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Peter Dickinson
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Dear Colleagues,
Some nutter climbed into the grizzly bear exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo. How lucky was he? How lucky too for the zoo. I can just imagine the flak if the guy had been killed. Probably statements from some saying "this would never happen in a rescue zoo." Pah! Well done San Francisco. Quick off the mark and very professional.
The fact that one bear killed another in a German zoo has really taking the fancy of the press. There cannot be a paper in the world that isn't covering the story. Sad, yes. But it happens. It happens in the wild too.
Now this disturbs me. It disturbs me because here I am, working in zoos for 40+ years and I did not know:
Before moving the creatures, which range in size between 1.2 metres and 2 metres, an electric shock is used to stun them, and then tape is wrapped around their mouths and eyes
This is Crocodylus Park in Australia looking for volunteers to move 400 crocodiles.
an electric shock is used to stun them
Please can someone in the know explain this to me. Is it like using a Taser? I like crocodiles. I respect crocodiles. I loathe and hate the 'Teaseathon - look how brave and clever I am' aspect of the so called shows. Electric shock! That shocks me. Can the experts please post explanations to the Zoo Biology Group because it sounds like a whole new level of abuse. I want to learn.
This note is added a day later than the above: Following information supplied I was able to decide that stunning is probably the best option. Please read HERE
I am absolutely delighted to learn of the captive hatching and rearing of Triggerfish in captivity. The first ever! Now that is important because practically every single marine aquarium I have visited anywhere in my life has displayed Triggerfish of one kind or another. I daresay every marine Aquarium around the world I have not visited has had them on display as well. Every year, for years and years. One dies so they catch another. But now...now...captive raising. Brilliant! Contrast this event to the National Aquarium chartering a Boeing 767 to fly in fish from Barbados. I would like to know exactly how many of the imported fish were captive bred and reared.
Palau has created a shark sanctuary the size of France. Credit to them. I truly believed that they would become extinct in my lifetime and said as much in Shark Fin Soup. Now they have a chance. Palau has only one protection vessel to patrol the area and is asking other nations to respect their wishes. Some hope. A flight over the area showed a large number of fishing boats, many of which were fishing illegally. I would blow them out of the water. You would only need to hit two or three and the problem would disappear.
Lots of rain here lately but not as bad as the Philippines. I am really worried about wife number two because I have heard nothing in days.
I see Bridget Bardot (an animal protector with a difference) has reached 75. Just the other day I wrote a hub called the Sex Degrees of Separation which was based on the Six Degrees of Separation and with the Six... Bridget Bardot immediately sprang to mind as I do know a guy who got locked in her bedroom some years ago (he is probably reading this).
I read with some interest about some elephants walking the 250Km from Nakhon Ratchasima to Samut Prakan to raise money for Greenpeace. Sadly it seems to have been a bit of a wasted journey. I learnt about it only today when they reached their destination. Not a word, nor a twitter in the interim. Pity. A lot of walking and effort. Did you know about it?
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On with the links:
Man sneaks into grizzly exhibit at S.F. Zoo
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/09/26/BAD419TDPQ.DTL
Authorities names man, 21, who entered S.F. Zoo's bear enclosure
A 21-year-old transient has been arrested after climbing into the San Francisco Zoo's grizzly bear enclosure on Saturday. At a news conference Sunday morning at the zoo, authorities said that Kenneth Herron was the man who got into the one-acre Hearst Grizzly Gulch. He was not injured, despite coming within inches of one of the 500-pound bears, according to Bob Jenkins, vice president for the zoo's institutional advancement. Herron was spotted inside the enclosure by another zoo visitor about 5 p.m., and zoo staff immediately responded to the exhibit area, zoo spokeswoman Gwendolyn Tornatore said. Herron made his way into the enclosure that is surrounded by 15-foot walls on three sides, and a 13- to 14-foot moat with a 4-foot-high barrier on the fourth side, Jenkins said. Tornatore said the zoo could not yet confirm how Herron got into the enclosure, and that officials are investigating the incident along with the San Francisco Police Department.Jenkins said he doesn't know why Herron climbed into the bears' enclosure, but said it's no easy feat to get inside. "It would be pure speculation on my part as to why he
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_13434641?nclick_check=1
Stepping up for the zoo
The nonprofit friends group for the Henry Vilas Zoo is stepping up its funding to help preserve zoo operations as Dane County struggles with a recession-fueled budget crisis.The Henry Vilas Zoological Society is committed to more than doubling its usual contribution to the zoo in 2010 to more than $500,000, zoo and society officials say. The society will also make an additional gift of more than $100,000 to cover zoo operating costs this year.Details on the contributions will be announced at a news conference with County Executive Kathleen Falk and zoo director Jim Hubing at 2 p.m. Monday at the Visitors Center at the zoo, 702 S. Randall Ave.Dane County operates the zoo, which is seeking $2.25 million in funding for 2010 and splits the cost 80 percent-20 percent with the city of Madison. The Zoological Society raises money for capital projects like the Children's Zoo and new
