I will be running for Chester Zoo's Never forget campaign!  I have taken this from their page to explain.

"Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) is a deadly virus which affects young elephants typically around weaning age. We've lost five young elephants to EEHV, most recently female calf Bala, followed just six weeks later by playmate Hari just before his third birthday.

This was devastating, not only for the family of elephants who mourned their loss, but also for the keeping and veterinary staff who had been working so hard to save the youngsters.

By sponsoring you can help us to secure a future for young elephants by enabling us to contribute more to vital research into this killer condition.

If we don’t stop this lethal disease more young elephants will die.

Elephant calf Bala

In many elephants it can lie dormant and undetectable and never develops into the disease but others are susceptible to it – currently no one knows why some elephants get it and others don’t.

We're part of the global conservation community committed to researching EEHV and finding ways of improving outcomes for elephants that develop the virus. Ultimately we want to try and develop a preventative vaccine as, currently, there isn’t one.

For many years we’ve funded vital research into EEHV but researchers have yet to be able to culture the virus which is necessary to create a vaccine and determine what drugs are most effective. At present, drug treatment is effective in only around one-third of cases and survival rates overall are around 20%.

Elephant calf Hari

We have a responsibility to do everything we can to understand this disease in order to have a chance of eradicating it, both in zoos and, crucially, in the wild. Asian elephants are endangered and it’s hoped that the work being done in zoos will hold the key to unlocking the information researchers need to make a positive breakthrough

We'll never forget the elephants that we've lost but by donating to support research into EEHV you can help us secure a future for young elephants. Without more vital research into this killer condition more young elephants will die.