1.   And she has consulted elephant experts to insure that the migrations, sex lives, family bonds, mourning habits and secretions are realistic.

2.   Hall joins up with a worldweary elephant expert, Dinesh Choudhury, and his handpicked squad.

3.   Other independent elephant experts have told the court that the mahout training traumatizes the elephant and instills aggression.

4.   A team of Malaysian and Vietnamese elephant experts spotted the two elephants on Monday and shot them with tranquilizer darts.

5.   According to elephant experts, such attachments commonly develop among elephants, with older elephants serving as caretakers for younger ones, especially in pregnancy.

6.   Elephant experts from throughout Southeast Asia gathered Monday to seek ways to save a dying breed, focusing on the threat from illegal trafficking of calves.

7.   Glas pointed out that international elephant experts testified that such training was outmoded and dangerous.

8.   The testimony contradicted charges by several international elephant experts that the animals are suffering abscessed head wounds, diarrhea, hunger, thirst and depression.

9.   They also allege that the zoo has no elephant expert on its staff.