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Elephants in the Oakland Zoo are being tracked with GPS devices to better understand their movements and how to improve their environment.<\/p>\n

Five elephants at the Oakland Zoo in California have been outfitted with GPS tracking devices<\/a>. The trackers are located on their ankle, which look similar to a house arrest anklet, which a famous celebrity has been known to sport albeit in a much smaller size.<\/p>\n

The five elephants, which includes “Donna”, a nearly 9,000-pound beauty, will be tracked in order to learn more about their behaviors, including how much exercise they get and how often they eat in a 6.5-acre habitat.<\/p>\n

The GPS trackers are the newest addition to a study being conducted by the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums<\/a> on the health and safety of elephants and other zoo animals who are living in captivity.<\/p>\n

Jeff Kinzley, elephant manager at the Oakland Zoo, recently told reporters, \u201cThis is really just a way to find out how elephants are moving in captivity.\u201d He said. \u201cHow much time they spend walking. How much time they just spend standing around.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elephants in the Oakland Zoo and other Zoos in the United States, don\u2019t need to face the dangers of living in the wild, but they do have certain health risks. Elephants in captivity can face obesity, arthritis, reproductive problems, low fertility, high rate of stillbirths, foot infections, psychological disorders, easy mortality, difficulty giving birth and caring for their young and having abnormal behavior like killing their young of having aggression toward other elephants. Abnormal temperatures and a lack of exercise adds to these adverse health conditions. But with GPS trackers, the elephants are tracked, which helps scientists study the elephants and improve their life in captivity.<\/p>\n

The data will be used to learn more about how often the elephants eat and decrease obesity and other health conditions. \u201cOtherwise, they\u2019re constantly getting fed, so they\u2019re just going to get overweight,\u201d Kinzley said. \u201cThey\u2019re going to wind up getting arthritis and things like that, and stop moving. That\u2019s really the death sentence for an elephant,\u201d he further commented.<\/p>\n

The five elephants were tracked with the GPS units for seven days, 24 hours per day. During the seven days, the elephants movements and eating patterns were monitored in real-time with data available to zoologists and scientists almost immediately.<\/p>\n

One of the reasons the Oakland Zoo was chosen to perform the GPS study was because they have one of the largest free-roam elephant habitats among all zoos in the United States.<\/p>\n

While the data can be reached already, the final results of the study aren\u2019t going to be released until Spring 2013. These results will be used to better format the guidelines for proper elephant care while in captivity.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom there we can make management changes,\u201d said Gina Kinzley, the elephant manager\u2019s wife. \u201cDo they need to be walking more? Do they need to be grazing more?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Oakland Zoo will also incorporate their own studies for the best living arrangement possible for their beloved elephants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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