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/article_91518218-ab2e-11de-a930-001cc4c002e0.html
Twin tigons born in S China wildlife park
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/27/content_12118524.htm
Lifelion reaches £106,000
OUR mercy mission to save a pride of lions in a rundown Romanian zoo is roaring into action this week - thanks to the staggering total of £106,000 in donations raised by YOU. The sum was reached by News of the World readers in just four weeks. Experts from Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster are jetting out to Romania to fine tune the plan to bring back the 14 lions - nicknamed after England football players. We launched our appeal after reporting on the horrendous conditions at the ramshackle
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/523252/save-the-lions.html
Public should demand highest standards from zoos
In response to Doug Clark’s column on elephants at the North Carolina Zoo (“Zoo could add to elephants’ territory,” Sept. 16), more room for the elephant habitat, on the surface, would seem to be a good idea.But this would have huge cost implications and also presupposes that more acreage necessarily provides the animals with more benefits. Our own field research in West Africa shows that elephants in the wild move in response to food and water availability. So in many situations where both are plentiful, they do not move long distances,as is often supposed. More important than linear measurement is the variety of different opportunities you can give an intelligent animal like an elephant to keep it well-occupied and healthy. The N.C. Zoo’s new elephant exhibit is designed in such a way as to offer our animals a wide variety of options to interact with, both in the exhibits and in the barn and holding yards.It is vital to recognize that the most important function of any good zoo today is to present a sample of the huge diversity of the animal kingdom in ways that will engage and interest the observer.In doing so, there is a much better chance that humankind develops a level of empathy with the natural world, which in time will lead to its better protection. To achieve such engagement and empathy, zoo animals must be presented in ways that give the visitor confidence that they are well cared for and seen in a visual context that provides some sense of the surroundings in which a species might be viewed in the wild.Sadly, too many institutions around the world calling themselves “zoos” have neither the will, skill nor revenue to manage and present animals in this way. In the United States, only one out of 10 institutions calling themselves “zoos” and licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture meet the standards set by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums. Those standards in this day and time should be the minimum for such facilities. As a result, the public expectations of zoos is not as high as they should be and the work of those institutions who come up to such standards is devalued by the existence of so many “menageries” maintained at very poor standards. All animals in a zoo setting are in some sense ambassadors for their species and there is sometimes a trade-off between that ambassadorial status and the situations under which those animals are kept. In 40 years of observing visitor reactions and comments, both at the time of visiting a zoo and afterwards, there is no question about the degree of excitement and interest a good exhibit of living animals can generate, especially among young people. Films and books can complement that, but nothing replaces it. In a world where most animal habitats are currently under threat, expanding our interest and concern about the issue, by whatever means, is critical if we are going to achieve a balance between human needs and the rest of the living world.As for the elephants, a lot of assumptions are made about their needs, many of them based purely on anthropomorphic feelings. There is definitely a requirement for more objective research to be carried out on what constitutes good elephant welfare and that is in our plans (and those of other Association of Zoos & Aquariums institutions) in the near future. We are at a stage with elephant management where we were with, say, gorillas 30 years ago. When I joined the zoo world in the late 1960s, gorillas rarely lived a full life span and almost never reproduced. Today, following years of experience, cooperative management and research, the gorilla population in major U.S. and European zoos is thriving. My best guess would be that, given another 10 to 15 years, we will see elephant management in the same place.There are already signs of that happening. Our aim at the N.C. Zoo is to be one of the pioneers in elephant management with our colleagues in many other AZA institutions that exhibit elephants. The idea is to create a fully integrated, multigenerational family herd. But it will take a little time.To give our visitors the opportunity to experience these animals and be excited by them, they need to be able to see them up close, hear them, even smell them! Expanding the exhibit further would take the animals much farther away from the visitors a lot of the time.That would largely negate the value of their ambassadorial role and there is no guarantee the animals would be better off. David Jones is director of the North Carolina Zoo.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/09/25/article/public_should_demand_highest_standards_from_zoos
