Dr. Chatchote Thitaram is an Associate Professor in the Department of Companion Animals and Wildlife Clinics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. He is also the head of the Elephant Research and Education Center, Chiang Mai University. He was awarded his PhD by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, for the thesis ‘Elephant reproduction: improvement of breeding efficiency and development of a breeding strategy’. His present work and research focus on reproduction, breeding, and genetics in female Asian elephants.