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<strong>News</strong><br />
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Successful EAZA Annual Conference in Leipzig<br />
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Fifteen years<br />
EAZA<br />
ISIS data<br />
reconciliation<br />
Golden takins<br />
in Liberec<br />
Happy families<br />
in London<br />
African village<br />
in Jihlava<br />
Irel<strong>and</strong>’s<br />
No.1 Visitor<br />
Attraction<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong>’s<br />
priorities for<br />
conservation
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Dear colleagues,<br />
From the Chairman’s Desk<br />
EAZA has never before changed chairmanship two times within six months. As you<br />
know, Miklos Persanyi resigned from the chair position when he was appointed Minister<br />
<strong>of</strong> Environment <strong>and</strong> Water <strong>of</strong> Hungary in May 2003. Hans-Ove Larsson – as EAZA’s<br />
vice-chair – took over the chair, but soon thereafter faced serious health problems from<br />
which he had not completely recovered when the EAZA Annual Conference was held in<br />
Leipzig. Consequently, Hans-Ove decided not to become a c<strong>and</strong>idate for chairmanship<br />
for the next year. As no c<strong>and</strong>idates were put forward by the Council membership, the<br />
Executive Committee proposed that I succeed Hans-Ove, <strong>and</strong> the Council accepted this<br />
proposal. I am very grateful for this confidence, not only on a personal basis, but also<br />
because this is the first time that someone from a smaller zoo will fulfil the chairman<br />
position, which indicates that EAZA indeed is a full-grown, democratic organisation.<br />
For many <strong>of</strong> you I need not introduce myself. For the younger generation <strong>and</strong> newcomers among the membership I may<br />
say a few words on my personal zoo history. I am a scientist by origin: a geneticist <strong>and</strong> palaeontologists to be specific.<br />
In the early 1970’s I mainly conducted research on primate chromosomes, which is how I became acquainted with the<br />
zoo world (I went to many zoos to collect primate blood samples). I became Head <strong>of</strong> the Biology Department at<br />
Rotterdam Zoo in 1976, where I continued the primate chromosome <strong>and</strong> other scientific work (e.g. bird sexing, using<br />
chromosomes). My tasks soon exp<strong>and</strong>ed to supervision <strong>of</strong> the education department <strong>and</strong> involvement in collection<br />
planning, master planning etc. Having learned during this period how important population management <strong>and</strong> cooperation<br />
are for the future <strong>of</strong> zoo collections, in 1988 I decided to accept the position as director <strong>of</strong> the newly established<br />
National Foundation for Research in Zoological Gardens. This foundation originally facilitated cooperation between just<br />
the Dutch Federation zoos, but soon also became responsible for cooperation on a <strong>European</strong> level when it assumed<br />
the role <strong>of</strong> the EEP Executive Office. My full-time involvement with zoo cooperation ended in late 1993 when – after<br />
completion <strong>of</strong> my work on the World Zoo Conservation Strategy – I accepted a position in Apenheul Primate Park,<br />
a small but very special zoo, <strong>of</strong> which I am now the director.<br />
Despite my 1993 decision to lead a single zoo instead <strong>of</strong> managing an international zoo <strong>of</strong>fice, cooperation between<br />
zoos has continued to attract my interest. My conviction that we need to cooperate with each other in all we do – from<br />
relatively simple, practical zoo matters to broad activities such as collection planning, education <strong>and</strong> in situ <strong>and</strong> ex situ<br />
conservation – has only increased since I left ‘the <strong>of</strong>fice’. Cooperation is why we have EAZA, <strong>and</strong> cooperation is what I,<br />
as your new chairman, will continue to support.<br />
I sincerely thank Hans-Ove Larsson for the work he did as EAZA’s temporary chairman. Together with the ever<br />
enthusiastic <strong>and</strong> hard-working crew <strong>of</strong> the EAZA Executive Office <strong>and</strong> the staff <strong>of</strong> Leipzig Zoo, in the brief period <strong>of</strong> his<br />
chairmanship he organised one <strong>of</strong> the best Annual Conferences EAZA has ever had. The spirit <strong>of</strong> cooperation among<br />
all sections <strong>of</strong> the <strong>European</strong> zoo community was omni present in Leipzig!<br />
Leobert de Boer<br />
Chairman
Cover<br />
From the Chairman’s Desk<br />
Contents<br />
From the EAZA Offıce<br />
From the EAZA Offıce<br />
From the EAZA Offıce<br />
From the EAZA Offıce<br />
From the EAZA Offıce<br />
EAZA Tiger Campaign<br />
EAZA Tiger Campaign<br />
EAZA Tiger Campaign<br />
EAZA Tiger Campaign<br />
Conservation<br />
ISIS<br />
ISIS<br />
Welcome to EAZA<br />
<strong>News</strong> from Members<br />
Births <strong>and</strong> Hatchings<br />
Births <strong>and</strong> Hatchings<br />
Births <strong>and</strong> Hatchings<br />
Births <strong>and</strong> Hatchings<br />
New Enclosures<br />
New Enclosures<br />
New Enclosures<br />
Marketing<br />
Marketing<br />
Collection Planning<br />
Collection Planning<br />
Publications<br />
Publications<br />
Directory Updates<br />
Books<br />
Who is Who in EAZA<br />
EAZA Website<br />
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Spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta)<br />
Photo: PANTHERA Multimedia<br />
20th EAZA Annual Conference in Leipzig<br />
Fifteen years EAZA<br />
Spectacular preliminary fundraising results • Update on the<br />
various campaign activities<br />
<strong>News</strong> from project number 1<br />
CBSG Europe in action<br />
ISIS Institutional Data / Studbook Data reconciliation<br />
Golden takins in Zoological Garden Liberec - a first in <strong>European</strong><br />
zoos • Aalborg Zoo awarded OHSAS 18001: 1999 certification<br />
Stuttgart • Knowsley • Harderwijk<br />
Kraków • Puerto de la Cruz • Liberec<br />
Zurich • Ballaugh<br />
Winchester • Sharjah • Belfast<br />
‘Happy Families’ in London Zoo<br />
Matongo - an African village at Jihlava Zoo • New exhibit for moose<br />
in Opel Zoo<br />
Initial step in the reconstruction <strong>of</strong> the Ruhr Zoo: a new enclosure<br />
for lions <strong>and</strong> hyaenas<br />
Dublin Zoo - Irel<strong>and</strong>’s No. 1 visitor attraction!<br />
Priorities for conservation through captive breeding <strong>of</strong> birds <strong>of</strong><br />
prey <strong>and</strong> owls<br />
New Programmes<br />
Personalia • Addresses <strong>and</strong> Telephone/Fax numbers • Membership<br />
changes<br />
Update on the latest additions<br />
Items may be reproduced provided that the source is mentioned in the reprint.<br />
COLOPHON<br />
EAZA <strong>News</strong> is the<br />
quarterly magazine<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>European</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Zoos</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>Aquaria</strong> (EAZA)<br />
Editorial Board<br />
Chairman EAZA:<br />
Bert de Boer<br />
Executive Director:<br />
Koen Brouwer<br />
Chairman Membership &<br />
Ethics Committee:<br />
John Stronge<br />
Editorial Staff<br />
Jenny van Leeuwen,<br />
Bart Hiddinga,<br />
Koen Brouwer,<br />
Catherine King<br />
Advertising<br />
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EAZA Executive Office<br />
c/o Amsterdam Zoo,<br />
PO Box 20164,<br />
1000 HD Amsterdam,<br />
The Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Website: www.eaza.net<br />
e-mail:<br />
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nvdzoos.nl<br />
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Accreditation:<br />
tel: +31 20 520 07 53<br />
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The views expressed in<br />
this newsletter are not<br />
necessarily those <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Zoos</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Aquaria</strong>.<br />
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From the EAZA Office<br />
20th EAZA Annual Conference in Leipzig<br />
The 20th EAZA Annual Conference was<br />
attended by some 475 participants representing<br />
190 zoos <strong>and</strong> aquaria in 36 countries. The conference was<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficially opened by the chairman <strong>of</strong> the board <strong>of</strong> Leipzig Zoo,<br />
Georg Girardet, on 17 September. Other speakers at the<br />
opening included Jörg Junhold (director Leipzig Zoo) <strong>and</strong><br />
Hans-Ove Larsson (interim chairman EAZA). Koen Brouwer<br />
presented a brief overview <strong>of</strong> the recent activities <strong>of</strong> the EAZA<br />
Executive Office <strong>and</strong> Bert de Boer updated the participants on<br />
the issues currently being dealt with by the EEP Committee.<br />
The EAZA Conference was preceded by the bi-annual Conference<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>European</strong> Zoo Educators, from 13 to 16 September. The<br />
first part <strong>of</strong> this joint EZE <strong>and</strong> EAZA Conference was attended<br />
by some 110 zoo educators, whom met the EAZA participants at<br />
the joint farewell/ice-breaker party at the Conference venue.<br />
The Leipzig Conference un<strong>of</strong>ficially began on Tuesday<br />
16 September when approximately 35 TAG chairs gathered to<br />
discuss collection planning issues, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficially ended with<br />
the EAZA AGM on Sunday 21 September. During the five-day<br />
conference approximately 91 meetings were held, 17 workshops<br />
conducted <strong>and</strong> 54 presentations given.<br />
The EEP part <strong>of</strong> the conference finished on Saturday evening,<br />
when all participants were invited by the 125-year-old hosting zoo<br />
to attend a beautiful organ concert followed by a buffet accompanied<br />
by a b<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> dancing at the Leipziger Gew<strong>and</strong>haus.<br />
New Chair appointed<br />
Dr. Bert de Boer, director <strong>of</strong> Apenheul Primate Park in the<br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s, was appointed as the new chairman <strong>of</strong> EAZA<br />
during the Council meeting in Leipzig on 20 September.<br />
Consequently, Hans-Ove Larsson, who acted as interim<br />
chairman since Miklos Persanyi’s departure to become the<br />
Minister for Environment <strong>and</strong> Water in Hungary in May 2003,<br />
resumed his position as vice-chairman <strong>of</strong> EAZA. Furthermore,<br />
Ilma Bogsch, director <strong>of</strong> the Budapest Zoo, was appointed as<br />
the new replacing Council member for Hungary.<br />
The appointment <strong>of</strong> the new EAZA chairman led to a number<br />
<strong>of</strong> other changes within the Committees <strong>and</strong> Council <strong>of</strong> EAZA.<br />
Bengt Holst <strong>of</strong> Copenhagen Zoo succeeded Bert de Boer as<br />
chairman <strong>of</strong> the EEP Committee, <strong>and</strong> was consequently coopted<br />
to the Executive Committee <strong>and</strong> Council as chair <strong>of</strong> an<br />
EAZA St<strong>and</strong>ing Committee. Again, this led to another change:<br />
Pierre Gay <strong>of</strong> Zoo Doue la Fontaine succeeded Bengt Holst as<br />
chair <strong>of</strong> the Conservation Committee, <strong>and</strong> as chair <strong>of</strong> a<br />
Specialist Committee, will consequently be invited as observer<br />
in the EAZA Council. Bengt Holst will remain vice-chair <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Conservation Committee. For a complete overview <strong>of</strong> Council<br />
<strong>and</strong> Committee chairs, please refer to the section ‘who is who’<br />
on page 35 in this issue.<br />
First results EAZA Tiger Campaign<br />
The preliminary results <strong>of</strong> the fundraising part <strong>of</strong> the EAZA<br />
Tiger Campaign were proudly made available at the EAZA<br />
Annual Conference in Leipzig. So far the EAZA members<br />
have managed to collect € 281,196.76 for the selected tiger<br />
conservation projects in Thail<strong>and</strong>, Indonesia, India <strong>and</strong> Russia.<br />
As the EAZA Tiger Campaign will run for one more year, the<br />
planning group has raised the fundraising target to € 500,000<br />
to support the selected tiger conservation projects.<br />
A considerable number <strong>of</strong> Cou<br />
ncil members expressed serious<br />
Membership news<br />
Four new EAZA members were approved by Council upon<br />
recommendation <strong>of</strong> the EAZA Membership <strong>and</strong> Ethics<br />
Committee: Safaripark Gänserndorf in Austria (Temporary for<br />
two years), Hai Park (Associate) <strong>and</strong> Haifa Zoo (Temporary<br />
Associate for two years) in Israel <strong>and</strong> the Polish Federation<br />
<strong>of</strong> Directors <strong>of</strong> Zoological Gardens <strong>and</strong> <strong>Aquaria</strong> (Associate).<br />
More information on these new members can be found in<br />
the section ‘Welcome to EAZA’ on page 15 in this issue.<br />
Additionally, four former temporary members <strong>of</strong> EAZA were<br />
upgraded to full membership: Zoologischer Garten Schmiding,<br />
Parc Zoologique d’Amiens, Vogelpark Marlow <strong>and</strong> Stapeley<br />
Water Gardens.<br />
<strong>European</strong> Zoo <strong>and</strong> Aquarium Archive<br />
A letter requesting materials for the <strong>European</strong> Zoo <strong>and</strong><br />
Aquarium Archive at the EAZA Executive Office was sent along<br />
with EAZA <strong>News</strong> 43 to the EAZA membership. Within two<br />
months the Executive Office received brochures, magazines,<br />
zoo guides, (electronic) press releases, annual reports, annual<br />
inventories <strong>and</strong> a variety <strong>of</strong> other materials from 76 EAZA<br />
members in 16 countries, in addition to the materials that had<br />
been sent to the Executive Office earlier this year. The Executive<br />
Office staff would like to sincerely thank those members that<br />
have provided materials, <strong>and</strong> we hope to continue receiving<br />
materials from you in the future. We also look forward to<br />
receiving materials from members that have not yet responded.
