SLIDE 19
(Nancy Pratt)
Now, in order to get those little guys
through that little hole it requires all these people plus more,
because not everyone was there for the picture. And Marie and
Ed are in the back with Shanthi. Now I want to tell you that
this project not only is it incredible because we did AI in an
elephant, but it was incredible because of the collaborative nature
of the project. Not only did we have Thomas and his colleague
Frank Goritz from Germany and then also Dennis Schmitt from Missouri.
So it was international and interstate, but also, within the National
Zoo people from all different areas helped out and really came
together for this project: veterinarians, pathologists, keepers,
curators, volunteers, educators, it really was a very collaborative
project and I think unusual because of that. But the most important
player in this picture, of course, is this bucket here, which
is the sample from Onyx. This is called an equitainer, it's what
they usually ship horse semen in. It keeps the semen cool at
a constant temperature. This is all the equipment, well most
of the equipment that was necessary for this procedure. And I'd
like to point out that you're looking at over $100,000 worth of
equipment. At this point in time that's what this kind of a project
costs.