Resolving Human - Elephant
Conflict in Africa
SAFEGUARDING VILLAGE FOOD SOURCES BY OFFERING VIABLE ECO-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES
ASSISTING COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS
RESTORING ELEPHANTS TO THEIR FORMER HABITATS
RESTORING MALAWI’S FORESTS
ANA GRUM
Ana Grum
Trustee
Ana Grum, DVM, PhD, ELEFENCE Trustee, teaches Animal Science courses at the Ohio State University and assists the Admissions Committee for the OSU Veterinary College. She has lived in Washington D.C., Maryland, northern California, and now resides in Columbus Ohio. She is mother to two grown daughters and grandmother of three. She has been a licensed veterinarian since 1986 and earned a PhD in companion animal nutrition, with a special interest in carnivore nutrition, in 2002. She has experience in private practice (both mixed and small animal clinics), pet food industry, animal nutrition research, and academic teaching, both in veterinary schools and with undergraduate students. Her passion for animals is life-long and her interests in wildlife conservation were fueled by teaching the Animal Sciences Department contemporary issues course every year. The course looks deeply at human-animal interactions and includes international issues. The plight of wildlife in Africa, especially concern for rhinos and elephants, is always an important component of that course. She believes education of both undergraduates and future veterinarians is critical to animal conservation for generations to come.