Fifteen years E(C)AZA<br />
by Gunther Nogge, Zoologischer Garten Köln, Germany<br />
Members <strong>of</strong> the <strong>European</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Zoos</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Aquaria</strong><br />
have collaborated in one way or another, by exchanging<br />
animals, by sharing ideas <strong>and</strong> by sharing experiences for more<br />
than a hundred years. The oldest national zoo association is<br />
the German <strong>Association</strong> <strong>of</strong> Zoo Directors (Verb<strong>and</strong> Deutscher<br />
Zoodirektoren) founded in 1887, which gave birth to the first<br />
international zoo association in 1935 at Basle. This International<br />
Union <strong>of</strong> Directors <strong>of</strong> Zoological Gardens, however,<br />
had to be refounded after the second world-war in 1946.<br />
From the EAZA Office<br />
Joining forces through EEPs<br />
The need for a closer cooperation between zoos became obvious<br />
after the Convention on International Trade in Endangered<br />
Species (CITES) came into force in 1975. Suddenly zoos saw<br />
themselves cut <strong>of</strong>f from the import <strong>of</strong> wild-caught animals, the<br />
trade <strong>of</strong> which now was strictly regulated. <strong>Zoos</strong> had to breed<br />
animals they wanted to exhibit; to build up self-sustaining<br />
populations <strong>of</strong> animals in order to become independent from<br />
import <strong>of</strong> wild animals. To this end they had to join their forces,<br />
as exemplified by the Species Survival Plan (SSP) developed by<br />
the American Zoo <strong>Association</strong> (AZA) in 1983. As at this time<br />
there was no <strong>European</strong> zoo association in existence: it took<br />
Europe a while to follow the American example. Dick van Dam<br />
<strong>of</strong> Rotterdam Zoo, at that time president <strong>of</strong> the international<br />
zoo association, Bart Lensink <strong>of</strong> Artis Zoo Amsterdam <strong>and</strong><br />
Fred Daman <strong>of</strong> Antwerp Zoo took initiative, inviting <strong>European</strong><br />
colleagues to a meeting on 15-16 June 1985. The meeting took<br />
place in the board room <strong>of</strong> Antwerp Zoo, in order to discuss the<br />
possibilities <strong>of</strong> coordinated breeding programmes in Europe.<br />
The invitation disappointingly was followed just by a couple<br />
<strong>of</strong> people, namely Bent Jørgensen <strong>of</strong> Copenhagen Zoo, Ilkka<br />
Koivisto <strong>of</strong> Helsinki Zoo, Jean-Marc Lernould <strong>of</strong> Mulhouse<br />
Zoo, Christian Schmidt, at that time curator at Zürich Zoo,<br />
<strong>and</strong> myself. This meeting has to be regarded as the birth-hour<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>European</strong> Endangered Species Programme (EEP).<br />
A second meeting was held in the same year, on 15 November<br />
1985, at Cologne. Twenty-six zoos from nine different countries<br />
were represented at the meeting <strong>and</strong> the first 19 EEPs were<br />
established. Wilbert<br />
Neugebauer <strong>of</strong><br />
Stuttgart Zoo<br />
was elected as<br />
chairman <strong>of</strong> the<br />
EEP Committee.<br />
A world-wide logo for coordinated breeding programmes was<br />
selected <strong>and</strong> rules for running programmes were made <strong>and</strong><br />
published in an EEP coordinator’s manual. The procedure <strong>of</strong><br />
selecting species for new EEPs had to be developed, <strong>and</strong> Taxon<br />
Advisory Groups (TAGs) were formed in 1990. Soon it became<br />
obvious that the overall coordination <strong>and</strong> administration could<br />
not be h<strong>and</strong>led by the EEP Committee alone. The Dutch Zoo<br />
Federation therefore jumped in <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong>fered assistance to<br />
establish an EEP Executive Office at Amsterdam (1990).<br />
The first director <strong>of</strong> the <strong>of</strong>fice was Bert de Boer, followed by<br />
Koen Brouwer in 1993. Computer s<strong>of</strong>tware was developed for<br />
the breeding programmes, <strong>and</strong> since 1991 an EEP Yearbook,<br />
containing all annual reports<br />
<strong>of</strong> the various coordinators<br />
<strong>and</strong> the proceedings <strong>of</strong> the<br />
EEP conferences has been<br />
published, serving as an<br />
important information<br />
source for collection<br />
planning <strong>of</strong> each zoo.<br />
As there was no <strong>European</strong><br />
zoo association initially,<br />
breeding programmes<br />
depended totally on voluntary<br />
cooperation. It would<br />
not have made sense to<br />
build up breeding programmes within the various countries,<br />
e.g. in Germany, the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s, Belgium, France etc. To<br />
establish vital populations it was necessary to include the<br />
whole genetic reservoir <strong>of</strong> each species present in Europe.<br />
Europe was divided by the Iron Curtain in the 1980’s however.<br />
At that time it would have been impossible to found an<br />
all-<strong>European</strong> zoo association. But zoos east <strong>of</strong> the Iron Curtain<br />
were able to participate in the EEPs right from the beginning,<br />
even without a formal structure. The first EEP conference in an<br />
eastern <strong>European</strong> country took place at the Budapest Zoo in 1991.<br />
International developments<br />
The history <strong>of</strong> the <strong>European</strong> zoo association cannot be understood<br />
without looking at international developments. The<br />
Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) grew to be a<br />
strong link between the zoo community <strong>and</strong> the conservation<br />
community in the 1980's. Ulie Seal, who sadly passed away<br />
this year, was appointed chairman <strong>of</strong> the then Liaison Group<br />
between IUCN, the World Conservation Union, <strong>and</strong> IUDZG,<br />
the International Union <strong>of</strong> Directors <strong>of</strong> Zoological Gardens,<br />
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From the EAZA Office<br />
in 1979. Under the leadership <strong>of</strong> Ulie Seal CBSG flourished;<br />
becoming one <strong>of</strong> the largest <strong>and</strong> most active specialist groups<br />
<strong>of</strong> IUCN’s Species Survival Commission (SSC), a catalyst <strong>and</strong><br />
coordinator for intensive management <strong>of</strong> threatened small<br />
populations, both in zoos <strong>and</strong> in the field.<br />
Preceding the international zoo conference in Wroclaw 1986,<br />
a meeting <strong>of</strong> CBSG (at that time Captive Breeding Specialist<br />
Group) took place in Cologne. A ‘Policy Statement on Captive<br />
Breeding’ was formulated at this meeting. The policy statement<br />
was subsequently adopted by the IUCN in 1987, <strong>and</strong> as such<br />
became part <strong>of</strong> IUCN’s world conservation strategy ‘Caring<br />
for the Earth’. This statement recently was amended by<br />
‘IUCN Technical Guidelines on the management <strong>of</strong> ex situ<br />
populations for conservation’.<br />
A computer based data record keeping system had been<br />
developed in the USA in 1974 through Ulie Seal’s initiative,<br />
which explains why ISIS (the International Species Inventory<br />
System) <strong>and</strong> CBSG are housed under the same ro<strong>of</strong> in<br />
Minneapolis. ISIS was transformed into an international<br />
membership based organisation during the 5th Conference<br />
on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity, held in 1988 in<br />
Cincinnati. The benefits <strong>of</strong> ISIS membership, which include the<br />
free provision <strong>of</strong> ARKS, the s<strong>of</strong>tware for in-house record keeping,<br />
SPARKS, medARKS, REGASP as well as all existent international<br />
<strong>and</strong> regional studbooks on a CD-ROM, are obvious. On the other<br />
h<strong>and</strong> 15 years is a long period in terms <strong>of</strong> information technology.<br />
Hardware as well as s<strong>of</strong>tware has changed rapidly, which is why<br />
a new generation <strong>of</strong> data management s<strong>of</strong>tware, Zoological Information<br />
<strong>and</strong> Management System (ZIMS), is now being developed.<br />
ECAZA <strong>and</strong> the <strong>Zoos</strong>’ Directive<br />
Clearly a <strong>European</strong> zoo association was not needed for<br />
Collection management, as we had the EEPs, CBSG, <strong>and</strong> ISIS.<br />
<strong>Zoos</strong> within the <strong>European</strong> Community, what is now the<br />
<strong>European</strong> Union, joined their forces in 1988 <strong>and</strong> founded<br />
ECAZA, the <strong>European</strong> Community <strong>Association</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Zoos</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Aquaria</strong>, for another reason. Animal welfare groups, with the<br />
declared aim to close down all zoos, had influence in the<br />
<strong>European</strong> Parliament. The Parliament urged the <strong>European</strong><br />
Commission in Brussels to work on a directive on minimum<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ards for the care <strong>of</strong> animals in zoos in the community.<br />
This issue gave rise to a long term dispute, mainly between the<br />
Commission <strong>and</strong> the member states, <strong>and</strong> the Commission <strong>and</strong><br />
the <strong>European</strong> Parliament, as well as between animal welfare<br />
groups <strong>and</strong> the zoo community. Eleven years later, in 1999, we<br />
had the EU <strong>Zoos</strong>’ Directive.<br />
The objectives <strong>of</strong> the directive are ‘to protect wild fauna <strong>and</strong><br />
to conserve biodiversity..., thereby strengthening the role <strong>of</strong><br />
zoos in the conservation <strong>of</strong> biodiversity. Member states ... shall<br />
ensure that all zoos implement the following measures:<br />
- Participating in research from which conservation benefits…<br />
<strong>and</strong>/or training in relevant conservation skills, <strong>and</strong>/or the<br />
exchange <strong>of</strong> information relating to species conservation,<br />
<strong>and</strong>/or captive breeding, repopulation or reintroduction <strong>of</strong><br />
species into the wild;<br />
- Promoting public education <strong>and</strong> awareness in relation to the<br />
conservation <strong>of</strong> biodiversity…;<br />
- Accommodating their animals under conditions which aim<br />
to satisfy the biological <strong>and</strong> conservation requirements <strong>of</strong> the<br />
individual species…’<br />
What else are we doing?<br />
The history <strong>of</strong> the <strong>European</strong> zoo association has long been<br />
interwoven with the history <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Zoos</strong>’ Directive. The results<br />
are quite satisfactory, but only because <strong>of</strong> continuous lobbying<br />
<strong>of</strong> ECAZA, the first <strong>European</strong> zoo association.<br />
ECAZA becomes EAZA<br />
The Iron Curtain was torn into pieces as we went into the<br />
1990’s. This is when the famous chain <strong>of</strong> humans all along the<br />
three Baltic states was created, an impressive demonstration<br />
for liberty <strong>and</strong> independence, joined by the participants <strong>of</strong> a<br />
conference in occasion <strong>of</strong> the 125th anniversary <strong>of</strong> Moscow Zoo<br />
<strong>and</strong> the 50th anniversary <strong>of</strong> Tallinn Zoo in 1989. The political<br />
changes in the early 1990s allowed us to transform ECAZA into<br />
EAZA. Discussions began at a Council meeting at Cologne in<br />
February 1990. At the Annual General Meeting in Bristol 1990<br />
I proposed that: “Membership should be <strong>of</strong>fered to other<br />
zoos than those within the <strong>European</strong> community. ECAZA then<br />
will become an all-<strong>European</strong> umbrella organisation with the<br />
purpose <strong>of</strong> establishing breeding programmes with a central<br />
database <strong>and</strong> possibly other objectives.”<br />
EAZA was <strong>of</strong>ficially established two years later at the AGM in<br />
Stuttgart 1992, <strong>and</strong> at the same time the EEPs <strong>and</strong> the EEP<br />
Executive Office formally came under the auspices <strong>of</strong> the new<br />
organisation. EAZA’s annual general meetings <strong>and</strong> the EEP<br />
conferences have been held together since 1994. Koen Brouwer<br />
was appointed as EAZA’s first executive director at the Annual<br />
Conference in Poznan in 1995.<br />
Fred Daman was the chairman <strong>of</strong> ECAZA <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> EAZA for the<br />
first three years. Roger Wheater <strong>of</strong> Edinburgh Zoo then filled this<br />
position for the next three years. Roger passed the chairman’s<br />
hat to me in 1997. I was succeeded in 2000 by Miklos Persanyi
<strong>of</strong> Budapest Zoo, who became Minister for the Environment<br />
<strong>and</strong> Waters in Hungary earlier this year. Hans-Ove Larsson <strong>of</strong><br />
Skansen in Stockholm consequently became interim chairman<br />
until Bert de Boer <strong>of</strong> Apenheul Primate Park took over leadership<br />
<strong>of</strong> the organisation at the annual general meeting in<br />
Leipzig.<br />
The EAZA chairperson is elected by council members. The chair<br />
presides over council meetings <strong>and</strong> AGMs, <strong>and</strong> is the spokesman<br />
<strong>of</strong> our organisation. The chair is supported by the Executive<br />
Committee; consisting <strong>of</strong> the chair, a vice chair, a secretary,<br />
a treasurer <strong>and</strong> the chairs <strong>of</strong> the St<strong>and</strong>ing Committees.<br />
For whatever reason, EAZA does not ‘know’ a past chairman.<br />
For the sake <strong>of</strong> continuity, Council appointed me as advisor to<br />
the committee, a task that I regard as a great honour.<br />
If one looks closely at the succession <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficers in the<br />
Executive Committee, it can be seen that all parts <strong>of</strong> Europe,<br />
from Sc<strong>and</strong>inavia to the Iberian Peninsula, from the British<br />
Isles to Eastern <strong>European</strong> countries such as Hungary <strong>and</strong><br />
Pol<strong>and</strong>, are evenly represented.<br />
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Establishment <strong>of</strong> committees<br />
The work load grew very quickly, <strong>and</strong> could not be undertaken<br />
by just Council <strong>and</strong> the Executive Committee any longer,<br />
resulting in establishment <strong>of</strong> committees for various tasks.<br />
One committee, the EEP Committee, as you have heard, is<br />
older than EAZA. During ECAZA’s existence EEPs were<br />
administered independently from ECAZA - ECAZA was a<br />
political organisation. A Veterinary Committee established in<br />
1989 dealt with legal issues rather than scientific or medical<br />
questions. Minutes from meetings held then are filled primarily<br />
with BALAI issues, another never ending story from Brussels.<br />
Five formal committees had been established when ECAZA<br />
metamorphosed into EAZA in 1992. In addition to the EEP<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Veterinary Committee there was a Membership <strong>and</strong><br />
Ethics Committee, a Legislation Comittee that was responsible<br />
for all legal matters except for BALAI, <strong>and</strong> an Aquarium<br />
Committee to reflect the specific concerns <strong>of</strong> aquaria.<br />
Once we had opened the organisation for all <strong>European</strong> zoos,<br />
we found that we have to help zoos all over Europe to reach<br />
the highest possible pr<strong>of</strong>essional st<strong>and</strong>ard. To this end a<br />
working group for technical support to Eastern <strong>and</strong> Central<br />
<strong>European</strong> zoological institutions, now the Technical Assistance<br />
<strong>and</strong> Animal Welfare Committee, was established in 1993. This<br />
committee – now chaired by Dominique Tropeano – organised<br />
various training workshops, e.g. in Romania <strong>and</strong> the Czech<br />
Republic, <strong>and</strong> in 1995 established ‘clearing houses’, pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
resource centres in various countries <strong>of</strong> eastern Europe, namely<br />
in Moscow, Warsaw, Kiev, Riga, Prague, <strong>and</strong> Budapest.<br />
An Education Committee <strong>and</strong> a Research Committee were<br />
established in 1995. The Committee for Education <strong>and</strong><br />
Exhibit Design, chaired by Lars Lunding Andersen, developed<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ards for education in member zoos <strong>of</strong> EAZA, which were<br />
adopted in 2001. There was a pr<strong>of</strong>essional organisation <strong>of</strong> zoo<br />
educators before EAZA came into existence, which, just like the<br />
veterinarians aquarium curators <strong>and</strong> other pr<strong>of</strong>essional groups,<br />
always have had their meetings to exchange ideas <strong>and</strong> to develop<br />
their pr<strong>of</strong>ession. In the end, however, these organisations are<br />
part <strong>of</strong> EAZA – just as educators, veterinarians <strong>and</strong> aquarium<br />
curators are part <strong>of</strong> a zoo’s staff. The year 2003 constitutes<br />
the first year that an education conference was conducted in<br />
conjunction with an EAZA conference. The purpose <strong>of</strong> this<br />
exercise was to bring two pr<strong>of</strong>essions, curators <strong>and</strong> educators,<br />
closer to create a better underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> each other’s pr<strong>of</strong>ession<br />
in order to make better zoos.<br />
The objective <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Research Committee is to<br />
promote conservation <strong>and</strong><br />
animal welfare through zoo<br />
<strong>and</strong> field based studies.<br />
The zoos’ research work<br />
is stimulated by a regular<br />
research newsletter <strong>and</strong><br />
research related conferences.<br />
After two meetings<br />
on ‘Research <strong>and</strong> Captive<br />
Propagation’ held 1994 in<br />
Erlangen <strong>and</strong> 1995 in Usti<br />
nad Labem, we joined our forces with the ‘Institute for Zoo <strong>and</strong><br />
Wildlife Research’ at Berlin. An ‘International Symposium on<br />
Physiology <strong>and</strong> Behaviour <strong>of</strong> Wild <strong>and</strong> Zoo Animals’ has been<br />
held since 1996, alternating with the ‘International Symposium<br />
on Wildlife Diseases in Zoo- <strong>and</strong> Wild Animals’, conducted for<br />
the first time as early as 1958.<br />
The first summit on environment took place in Rio de Janeiro in<br />
1992. Far reaching resolutions were laid down in the ‘Agenda 21’<br />
<strong>and</strong> the ‘Convention on Biological Diversity’. The zoos’ response<br />
to Rio was ‘The World Zoo Conservation Strategy’ (WZCS)<br />
launched in 1993, the author <strong>of</strong> which was our current chairman<br />
Bert de Boer. To implement this strategy, a strategic planning<br />
workshop was conducted by the World Zoo Organisation in<br />
1995 at Cologne, resulting in a paper called ‘Zoo Future 2005’.<br />
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EAZA established a Conservation Committee in 1998. One <strong>of</strong> the<br />
first tasks <strong>of</strong> this committee was to build up an in situ conservation<br />
database. The first conservation awareness campaign,<br />
the bushmeat campaign, was launched in 2001. The following<br />
campaign, dedicated to the Atlantic rainforest in Brazil, was<br />
undertaken in 2002. The current campaign, focussing on tigers,<br />
is scheduled to be carried out for a period <strong>of</strong> two years to<br />
increase its effectiveness. A Conservation Forum will take place<br />
for the second time at Angers/France in 2004. Now we have<br />
committees for the three major tasks <strong>of</strong> zoos: education,<br />
research, <strong>and</strong> conservation.<br />
Finally, we have a Marketing Committee which grew out <strong>of</strong> a<br />
preceding working group in 2000. Among other activities, this<br />
committee organises marketing conferences on different themes.<br />
From time to time working groups are formed on certain topics<br />
such as the ‘Policy Guidelines on Surplus <strong>and</strong> Brokers’/Dealers’<br />
Involvement’, approved in 1996.<br />
EAZA’s valuable publications<br />
The first EAZA newsletter was published in a very simple form<br />
in 1989. Today EAZA <strong>News</strong> is a highly pr<strong>of</strong>essional magazine<br />
providing the best possible forum to inform EAZA’s members.<br />
The first EEP Yearbook was published after the EEP conference<br />
in Budapest in 1991. At this point I would like to acknowledge<br />
the support <strong>of</strong> the Adolf <strong>and</strong> Hildegard Isler Stiftung over many<br />
years to ensure publication <strong>of</strong> the yearbook. A major step was<br />
the production <strong>of</strong> the first ‘Available <strong>and</strong> Wanted List’ in 1994.<br />
This important service to the members has been available on<br />
the world wide web under the internet address: www.eaza.net<br />
since 2001.<br />
Influx <strong>of</strong> members<br />
EAZA was founded in 1988 by zoological gardens within the<br />
<strong>European</strong> Union. The benefits <strong>of</strong> an EAZA membership are<br />
From the EAZA Office<br />
so obvious that almost every zoo in Europe wants to become<br />
member. Of course EAZA never wanted to exclude zoos from<br />
participation. On the other h<strong>and</strong> membership can only be<br />
provided to institutions which fulfil the obligations as laid down<br />
in the ‘EAZA Constitution’, the ‘Bylaws to the Constitution’, the<br />
‘EAZA St<strong>and</strong>ards for the Accommodation <strong>of</strong> Animals in <strong>Zoos</strong>’,<br />
the ‘Policy Guidelines on Surplus <strong>and</strong> Brokers’/Dealers’<br />
Involvement’, the ‘EAZA Obligations for Members’, the ‘EAZA<br />
Code <strong>of</strong> Ethics’, the ‘EAZA Education St<strong>and</strong>ards’ <strong>and</strong> the ‘EAZA<br />
Resolution on Invasive Species’. Therefore strict accreditation<br />
rules <strong>and</strong> a system <strong>of</strong> screening applicants for membership<br />
were developed by the Committee <strong>of</strong> Membership <strong>and</strong> Ethics<br />
<strong>and</strong> adopted by EAZA in 2000.<br />
The influx <strong>of</strong> new members has slowed down over the last<br />
few years as a result <strong>of</strong> the new accreditation procedures.<br />
E(C)AZA was founded by 18 institutions from 8 countries in<br />
1988. EAZA currently has 289 institutional members in 34<br />
countries, including 248 full members, 10 temporary members,<br />
28 associate members <strong>and</strong> 3 temporary associate members as<br />
well as two honorary members: our past chairmen Fred Daman<br />
<strong>and</strong> Roger Wheater.<br />
The way forward<br />
EAZA is the largest zoo<br />
association in the world, <strong>and</strong><br />
we certainly can be proud <strong>of</strong><br />
what we achieved over the past<br />
15 years. On the other h<strong>and</strong><br />
we have not only to see our<br />
strengths, we have to look<br />
forward to face the future<br />
dem<strong>and</strong>s that zoos are exposed<br />
to in a so-rapidly changing world.<br />
EAZA therefore began a future search process in 2001, resulting<br />
a year later in the ‘EAZA Strategy for the 21st Century’. There are<br />
only 97 years left to implement this strategy.<br />
I do not want to conclude my review on the first 15 years <strong>of</strong><br />
our organisation without thanking all those who have helped<br />
EAZA to become what it is today. EAZA’s success depends<br />
on the commitment <strong>of</strong> our members, on the commitment <strong>of</strong><br />
each single staff member <strong>of</strong> our member institutions: his or<br />
her participation in Council, in various committees <strong>and</strong> in<br />
working groups, TAGs <strong>and</strong> EEP commissions. With such<br />
support we need not fear for the future <strong>of</strong> zoological gardens<br />
<strong>and</strong> aquaria in Europe. These institutions <strong>and</strong> their staff are<br />
prepared to play their role in the human society as well as<br />
towards protecting the endangered biodiversity <strong>of</strong> the planet.
