{"id":300,"date":"2010-10-02T01:45:03","date_gmt":"2010-10-02T01:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brainsmatter.com\/?p=300"},"modified":"2012-08-05T10:50:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T10:50:29","slug":"126-prof-missaka-wijayagunawardane-the-sri-lankan-asian-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brainsmatter.com\/?p=300","title":{"rendered":"126 &#8211; Prof Missaka Wijayagunawardane &#8211; The Sri Lankan Asian Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, I talk to Professor Missaka Wijayagunawardane from the Department of Animal Science at the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka.  Professor Wijayagunawardane is a Professor in Animal Science and is an elephants reproduction specialist.  Topics we discussed included:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; What is the situation of elephants in Sri Lanka?<br \/>\n&#8211; What is the historical reason for this current situation?<br \/>\n&#8211; The causes of human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka<br \/>\n&#8211; What are the impacts of this human-elephant conflict?<br \/>\n&#8211; Reasons for loss of elephant habitat, such as chena cultivation<br \/>\n&#8211; What work is being done to mitigate human-elephant conflict?<br \/>\n&#8211; Some of the work that is being done between the University of Melbourne and the University of Peredinia<br \/>\n&#8211; The collaborative work done on elephant vocalisations<br \/>\n&#8211; The role being played by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainsmatter.com\/?page_id=281\">Never Forget Elephants<\/a> charity<br \/>\n&#8211; The difference between the Sri Lankan elephant and other Asian elephants<br \/>\n&#8211; Techniques used to increase the success of captive elephant births<br \/>\n&#8211; The work being done with mahouts<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s listener of the episode is Jack Scanlan from the Melbourne, Australia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i182.photobucket.com\/albums\/x287\/brainsmatter\/audio.jpg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/predictabledata.com\/projects\/brainsmatter\/BM126-Missaka.mp3\">Download MP3 of Ep 126<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please vote for this podcast this month at<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.podcastalley.com\/one_vote2.php?pod_id=40939\" title=\"Podcast Alley - Your Podcast Library\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podcastalley.com\/images\/podcastalley_icon.gif\" alt=\"PodcastAlley.com Feeds\" border=\"0\" height=\"15\" width=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_xclick&amp;business=brainsmatterinbox%40gmail%2ecom&amp;no_shipping=2&amp;no_note=1&amp;tax=0&amp;currency_code=USD&amp;bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&amp;charset=UTF%2d8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/x-click-but04.gif\" alt=\"Donate via Paypal\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can donate by clicking on the button above, and subscribe by <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=257301606\">subscribing in iTunes <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i182.photobucket.com\/albums\/x287\/brainsmatter\/iTunesWord.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-nc-nd\/2.5\/au\/88x31.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, I talk to Professor Missaka Wijayagunawardane from the Department of Animal Science at the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. 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