Keith O'Brien: The identity crisis of the modern zoo
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-obrien_27edi.State.Edition1.1ea7163.html
Tigers Amaze Officials With Mystery Zoo Escape
An investigation is underway after two tigers escaped from a zoo and went on the leisurely — and dangerous — seven-hour prowl.Police and local hunters were brought in after the two big cats — named Dorinel and Siliva — fled their cage in the Romanian town of Hunedoara.The zoo was evacuated and officers sealed off the area.Emergency workers searched the entire park, but hours went by and the beasts still had not been tracked down.Officials were worried the animals may have jumped over the park fence and wandered into the town.But, as night fell, a hunter spotted a
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,556020,00.html
Zoos stop sales to shooters
TARONGA and Western Plains zoos have banned the sale of excess animals after it was revealed breeding programs were being used to make money.The zoos have shut down their animal sales systems under a bill before the Legislative Council after The Sydney Morning Herald revealed Western Plains Zoo sold endangered animals to a Shooters' Party member advocating the right to hunt them.Following an internal review, ordered by then environment minister Carmel Tebbutt, the zoos have also modified the contract system for unpaid animal transfers.Private operators will not be allowed to profit from animals they display and will be prevented from hunting them or their offspring. The zoos will also have
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/zoos-stop-sales-to-shooters-20090926-g752.html
Salisbury Zoo Bear Gets Dental Work After Six Years Of Being In Pain
http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2009/09/salisbury-zoo-bear-gets-dental-work.html
Cash reward to save wildlife
http://www.nst.com.my/articles/20090728214520/Article/index_html
Audubon wins conservation award for crane breeding
http://www.sunherald.com/218/story/1627261.html
Brown tiger dies in Lahore Zoo
One of the three newborn cubs of brown tigers, which were shifted to the Lahore Zoo from the Safari Park, has died while another is in critical condition, a private TV channel reported on Thursday.According to the channel, three newborn cubs of brown tigers were shifted to Lahore Zoo from Lahore Safari Park for medical treatment as the Safari Park lacks medical facilities. It quoted veterinary experts as saying the brown tigers were vulnerable
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C09%5C25%5Cstory_25-9-2009_pg13_9
$1.8M gibbons apes exhibit opens at Essex County Turtle Back Zoo
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/18m_endagered_apes_exhibit_ope.html
Birds unveil 'silver wings'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8263000/8263115.stm
Zoo visitors shocked as bear kills mate
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/world/Zoo-visitors-shocked-as-bear.5682680.jp
Wanted: volunteers to move 400 crocs
A Northern Territory wildlife park is seeking volunteers to relocate some of its dangerous inhabitants. Crocodylus Park, which operates as a zoo and commercial crocodile farm in Darwin, needs helpers to shift about 400 saltwater crocodiles into new ponds."It's a bit of an adventure," says the park's research director, Matt Brien, who has had about 15 people sign up for the chance to get up close and personal with the feared reptiles.But he still needs more."The more the merrier. The reason being we try to take as many precautions as possible," he said."Ideally we'd have two people handling every animal. It's a lot safer [than one person]."The mass relocation, which is taking place on Wednesday, is needed to ensure larger crocs at the park are not kept in the same pond as smaller ones."If there are big ones with little ones, problems occur," Mr Brien said. Before moving the creatures, which range in size between 1.2 metres and 2 metres, an electric shock is used to stun them, and then tape is wrapped around their mouths and eyes."Otherwise you can imagine how dangerous it would be trying to round up [the] crocs]."Mr Brien says the relocation, which usually takes place about once a year for animals of this size, is a great opportunity for people who want to see what it is like to work with crocs."Usually [we get] backpackers
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/28/2698256.htm
Zoo defends elephant statue modelled after god
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2009/09/25/11118426-cp.html
Hatching a marine breakthrough
The tiny black and silver fish in a 50-gallon vat at Roger Williams University do not look like the aquaculture breakthrough they just may turn out to be.
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/09/28/aquarium_and_roger_williams_university_grow_first_triggerfish_to_be_raised_in_captivity/
National Marine Aquarium charters Boeing 767 to import fish
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=2240
Palau creates world's first shark sanctuary
But with only one boat to patrol 240,000 square miles (621,600 square kilometers) of Palau's newly protected waters — including its exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, that extends 200 miles (320 kilometers) from its coastline — enforcement of the new measure could be almost like swimming against the tide.