Amur tiger © David Higgs<br />
Close cooperation in Austria<br />
EAZA Tiger Campaign<br />
Spectacular preliminary fundraising result<br />
A complete plenary session during the EAZA Annual Conference in Leipzig was devoted to<br />
updating the membership on the current status <strong>of</strong> the EAZA Tiger Campaign 2002/2004.<br />
Sarah Christie informed the participants on the spending <strong>of</strong> the raised funds <strong>and</strong><br />
provided an update on the progress <strong>of</strong> the nine selected projects. Furthermore Sarah<br />
showed spectacular footage <strong>of</strong> the capture <strong>and</strong> radio collaring <strong>of</strong> a tiger in the project on<br />
‘Ranging Patterns in Sumatran Tigers’. Hereafter, John Lewis gave a presentation on<br />
veterinary aspects <strong>of</strong> in situ conservation projects. Information on activities undertaken by participating members as<br />
well as the presentation <strong>of</strong> the fantastic preliminary fundraising result <strong>of</strong> € 281,196.76 were provided by Corinne Bos.<br />
Finally, EAZA director Koen Brouwer presented 19 fundraising awards <strong>of</strong> which two platinum for raising over<br />
€ 15,000.00 to both Colchester Zoo <strong>and</strong> Paradise Wildlife Park.<br />
In a cooperative effort, Austrian zoos (Österreichische Zoo<br />
Organisation - OZO) produced a series <strong>of</strong> special exhibitions<br />
entitled ‘Wildlife under threat’ in the framework <strong>of</strong> recent<br />
EAZA Campaigns (Bushmeat, Rainforest, Tiger Campaigns).<br />
The Tier- und Naturpark Schloss Herberstein, the Salzburger<br />
Tiergarten Hellbrunn, the Haus des Meeres - Vivarium<br />
Wien, the Zoologischer Garten Schmiding, <strong>and</strong> Tiergarten<br />
Schönbrunn combined forces to create very impressive <strong>and</strong><br />
informative poster displays designed to inform the public<br />
about these activities. These exhibitions very comprehensively<br />
outline the EAZA Campaigns <strong>and</strong> highlight the broad<br />
spectrum <strong>of</strong> issues being treated.<br />
International organisations such as WWF <strong>and</strong> Greenpeace<br />
participated in the various exhibitions in Austria. Specific<br />
information on the various topics was also <strong>of</strong>fered through<br />
the school system (guided tours, workshops, days <strong>of</strong> action,<br />
zoo-active programmes, treasure hunts etc.). In the framework<br />
<strong>of</strong> special vacation programmes, a jungle adventure<br />
path with individual games <strong>and</strong> various ‘touch’ <strong>and</strong> ‘smell’<br />
stations was successful in attracting both young <strong>and</strong> old.<br />
The current Tiger Trail – an interactive station game – is<br />
designed to draw public attention to this issue. The visitor’s<br />
interest for tigers is initially awakened in the exhibition, after<br />
which they want to learn more <strong>and</strong> continue along the trail<br />
(or vice versa).<br />
The coin donation funnels, which proved to be so successful<br />
in earlier exhibitions, were again set up for the Tiger<br />
Campaign. Each was accompanied by a special poster that<br />
advertised the project. The graphic design was selected<br />
to attract both youngsters <strong>and</strong> adults. After all, children<br />
turned out to be the most diligent donators, but typically<br />
received the coins from their parents <strong>and</strong> accompanying<br />
adults rather than using their own allowances.<br />
Large-format (A0) German-language exhibition posters<br />
(for all three campaigns) were especially produced<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong>fered to interested EAZA zoos. They are fully<br />
designed <strong>and</strong> ready for use <strong>and</strong> are also available<br />
on CD-ROMs. Numerous zoos in Germany <strong>and</strong><br />
Switzerl<strong>and</strong> took advantage <strong>of</strong> this <strong>of</strong>fer made by the<br />
Austrian zoos.<br />
Cooperative projects such as the intensive participation<br />
<strong>of</strong> OZO in the EAZA Campaigns clearly show<br />
that knowledge can be very effectively disseminated<br />
on a large scale.<br />
Source: Gaby V. Schwammer<br />
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The Antwerp Zoo ‘Tiger tent’<br />
EAZA Tiger Campaign<br />
The EAZA Tiger Campaign at Antwerp Zoo was launched<br />
in July. During July <strong>and</strong> August, zoo visitors could visit our<br />
special ‘Tiger tent’, strategically positioned next to the<br />
Amur tiger enclosure. Thanks to the financial support <strong>of</strong><br />
ExxonMobil Benelux it was possible to ‘man’ the Tiger tent<br />
with our zoo guides every day. This sponsorship proved<br />
crucial to the financial success <strong>of</strong> the campaign, as it quickly<br />
became clear that it was mainly the enthusiastic ‘cabaret’<br />
<strong>of</strong> our zoo guides that made people dig into their pockets.<br />
The tent contained not only education panels, but more<br />
importantly a tiger touch table. Here our visitors could<br />
stroke a tiger without losing their lives (we had a tiger skin),<br />
they could touch its teeth without losing their fingers<br />
(we had a skull), they could tickle its toes without getting<br />
scratched by its claws (we had a paw print), they could hear<br />
ánd feel a tiger roar (we had a recording), they could ask all<br />
they wanted about our three tigers ‘Kharlan’, ‘Nouchka’ <strong>and</strong><br />
‘Yessie’ <strong>and</strong> the role they play in the breeding programme<br />
Photo: CRC/RZSA<br />
Photo: CRC/RZSA<br />
(we had a studbook) <strong>and</strong> they received information on the<br />
various threats that tigers face. In order to encourage people<br />
to leave more than foot prints around the tent we created<br />
a life sized tiger silhouette, with on its tummy <strong>44</strong>0 puzzle<br />
pieces – about the number <strong>of</strong> Amur tigers remaining in the<br />
wild. For one euro, a child could colour one puzzle piece.<br />
We decided to collect funds for project 6 (mediating conflicts<br />
between tigers <strong>and</strong> people) <strong>and</strong> the life-sized tiger silhouette<br />
generated sympathy from our visitors for the people having<br />
to share their back yards with this majestic but also massive<br />
cat. On 21 August we had generated € 3,675; not bad for<br />
such a short period <strong>of</strong> time!<br />
We also participated in the ‘Tiger <strong>and</strong> Leopard Day’ on<br />
27 September <strong>and</strong> have a few other things up our sleeves for<br />
the remainder <strong>of</strong> the campaign, but perhaps we can tell you<br />
about that in future issues <strong>of</strong> EAZA <strong>News</strong>!<br />
Source: Kristin Leus<br />
Successful Tiger Days at Barcelona Zoo<br />
Barcelona Zoo is committed to making people aware <strong>of</strong> the<br />
problems tigers in the wild face <strong>and</strong> to raise funds for tiger<br />
conservation. This is the first time that Barcelona has tried<br />
to collect money, which is a real challenge for us.<br />
We decided to employ two big three-sided panels in three<br />
languages (Catalan, Spanish <strong>and</strong> English) which include<br />
a collection box. The panels have been designed to be<br />
re-usable for each new EAZA Campaign, simply by changing<br />
the design within the existing structure. Another bigger<br />
panel was designed to be placed at the tiger enclosure, also<br />
in three languages.<br />
The educational department arranged talks about tigers,<br />
which run every second weekend <strong>of</strong> the month as well as<br />
other activities in the summer season. We also published<br />
news about the campaign in our magazine <strong>and</strong> announced<br />
the campaign in the local papers <strong>and</strong> on the radio.<br />
Since the campaign began, we have held two ‘Tiger Days’.<br />
The first was on 25 May <strong>and</strong> the second on 10 August.<br />
We built a Campaign Information Point close to the tiger<br />
enclosure, where the public could learn about the tiger<br />
conservation projects <strong>and</strong> Asian tiger products <strong>and</strong> look at a<br />
photo exhibition on topics such as habitat destruction, hunting,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the organisations involved in tiger conservation. Tiger<br />
key rings are for sale at this information point which also<br />
<strong>of</strong>fers face painting facilities for children. The educators
were very busy interacting with zoo visitors during the Tiger<br />
Days, while a group <strong>of</strong> volunteers distributed information<br />
leaflets at the zoo entrances.<br />
We noticed that the public showed an interest in the Tiger<br />
Days <strong>and</strong> approached the Tiger Day desk. Some visitors<br />
only took a quick glance whereas especially<br />
youngsters <strong>and</strong> families read the education panels<br />
<strong>and</strong> made inquiries about the projects to save the<br />
tiger in the wild. We are very positive about the<br />
response so far. With a more active approach,<br />
we will succeed in sensitizing the public, while<br />
raising funds for conservation.<br />
Source: Mercè B<strong>of</strong>ill<br />
EAZA Tiger Campaign<br />
Newborn tigers at Kyiv will boost campaign activities<br />
The EAZA Tiger Campaign team at Kyiv Zoo met for the<br />
first time in April 2003. It was decided to start large-scale<br />
operations in Kyiv Zoo on 28 <strong>and</strong> 29 June with Tiger Days.<br />
The most active promoters were the students <strong>of</strong> the Forest<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> the National Agricultural Academy, <strong>and</strong> their<br />
nice green uniforms attracted a lot <strong>of</strong> visitors. The press<br />
release <strong>and</strong> posters providing information about Tiger Days<br />
were distributed throughout the city <strong>and</strong> to the mass media.<br />
A large poster near the main entrance informed visitors<br />
Photos: Kyiv Zoo<br />
about the participation <strong>of</strong> Kyiv Zoo in the EAZA Tiger<br />
Campaign. Tiger footprints painted on zoo tracks lead<br />
visitors from the central gates to our tiger enclosures <strong>and</strong><br />
further on to the fundraising box. During the Tiger Days<br />
each adult visitor received a leaflet with information on tiger<br />
biology, status <strong>and</strong> conservation, as well as a note how they<br />
can help to save tigers. Each child received a<br />
balloon with the logo <strong>of</strong> 21st Century<br />
Tiger Fund on one side, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
words: ‘Tiger Day in Kyiv Zoo’<br />
on the other side. The educational<br />
department organised tiger-themed<br />
quizzes three times per day for our<br />
youngest visitors <strong>and</strong> competitions with<br />
presentation <strong>of</strong> prices from our sponsors.<br />
Tiger Campaign fundraising boxes were<br />
installed before the <strong>of</strong>ficial start <strong>of</strong> the campaign<br />
in Kyiv Zoo – from 15 May onwards.<br />
In August, we were already half way to our<br />
fundraising goal. One <strong>of</strong> our tigers is pregnant<br />
<strong>and</strong> can give birth any day now. That is why we are planning<br />
the peak <strong>of</strong> our activities for September, when we will be<br />
able to introduce newborns to the public, <strong>and</strong> participate in<br />
the Russian Tiger <strong>and</strong> Leopard Day with a live contribution<br />
to the EAZA tiger population.<br />
Source: Alla Nikitina<br />
Funds via CERZA Conservation NGO<br />
The EAZA Tiger Campaign was launched at CERZA in<br />
February 2003. This campaign <strong>of</strong>fers a good opportunity to<br />
involve the visitors. Our education <strong>of</strong>ficer gives a talk on the<br />
campaign during feeding time <strong>and</strong> two large posters are on the<br />
wall <strong>of</strong> the inside tiger enclosure. French zoos are working<br />
cooperatively on this campaign, thanks to the efforts <strong>of</strong> the<br />
French regional campaign representative, Brice Lefaux. The<br />
sample leaflet provided in the Tiger Campaign Information<br />
Package was translated from English to French, <strong>and</strong> was<br />
printed by Touroparc using a commercial company. CERZA<br />
provides this information leaflet to visitors interested in the<br />
campaign.<br />
The funds are collected by our new NGO, CERZA<br />
Conservation, through which we have been able to donate<br />
€ 1,500 in 2003. Our objective for 2004 is to build a more<br />
attractive tiger collection box, to find sponsors to support<br />
the campaign <strong>and</strong> to involve schools in the CERZA area.<br />
Source: Jean-Marie Carenton<br />
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October - November - December<br />
Help <strong>of</strong> volunteers at Safari Beekse Bergen<br />
EAZA Tiger Campaign<br />
Safari Beekse Bergen (Hilvarenbeek) supports the EAZA<br />
Tiger Campaign projects in the Russian far-East. These<br />
projects where chosen because <strong>of</strong> ‘Epos’, the Amur tiger in<br />
our park. Safari Beekse Bergen has also been supporting the<br />
Tigris Foundation in Amsterdam for years. This organisation<br />
aims to conserve Amur tigers as well.<br />
So far the park has collected over € 14,000 by organising<br />
several activities, including a souvenir st<strong>and</strong>, face painting <strong>and</strong><br />
a lottery. This year’s pr<strong>of</strong>it from the gift shop <strong>and</strong> the tips<br />
received by the safari guides are also being donated to the<br />
campaign. Most <strong>of</strong> the activities were realised with the help<br />
<strong>of</strong> ‘Foundation <strong>of</strong> Friends Safari’, a large group <strong>of</strong> volunteers<br />
connected to the park, <strong>and</strong> trainees <strong>of</strong> the Van Hall Institute.<br />
Educating visitors about the importance <strong>of</strong> saving the Amur<br />
tiger <strong>and</strong> providing information about the conservation projects<br />
in Russia is also seen as very important. Many visitors<br />
were reached through the different kind <strong>of</strong> education efforts,<br />
leading to more visitors being willing to give financial support.<br />
Source: Hans Orbons<br />
Collaboration with school libraries at Doué<br />
When the EAZA Tiger Campaign was launched, we immediately<br />
decided to participate actively in the campaign. As Doué<br />
keeps Sumatran tigers, we focussed our campaign on humantiger<br />
conflicts in Sumatra, raising funds for projects 1 <strong>and</strong> 3.<br />
Our focus in the campaign allowed us to make a strong link<br />
between ‘Paul’ <strong>and</strong> ‘Fred’, our tigers, <strong>and</strong> their wild cousins.<br />
To promote the conservation <strong>of</strong> the tiger to the public we<br />
developed different ways <strong>of</strong> communication inside as well as<br />
outside the zoo.<br />
In the zoo, visitors are confronted with the campaign through<br />
reading, hearing <strong>and</strong> watching. Two education panels close<br />
to the tiger enclosure explain the campaign <strong>and</strong> the objectives<br />
<strong>of</strong> the projects. Keeper talks are held during feeding time<br />
at the tiger enclosure, <strong>and</strong> a video movie with photos <strong>of</strong><br />
François Savigny <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> the EAZA Tiger Campaign is<br />
shown. The video provides information on the biology,<br />
conservation <strong>and</strong> culture <strong>of</strong> Sumatran tigers. Special activities<br />
are also organised, such as a sculpture demonstration<br />
<strong>and</strong> workshop, <strong>and</strong> making foot prints <strong>of</strong> tigers.<br />
Outside the zoo, we participate in a mobile exhibition<br />
travelling to different school libraries in the Maine-et-Loire<br />
area. The exhibition has been made in collaboration with the<br />
school libraries <strong>and</strong> focusses on the tiger biology <strong>and</strong> the<br />
conservation role <strong>of</strong> zoos through the EAZA Tiger Campaign.<br />
Source: Brice Lefaux <strong>and</strong> Peggy Lavergne<br />
<strong>News</strong> from project number 1: Tiger Protection <strong>and</strong><br />
Conservation Teams in Kerinci Seblat National Park (FFI)<br />
Thanks to the fundraising efforts <strong>of</strong> EAZA zoos, 21st Century<br />
Tiger was able to send the first funding installment to the Tiger<br />
Protection <strong>and</strong> Conservation Teams in Kerinci Seblat National<br />
Park. We recently heard that as a result the teams are now<br />
in a position to proceed with the implementation <strong>of</strong> a new<br />
satellite Tiger Protection Unit funded by the EAZA Tiger<br />
Campaign <strong>and</strong> this will get underway in October 2003.<br />
The project staff is currently reviewing how best to utilise staff<br />
members in order to incorporate this new Tiger Protection<br />
Unit. A council meeting was held in early October to take<br />
final decisions on effective implementation <strong>of</strong> the satellite<br />
unit <strong>and</strong> its operation in t<strong>and</strong>em with existing units.<br />
The unit will be operating in southern Sumatra <strong>and</strong> the project<br />
staff has identified the following serious problems to be<br />
tackled by the newly established unit:<br />
– six significant dealers are operating in the area on either<br />
a district or provincial level;<br />
– two pr<strong>of</strong>essional tiger trappers are also operating in the area;<br />
– one pr<strong>of</strong>essional tiger poacher has been detected who<br />
operates using an automatic gun <strong>and</strong>, allegedly, night<br />
sights.<br />
It is hoped that in the next month the project will begin<br />
implementing the new unit operations <strong>and</strong> 21st Century<br />
Tiger will be able to report back to all EAZA members on<br />
how it is progressing.<br />
Additional EAZA Tiger Campaign pictures available<br />
New EAZA Tiger Campaign pictures can be found in the member<br />
area (Tiger Working Group section). For more information, please<br />
refer to page 36 <strong>of</strong> this issue or visit www.eaza.net<br />
Photo: Jan Thomassen/Kristians<strong>and</strong> Zoo
CBSG Europe in action<br />
by Bengt Holst, CBSG Europe, Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark<br />
Can we predict the future? Obviously not – not even a few<br />
seconds ahead. But given a set <strong>of</strong> scenarios we can compare<br />
potential developments by making assumptions <strong>of</strong> how the<br />
different factors interact. We do this daily when driving –<br />
we predict the traffic based on our knowledge about the existing<br />
traffic rules – which <strong>of</strong> course may be followed or not!<br />
The same applies to VORTEX, a simulation programme that<br />
provides realistic ideas <strong>of</strong> how a population will develop,<br />
given that assumptions made in the different scenarios are<br />
valid. VORTEX is not a magic crystal ball telling the future,<br />
it is a valuable tool to assess the relative impact <strong>of</strong> different<br />
factors, such as hunting, change <strong>of</strong> death rate, or loss <strong>of</strong><br />
habitat, on a population.<br />
Conservation management tool<br />
VORTEX allows us to model the development <strong>of</strong> a population<br />
over time under certain circumstances. The simulations<br />
incorporate basic data, e.g. birth, death <strong>and</strong> dispersal rates,<br />
inbreeding <strong>and</strong> carrying capacity <strong>of</strong> the habitat. These<br />
data have to be entered first, <strong>and</strong> that is actually the most<br />
difficult part <strong>of</strong> the process. Many <strong>of</strong> these data are not<br />
available for most species, <strong>and</strong> have to be entered as a<br />
‘best guess’ estimate. This could seem like a weakness <strong>of</strong><br />
