Wild About Pets: Understanding Elephants

Dr. Bradshaw explains who elephants are, and why they are more like us than you may believe. Learn about some of their social aspects, about their family structure, and what their trunk is really for.

Wild About Pets: Elephants in the Wild

In part two, find out what’s happening with elephants in the wild, and why total extinction of the species is a real possibility. Then, how elephants respond to stress much like a human, and yes, elephants do mourn.

Wild About Pets: Helping the Elephants

Dr. Bradshaw tells us about some organizations that are helping elephants both in captivity and in the wild, including her own Kerulos Center

The Kerulos Center

The mission of the Kerulos Center is to translate knowledge of animals as fully sentient beings into animal care, conservation, policy, and human-nature relationships.

Look While You Listen!

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G.A. Bradshaw

Gay Bradshaw Ph.D., Ph.D. is Executive Director of The Kerulos Center. She holds doctorate degrees in ecology and psychology, and has published, taught, and lectured widely in these fields both in the U.S. and internationally.
Dr. Bradshaw's work focuses on trans-species psychology, the theory and methods for the study and care of animal psychological well-being and multi-species cultures. Her research expertise includes the effects of violence on and trauma recovery elephants, grizzly bears, chimpanzees, and parrots, and other species in captivity. She established the new field of trans-species psychology upon which the work and principles of The Kerulos Center are based.

Dr. Bradshaw\'s Website