Palau's president, who is to announce the news to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, acknowledges the difficulty of patrolling ocean waters nearly the size of Texas or France with a single boat. But he hopes others will respect Palauan territorial waters — and that the shark haven inspires more such conservation efforts globally.
"Palau will declare its territorial waters and extended
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ZOO BIOLOGY
The Zoo Biology Group is concerned with all disciplines involved inthe running of a Zoological Garden. Captive breeding, husbandry,cage design and construction, diets, enrichment, man management,record keeping, etc etc
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-biology
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Contents Pp. 445-496.
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Observations of the seasonal dietary preference of male Gazella subgutturosa marica Thomas, 1897 (Cetartiodactyla: Bovidae) along foraging trails of central Saudi Arabia
--Peter Low Cunningham, Pp.445-449
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Modelling spider monkeys Ateles spp. Gray, 1825: ecological responses and conservation implications to increased elevation
--Sam Shanee, Pp.450-456
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Abundance of food plant species and food habits of Rhinoceros unicornis Linn. In Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India
--Pradip Konwar, Malabika Kakati Saikia & P.K. Saikia, Pp.457-460
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New record of a freshwater crab Phricotelphusa callianira (De Man, 1887) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from Thailand
--Vachira Lheknim & Pimonpan Leelawathanagoon, Pp.461-465
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A new catfish, Hara koladynensis from northeastern India (Siluriformes: Erethistidae)
--N. Anganthoibi & W. Vishwanath, Pp.466-470
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How not to write in defense of threatened tortoises
--Yehudah L. Werner, Pp.471-473
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Asteridiella ficicola sp. nov. (Meliolaceae) from Kerala, India
--V.B. Hosagoudar, G.R. Archana & T. Sabu, P.474
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Additional floral elements to the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, India
--Anshu Shrivastava & V. Singh, Pp.475-480
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Temporal variations in dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) assemblages in Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
--Nidhi Kakkar & Sanjeev K. Gupta, Pp.481-483
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Morphology of the external male genitalia of five Indian geometrid species (Lepidoptera)
--Jagbir Singh Kirti, Tarun Goyal & Mandeep Kaur,, Pp.484-487
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Notes on the reproductive biology of Heterometrus phipsoni Pocock, 1893 (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae)
--Zeeshan A. Mirza & Rajesh Sanap, Pp.488-490
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Acridid (Orthoptera) fauna of agricultural ecosystem in some southern districts of Tamil Nadu, India
--R. Ananthaselvi, P. Suresh, S. Janarthanan, K.A.M. Karthikeyan & I. Vijayakumar, Pp.491-492
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Checklist of freshwater fishes collected from Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
--K.S. Jameela Beevi & A. Ramachandran, Pp.493-494
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Stress free oral medication in captive cervids
--Garga M. Das, Anupam Srivastav, Debashish Chakraborty, S.K. Gupta & Parag Nigam, Pp.495-496
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When my colleague Sue was planning her art project she says "I truly did not need 41 emails in my Inbox about animal paintings. And I didn't even post anything, I just surfed the Zoo News Digest for "animal painting" and got all the info I needed."
This is true enough. The Zoo Biology archives too are a mass of information.
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Tusker Times - Elefant Asia
Keepers and gardeners were employed but the management of the Zoo was entirely in the hands of a voluntary council drawn from the membership.
Yet the founders, who included anatomists and physicians, did not consider failure and put great energy into this ambitious undertaking.
They had several reasons for creating a zoo, the most practical of which was access to exotic animals, alive and dead, for study, dissection and analysis.
In the 1830s elephants, lions and other animals could sometimes be seen in the rowdy atmosphere of the fairgrounds, such as Donnybrook Fair. In contrast Dublin Zoo was deliberately designed to be a place of genteel recreation and study with neat gardens, fashionable parties attended by the Lord Lieutenant, the patronage of Queen Victoria and many titled members whose names were posted on a board inside the gate.
Yet in 1840, urged on by liberal members of the Society, the council decided to allow the public in for a penny on Sundays. Not everyone was happy with this radical development; some members complained that the Sunday crowds teased the animals and cut the flowers. But the objectors were in a minority and, before long, cheap entry was extended to summer evenings and public holidays. This decision created a close and enduring bond between Dublin Zoo and Dubliners, which became critical for the Zoo’s survival in the late 20th century.