the programme. But actually it is not different from what<br />
we do anyway, when we try to look into the future – with or<br />
without a simulation programme. We always make guesses.<br />
VORTEX’s greatest value lies in enabling comparison<br />
<strong>of</strong> different scenarios – it provides us with arguments to<br />
use when prioritising potential conservation activities –<br />
arguments that are based on complex analyses <strong>of</strong> hard core<br />
data <strong>and</strong> best estimates.<br />
VORTEX <strong>and</strong> CBSG<br />
So, where does CBSG Europe come into the picture?<br />
CBSG Europe just hosted a workshop at Copenhagen<br />
Zoo introducing a Windows version <strong>of</strong> the programme,<br />
as VORTEX was developed by CBSG more than a<br />
Conservation<br />
decade ago as a DOS-based programme. The workshop was<br />
attended by participants from North America, Costa Rica,<br />
Mexico, India <strong>and</strong> Europe <strong>and</strong> was led by the new chairman<br />
<strong>of</strong> CBSG, Bob Lacy, who is also one <strong>of</strong> the main architects<br />
behind the VORTEX programme.<br />
To some people this may sound like a boring workshop for<br />
computer freaks, but it was just the opposite. The workshop<br />
was a brilliant training exercise in the use <strong>of</strong> a valuable tool in<br />
conservation management. Starting at the coin-flipping level<br />
(the basis for the simulations) we ended with sophisticated<br />
discussions about how to model the behavioural changes<br />
that occur in the wild when the environment changes.<br />
Furthermore, we discovered some new bugs in the programme<br />
that had to be repaired. Some were fixed during the meeting,<br />
others had to be taken back to the United States to be<br />
repaired. So, both parties benefited from the workshop:<br />
Bob Lacy by getting the bugs fixed, <strong>and</strong> the participants<br />
by learning about the new version <strong>and</strong> the many valuable<br />
aspects <strong>of</strong> the programme.<br />
This first workshop was conducted for the regional CBSG<br />
Offices only. But in the future we plan to conduct similar<br />
workshops on different conservation tools for all that are<br />
interested in conservation planning. Such workshops will be<br />
announced in EAZA <strong>News</strong> <strong>and</strong> on the EAZA website.<br />
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IT ISIS Institutional Data / Studbook Data Reconciliation:<br />
A critical step in raising Animal Records Data quality, <strong>and</strong> preparing the way for ZIMS<br />
by Nate Flesness, ISIS, Minnesota, USA<br />
Starting with the ISIS Futures Search Meeting in February<br />
2000 in Alphen a/d Rijn, ISIS has been guided by our worldwide<br />
stakeholders’ expressed needs for: one, global, accurate,<br />
real-time, web-based, comprehensive, animal <strong>and</strong> collection<br />
database. A critically important aspect <strong>of</strong> this vision is the<br />
need for one single accurate record per animal or group, rather<br />
than separate (<strong>and</strong> potentially different) records in each holding<br />
institution, in each veterinarian’s files, <strong>and</strong> in one or more<br />
studbooks.<br />
To help ISIS members worldwide improve their animal data<br />
(for immediate use <strong>and</strong> for loading into ZIMS in the future),<br />
ISIS now provides several new Data Quality Tools through<br />
the ISIS website: 1. Link Rate; 2. Parental Validation; <strong>and</strong><br />
3. Studbook /ISIS Institutional Records Comparison.<br />
The content <strong>and</strong> form <strong>of</strong> these new tools were designed<br />
based on advice from ISIS’ international Science <strong>and</strong><br />
Technology Advisory Committee (STAC).<br />
1. Link Rate The Link Rate tool helps ISIS member institutions<br />
identify <strong>and</strong> record connections when animals move<br />
among them <strong>and</strong> receive new local Specimen ID numbers<br />
(Barcelona sends specimen 123 to Leipzig, where it becomes<br />
specimen 456). Unlinked animals appear as fragments <strong>of</strong> a<br />
specimen’s history. ISIS’ overall Link Rate historically was<br />
68% at the time <strong>of</strong> writing – which means 2/3<br />
<strong>of</strong> animals<br />
which moved between two ISIS members institutions are traced<br />
(linked); 1/3<br />
are currently lost track <strong>of</strong> (either not reported by<br />
the other party or reported to ISIS by both institutions but not<br />
identified sufficiently to link). It is very important that individual<br />
institutional animal records are properly linked together<br />
into the life history <strong>of</strong> single specimens – this is the only<br />
way genetic pedigrees can be traced, an animal’s origins<br />
documented (whether for subspecies identification or for<br />
permits) etc.<br />
2. Parental Validation The Parental Validation tool checks<br />
the recorded sire <strong>and</strong> dam for births at your institution. If<br />
the parents themselves do not have a specimen record, or if<br />
there is some logical inconsistency in the data (for example,<br />
the father is recorded as a female), it is counted as a problem.<br />
ISIS’ overall parental validation rate is 95%, with 5% <strong>of</strong> sires<br />
ISIS<br />
<strong>and</strong> dams either not themselves recorded as individuals in<br />
the database, or with some logical problem.<br />
3. Studbook /ISIS Institutional Records Comparison<br />
Both institutional records <strong>and</strong> studbooks are valuable <strong>and</strong><br />
important. However, differences between them must be<br />
identified <strong>and</strong> resolved before they can both best contribute<br />
to a single ZIMS database.<br />
ISIS has released a new web-based Data Quality Tool, which<br />
attempts to match up <strong>and</strong> compare institutional animal records<br />
on ISIS, with studbook animal records from the ISIS/WAZA<br />
Studbook CD-ROM.<br />
Institutions see a custom report on the ISIS website – a list<br />
<strong>of</strong> important differences found between their institutional<br />
records on ISIS, <strong>and</strong> the studbook data available from the<br />
ISIS/WAZA Studbook CD-ROM. Where differences exist,<br />
Specimen Reports showing the same animal as recorded<br />
in both databases are presented on the web. A convenient<br />
e-mail communication tool (supporting communications<br />
with each studbook keeper) is provided.<br />
Studbook keepers see a custom report on the ISIS website<br />
– a list <strong>of</strong> the important data differences found between<br />
their studbook <strong>and</strong> institutional records on ISIS. They too<br />
see Specimen Reports from both databases, <strong>and</strong> can use<br />
the convenient e-mail tool to communicate with the relevant<br />
institutional records staff.<br />
Reconciliation<br />
There presently are multiple Studbook Guidelines developed by<br />
the regional associations which authorize regional studbooks,<br />
<strong>and</strong> by WAZA for international studbooks. These guidelines<br />
should be consulted as any changes are made to studbook data.<br />
Similarly, there are various regional institutional data st<strong>and</strong>ards<br />
which have been developed by regional associations. These<br />
should be consulted by institutions as any changes are made<br />
to institutional data.<br />
ISIS’ view is that the studbook keeper has the advantage <strong>of</strong><br />
broad perspective – seeing the specimen’s data integrated<br />
consistently across all holding institutions, <strong>and</strong> seeing the<br />
animal within its pedigree. On the other h<strong>and</strong>, ISIS’ view is<br />
that the institutional records person has the advantage <strong>of</strong><br />
proximity – much <strong>of</strong> their information was observed <strong>and</strong><br />
recorded at their own institution.
We do NOT want to encourage either studbook keepers or<br />
institutional records staff to automatically change their data to<br />
match that recorded in the other’s database. Instead, we want<br />
to encourage thoughtful dialogue between the two, to reconcile<br />
the differences, so we all benefit from the most accurate<br />
information available. Some studbooks may have accidentally<br />
acquired ‘analytical’ data, for example guesstimated sire or<br />
dam filled in for analysis purposes, but not actually based on<br />
institutional information. The reconcile process may lead to<br />
Safari- und Abenteuerpark Gänserndorf GmbH<br />
Mr. Georg O. Scheifinger<br />
Siebenbrunnerstrasse<br />
2230 Gänserndorf<br />
Austria<br />
TEMPORARY MEMBER<br />
Tel: +43 2282 70261 0<br />
Fax: +43 2282 70261 27<br />
E-mail: <strong>of</strong>fice@safaripark.at<br />
Website: www.safaripark.at<br />
The Safaripark was founded in 1972, <strong>and</strong> was<br />
purchased by a group <strong>of</strong> private investors<br />
in 1999. The Safaripark was made into a<br />
non pr<strong>of</strong>it organisation, which today is<br />
a scientifically led animal park. Safaripark<br />
Gänserndorf consists <strong>of</strong> a walk-through<br />
‘adventure’ section <strong>and</strong> a drive-through safari<br />
section. Furthermore, in 2003 the zoo received<br />
a large group <strong>of</strong> West African chimpanzees<br />
which are housed in modern facilities.<br />
Founded: 1972<br />
Size: 70 ha<br />
Staff: 40 (total full-time); management 2,<br />
curators 2, veterinarian 1, keepers 21,<br />
educator 1, PR <strong>and</strong> marketing 2, technicians 3,<br />
administration 2, horticulturist 1, other 5.<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> species: 56<br />
Paid attendance: approx. 200,000<br />
Organisational type: non-pr<strong>of</strong>it organisation<br />
Haifa Educational Zoo <strong>and</strong> Biological Institute<br />
Mr. Itzhak Peleg<br />
124 Hatishbi st.<br />
Haifa 3<strong>44</strong>55<br />
Israel<br />
TEMPORARY ASSOCIATE MEMBER<br />
Tel: +972 4 8372886 or +972 4 8372390<br />
Fax: +972 4 8377019<br />
E-mail: haifazoo@netvision.net.il<br />
Website: www.ethos.co.il<br />
ISIS<br />
Welcome to EAZA<br />
Haifa Zoo is situated on the slopes <strong>of</strong> Mount<br />
Carmel, between pine <strong>and</strong> oak trees, with a<br />
beautiful view <strong>of</strong> the Mediterranean Sea. The<br />
zoo provides courses on zoological, botanical<br />
<strong>and</strong> ecological topics <strong>and</strong> includes a research<br />
library, laboratories, a natural history museum,<br />
a botanical garden <strong>and</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the largest<br />
herpetological collections <strong>of</strong> the Middle East.<br />
Founded: 1951<br />
Size: 0.8 ha<br />
Staff whole company: 31 (total full-time);<br />
management 1, veterinarian 1, keepers 10,<br />
educators 6, technicians 4, administration 2,<br />
horticulturist 1, other 6.<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> species: 116<br />
Paid attendance: approx. 126,264 (2000)<br />
Organisational type: a combination <strong>of</strong> a<br />
zoological park <strong>and</strong> an educational institute<br />
The <strong>Association</strong> <strong>of</strong> Directors <strong>of</strong> Polish<br />
Zoological Gardens <strong>and</strong> Aquariums<br />
Official Polish name: Rada Dyrektorow<br />
Polskich Ogrodow Zoologicznych i Akwariow<br />
Mr. Jan Maciej Rembiszewski (Chair)<br />
Mr. Ryszard Topola (Vice-Chair)<br />
c/o Miejski Ogrod Zoologiczny<br />
Ul. Ratuszowa 1/3<br />
03-461 Warszawa<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
ASSOCIATE MEMBER<br />
Tel: +48 226196909<br />
Fax: +48 226195898<br />
E-mail: zoo@zoowarszawa.pol.pl or<br />
edukacja@zoowarszawa.pol.pl<br />
The <strong>Association</strong> has no separate <strong>of</strong>fice, but<br />
uses the contact details <strong>of</strong> the Chairman.<br />
The Polish zoo directors <strong>and</strong> the former<br />
Ministry <strong>of</strong> Administration, Economy <strong>and</strong><br />
Nature Conservation met in 1981 to discuss<br />
identification <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> these cases, which would be valuable<br />
to know <strong>and</strong> document, so the basic studbook can hold the<br />
facts as we know them, <strong>and</strong> other analytical datasets contain<br />
the other information or guesstimates needed to make bestpossible<br />
analyses based on today’s knowledge.<br />
When changes are made to either institutional or studbook<br />
data, we encourage you to enter a note documenting the<br />
change <strong>and</strong> the reason.<br />
We welcome our new members <strong>and</strong> look forward to a fruitful cooperation. We are convinced that our new members will benefit from the membership<br />
services which EAZA <strong>of</strong>fers as a strong pan-<strong>European</strong> zoo <strong>and</strong> aquarium organisation. At the same time, we would like to introduce the new members<br />
to the readers <strong>of</strong> EAZA <strong>News</strong> by providing some general information on each institution.<br />
the financial problems <strong>of</strong> Polish zoos. During<br />
this meeting it was decided to cooperate as<br />
‘The Board <strong>of</strong> Directors <strong>of</strong> Polish Zoological<br />
Gardens’, <strong>and</strong> a first Council was elected.<br />
The Board <strong>of</strong> Directors <strong>of</strong> Polish Zoological<br />
Gardens was an informal ‘association’ with<br />
three additional committees. It existed until<br />
the end <strong>of</strong> 2000, when it was transformed<br />
into the formal association that exists now.<br />
The association represents 14 zoos, <strong>of</strong> which<br />
9 are full members <strong>of</strong> EAZA.<br />
Hai Park<br />
Mr. Shay Oved<br />
Hachasmonaim 79<br />
Kiryat Motzkin 26401<br />
Israel<br />
ASSOCIATE MEMBER<br />
Tel: +972 48747<strong>44</strong>5<br />
Fax: +972 48747791<br />
E-mail: parkkm@netvision.net.il<br />
Website: www.kiriat-motzkin.muni.il<br />
The park <strong>of</strong>ficially opened to the public on<br />
15 July 2002. Hai Park covers about 4 ha, with<br />
an option for expansion. The park aims to act<br />
as a zoological <strong>and</strong> pedagogical centre as well<br />
as a recreation site for its visitors.<br />
Founded: 2000<br />
Size: 4 ha<br />
Staff: 15 (total full-time); management 1,<br />
curator 1, veterinarian 1, keepers 7,<br />
educator 1, PR <strong>and</strong> marketing 1,<br />
administration 2, horticulturist 1.<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> species: 134<br />
Paid attendance: 45,000 (between 15 July 2002<br />
<strong>and</strong> 31 December 2002)<br />
Organisational type: a zoological park under<br />
supervision <strong>of</strong> the Municipal Government<br />
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Photo: Zoological Garden Liberec<br />
by Henning Julin, Aalborg Zoo, Denmark K<br />
On 1 July 2003 Aalborg Zoo was the<br />
first zoo in the world to be awarded<br />
the ‘Occupational Health <strong>and</strong> Safety<br />
Management System Certificate’, with<br />
certification number 11. Less than thirty<br />
companies in Denmark in total have<br />
received the certificate, bringing Aalborg<br />
Zoo in the upper league together with<br />
major Danish companies, such as<br />
Danfoss, Legol<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Grundfos.<br />
The OHSAS 18001:1999 certification<br />
is based on ability to manage the<br />
physical <strong>and</strong> psychological welfare <strong>of</strong><br />
the staff. There are quite a few general<br />
areas that must be audited <strong>and</strong> documented<br />
before certification is awarded.<br />
The zoo’s Board <strong>of</strong> Safety (a group <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>News</strong> from Members<br />
Aalborg Zoo awarded OHSAS 18001:1999 certification<br />
staff in various positions, always with<br />
the director as chairman) conduct four<br />
meetings a year to evaluate the past<br />
period, <strong>and</strong> assess priorities to be dealt<br />
with for the coming period. Aalborg<br />
Zoo realised that it fulfilled most <strong>of</strong><br />
the st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> requirements, but<br />
that this was not documented on<br />
paper. The task in the certification<br />
preparation period was, therefore,<br />
to undertake this documentation.<br />
This was then distributed to all staff<br />
members.<br />
The most interesting aspect was not<br />
the certificate in itself, but what<br />
emerged from the process. One <strong>of</strong> the<br />
major surprises came when we had to<br />
assess dangers for accidents involving<br />
each staff <strong>and</strong> department. We found<br />
AGolden<br />
takins in Zoological Garden Liberec A - a first in <strong>European</strong> zoos<br />
by Josef Janecek. Zoologicka zahrada Liberec,t<br />
Czech RepublicK<br />
For the first time ever, golden takins<br />
(Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi) can now<br />
be seen in a <strong>European</strong> zoo. Zoological<br />
Garden Liberec (Czech Republic) <strong>and</strong><br />
Beijing Zoo (China) made an agreement<br />
to cooperate in breeding endangered<br />
species. Under that agreement Liberec<br />
Zoo became the proud owner <strong>of</strong> a<br />
beautiful pair <strong>of</strong> the particularly rare<br />
golden takin. The media have informed<br />
the general public about this event <strong>and</strong><br />
the takins have already become a highlight<br />
for visitors <strong>of</strong> the Zoological Garden<br />
Liberec.<br />
The ‘christening’ <strong>of</strong> the golden takins<br />
took place on 21 June 2003 in the<br />
zoo with an attendance <strong>of</strong> representatives<br />
from the county borough <strong>of</strong><br />
Liberec with the chief magistrate<br />
Jirí Kittner. The two ‘godfathers’ <strong>of</strong> the<br />
takins became the chairman <strong>of</strong> Senate<br />
Premysl Sobotka <strong>and</strong> member <strong>of</strong><br />
parliament Tomás ˘ Hasil. The<br />
couple <strong>of</strong> golden takins was<br />
named ‘Adam’ <strong>and</strong> ‘Eva’.<br />
this to be very difficult to describe,<br />
especially on paper.<br />
This certification was achieved only<br />
because Aalborg Zoo is blessed with<br />
extraordinarily alert <strong>and</strong> cooperative<br />
staff, <strong>and</strong> each individual at the zoo<br />
pitched in with ideas <strong>and</strong> hard labour.<br />
Even the student animal keepers were<br />
heavily involved, <strong>and</strong> that resulted in<br />
many exiting ideas. Would we do this<br />
again if we knew how much work had<br />
to be put into it? Probably not, <strong>and</strong><br />
while we actually were already doing<br />
what we should, the paperwork for<br />
the certification was a huge task! But<br />
don’t be dismayed: help is at h<strong>and</strong>, via<br />
e-mail to hju@aalborg-zoo.dk. We will<br />
be happy to give you hints <strong>and</strong> ideas,<br />
should you seek to embark on the road<br />
to certification.<br />
A<br />
A new pavilion with an outside<br />
enclosure was constructed for the golden<br />
takins with help <strong>and</strong> consultation from<br />
skilled employees <strong>of</strong> Beijing Zoo. The<br />
takins were transported to Liberec Zoo<br />
on 16 August 2002. The male was<br />
born on 19 January 2001 at Xiang<br />
Zoo, <strong>and</strong> the female on 31 May 2000<br />
at Beijing Zoo. This young unrelated<br />
pair is in very good condition <strong>and</strong><br />
expectations regarding their breeding<br />
once they are older are high.<br />
The golden takins experienced their first<br />
winter in Liberec <strong>and</strong> have acclimatised<br />
well. The winter even further improved<br />
their condition. Snow is especially good<br />
for their hair, <strong>and</strong> both takins are beautifully<br />
coloured now.<br />
In conjunction with Chinese zoos<br />
Liberec Zoo is trying to become part<br />
<strong>of</strong> a rescue project for golden takins.
