Where Are All the Elephant-Poaching Hot Spots in Africa and What Should We Do About Them

Samuel Wasser, director of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, will speak about elephant poaching on Monday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall. The lecture kicks off this year's campus-wide theme for the Program for Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement (PLACE), "Air, Water, Earth and Fire: The Ancient Elements on a Changing Planet." Wasser will present "Where Are All the Elephant-Poaching Hot Spots in Africa and What Should We Do About Them?" He is acknowledged worldwide as a pioneer of noninvasive wildlife monitoring methods, including the genetic, endocrine, toxicology and detection dog techniques used by the center. His groundbreaking work in noninvasive environmental monitoring and wildlife forensics is internationally respected among scientists, environmental activists, and government and nongovernment wildlife managers alike. The lecture is sponsored by the Program for the Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement and Hearst Foundations. For more information, contact 503-883-2481, scoste@linfield.edu. Subject: PLACE Lectures Run Length: 01:02 Author: Samuel Wasser Publisher: Linfield College Copyright: 2015