EXCELLENCE BEYOND COMPLIANCE
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Product Description
What can we do TODAY
to improve the well being of animals?
People are
passionate about animals, and this is reflected in the diverse opinions
surrounding animal issues. Underlying all the spirited discussions is a common
desire to make a positive difference in the lives of animals. EXCELLENCE BEYOND
COMPLIANCE: Enhancing Animal Welfare Through the Constructive Use of the Animal
Welfare Act helps zoological professionals and organizations make such a
difference, and in doing so reframes the conversation about animal welfare.
Excellence Beyond
Compliance presents a voluntary, non-regulatory plan for attaining compliance
with the federal Animal Welfare Act—and moving beyond it to embrace excellence
in animal welfare.
Zoological
professionals and organizations engage daily with countless challenges and
opportunities. Excellence Beyond Compliance empowers them to channel their
passion and dedication into concrete actions to better serve the animals in
their care. It is an essential guidebook that will improve—and even
transform—those who put its principles into practice.
Some of the key
items addressed for zoological organizations include:
• Creating an
outstanding leadership team, including a dedicated Animal Welfare Officer
• Preparing for
inspections, with tips on creating inspection checklists, conducting entrance
briefings and ensuring key staff availability during the inspection
• Interacting with
inspectors during and after inspections, including advice on how to
respectfully address differences of opinion with an inspector
• Utilizing
self-certified compliance reporting to maintain compliance and document
improvements between inspections and accreditation reviews
• Designing Animal
Welfare Enhancement Plans and Zoo, Aquarium and Park Improvement Plans
• Addressing serious
incidents and emergencies to ensure the safety of animals and people
• Handling
investigations, complaints, and other challenges in a manner that promotes
exceptional animal welfare and organizational excellence
• Developing an
organizational culture where everyone shares responsibility for—and can make a
difference in—the lives of animals.
For twenty-five
years, author and attorney James F. Gesualdi has dedicated himself to legal,
regulatory and strategic engagement with animal welfare and wildlife
conservation issues. Excellence Beyond Compliance distills the experience and
wisdom he has gained along the way into an inspiring yet eminently practical
guide to bring people together to enhance the lives and welfare of animals.
Advance recognition
for EXCELLENCE BEYOND COMPLIANCE: Enhancing Animal Welfare Through the
Constructive Use of the Animal Welfare Act
“Jim Gesualdi is a
knowledgeable, tireless, and enthusiastic advocate for improving the welfare of
animals in human care. His Excellence Beyond Compliance program is a unique
resource, full of advice and useful tools gleaned from decades of experience, to
help those of us dedicated to caring for animals do our very best each day. As
he frequently says: ‘It's all about the animals.’ ”
Wendy Bulger, Esq.
General Counsel
San Diego Zoo Global
“Gesualdi’s primer
is a ‘must have’ for anyone or any facility attempting to navigate the Animal
Welfare Act. His team approach to welfare challenges every staff member to
recognize that their performance, no matter what the task, should translate to
improving the welfare of the animals in their care. My favorite quote:
‘EXCELLENCE BEYOND COMPLIANCE is an ongoing process rather than a destination.’
His challenge of continuous improvement takes us from just meeting requirements
to developing a culture dedicated to welfare, health and safety for animals and
their caregivers.”
Yvonne Nadler, DVM,
MPH
Consultant to the
Zoological community on all hazards contingency planning
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