STUTTGART - GERMANY<br />
The great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) has always been an<br />
extremely popular exhibit bird in <strong>European</strong> collections. In<br />
marked contrast to the large number <strong>of</strong> holders, breeding<br />
successes have been achieved in only a few institutions to<br />
date (Alphen aan de Rijn, El Retiro Malaga, Rostock <strong>and</strong><br />
Walsrode). Wilhelma, Zoological <strong>and</strong> Botanical Gardens<br />
Stuttgart, was able to join<br />
the small circle <strong>of</strong> breeders<br />
in 2003.<br />
For many years, a pair <strong>of</strong><br />
great hornbills has been<br />
housed in a combined<br />
indoor/outdoor compartment<br />
<strong>of</strong> our large bird<br />
aviary. Dimensions are<br />
400 x 600 x 250 cm<br />
(indoors) <strong>and</strong> 550 x 700 x<br />
400 cm (outdoors). The<br />
outdoor aviary is heavily planted, while the indoor aviary is<br />
furnished with wooden perches <strong>and</strong> a nestbox <strong>of</strong> 80 x 72 x<br />
90 cm with a 23 cm entrance hole on the front side. The<br />
female arrived from a small collection in the vicinity <strong>of</strong><br />
Stuttgart twenty years ago <strong>and</strong> is <strong>of</strong> unknown age <strong>and</strong> origin.<br />
She was paired with a wild-caught male that arrived via Berlin<br />
Zoo in 1992. The female sealed in the nest <strong>and</strong> produced<br />
infertile clutches every year since 1994. Various environmental<br />
factors such as light-dark cycle, light intensity, temperature,<br />
diet, type <strong>and</strong> diameter <strong>of</strong> perches etc. were altered but did<br />
not improve reproductive success, <strong>and</strong> the male was finally<br />
exchanged for another wild-caught male kept in Vogelpark<br />
Detmold-Heiligenkirchen since 1973. The transfers were<br />
carried out in the framework <strong>of</strong> the EEP in August 2002.<br />
The female <strong>and</strong> her new partner got along with each other<br />
extremely well from the day they were introduced. The<br />
female entered the nest-box just a few months later, on<br />
22 January 2003, <strong>and</strong> was sealed in. She laid two eggs, <strong>and</strong><br />
on 10 March 2003, our keepers could record the begging<br />
calls <strong>of</strong> two newly hatched chicks. The chicks were raised on<br />
a diet consisting mainly <strong>of</strong> pinky rats <strong>and</strong> mice, giant mealworms,<br />
locusts <strong>and</strong> crickets. No complications occurred <strong>and</strong><br />
the chicks fledged within one hour <strong>of</strong> each other on the<br />
afternoon <strong>of</strong> 22 May 2003.<br />
Despite this long awaited <strong>and</strong> encouraging success, many<br />
more efforts are necessary to establish a self-sustaining EEP<br />
population <strong>of</strong> this charismatic bird.<br />
Source: Gunther Schleussner<br />
Births <strong>and</strong> Hatchings<br />
Photo: Stuttgart Zoo<br />
KNOWSLEY - UNITED KINGDOM<br />
‘Ashanti’, the first African elephant (Loxodonta africana)<br />
calf to be born at the Knowsley Safari Park was born on<br />
10 January 2003. The Safari Park announced the birth <strong>of</strong> a<br />
second baby elephant ‘Nala’ on 5 April 2003, just weeks after<br />
Ashanti’s arrival. After a wait <strong>of</strong> 32 years since the park opened<br />
in 1971, two female elephants were born within weeks <strong>of</strong><br />
each other! These are the first fruits <strong>of</strong> a breeding programme<br />
set up in 1993 when Knowsley Safari Park became home to<br />
eight young elephants after the closure <strong>of</strong> Windsor Safari Park.<br />
The elephant facility has undergone a UK£ 0.5 million<br />
(± € 0,72 million) extension to cope with the thunder <strong>of</strong><br />
tiny feet, <strong>and</strong> to give the visitors a spectacular new viewing<br />
platform. It also affords the elephants even more space,<br />
making it one <strong>of</strong> the largest exhibits in Europe.<br />
The 12-elephant-strong herd is now one <strong>of</strong> the top breeding<br />
groups in Europe, <strong>and</strong> we await eagerly the results <strong>of</strong> pregnancy<br />
tests on two more elephants. The successful arrival <strong>of</strong><br />
the two calves is testament to the spacious environment the<br />
Knowsley elephants enjoy, <strong>and</strong> we are sure they will be a big<br />
favourite with our visitors this year.<br />
Source: Nick Ellerton<br />
HARDERWIJK - NETHERLANDS<br />
Dolfinarium Harderwijk proudly announced the birth <strong>of</strong> a<br />
Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens), Sunday<br />
morning at 08:22h on 22 June 2003, after a 15 month long<br />
gestation period. The male <strong>of</strong>fspring has been named ‘Boika’,<br />
meaning ‘fighter’ in Russian. The birth lasted forty minutes,<br />
which is short for a walrus. He weighed approximately 50 kg,<br />
<strong>and</strong> was about 1 m long at birth. Mother ‘Olga’<strong>and</strong> Boika<br />
are doing fine <strong>and</strong> are on-exhibit. This is Olga’s second calf,<br />
her first <strong>of</strong>fspring, a male named ‘Nikolai’ was born in 1995.<br />
This male is also still at the Dolfinarium.<br />
After the takeover <strong>of</strong> the Dolfinarium by ‘Grévin et<br />
Compagnie’ in 2001, a redevelopment plan was started for<br />
the park. This fall the Dolfinarium will present its plans for a<br />
new walrus exhibit, to be opened in 2005. The new<br />
exhibit will resemble the natural habitat <strong>of</strong><br />
the walrus <strong>and</strong> will include optimal<br />
possibilities for husb<strong>and</strong>ry <strong>and</strong><br />
education.<br />
Source: press release<br />
Photo: Dolfinarium Harderwijk<br />
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KRAKÓW - POLAND<br />
Kraków Zoo has had a notable success in breeding the snow<br />
leopard (Uncia uncia), with 2.0 born in 1995, 1.1 in 2000<br />
<strong>and</strong> 0.3 in May 2003. The first pair <strong>of</strong> snow leopards at<br />
the zoo arrived in Krakow in 1993 from Helsinki Zoo <strong>and</strong><br />
Bratislava Zoo, <strong>and</strong> have reared two litters. Three males left<br />
Krakow Zoo <strong>and</strong> a female born in 2000 stayed for future<br />
breeding. A second generation <strong>of</strong> young was born at Krakow<br />
when she produced a litter <strong>of</strong> three females this year, sired<br />
by a male on loan from Jihlava Zoo.<br />
Krakow Zoo has been waiting for <strong>European</strong> otter (Lutra<br />
lutra lutra) <strong>of</strong>fspring for 74 years. This EEP species has<br />
been held at the zoo since it first opened but for the first<br />
time in August 2003 three otters were born <strong>and</strong> now are<br />
being mother-reared. Other important recent births at<br />
Krakow Zoo include: 1.0 addax (Addax nasomaculatus),<br />
0.0.1 steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) <strong>and</strong> 0.0.1 Banggai<br />
cardinal fish (Pteropogon kauderni), all parent-reared.<br />
Source: Anna Mekarska<br />
PUERTO DE LA CRUZ - SPAIN<br />
The trend <strong>of</strong> an increasing number <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fspring being reared<br />
continues at Loro Parque Fundación: 1,152 young were<br />
ringed between January <strong>and</strong> August <strong>of</strong> this year.<br />
The first three chicks were produced by our new Philippine<br />
cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia) pair. We were able to<br />
obtain a female <strong>of</strong> this endangered parrot species from an<br />
English breeder last year. The female was transferred into a<br />
large aviary connected to three smaller cages, each housing a<br />
male Philippine cockatoo, to allow her to select a mate after<br />
her quarantine period. She was observed spending continually<br />
more time in front <strong>of</strong> one male’s cage, which was opened<br />
so that direct contact between the two could be established.<br />
These two birds have developed a good relationship, <strong>and</strong><br />
there is much hope that they will soon be regular breeders.<br />
Births <strong>and</strong> Hatchings<br />
Photo: Dorota Maszczyk<br />
After last year’s unsuccessful hatching attempts <strong>of</strong> our exhibited<br />
pair <strong>of</strong> Hispaniolian amazons (Amazona ventralis), it seems<br />
that the pair is doing much better this year: two chicks are<br />
currently being successfully reared by their parents. The<br />
red-tailed amazons (Amazona brasilienis) have also laid a<br />
first clutch, <strong>and</strong> two chicks are being h<strong>and</strong>-reared.<br />
Blue-headed macaws (Ara couloni) reared at Loro Parque<br />
Fundación are now having their own breeding successes.<br />
Reproduction <strong>of</strong> captive-reared individuals represents an<br />
important contribution to the EEP population <strong>of</strong> this species,<br />
rarely held in collections throughout the world.<br />
The breeding season for large macaw species usually starts<br />
in late-May to June in the Canary Isl<strong>and</strong>s, with most<br />
reproduction occurring in the second half <strong>of</strong> the year. It is<br />
therefore quite promising that three pairs <strong>of</strong> hyacinth<br />
macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) are incubating clutches.<br />
After the hatching <strong>of</strong> young blue-eared lories (Eos semilavarta)<br />
for the first time in Loro Parque’s history in 2002, the other<br />
<strong>of</strong> the two pairs at the park has now also reproduced this<br />
year. Two chicks that hatched from a two-egg clutch are<br />
currently being h<strong>and</strong>-reared at the baby station. Our group <strong>of</strong><br />
red <strong>and</strong> blue lories (Eos histrio), a species for which Loro<br />
Parque is the <strong>European</strong> studbook keeper, continues to have<br />
good breeding success, with three young already hatched<br />
this year.<br />
Loro Parque recently opened a new attraction in the form<br />
<strong>of</strong> an exhibit shared by Galapagos tortoises (Geochelone<br />
nigra) <strong>and</strong> rhinoceros iguanas (Cyclura cornuta). Visitors<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten have a good view <strong>of</strong> these reptiles as they sunbathe<br />
on the ground <strong>of</strong> their new enclosure.<br />
Source: Matthias Reinschmidt<br />
LIBEREC - CZECH REPUBLIC<br />
On 13 June 2003 a female Somali wild ass (Equus africanus<br />
somalicus) was born in Zoo Liberec. Her name is ‘Arwen’.<br />
The parents are ‘Seyla’, born in 1992 in Oberwil, Switzerl<strong>and</strong><br />
(Arwen is her sixth <strong>of</strong>fspring) <strong>and</strong> 14-year-old male ‘Ares’<br />
from Zoo Berlin. The Somali wild ass is probably extinct in<br />
nature <strong>and</strong> only some 115 animals are kept in a few zoos.<br />
Zoo Liberec has eight animals (3.5) <strong>of</strong> which two are out on<br />
loan: one to Zoo Dvur Králové <strong>and</strong> another to Zoo Chemnitz,<br />
Germany. Seven <strong>of</strong>fspring <strong>of</strong> this EEP species have been<br />
reared at Liberec since May 1991.<br />
A great success was the birth <strong>of</strong> a female blue sheep<br />
(Pseudois nayaur szechuanensis) on 25 June 2003 in Zoo
Liberec. This female is the first blue sheep born in a Czech<br />
zoo. The parents are female ‘Lin’ born on 28 June 2000 in<br />
Guanzhou, China <strong>and</strong> male ‘Siwang’ born on 1 June 1996<br />
in Rotterdam Zoo. He came to Liberec from Zoo Praha,<br />
where a male group is kept, on 20 November 2002. Lin <strong>and</strong><br />
Siwang copulated the day after they were introduced to each<br />
other. Blue sheep have been kept in Zoo Liberec since 23<br />
July 2001, as a result <strong>of</strong> an animal exchange with Gungzhou<br />
Zoo in China. Blue sheep are rare in the wild <strong>and</strong> there is a<br />
Blue Sheep ESB.<br />
For the second time since 2001 Zoo Liberec participated in a<br />
release <strong>of</strong> bearded vultures (Gypaetus barbatus). The parents<br />
<strong>of</strong> the released birds come from Russia: the 13-year-old female<br />
arrived on 2 June 1993 <strong>and</strong> the 17-year-old male, born in<br />
Zoo Moskva, came to Zoo Liberec on 14 October 1998<br />
from Helsinki Zoo. The pair copulated for the first time on<br />
13 January 1999. Two eggs were laid, <strong>and</strong> one male hatched<br />
on 9 March 2001. He was loaned, within the framework<br />
<strong>of</strong> the EEP, to the Vienna Breeding Unit in Austria in 2002.<br />
On 16 April 2002 another male was released in the south<br />
<strong>of</strong> France in a mountain pasture <strong>of</strong> Doran, Doran region.<br />
Two female young, ‘Guillaumess’ <strong>and</strong> ‘Jausiers’ hatched in<br />
early 2003. They were released in May 2003 in Mercantour<br />
National Park in France where they are monitored. We<br />
regularly receive information on their activities.<br />
Source: Josef Janecek<br />
ZURICH - SWITZERLAND<br />
Three blue-crowned motmots (Momotus momota) fledged<br />
in a mixed-species exhibit in July 2003 at Zoo Zürich. This<br />
species has been kept at the zoo since 1987 <strong>and</strong> 13 chicks<br />
in total have been reared. All <strong>of</strong>fspring have been fathered<br />
by the same male with four different females. The male<br />
arrived in Zurich in 1987 from Surinam <strong>and</strong> is now at least<br />
Births <strong>and</strong> Hatchings<br />
Photo: Zoo Liberec<br />
17 years old. The mother <strong>of</strong> the last three chicks hatched<br />
two years ago at Frankfurt Zoo.<br />
After a two-year-break in reproduction <strong>of</strong> wattled jacanas<br />
(Jacana jacana) caused by the death <strong>of</strong> the former breeding<br />
female, four young hatched. The males <strong>of</strong> this species incubate<br />
the eggs <strong>and</strong> care for the young. Our male has already<br />
raised nearly thirty young successfully. He was imported in<br />
1990; the new breeding female arrived from a private breeder.<br />
No reproductive behaviour was observed for years among our<br />
violet turacos (Musophaga violacea) until we exchanged the<br />
female for another. The newly-formed pair started breeding<br />
in May this year, in a well-hidden site. A dead chick was<br />
found in mid-June <strong>and</strong> a young fledged in mid-July. The pair<br />
began nesting again in August.<br />
Diverse duck species were introduced in mid-May to our new<br />
Masoala rainforest exhibit, which opened to the public on<br />
30 June 2003. Three pairs <strong>of</strong> whistling ducks (Dendrocygna<br />
viduata) <strong>and</strong> both pairs <strong>of</strong> Madagascar teal (Anas bernieri)<br />
already appeared with ducklings by the end <strong>of</strong> July.<br />
Four red-tailed ratsnakes (Goniosoma oxycephala) hatched<br />
after an incubation period <strong>of</strong> 86 days. This species has<br />
regularly bred in captivity, <strong>and</strong> the Zurich breeding group<br />
consists mainly <strong>of</strong> zoo-born animals.<br />
Source: Robert Zingg<br />
BALLAUGH - UNITED KINGDOM<br />
The most exciting addition to the Curraghs Wildlife Park in<br />
2003 has been the red p<strong>and</strong>a (Ailurus fulgens fulgens) born<br />
on 6 July 2003. The baby will not be independent for a few<br />
weeks yet <strong>and</strong> the mother moves it around among the three<br />
nest boxes provided for her. Red p<strong>and</strong>as in the wild have many<br />
predators <strong>and</strong> staying in the same spot for too long could be<br />
dangerous. However, visitors will be able to get a glimpse <strong>of</strong><br />
the baby thanks to the CCTV system installed in the nest boxes.<br />
Source: www.gov.im/wildlife<br />
Photo: Zoo Zürich<br />
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WINCHESTER - UNITED KINGDOM<br />
Marwell Zoo recently experienced the very rare occurrence<br />
<strong>of</strong> a twin giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) birth. The babies,<br />
a male <strong>and</strong> a female, were born at about 09:00h on 15 July<br />
2003 to ‘Biffa’ (17 years <strong>of</strong> age). The father is 12-year-old<br />
‘Christopher’ who came to Marwell last year from the West<br />
Midl<strong>and</strong>s Safari Park. The twins were named ‘Leo’ <strong>and</strong><br />
‘Charlotte’, in the Marwell tradition <strong>of</strong> (usually) giving giraffes<br />
royal names. Twins Prince Leopold <strong>and</strong> Princess Charlotte<br />
<strong>of</strong> Nassau were born in 2000. Both are descendants <strong>of</strong><br />
‘King George I’.<br />
The male calf was not as strong as the female right from the<br />
start <strong>and</strong> despite valiant efforts by keepers to get his strength<br />
up with bottle feeds, he became ill with an infection in his<br />