London Zoo (opened in 1828) provided Dublin with many of its animals in the early years. These included an elephant, which arrived in 1836 on condition that, after its death, its skeleton would be returned to London Zoo. The elephant died in 1842 but London allowed Dublin to keep it. After being used for a ....
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Giraffe Care Professionals
The international Association of Giraffe Care Professionals is pleased to announce the first-ever conference “All of the Above” devoted to all aspects of Giraffe care in captivity. All individuals interested in Giraffe and the advancement of their care are invited to join us for this groundbreaking event. Hosted by the Phoenix Zoo with sponsorship from the Oakland Zoo, the conference will take place February 21-24, 2010. For more information, registration or for those who may be interested in presenting at the conference, please visit http://www.giraffecare.org/
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The 30th Annual International Sea Turtle Society is holding its Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.
April 27-29 2010Goa
India
For information on registration, travel grants and abstract submissions go to http://india.seaturtle.org/symposium2010/registration-travel-grants
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ZSL Science and Conservation Events 2009-2010 programme now availableDetails of the 2009-2010 ZSL Science and Conservation Events programme can now be found online.
The first event, 'Conservation and the world in 2050', introduces the Wildlife Conservation series which will complement and broaden ZSL’s previous scientific events programme and highlight pressing conservation issues.
The integrated programme of science and conservation events includes Symposia, the Wildlife Conservation and Communicating Science series and the annual Stamford Raffles Lecture; this programme will run between October 2009 and July 2010.
The 'Impacts of environmental change on reproduction and development in wildlife symposium' will be held on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 October 2009. This two-day symposium has been organised by Professor William V. Holt (ZSL), Professor Stuart R. Milligan (King's College London) and Dr Rhiannon E. Lloyd (ZSL). Please click here for further information.
Up-to-date information on all ZSL Science and Conservation Events is also available from http://ctt-news.org/9GD-1YEE-110QE2-17F0X-1/c.aspx. Dinner booking forms and registration forms for symposium attendance will be available on the ZSL site a month before each event.
I hope these events will be of interest to you. Please feel free to get in touch with me if you have any comments or queries on ZSL Science and Conservation Events or if you would like additional copies of any of our publicity materials.
With thanks & kind regards,Joy :-)
Joy Hayward
Scientific Meetings Co-ordinator
Zoological Society of London
Regents Park,
London
NW1 4RY
Tel: +44 (0)20 7449 6227. Fax: +44 (0)20 7449 6411. E-mail: joy.hayward@zsl.org
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Wildlife Conservation: South Asia vulturesDates: 10 Nov 2009
Times: 6:00 pm - 7:40 pm
South Asia vultures: catastrophic declines and environmental impact - a ZSL Science and Conservation Event.
Around the world vultures are under pressure for a variety of reasons but in South Asia over the past 15 years a catastrophic decline of three species has been identified. The challenge now faced by conservationists and the governments of India, Nepal and Pakistan is to reverse the trend and save these species from the brink of extinction.
The decline, its causes and the impact on the environment will be examined, and actions now under way to ensure the long-term survival of the three species of vulture will be discussed.
Details of how a veterinary drug used in cattle led to the loss of millions of vultures, how local communities have coped with the loss of vultures in their environment and the effect on human health, the search to find safe replacement drugs and how breeding centres can re-establish populations of these Critically Endangered vultures in the wild are given.
Is this a one-off problem or is other wildlife facing similar threats?
Talks and speakers TBC
Organised by Nick Lindsay, ZSL.
This event in the 'Wildlife Conservation' series will begin at 6.00pm (doors from 5.00pm) and talks are scheduled to finish at 7.30pm; admission is free and open to everyone (no advance booking or registration required).
This event will be held in the ZSL Meeting Rooms and seats will be on a first-come, first-served basis. A dinner with the speakers will follow this event and places must be booked in advance. A dinner booking form will be available from this page by mid-October; please download for further information.
