JOIN US AT VETERINARIANS INTERNATIONAL’S FILM SCREENING, IN THE HAMPTONS, OF “WHEN ELEPHANTS WERE YOUNG” NARRATED BY WILLIAM SHATNER {known as James T. Kirk OF STAR TREK}: AUGUST 14, 2016!

[Debbie Rodriguez]

VETERINARIANS INTERNATIONAL TO HOST FILM SCREENING OF WHEN ELEPHANTS WERE YOUNG

Sunday, August 14, 2016. 4 - 7 pm. 3:30 VIP Meet & Greet.

At The Castle Barn at Nova’s Ark Project. 60 Millstone Rd, Water Mill, NY.

On Sunday August 14, 2016, guests will be able to learn about the Asian elephant crisis though a comprehensive film entitled “When Elephants Were Young,” narrated by William Shatner known as a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk (Star Trek). The film details the life of a young man and his young elephant living together in Thailand. Their tender bond reveals a complex relationship, where elephants live with humans even though they are wild animals.

Watch Shatner’s video message in support of World Elephant Day, 8/12/16:  http://bit.ly/2a5g7Yd 

Following the film, an expert panel discussion will take place with the film’s producer/director and World Elephant Day Founder, Patricia Sims, Asian elephant expert Richard Lair, who is featured in the film, and Dr. Scarlett Magda, founding president of Veterinarians International.

Tickets: $39 and can be purchased at www.vetsinternational.org.

About Patricia-Sims

WRITER,-DIRECTOR,-PRODUCER,-EXECUTIVE-PRODUCER,- CINEMATOGRAPHER. From swimming with wild dolphins and whales in oceans around the world to getting up close and personal with monkeys in the jungles of Borneo and elephants in Thailand, award winning Canadian Filmmaker Patricia Sims has always kept a passionate eye on conservation. Patricia has produced documentaries globally. She has collaborated with some of the world’s leading conservation celebrities, scientists and explorers, with a specialization in wildlife and oceanographic productions. She has produced television documentaries for CityTV, CBC, Astral-Media, YLE, ARTE, Discovery-Channel, TVAsahi, NHK, NHKBBS2, TBS, non profit-organizations, and the United Nations University.

Patricia is the Co-Founder of the annual World Elephant Day, a global awareness campaign that brings attention to the critical threats facing elephants. Since 2005, Patricia has been based in British Columbia where she founded CanazWest Pictures. Her most recent productions include “DocJam”, a 15-part documentary series for Bell Media in Canada. She has produced, directed and written the multi-award winning “Return-to-the-Forest”, a documentary narrated by actor William Shatner (Best Short,-Artivist Film Festival, Hollywood;- 2012 Humanitarian Award Best Shorts Competition, Los-Angeles; Best-Conservation Film, New- York-Wildlife Conservation Film-Festival). “Return to the Forest” was released on the inaugural World Elephant Day, August 12, 2012. Patricia’s follow-up film,“When-Elephants-Were-Young,” narrated by William Shatner, is her first feature length documentary, to be released in 2016.

About Veterinarians International’s Founding President, Dr. Scarlett Magda

A resident of Sag Harbor, NY Dr. Magda is a veterinarian with a passion for raising awareness about the interconnectedness of human and animal health and tackling the root causes of zoonotic disease transmission and animal welfare issues. She has 10 years of international experience working with organizations ranging from the Thai Elephant Conservation Center, Foundation for AIDS Orphaned Children in Uganda, Elephant Family, UK, the Belize Zoo and the Ministry of Environment in Costa Rica. She had sat on the board of directors for Veterinarians Without Borders Canada for five years prior to moving to the United States. She was honored with the Ballard Award for Wildlife from Morris Animal Foundation and is currently the only published scientific paper on the topic. Dr. Magda also practices emergency veterinary medicine in numerous specialty hospitals across New York State. She was responsible for bringing East Hampton’s first public oyster garden program in partnership with the East Hampton Town Shellfish Hatchery, and the South Fork Natural History Museum to life this past May.

About Richard Lair

Richard Lair has lived and worked with Asian elephants, and has been a member of the IUCN/SSC AsESG, the UN’s Asian Elephant Specialist Group for over 30 years. He wrote the first scientific paper on the numbers and status of Thai domesticated elephants, and in 1997 wrote Gone Astray:  The Care and Management of the Asian Elephant in Domesticity, for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Richard Lair has been interviewed on many television shows (BBC, Animal Planet, National Geographic, The Daily Show) and his work has been featured in TIME magazine, the New York Times, and others.

To learn more about Veterinarians International, to purchase tickets or to make a donation visit www.vetsinternational.org. For Sponsorship and Naming opportunities please call 646 893 8280 or email [e-mail].