leg, <strong>and</strong> was euthanased.<br />
Marwell currently has three baby giraffes, all fathered by<br />
Christopher. The first, ‘Zara’, was born on 19 June to<br />
‘Matilda’, then ‘Jonathan’ was born to ‘Mary’ on 13 July<br />
2003 <strong>and</strong> on 15 July the twins were born, with Charlotte<br />
surviving. Biffa’s pregnancy had been entirely normal, she<br />
recovered quickly from the births <strong>and</strong> showed maternal care<br />
to both babies. Her previous <strong>of</strong>f-spring, ‘Isabella’, was born<br />
in 2002. The whole group <strong>of</strong> giraffes will soon be able to<br />
enjoy the large paddock at Marwell together.<br />
A snow leopard (Uncia uncia) cub born on 6 July 2003 is<br />
the first snow leopard cub for some years at Marwell. Her<br />
parents are ‘Yasmin’ <strong>and</strong> ‘Kiril’. The cub, ‘Binu’, was named<br />
after Binu Shrestha, a young Nepalese vet who recently<br />
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Photo: Marwell Zoo<br />
gained some zoo experience at Marwell under the guidance <strong>of</strong><br />
curator Peter Bircher. Binu’s visit was sponsored by Marwell<br />
(<strong>and</strong> Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens, Norfolk) which has<br />
particular links with India <strong>and</strong> Nepal. Binu worked as a vet<br />
at the Central Zoo in Kathm<strong>and</strong>u <strong>and</strong> now works for the<br />
Nepalese government as a vet in an epidemiology unit.<br />
Binu hopes to specialise in the veterinary care <strong>of</strong> Nepal’s<br />
native wildlife, including the endangered snow leopard.<br />
Source: Gaynor Worman<br />
SHARJAH - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES<br />
The largest female saw scale viper (Echis carinatus<br />
schochureki) at the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian<br />
Wildlife gave birth to nine healthy babies on 12 June 2003.<br />
Saw scale vipers give birth to live young, but unlike mammals,<br />
the embryo is nourished by a yolk sac <strong>and</strong> not directly by<br />
the mother, who therefore serves as a mobile incubator.<br />
No bigger than a pencil at birth, the babies do not need to<br />
eat for the first week while they still rely on the yolk sac for<br />
food. The babies resemble their parents, but will grow rapidly,<br />
shedding their skin every few days. Saw scale vipers are<br />
common in the eastern deserts <strong>of</strong> Arabia <strong>and</strong> have a potent<br />
haemotoxic venom although they are quite shy <strong>and</strong> only<br />
strike if disturbed.<br />
Source: www.breedingcentresharjah.com<br />
BELFAST - UNITED KINGDOM<br />
Belfast Zoo welcomed the birth <strong>of</strong> a bongo (Tragelaphus<br />
eurycerus), an EEP species, on 22 July 2003. He is the<br />
first bongo calf born at the zoo since 1999, <strong>and</strong> his mother,<br />
‘Willa’, was also born at the zoo in 1998.<br />
Last year a young bull, also born here, left Belfast to join a<br />
large herd in Woburn Safari Park. A new bull arrived from<br />
Woburn last July. ‘Masamba’ (Sam for short) is a magnificent<br />
large animal <strong>and</strong> it looks like he will be a good breeding<br />
male.<br />
The zoo’s herd <strong>of</strong> vicuña (Lama vicugna) are also included in<br />
the EAZA Vicuña EEP. Many vicuña bred at Belfast are now<br />
in herds all over the world, e.g. Engl<strong>and</strong>, Spain <strong>and</strong> Canada.<br />
A female vicuña was born in Belfast on 13 July, 2003. Two<br />
days later a second female was born. The father, ‘Douglas’,<br />
was also born in Belfast but, as a demonstration <strong>of</strong> the truly<br />
international status <strong>of</strong> the breeding programme, one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
mothers came to us from Cologne Zoo <strong>and</strong> the other from<br />
Mulhouse Zoo in France.<br />
Source: www.belfastzoo.co.uk
‘Happy Families’ in London Zoo<br />
by Nick Lindsay, Zoological Society <strong>of</strong> London, United Kingdom<br />
London Zoo began its latest development in January 2003,<br />
with a deadline for completion <strong>of</strong> Easter. Rebuilding the otter<br />
enclosure, developing a br<strong>and</strong> new facility for meerkats, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
construction <strong>of</strong> a large but simple outside run for marmosets<br />
<strong>and</strong> tamarins in that time-span was a challenge but well worth<br />
the effort. The resulting complex <strong>of</strong> facilities, called ‘Happy<br />
Families’, uses the different social structures in those species as<br />
the educational theme.<br />
Stream with smooth finish for otters<br />
The Oriental small-clawed otters now have twice the area<br />
<strong>of</strong> the old exhibit with two pools connected by a stream, a<br />
greater l<strong>and</strong> area with a variety <strong>of</strong> substrates <strong>and</strong> den areas<br />
with CCTV viewing for the visitors. The provision <strong>of</strong> underwater<br />
viewing, sections <strong>of</strong> glass walls <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> perspex domes<br />
provide the visitors with great opportunities to see the<br />
otters. The area has worked well both for otters <strong>and</strong> visitors,<br />
but the highlight is the stream. This was constructed with a<br />
smooth finish to provide a slide for the otters, <strong>and</strong> is used<br />
frequently both in play <strong>and</strong> as a way to get between pools<br />
quickly. A second litter for the pair, born six weeks before<br />
the opening date, brought the otter group size to twelve <strong>and</strong><br />
was a perfect addition to this really excellent facility.<br />
New Enclosures<br />
Excellent viewing opportunities for meerkats<br />
A new meerkat area was constructed next to the otter<br />
exhibit, using a similar style with glass walls as the main<br />
viewing points, especially useful for children. The main<br />
feature is a 2.5 m high termite mound, functioning as the<br />
‘lookout’ with one <strong>of</strong> the best views in that area. Even<br />
though a heavy <strong>and</strong> impacted material was used as the<br />
main substrate, the meerkats happily dig into this but are<br />
prevented from escape by a mesh floor some 0.7 m below<br />
the surface. Up until now some <strong>of</strong> the plants <strong>and</strong> the acacia<br />
tree are still surviving – but just!<br />
Outside run for marmosets <strong>and</strong> tamarins<br />
This development provided an ideal excuse to build onto<br />
the outside <strong>of</strong> the Clore Pavilion for small mammals <strong>and</strong><br />
provide some <strong>of</strong> the marmosets <strong>and</strong> tamarins with access<br />
to the outside. With excellent plantings, this large area is<br />
a delight for the golden lion tamarins, pygmy marmosets,<br />
white-fronted marmosets <strong>and</strong> acouchis that use it.<br />
Uniting three <strong>of</strong> the most popular species at London Zoo<br />
into one development has been a tremendous success for<br />
all concerned: greatly improving the visitor experience,<br />
the animal environment, <strong>and</strong> – as a direct result <strong>of</strong> these –<br />
providing a very positive experience for the keepers.<br />
Photos: Zoological Society <strong>of</strong> London<br />
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Matongo - an African village at Jihlava Zoo<br />
by Vladislav T. Jirousek, Jihlava Zoo, Czech Republic<br />
A cluster <strong>of</strong> African shanties with the Swahili name ‘Matongo’<br />
was opened in June 2003 by the Minister <strong>of</strong> Environment<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Mayor <strong>of</strong> Jihlava. Other politicians, sponsors <strong>and</strong><br />
zoo colleagues were present at the festive opening.<br />
Iyasa - Inkululeko, a dance group from Zimbabwe, created<br />
a great atmosphere during the event. This dance group also<br />
did two other performances in our zoo this summer.<br />
Lively decorated shanties<br />
Ten large, <strong>and</strong> five smaller, nicely decorated shanties form<br />
a lively African village. We used natural materials <strong>and</strong> the<br />
unavoidable modern technologies are hidden carefully.<br />
We decorated the village with African daily-use items <strong>and</strong><br />
domestic animals w<strong>and</strong>er about. A large run for dwarf<br />
domestic goats is accessible to visitors.<br />
When in Matongo, visitors can take a rest in ‘Okavango’,<br />
a very pleasant <strong>and</strong> stylish bar with fast food. Up-scale rest<br />
rooms with a baby changing room were placed into two<br />
shanties right beside the bar. Gaboon vipers, b<strong>and</strong>ed mongooses<br />
<strong>and</strong> African spurred tortoises occupy adjacent shanties.<br />
There is a nocturnal pavilion where visitors can view<br />
Rodriguez fruit bats. The greater flamingoes are exhibited in<br />
New exhibit for moose in Opel Zoo<br />
by Thomas Kauffels, Opel Zoo, Kronberg, Germany<br />
The Opel Zoo in Kronberg opened a new enclosure for moose in<br />
the southern part <strong>of</strong> the zoo in April 2002. This part <strong>of</strong> the zoo<br />
has an northern exposure <strong>and</strong> houses <strong>European</strong> animals as part<br />
<strong>of</strong> the zoo’s development plan. Moose have been kept at the<br />
Opel Zoo for about 15 years, but the previous enclosure could no<br />
longer fulfil the keepers’ needs or the needs <strong>of</strong> the animals. The<br />
enclosure had no possibility to separate the male <strong>and</strong> female<br />
animals <strong>and</strong> there was no indoor area or stable available.<br />
New Enclosures<br />
Photo: Opel Zoo<br />
a large lagoon decorated with authentic domestic boats.<br />
Another large shanty houses a group <strong>of</strong> ring-tailed lemurs.<br />
The Matongo village is equipped with its own well, providing<br />
very good quality water.<br />
Educational <strong>and</strong> cultural purposes<br />
A classroom that is open throughout the year, <strong>and</strong> a shanty<br />
serving as a stage for cultural activities <strong>and</strong> animal presentations,<br />
are <strong>of</strong> great educational value for the zoo. The stylish<br />
classroom will enable to us to present teaching programmes<br />
for various target groups. These programmes will not only<br />
be related to Africa but also to different subjects such as<br />
environmental problems <strong>and</strong> conservation in the Czech<br />
Republic <strong>and</strong> in the world. We emphasise the fragility <strong>of</strong> the<br />
natural balance <strong>and</strong> that insensitive human intervention to<br />
nature is causing global-scale damage to natural processes.<br />
The new enclosure has two outside areas, one <strong>of</strong> 2,016 m2 <strong>and</strong> the other measuring 2,500 m2 . The outside paddocks<br />
are fenced with a transparent wire 2 m in height. Between<br />
the two outside areas there is a 1.5 m wide space planted<br />
with shrubs <strong>and</strong> trees. Two shelters, each measuring about<br />
30 m2 , have been constructed in each <strong>of</strong> the enclosures.<br />
An extra stable was built which can be used to separate the<br />
animals whenever needed. The boxes in this stable are 7.5 m2 <strong>and</strong> are separated by a shelter <strong>of</strong> 12 m2 . The stable is separated<br />
from the outside enclosures by a holding pen <strong>of</strong> 88 m2 .<br />
The construction <strong>of</strong> the unheated stable is very simple: the<br />
flooring is concrete, with wooden walls 5 m high <strong>and</strong> 10 cm<br />
thick. The stable is almost identical in shape <strong>and</strong> size with<br />
that <strong>of</strong> the Munchener Tierpark Hellabrunn, which has<br />
proved to be well suited to the needs <strong>of</strong> moose. At this point<br />
I would like to thank my colleagues at Munchener Tierpark<br />
Hellabrunn for their kind cooperation <strong>and</strong> assistance.<br />
Currently, we keep one pair <strong>of</strong> moose about two years <strong>of</strong><br />
age. We hope that they will have a good breeding future!<br />
Photo: Vladislav T. Jirousek/Jihlava Zoo
y Wolf-Dietrich Gürtler, Ruhr Zoo Gelsenkirchen, Germany T<br />
After several years <strong>of</strong> stagnation <strong>of</strong> progress, a master plan was<br />
adopted in 2000 for the total renovation <strong>of</strong> the Ruhr Zoo in<br />
Gelsenkirchen, situated in the heart <strong>of</strong> the industrial area <strong>of</strong><br />
the Ruhr area in western Germany. Ruhr Zoo will be converted<br />
into a modern zoological garden named ZOOM, concentrating<br />
on bio-geographical regions <strong>of</strong> Africa, Alaska <strong>and</strong> South East<br />
Asia, by 2007. A typical North Rhine-Westfalian farm house<br />
additionally will bring indigenous German livestock into direct<br />
contact with the public.<br />
African savannah<br />
African fauna has traditionally been a focus <strong>of</strong> the Ruhr Zoo:<br />
a 1.4 ha mixed-species ‘African savannah’ enclosure, with ten<br />
species <strong>of</strong> ungulates <strong>and</strong> large birds, has been in existence<br />
for more than thirty years. The first new building in the<br />
master plan is dedicated to the larger carnivores <strong>of</strong> the<br />
savannahs <strong>and</strong> opened in March 2002. The African area will<br />
exhibit mammals <strong>and</strong> birds <strong>of</strong> different habitats like grassl<strong>and</strong><br />
savannahs, bush-veld, rivers, lakes <strong>and</strong> riverine forests, as<br />
well as rainforests, when completed. Moreover, livestock<br />
such as ankole cattle, Somali sheep <strong>and</strong> pigmy goats can be<br />
observed in an ‘African village’.<br />
Authentic African outdoor area<br />
A bachelor group <strong>of</strong> lions have a 700 m2 outdoor exhibit,<br />
<strong>and</strong> 1.2 spotted hyaenas share a second outdoor exhibit <strong>of</strong><br />
500 m 2 . Both exhibits are surrounded by water moats <strong>and</strong><br />
artificial rocks, over 4 m in height. As<br />
the hyaenas enjoy swimming in their<br />
water moat, it had to be made secure by<br />
means <strong>of</strong> a reed bed <strong>and</strong> electric fences.<br />
A combination <strong>of</strong> natural <strong>and</strong> artificial<br />
rocks <strong>and</strong> the orange s<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> the<br />
adjacent Kalahari desert are used to<br />
create the feeling <strong>of</strong> the red s<strong>and</strong>stone<br />
columns <strong>of</strong> the Waterberg, Namibia.<br />
Appropriate trees <strong>and</strong> shrubs further<br />
the impression <strong>of</strong> a dry savannah<br />
bush-l<strong>and</strong>. Visitors enjoy an open view<br />
extending several hundred metres<br />
with the predators in front <strong>and</strong> the prey<br />
species <strong>of</strong> zebras, antelopes <strong>and</strong> birds<br />
in the background. As the visitor path<br />
me<strong>and</strong>ers around the enclosures,<br />
New Enclosures<br />
Initial step in the reconstruction <strong>of</strong> the Ruhr Zoo: a new enclosure for lions <strong>and</strong> hyaenas<br />
windows to the outdoor exhibit allow close up views <strong>of</strong> the lions,<br />
which may be lying on a heated platform near the windows.<br />
A wooden platform built in a reed swamp near the hyaena<br />
enclosure allows visitors a clear view <strong>of</strong> the hyaenas’ activities.<br />
There is also a 32 m 2 aviary exhibiting Senegal parrots <strong>and</strong><br />
yellow-necked spurfowl.<br />
Indoor facilities<br />
The nearly 200 m2 indoor house with sleeping areas,<br />
disguised externally by artificial rocks, contains three 25 m2 cages <strong>and</strong> a breeding den for the lions, as well as five cages<br />
<strong>and</strong> an indoor ‘exercise yard’ for the hyaenas. All rooms can<br />
be used separately or linked together. Breeding <strong>of</strong> hyaenas<br />
is still a rare event in German zoos, but we are prepared for<br />
successful births <strong>and</strong> natural raising <strong>of</strong> the pups within the<br />
group. Mating has already been observed.<br />
Indoor facilities for the birds complete the building. The<br />
house itself is not open to the public, but the visitor can look<br />
through huge windows into an inside enclosure to watch the<br />
lions feeding. A cave in which visitors can view imitations<br />
<strong>of</strong> ancient rock engravings while listening to the calls <strong>of</strong><br />
savannah animals played over a sound system is also present.<br />
Further steps in the reconstruction process<br />
A new veterinary station was also completed in September<br />
2002. The main entrance is now under reconstruction, <strong>and</strong><br />
