Oakland Zoo's Celebrating Elephants

[Edited from Oakland Zoo's original press release.]

Oakland, California - The Oakland Zoo (http://www.oaklandzoo.org) hosted Celebrating Elephants on Sunday, May 19th, 2001. The event is a culmination of festivities planned to raise the awareness of the challenges facing elephants in the wild and in captivity. This unique event recognizes the conservation work of Cynthia Moss and offers information on the future role of elephants in the wild and in captivity.

The Oakland Zoo presented "Elephants of Samburu", a lecture by elephant researcher George Wittemyer in the Marian Zimmer Auditorium on Thursday, May 17, 2001, at 7:00 p.m. The lecture was preceded by a Silent Auction and reception at 6:00 p.m. featuring over 100 animal related items, including artwork by Oakland Zoo's very own elephants. All proceeds benefit the Amboseli Trust for Elephants's Amboseli Elephant Research Project.

The following are the photos from the 2001 events. The photos from the 2000 events are posted at http://elephanttrust.org/oakland_zoo.htm.

Checking in the guests and selling raffle tickets.	Cheryl Matthews, Christine Allen. and Colleen Kinzley are the three dedicated committee members overseeing all the events.
The winner of one of the special items at the silent auction: a photo college of Echo's calf EmilyKate that was signed by Cynthia Moss.	Standing on the right was the elephant researcher George Wittemyer who gave a fascinating slideshow of "Elephants of Samburu." (http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/~georgew/)
"Elephants of Samburu" lecture captivated the audience.	Stephen Woo, the volunteer webmaster of Amboseli Trust for Elephants, gave a short introduction to the Trust.
Browsing and bidding at the silent auction.
	A special watercolor of Smokey the Elephant who just passed away. (Click here for the news release from Oakland Zoo) Amy is the artist who generously donated this painting and also some other artworks. She is also the giraffe keeper at the Oakland Zoo!
A photo collage of EmilyKate and also Swoo was one of the items at the silent auction.

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