ZSL Science and Conservation Events: An essential part of ZSL's work is to communicate relevant, high-quality zoological and conservation science. The integrated ZSL Science and Conservation Events programme includes Symposia, and the new 'Wildlife Conservation' and 'Communicating Science' series. Topics cover a wide variety of zoological and conservation themes, and international experts present and discuss their research
Further Information: please contact Joy Hayward, Scientific Meetings Coordinator, Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, London NW1 4RY.Tel:+44 (0)20 7449 6227. Fax: +44 (0)20 7449 6411. E-mail: joy.hayward@zsl.org
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ZOOS' PRINT MAGAZINE
Volume XXIV, Number 10
October 2009
ISSN 0971-6378 (Print edition); 0973-2543 (Online edition); RNI 11:1
Date of publication 21 September 2009
List of Individual Articles
Cover - including contents, publication information and other cover material
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Complete Magazine, Pp. 1-28
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Zoo Management (including Conservation Breeding) and the Policy of routine Transfer of Officials
Pp. 1-2
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A Strategic Paper for the Future of the South East Asian Zoo Association SEAZA —> ZOOsAsia
P. 3
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Seoul Grand Park Zoo celebrates 100 years by hosting SEAZA conference
P. 4
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Great Opportunities
Pp. 5-8
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Herptile Activities
P. 9
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Announcement : 2010 International Conference on Wildlife & Biodiversity Conservation vis-à-vis Climate Change
P. 10
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CEE material available
P. 11
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Study on tarantulas of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka and adjoining areas in Goa
-- Manju Siliwal, P. 11
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Environmental Enrichment for Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus jacchus) at Mysore Zoo
-- Lakshminarasimha R & Vijay Ranjan Singh, Pp. 12-14
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Leading, Following and Team Dynamics
-- R. Hemanth Kumar, Pp. 15-19
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A Gathering of Experts for Asian Elephants
-- Ravi Corea, Pp. 20-22
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Elephant business - Nepal, India & Bangladesh
Pp. 23-24
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Vultures in South Asia
-- Aminur Rahman, Pp. 25-26
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International Vulture Awareness Day
P. 27
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Programme to celebrate International Vulture Awareness Day at Dhaka Zoo
P. 28
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http://www.zoosprint.org/showMagazine.asp
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Communicate 09
Communicate is a conference for influential environmental communicators, attracting a cross-section of representatives from environmental and conservation organisations, business and CSR, policy makers, media, national and local government bodies and natural history filmmakers.
Get informed and get involved with the crucial current and upcoming debates and get direct feedback on your own communication campaigns. Learn about new research and initiatives, explore new trends and debate techniques for
communicating complex and difficult issues. Organisations from across the environmental network contribute to the content, helping Communicate to stay well ahead of the curve.
Be Inspired! Join the debate.
October 21/22 2009
HP Labs, Bristol
Register now at http://www.communicatenow.org/ or ring 0117 370 0973
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ABWAK - Association of British and Irish Wild Animal Keepers
The ABWAK Regional Workshop is a one day event on Saturday 3/10/09 designed to provide a range of useful skills that can benefit Keepers in their everyday work.
A choice of workshops that are designed to introduce you to a particular skills base. You will be actively involved and provided with support material as well.
There will be time to network with fellow keepers and sharing of ideas over lunch and breaks.
The workshops include: Browse selection and database – the opportunity to look at the selection of browse you might use for a range of species, and how to develop knowledge further, alongside setting up a browse database
Artificial rock construction – you will learn the basics and help construct an artificial termite mound or range of rocks for enclosures, find out about the materials required and techniques used.
Animal Record Keeping (ARKS) introduction – this is ideal for those not yet using ARKS or at the early stages and it is designed to get you started , understand the basics and provide answers to your many questions.
Rope splicing – this activity will help you learn how to splice rope effectively, get the best out of your rope. You will be contributing to existing primate enclosures and so your work will also have additional benefits and not just a stand alone workshop.
Reaseheath Animal Centre is a BIAZA memebr and has a wide range of zoo, exotic and domestic animals and their will be an opprtunity to have a tour
ABWAK members £10 Non-Members £25 Includes tea/coffee and Lunch
Contact richardc@reaseheath.ac.uk or go to http://www.abwak.co.uk/
Workshop is at Reaseheath College Animal Centre, Nantwich Cheshire, UK
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Macropod Husbandry Workshop
October 22nd-23rd 2009
9am to 5pm
Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch
Pilot Point
TX 76258
Registration Fee:
(A) Both Days + lunches + T-shirt: $150
(B) One Day + lunch + T-shirt: $75
(Lunches will be all you can eat & catered, email me with any questions or concerns about food allergies, etc)
Optional: $20Thursday Night Dinner & Drinks w/ Lynda!
Includes: All you can eat gourmet meal, margaritas & possibly a little karaokeand dancin'! Begins at 7pm
Thursday, October 22nd from 5pm to 7pm:Behind the scenes tour of Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch
Registration, info on hotels, etc can be found at: http://www.sharkarosa.com/macropod.htm
Email me with any questions!
Sara
Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch
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