN THETICS TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT -- GENETICS.
SOME MIGHT NOT FEEL POSITIVE
ABOUT THE ELEPHANT TRAINING
CENTER, BUT REST ASSURED, THEY
ARE TREATED LIKE DIVA ROCK
STARS.
THEIR CARE STARTS AT 6:30
EVERY MORNING, EVERY ELEPHANT IS
WALKED FROM THEIR BARN, THEY'RE
ALL HOUSED IN A BARN AT NIGHT
AND WALKED FROM THE BOUND TO ONE
OF THEIR YARDS AND HANG OUT
THERE ALL DAY AND THEY'RE ALSO
EXERCISED EVERY DAY AND THEN
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY'RE
ALL WALKED BACK TO A WASH PAD
WHEREVERRY INCH OF THEM IS
SCRUBBED.
EVERY INCH OF THE EVERY 28
ELEPHANTS HERE IS SCRUBBED EVERY
DAY.
AND THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
HARYNLS TO REALLY EXAMINE THEM
INTIMATELY AND MAKE SURE THAT
FOR INSTANCE THERE ARE FOR
STONES EMBEDDED IN THEIR FEET
AND VERY CAREFULLY EXAMINED AND
THEN FED AGAIN FOR THE EVENING,
AFTERNOON FEED AND FED AGAIN AT
6:30, 8:30 AND FED AGAIN AT
ELEVEN:30.
THEY EAT A LOT AND ALL THE TIME.
THE WILD AS WE IMAGINE IT
MARKS ANOTHER AREA WHERE THE
TRAINING CENTER BENEFITS
ELEPHANTS.
THIS INCREDIBLE SPECIE, THE
LARGEST LAND MAMMAL AFTER THE
AFRICAN ELEPHANT, IS PERILOUSLY
CLOSE TO EXTINCTION AND YOU HAVE
TO IMPOSE AN INTEL COLLECT OVER
THE EMOTION TO REALIZE THAT WE
HAVE TO DROIBT THEIR SURVIVAL.
MAN HAS TO CARE FOR THESE
ANIMALS BECAUSE THE WILD THAT WE
ALL WANT TO ENVISION HAS
DIMINISHED TO THE POINT OF
NONEXISTENCE.
SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
EDUCATE OURSELVES ABOUT THESE
ANIMALS AND THEN TO CONTINUE TO
CARE FOR THEM TO KEEP THE
SPECIES GOING.
HOWEVER YOU FEEL ABOUT
ELEPHANTS PERFORMING IN THE
CIRCUS, KNOW THEY WILL BE WELL
TAKEN CARE OF FOR MANY YEARS TO
COME.
I'M RANCE ADAMS REPORTING FOR
"RIVER CITY LIVE".
OH, MY GOSH, HOW CUTE.
HE WAS ON YESTERDAY TALKING
ABOUT HIS TRIP DOWN THERE AND