the African village for domestic animals is being built. The<br />
first sod was turned in the Alaska area for new enclosures<br />
for Canadian beavers <strong>and</strong> wolves in summer 2003.<br />
Photo: Ruhr Zoo Gelsenkirchen<br />
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Dublin Zoo - Irel<strong>and</strong>'s No. 1 visitor attraction!<br />
by Ethel Power, Dublin Zoo, Irel<strong>and</strong>K<br />
A zoo is a zoo is a zoo? Not if it’s Dublin<br />
Zoo <strong>and</strong> not if it’s competing with so<br />
many other high-pr<strong>of</strong>ile attractions<br />
dotted around Irel<strong>and</strong>. Then a zoo has<br />
to be out there – marketing itself <strong>and</strong><br />
making sure that the pr<strong>of</strong>ile is as high as<br />
it can possibly be. Every additional visitor<br />
counts for a ‘non-pr<strong>of</strong>it’ organisation<br />
such as Dublin Zoo – where all revenue<br />
is reinvested in the animals <strong>and</strong> the<br />
further development <strong>of</strong> the zoo, including<br />
the now-in-development African Plains.<br />
The year 2002 proved to be a very<br />
successful one: Dublin Zoo attracted<br />
over 700,000 visitors, <strong>and</strong> was declared<br />
the No.1 'fee-paying' visitor attraction<br />
in Irel<strong>and</strong>. Many competing attractions<br />
have large marketing/advertising budgets,<br />
thereby allowing them the luxury<br />
<strong>of</strong> impressive TV advertising campaigns<br />
<strong>and</strong> colour supplements in the national<br />
newspapers. At Dublin Zoo (<strong>and</strong> most<br />
other zoos) this is simply not affordable<br />
<strong>and</strong> forces the team at Dublin Zoo to<br />
become inventive <strong>and</strong> resourceful in<br />
terms <strong>of</strong> finding other ways to get<br />
Marketing<br />
Dublin Zoo’s name in lights! In such an<br />
'unlevel’ playing field the achievement<br />
<strong>of</strong> the ‘No.1 Visitor Attraction’ position<br />
is all the more significant.<br />
Achieving commercial objectives<br />
It is useful to focus on two or three<br />
main objectives every year – otherwise<br />
the goals become ‘snowed under’ if<br />
the main objectives list is too long.<br />
The main commercial aims at Dublin<br />
Zoo for 2002 were:<br />
- To greatly raise the pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> the zoo<br />
on a national basis – at minimum or<br />
no cost;<br />
- To remind the general public that<br />
Dublin Zoo is indeed a great place<br />
to visit at any time <strong>of</strong> the year –<br />
at minimum or no cost;<br />
- To increase the level <strong>of</strong> sales at<br />
Dublin Zoo – admissions, shops, food<br />
outlets, zoo membership, etcetera.<br />
Achieving these objectives in the<br />
absence <strong>of</strong> a large marketing budget<br />
necessitated a resourceful <strong>and</strong> inventive<br />
approach.<br />
Joint promotions<br />
We achieved this by ‘piggybacking’ on<br />
established high-pr<strong>of</strong>ile br<strong>and</strong>s which<br />
spend a lot <strong>of</strong> money on advertising.<br />
We participated (at no cost to Dublin<br />
Zoo) in many joint promotions that<br />
reach a large audience <strong>of</strong> potential<br />
visitors. The advertising campaign we<br />
undertook in association with Dublin<br />
Bus gave Dublin Zoo massive coverage<br />
<strong>and</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>ile amongst the Dublin audience<br />
(a third <strong>of</strong> the Irish population) <strong>and</strong><br />
allowed us a cost-free way <strong>of</strong> presenting<br />
the key message that ‘the African<br />
Plains have doubled the size <strong>of</strong> Dublin<br />
Zoo, thereby guaranteeing double the<br />
fun for all the family’. Dublin Bus also<br />
mounted a colour advertising campaign<br />
in the national newspapers <strong>and</strong> hence<br />
Dublin Zoo’s message was received in<br />
every corner <strong>of</strong> Irel<strong>and</strong>, giving potential<br />
visitors a new reason to visit Dublin<br />
Zoo, which 701,428 did during 2002.<br />
Communicate a strong message<br />
Advertising <strong>and</strong> promotion is essential<br />
– even for a strong br<strong>and</strong> like Dublin<br />
Zoo. Some people mistakenly assume<br />
that when a venue or br<strong>and</strong> has been<br />
around ‘forever’ that there is no need<br />
to further promote it, but this is a<br />
philosophy on which many businesses<br />
perish. Although the Dublin Zoo br<strong>and</strong><br />
is strong, there are always new attractions,<br />
activities, venues for our potential<br />
visitors to spend their time <strong>and</strong> money<br />
– hence it is essential to communicate<br />
a strong message from Dublin Zoo,<br />
inviting them to ‘check out the new,<br />
larger Dublin Zoo <strong>and</strong> the newly added<br />
African Plains’. To achieve this our<br />
tiny advertising budget was used at key<br />
points <strong>of</strong> the year on small personal<br />
advertisements placed in the No.1 selling<br />
newspaper <strong>and</strong> on a short radio advertisement<br />
sent out on a Dublin-only
adio station; because when the budget<br />
is small, one has to think very carefully<br />
about where to spend it for the very<br />
best return.<br />
Establish relations with media<br />
Public Relations <strong>of</strong>fered Dublin Zoo a<br />
much more affordable (but it must be<br />
said: less controllable) means <strong>of</strong> keeping<br />
Dublin Zoo to the forefront <strong>of</strong> the minds<br />
<strong>of</strong> potential visitors. However, when it<br />
worked, it worked well, proving to be<br />
the single best way <strong>of</strong> raising the pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />
<strong>of</strong> Dublin Zoo, as demonstrated on a<br />
number <strong>of</strong> occasions during the year.<br />
From the celebration <strong>of</strong> new births to<br />
‘Santa’s Magical Trail’, we achieved a<br />
very strong national awareness <strong>and</strong> in<br />
the process established a very good<br />
relationship with the two national TV<br />
stations (RTE <strong>and</strong> TV3) by affording them<br />
many opportunities to get novel news in<br />
relation to our animals. We did a dedicated<br />
‘Zoo programme’ in association<br />
with the radio programme dedicated to<br />
wildlife: ‘Mooney Goes Wild on One’<br />
<strong>and</strong> initiated a weekly slot with the<br />
children’s TV programme ‘The Den’<br />
on Network Two TV. All <strong>of</strong> this<br />
combined ensured that Dublin Zoo’s<br />
message was broadcasted to our key<br />
audience <strong>of</strong> children <strong>and</strong> on a regular<br />
basis by both the print <strong>and</strong> broadcast<br />
media.<br />
Value <strong>of</strong> the Dublin Zoo br<strong>and</strong><br />
We reminded the business community<br />
<strong>of</strong> the value <strong>of</strong> doing a joint promotion<br />
with Dublin Zoo – especially for companies<br />
with a product or service aimed at<br />
‘families’. To assist the delivery <strong>of</strong> this<br />
message we joined both the Marketing<br />
Institute <strong>and</strong> the Public Relations<br />
Institute. This resulted in many effective<br />
joint promotions with third parties,<br />
some <strong>of</strong> which included: Siucra, Nestle,<br />
Dublin Bus, Cadbury’s, Birds Eye, ESB,<br />
Gift Voucher Shop, VHI, <strong>and</strong> Family<br />
Marketing<br />
Album. All <strong>of</strong> these parties spend much<br />
money on advertising <strong>and</strong> we benefited<br />
from being associated with them.<br />
Double the size <strong>and</strong> double the fun<br />
The whole ‘Visitor Experience’ at<br />
Dublin Zoo was put under the spotlight<br />
during 2002, with a view to ensuring<br />
that all visitors enjoyed their visit. The<br />
team at Dublin Zoo played a huge role<br />
in this. A refresher training course in<br />
'customer care’ was organised in the<br />
spring <strong>and</strong> we are now implementing<br />
an ambitious five-year development<br />
plan with many major improvements to<br />
the ‘visitor experience’ at Dublin Zoo.<br />
We will open a family 250-seater<br />
restaurant in 2004 <strong>and</strong> are currently<br />
planning to overhaul the ‘entrance<br />
experience’. Our new 'Nakuru Safari’<br />
is now in place <strong>and</strong> is taking thous<strong>and</strong>s<br />
<strong>of</strong> visitors on a realistic African Safari<br />
through ‘Africa’.<br />
‘Santa’s Magical Trail’ represented a<br />
new reason to visit Dublin Zoo at an<br />
otherwise quiet time <strong>of</strong> year (cold wet<br />
days throughout December). The trail<br />
was a great success from both the visitor<br />
experience <strong>and</strong> the revenue point<br />
Photos: Dublin Bus Advertising Agency<br />
<strong>of</strong> view. Santa's Magical Trail <strong>of</strong>fered<br />
visitors a unique animal-based <strong>and</strong> educational<br />
Christmas experience, rated<br />
either 'very good' or 'excellent' by the<br />
thous<strong>and</strong>s who took the time to sign<br />
the visitor’s book during the event.<br />
While costs were tightly controlled,<br />
we ensured the experience was high<br />
quality. All revenue from initiatives<br />
such as this are reinvested into the<br />
constant improvements at Dublin Zoo.<br />
A new brochure emphasising the<br />
African Plains was produced <strong>and</strong><br />
distributed far <strong>and</strong> wide – the message<br />
being that the African Plains are a<br />
great new reason to come <strong>and</strong> visit<br />
Dublin Zoo as ‘Dublin Zoo is now<br />
double the size <strong>and</strong> double the fun’.<br />
Commercial perspective<br />
The sale <strong>of</strong> food, drink <strong>and</strong> other<br />
essential items at Dublin Zoo is very<br />
important – both from the point <strong>of</strong><br />
view <strong>of</strong> meeting our visitors needs <strong>and</strong><br />
from a commercial perspective. We<br />
worked closely with Tricon (Food <strong>and</strong><br />
Beverage Consultants) <strong>and</strong> Eurest<br />
(Catering Company currently operating<br />
at Dublin Zoo) in 2002 to ensure that<br />
all <strong>of</strong> our visitor requirements are<br />
incorporated into the design <strong>of</strong> the new<br />
restaurant opening in Summer 2004.<br />
We recorded an overall sales increase<br />
in our shops <strong>of</strong> 18% in 2002 compared<br />
to 2001, <strong>and</strong> our gate sales were<br />
up by 8%. The three top selling items<br />
were (a) s<strong>of</strong>t toys, (b) confectionery,<br />
<strong>and</strong> (c) Fuji film.<br />
During 2002, Dublin Zoo received a<br />
wonderful gift from Peugeot Motors<br />
in the form <strong>of</strong> a Peugeot ‘Expert’ van.<br />
This van is playing a vital role in the<br />
collection <strong>and</strong> delivery <strong>of</strong> fresh food for<br />
our animals, <strong>and</strong> continues to be <strong>of</strong><br />
great assistance to the team at Dublin<br />
Zoo as they go about their daily duties.<br />
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Photo: Poznan Zoo<br />
Collection Planning<br />
fPriorities<br />
for conservation through captive breeding <strong>of</strong> birds <strong>of</strong> prey <strong>and</strong> owls<br />
by Radoslaw Ratajszczak, Poznan Zoo, Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
A meeting devoted to prioritisation <strong>of</strong><br />
breeding programmes <strong>and</strong> developing<br />
a preliminary collection plan for native<br />
birds <strong>of</strong> prey <strong>and</strong> owls was held on<br />
24-25 February 2003 in Poznan Zoo,<br />
within the framework <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Association</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Directors <strong>of</strong> Polish Zoological Gardens<br />
<strong>and</strong> Aquariums. Over twenty bird keepers<br />
attended from zoos in Katowice, Lódz,<br />
Opole, Plock, Poznan, Wroclaw <strong>and</strong><br />
Zamosc, <strong>and</strong> participants from the<br />
Academy <strong>of</strong> Agriculture in Poznan <strong>and</strong><br />
the Polish Academy <strong>of</strong> Science were<br />
also present. The main goals were to try<br />
to critically evaluate the current status<br />
<strong>of</strong> native species in our zoos <strong>and</strong> to set<br />
priorities for future population management.<br />
Communicating conservation priorities<br />
Most zoos in Pol<strong>and</strong> have had a conservation<br />
<strong>and</strong> breeding programme for<br />
native fauna that has been rejected by<br />
the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Environment. Rejection<br />
usually occurs without investigation <strong>and</strong><br />
judgement <strong>of</strong> the programme’s merits,<br />
rather it is based on a general negation<br />
<strong>of</strong> captive breeding as a tool for species<br />
conservation. <strong>Zoos</strong> in Pol<strong>and</strong> are still<br />
seen as wildlife consumers, not as<br />
partners in conservation, by some<br />
authorities. This is <strong>of</strong>ten caused by a<br />
lack <strong>of</strong> knowledge <strong>of</strong> the zoos’ conservation<br />
efforts <strong>and</strong> by an unwillingness<br />
to investigate the matter further.<br />
White-tailed sea eagle chick<br />
<strong>Zoos</strong> are also partially responsible<br />
for some rejections in the past.<br />
Breeding programmes were usually put<br />
forward by a single institution, with little<br />
input from external scientists. Quite<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten the projects did not have adequate<br />
in-house support <strong>and</strong> some applied<br />
to species <strong>of</strong> rather low priority.<br />
Getting priorities right<br />
The limited resources <strong>of</strong> Polish zoos<br />
today do not allow numerous breeding<br />
programmes to be properly developed,<br />
thus scarce resources should therefore<br />
be allocated to carefully selected<br />
species in real need <strong>of</strong> conservation.<br />
Both native bird <strong>of</strong> prey <strong>and</strong> owl<br />
species have high accommodation<br />
<strong>and</strong> feeding costs; using<br />
scarce resources for species<br />
<strong>of</strong> no conservation<br />
concern is therefore<br />
seen as a waste.<br />
Greater spotted eagle,<br />
raised at Poznan Zoo <strong>and</strong><br />
now returned to the wild<br />
Photo: Poznan Zoo<br />
priority categories<br />
All species <strong>of</strong> birds <strong>of</strong> prey <strong>and</strong> owl<br />
known to have nested in Pol<strong>and</strong> within<br />
the last two hundred years were evaluated.<br />
Five categories <strong>of</strong> prioritisation<br />
were used:<br />
1 Species in need <strong>of</strong> immediate conservation<br />
with captive breeding as a<br />
vital component. Species in this<br />
category include those that became<br />
extinct in the wild in the last two<br />
hundred years (but are still found<br />
in captivity); or species that still<br />
occur in the wild in critically small<br />
populations, but show potential for<br />
recovery through captive breeding.<br />
2 Species with small, isolated<br />
populations in need <strong>of</strong> recovery<br />
<strong>and</strong> supplementation. This category<br />
applies to species with reduced<br />
<strong>and</strong> fragmented populations. Ideally<br />
there should be habitats available<br />
for an increasing population, <strong>and</strong><br />
the capacity <strong>of</strong> existing habitat to<br />
support larger populations.<br />
3 Species suspected to be threatened<br />
in the wild, but status in need <strong>of</strong><br />
evaluation, with basic research in<br />
the wild <strong>and</strong> eventually a Population<br />
<strong>and</strong> Habitat Viability Assessment.<br />
This category applies to species<br />
with unknown population sizes<br />
<strong>and</strong> trends, which are therefore<br />
impossible to assign to higher,<br />
or lower categories at the present<br />
state <strong>of</strong> knowledge.<br />
4 Species in no need <strong>of</strong> conservation<br />
through captive breeding in Pol<strong>and</strong>,<br />
but <strong>of</strong> possible importance to conservation<br />
in other countries. Species<br />
with stable or increasing populations<br />
in Pol<strong>and</strong> are posted in this<br />
category. Specimens kept <strong>and</strong> bred<br />
in Pol<strong>and</strong> may be <strong>of</strong> importance to<br />
conservation projects undertaken in<br />
other countries.<br />
5 Species which can be kept only for<br />
educational purposes. These species<br />
are commonly kept <strong>and</strong> present<br />
unsolved captive maintenance<br />
problems <strong>and</strong> alien species.
