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Zoological Parks Authority ANNUAL REPORT 2012
Overview
Performance Management Framework
Outcome Based Management Framework continued
In 2011‐12, the Zoo’s Veterinary Department
continued to develop and expand its role
in conservation medicine, working closely
with the Department of Environment and
Conservation (DEC), Murdoch University and
other organisations on the investigation of
wildlife health issues. The Zoo’s work in this
field included its ongoing rehabilitation program
for endangered wild Black Cockatoos and
the investigation of disease aspects of the
decline of Woylie populations in the wild in
Western Australia. Veterinary staff participated
in three field trips, providing in-the-field health
assessments of Woylies.
Veterinary staff also provided a full health
check and microchipping of a colony of
Western Ground Parrots housed on the south
coast of Western Australia as part of the DEC
Captive Management Project for this critically
endangered species.
Perth Zoo veterinary staff continued to
provide assessments and treatment of injured
and confiscated wildlife. On behalf of DEC,
the Veterinary Department examined 25
confiscated animals brought into the Zoo for
assessment and treatment in 2011‐12.
Veterinary staff also continued their
teaching involvement in DEC’s Basic Wildlife
Carers courses as well as their teaching
role with Murdoch University veterinary
undergraduate students.
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