Factors influencing priority<br />
The following factors had been<br />
considered for each species before<br />
assigning it to a category:<br />
- conservation status <strong>and</strong> needs (local<br />
<strong>and</strong> global picture);<br />
- educational potential (taxonomic<br />
uniqueness, special biological features);<br />
- reintroduction possibilities (known<br />
or unknown technology, expected<br />
problems);<br />
- captive management (known or<br />
unknown, degree <strong>of</strong> difficulty);<br />
- possibilities for acquisition <strong>of</strong> founder<br />
stock;<br />
- field research.<br />
Results<br />
No owl species was placed in the first<br />
category. Two species, the barn owl (Tyto<br />
alba) <strong>and</strong> little owl (Athene noctua)<br />
were selected for local restocking<br />
programmes (second category) to be run<br />
by several institutions cooperatively.<br />
Five species, boreal owl (Aeogolius<br />
funereus), short-eared owl (Asio<br />
flammeus), pygmy owl (Glaucidium<br />
passerinum), scops owl (Otus scops),<br />
<strong>and</strong> Ural owl (Strix uralensis) are in<br />
need <strong>of</strong> further research (third category).<br />
The last species, Ural owl, is undergoing<br />
a sharp increase in the southern<br />
(mountain) population <strong>and</strong> extinction<br />
<strong>of</strong> the northern one.<br />
Among birds <strong>of</strong> prey the greater spotted<br />
eagle (Aquila clanga) had been selected<br />
as a flagship species for raptor conservation<br />
through captive breeding in<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong>. The breeding <strong>and</strong> reintroduction<br />
project for this species will be coordinated<br />
by Poznan Zoo, in cooperation<br />
with scientists working on biology <strong>and</strong><br />
conservation <strong>of</strong> this species in Biebrza<br />
Marshes National Park. All captive<br />
birds <strong>of</strong> this species will initially be<br />
housed at Poznan Zoo. Currently there<br />
are four captive birds in Pol<strong>and</strong> (all at<br />
Collection Planning<br />
Poznan Zoo) <strong>and</strong> efforts are underway<br />
to acquire other from zoos in the former<br />
USSR, where six birds are known<br />
to live in six different institutions.<br />
Additionally two species, golden eagle<br />
(Aquila chrysaetos) <strong>and</strong> peregrine falcon<br />
(Falco peregrinus) were placed in the<br />
second category. Both are showing very<br />
slow recovery <strong>of</strong> the breeding population.<br />
Breeding programmes for both<br />
species had already been established, but<br />
the peregrine falcon has not included<br />
participation <strong>of</strong> Polish zoos.<br />
Quite a number <strong>of</strong> species are placed in<br />
category four. It is interesting to see the<br />
white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaetus albicilla)<br />
among them. With a population <strong>of</strong><br />
550 breeding pairs (still increasing)<br />
reintroduction <strong>of</strong> captive-bred individuals<br />
is unnecessary in Pol<strong>and</strong>.<br />
The injured birds brought into to captivity<br />
in Pol<strong>and</strong> every year may however<br />
greatly augment the EEP programme.<br />
A chick hatched this year at Poznan Zoo<br />
has been sent to Israel for reintroduction<br />
within the framework <strong>of</strong> the EEP.<br />
A letter presenting the results <strong>of</strong> the<br />
meeting has been sent to the Ministry <strong>of</strong><br />
Environment as well as National Council<br />
for Nature Conservation. We greatly<br />
hope it will influence the decisionmaking<br />
process <strong>of</strong> our sponsors.<br />
<strong>Zoos</strong> wanting to hold <strong>European</strong> shags<br />
Phalacrocorax aristotelis sought<br />
EEP Committee<br />
The following new EEPs <strong>and</strong> EEP<br />
(co-)coordinators were approved:<br />
NEW PROGRAMMES<br />
RETICULATED GIRAFFE EEP<br />
(Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)<br />
including:<br />
Masai giraffe (G. c. tippelskirchi)<br />
Dr. Gunther Schleussner,<br />
Wilhelma Zoo Stuttgart, Germany<br />
BARINGO GIRAFFE EEP<br />
(Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi)<br />
including:<br />
Nigerian giraffe (G.c. peralta)<br />
Kord<strong>of</strong>an giraffe (G.c. giraffe)<br />
Angolan giraffe (G.c. angolensis)<br />
Cape giraffe (G.c. giraffa)<br />
Unknown origin giraffes<br />
Hybrid giraffes<br />
Ir. Marc Damen, Burgers’ Zoo, Arnhem,<br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
NEW EEP COORDINATORS<br />
DAMA GAZELLE EEP<br />
(Gazella dama)<br />
Mr. Andres Barbosa, Almeria, Spain<br />
SCLATER’S LEMUR EEP<br />
(Eulemur macaco flavifrons)<br />
Dr. Pierre Moison, Mulhouse Zoo, France<br />
CONCOLOR GIBBON EEP<br />
(Hylobates concolor)<br />
Dr. Pierre Moison, Mulhouse Zoo, France<br />
While it is desirable to have this relatively small<br />
<strong>European</strong> member <strong>of</strong> the cormorant family included<br />
in the Pelecaniformes Regional Collection Plan,<br />
there are now too few in <strong>European</strong> zoos to work with. Representatives <strong>of</strong> zoos interested<br />
in exhibiting this species are requested to contact Cathy King at C.King@rotterdamzoo.nl<br />
if your zoo is interested in possibly attempting to import some <strong>of</strong> these birds cooperatively.<br />
If enough zoos are interested to enable us to work with a healthy total group size we will<br />
proceed further in investigation <strong>of</strong> importation possibilities.<br />
EAZA <strong>News</strong> <strong>44</strong> – 2003<br />
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October - November - December
EAZA <strong>News</strong> <strong>44</strong> – 2003<br />
28<br />
October - November - December<br />
Eric Bairrão Ruivo, 2003. International studbook for the<br />
black-faced impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi); No. 9, 2002.<br />
Lisbon Zoological Garden.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Eric Bairrão Ruivo, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook for the emperor<br />
tamarin (Saguinus imperator); No. 9, 2002. Lisbon Zoological<br />
Garden.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Marc Boussekey, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook for the red-vented<br />
cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia); No. 7, 2001-2002.<br />
Le Parc des Oiseaux, Villars les Dombes.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
David Brunger, 2003. <strong>European</strong> monitoring studbook for<br />
Northern talapoin (Miopithecus talapoin); No.5. North <strong>of</strong><br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> Zoological Society, Chester.<br />
Data current through 1 August 2003<br />
David Brunger, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook for the dwarf forest<br />
buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus); No.1. North <strong>of</strong> Engl<strong>and</strong><br />
Zoological Society, Chester.<br />
Data current through 1 August 2003<br />
Marc Damen, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook for the greater kudu<br />
(Tragelaphus strepsiceros); second update to the second edition.<br />
Burgers’ Zoo, Arnhem.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Aude Desmoulins, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook for the<br />
kinkajous (Potos flavus); No 1.1. Parc Zoologique de Lille.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2001<br />
Hans Frey, G. Schaden <strong>and</strong> M. Bijleveld van Lexmond, 2003.<br />
Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) reintroduction into the<br />
Alps; Annual report 2001. Foundation for the Conservation <strong>of</strong><br />
the Bearded Vulture, Wassenaar, Netherl<strong>and</strong>s.<br />
Tania Gilbert, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook for scimitar-horned oryx<br />
(Oryx dammah); 2002 edition. Marwell Preservation Trust,<br />
Winchester.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Tania Gilbert <strong>and</strong> Tim Woodfine, 2003. The biology,<br />
husb<strong>and</strong>ry <strong>and</strong> conservation <strong>of</strong> scimitar-horned oryx<br />
(Oryx dammah). Marwell Preservation Trust, Winchester.<br />
Jaap Govers, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook for the black-footed<br />
penguin (Spheniscus demersus); No. 6. Artis Zoo, Amsterdam.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Jaap Govers, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook for the lesser Malayan<br />
mousedeer (Tragulus javanicus); No. 7. Artis Zoo, Amsterdam.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Sara Hallager, 2003. International studbook for the<br />
buff-crested bustard (Eupodotis ruficrista); 2003 edition.<br />
Smithsonian National Zoological Park.<br />
Data current through 21 May 2003<br />
Publications<br />
Publications <strong>of</strong> interest, received by the EAZA Executive Offıce<br />
Gabriele Hlavacek, 2003. Pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon<br />
liberiensis) international studbook 2002. Basel Zoo.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Warner Jens, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook for the Javan langur<br />
(Trachypithecus auratus auratus); No. 3. Apenheul Primate<br />
Park, Apeldoorn.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Lydia Kolter, 2003. <strong>European</strong> regional studbook <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus); 5th edition.<br />
Zoologischer Garten Köln.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Ellen Krebs <strong>and</strong> Werner Kaumanns, 2003. <strong>European</strong><br />
studbook for the lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus); 2003<br />
edition. Zoologischer Garten Köln.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Tanya Langenhorst, 2003. International studbook for Grevy’s<br />
zebra (Equus grevyi); 2002 edition. Marwell Preservation<br />
Trust, Winchester.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Tanya Langenhorst, 2003. International studbook for<br />
Hartmann’s mountain zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae);<br />
1998-2002 edition. Marwell Preservation Trust, Winchester.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Hanakova Lenka, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook <strong>of</strong> the Nubian<br />
ibex (Capra nubiana); first edition 2000. Zoo Bratislava.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2000<br />
Jean-Marc Lernould <strong>and</strong> Liliane Montjardet, 2003.<br />
Philippine spotted deer (Cervus alfredi) international studbook.<br />
Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Mulhouse.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Jane Lind <strong>and</strong> Anna Feistner, 2003. EEP studbook for the<br />
Alaotran gentle lemur (Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis); No. 2.<br />
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Jens Lilleor, 2003. EEP studbook for wrinkled hornbill<br />
(Aceros corrugatus); 4th edition. Aalborg Zoo.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Will Masefield, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook for Livingstone’s<br />
fruit bat (Pteropus livingstonii); first edition. Durrell Wildlife<br />
Conservation Trust, Jersey.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Koen Margodt <strong>and</strong> Carsten Knott, 2002. Environmental<br />
enrichment; A manual for enriching the lives <strong>of</strong> great apes in<br />
human care. The Jane Goodall Institute <strong>and</strong> The <strong>Association</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> German Zoo Keepers. Published in English, German,<br />
French, Spanish <strong>and</strong> Chinese.
Pierre Moisson <strong>and</strong> Sara de Michelis, 2003. <strong>European</strong><br />
studbook for the crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus); No. 2.<br />
Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Mulhouse.<br />
Data current through 22 July 2003<br />
Pierre Moisson <strong>and</strong> Sara de Michelis, 2003. <strong>European</strong><br />
studbook for the red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer); No. 2.<br />
Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Mulhouse.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Cambell Murn, 2003. EEP studbook for the Indian whitebacked<br />
vulture (Gyps bengalensis); No. 1. The Hawk<br />
Conservancy, Andover.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Kai Perret, 2003. EEP report for Persian leopard (Panthera<br />
pardus saxicolor). Allwetterzoo Münster.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Claus Pohle, 2003. International studbook <strong>of</strong> the African wild<br />
asses (Equus africanus somalicus); No. 31. Tierpark Berlin-<br />
Friedrichsfelde.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Wineke Schoo, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook for the king vulture<br />
(Sarcoramphus papa); second update to the second edition.<br />
Burgers’ Zoo, Arnhem.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
PERSONALIA<br />
As <strong>of</strong> 1 May 2003, Mr. Achim Johann is the new director <strong>of</strong><br />
NaturZoo Rheine, Germany.<br />
As <strong>of</strong> June 2003, Dr. Paul Vogt retired as the director <strong>of</strong><br />
Krefelder Zoo, Germany. As <strong>of</strong> September, he is replaced<br />
by Mr. Wolfgang Dressen.<br />
As <strong>of</strong> 13 June, MVDr. Premysl Rabas is the new chairman <strong>of</strong><br />
the Union <strong>of</strong> the Czech <strong>and</strong> Slovak Zoological Gardens,<br />
Czech Republic, thereby replacing Ing. Vladislav Jirousek.<br />
As <strong>of</strong> 1 July 2003, Mr. Haig Balian is the new director <strong>of</strong><br />
Artis Zoo Amsterdam, Netherl<strong>and</strong>s. He replaces Dr. Maarten<br />
Frankenhuis.<br />
Since 1 July 2003, the new director <strong>of</strong> Odense Zoo, Denmark, is<br />
Mr. Henrik Lehmann Andersen, replacing Mr. Hans Aage K<strong>of</strong>oed.<br />
On 31 August 2003, Dr. Jean-Marc Lernould left his director’s<br />
position at Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Mulhouse, France.<br />
Dr. Pierre Moisson has been appointed as the new director.<br />
Mr. Vojko Vesel is no longer director <strong>of</strong> Ljubljana Zoo, Slovenia.<br />
He is temporarily being replaced by Mrs. Nina Kaiser.<br />
As <strong>of</strong> 1 September 2003, Dr. Sadettin Sonmez is the new<br />
director <strong>of</strong> Bursa Zoo, Turkey.<br />
Publications<br />
Publications <strong>of</strong> interest, received by the EAZA Executive Offıce<br />
Directory Updates<br />
Ulrich Schürer <strong>and</strong> Alex<strong>and</strong>er Sliwa, 2003. International<br />
studbook for the Chilean pudu (Pudu pudu); No. 9. Zoological<br />
Garden Wuppertal.<br />
Data current through at least 31 December 2002<br />
Nigel Simpson, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook for Luzon <strong>and</strong><br />
Mindanao bleeding heart doves (Gallicolumba luzonica <strong>and</strong><br />
Gallicolumba criniger). Bristol Zoo Gardens.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Tim Skelton, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook for African pancake<br />
tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri); No. 2. Bristol Zoo Gardens.<br />
Data current through 26 June 2003<br />
Tim Skelton <strong>and</strong> Sharon Redrobe, 2002. Management<br />
guidelines for the welfare <strong>of</strong> zoo animals - The African pancake<br />
tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri). The Federation <strong>of</strong><br />
Zoological Gardens <strong>of</strong> Great Britain <strong>and</strong> Irel<strong>and</strong>.<br />
ISSN 0963 - 1712<br />
Jan Vermeer, 2003. <strong>European</strong> studbook for the black-capped<br />
squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis <strong>and</strong> Saimiri b.<br />
peruviensis); third edition. La Vallée des Singes, Romagne.<br />
Data current through 31 December 2002<br />
Jan Vermeer, 2003. Saimiri sciureus survey 2002. La Vallée<br />
des Singes, Romagne.<br />
Mrs. Tracey Moore replaces Stewart Muir as director <strong>of</strong> Shaldon<br />
Wildlife Trust Ltd., United Kingdom.<br />
Mr. Stewart Muir is the new Assistant Director <strong>of</strong> Newquay Zoo,<br />
United Kingdom.<br />
ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS<br />
The new contact details for Zoo Katowice, Pol<strong>and</strong>, are:<br />
Prom. Gen. J. Zietka 7<br />
41-500 Katowice, Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
Tel: + 48 32 34 98252 or + 48 32 34 98283<br />
Fax: + 48 32 34 98251<br />
The correct postal code <strong>and</strong> fax numbers <strong>of</strong> the Cracid<br />
Breeding <strong>and</strong> Conservation Center/VZW, Belgium, are:<br />
Postal code: 3690<br />
Fax: +32 897 23405 or +32 897 31834<br />
MEMBERSHIP CHANGES<br />
Zoologischer Garten Schmiding, Austria, Full Member<br />
Parc Zoologique d’Amiens, France, Full Member<br />
Vogelpark Marlow, Germany, Full Member<br />
Stapeley Water Gardens, United Kingdom, Full Member<br />
EAZA <strong>News</strong> <strong>44</strong> – 2003<br />
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EAZA <strong>News</strong> <strong>44</strong> – 2003<br />
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October - November - December<br />
Animal Domestication <strong>and</strong> Behavior<br />
- E.O. Price (2002)<br />
This book covers behaviour <strong>and</strong> domestication <strong>of</strong> farm, zoo <strong>and</strong><br />
companion animals. It synthesizes existing knowledge <strong>of</strong> the process<br />
<strong>of</strong> domestication <strong>and</strong> how it affects the behaviour <strong>of</strong> captive wild<br />
<strong>and</strong> domesticated animals. Three broad themes are addressed:<br />
genetic contributions to the process <strong>of</strong> domestication, experimental<br />
contributions to the process <strong>of</strong> domestication, the process <strong>of</strong><br />
feralisation (i.e. the adaptation <strong>of</strong> domesticated animals when<br />
returned to their natural habitat).<br />
Pages: 320. ISBN: 0851995977 (hb). Price: UK£49.95.<br />
To be ordered from: CABI Publishing, CAB International,<br />
Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, United Kingdom<br />
Eating Apes<br />
- D. Peterson (2003)<br />
Eating Apes deals with the looming extinction <strong>of</strong> the African great<br />
apes. Dale Peterson’s impassioned exposé details how, with the<br />
unprecedented opening <strong>of</strong> African forests by <strong>European</strong> <strong>and</strong> Asian<br />
logging companies, the traditional consumption <strong>of</strong> wild animal<br />
meat in Central Africa has suddenly exploded in scope <strong>and</strong> impact,<br />
moving from what was recently a subsistence activity to an<br />
enormous <strong>and</strong> completely unsustainable commercial enterprise.<br />
Photographs by Karl Ammann.<br />
Pages: 333. ISBN: 0520230906 (HB). Price: UK£16.95.<br />
To be ordered from: The University <strong>of</strong> California Press, c/o<br />
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Distribution Centre, 1 Oldl<strong>and</strong>s Way,<br />
Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO22 9SA, United Kingdom<br />
Books<br />
In EAZA <strong>News</strong> reviews are published <strong>of</strong> books that have relevance to zoo staff <strong>and</strong> other people with a pr<strong>of</strong>essional interest in zoos.<br />
On the EAZA website (www.eaza.net) more information can be found on the books that have been reviewed as well as on the publishers.<br />
Neotropical treeboas, natural history <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Corallus hortulanus complex<br />
- R.W. Henderson (2002)<br />
Little is known about neotropical snake populations. This book<br />
summarizes current knowledge <strong>of</strong> the natural history <strong>of</strong> each <strong>of</strong> the<br />
four species <strong>of</strong> Corallus, with strong emphasis on C. grenadensis.<br />
Topics covered include colour <strong>and</strong> pattern, habitat <strong>and</strong> habitat use,<br />
activity, food <strong>and</strong> foraging, predators <strong>and</strong> defensive behaviour,<br />
populations, ecological relationships with other boids <strong>and</strong> the<br />
connection between treeboas <strong>and</strong> humans.<br />
Pages: 228. ISBN: 1575240386 (hb). Price: US$49.50.<br />
To be ordered from: Krieger Publishing Company, PO Box 9542,<br />
Melbourne, FL 32902-9542, USA<br />
Crocodiles: Biology, Husb<strong>and</strong>ry <strong>and</strong> Diseases<br />
- F.W. Huchzermeyer (2003)<br />
This book is a comprehensive reference work on the biology,<br />
management <strong>and</strong> health <strong>of</strong> crocodiles, alligators <strong>and</strong> gharials <strong>and</strong><br />
is applicable to both farmed <strong>and</strong> captive animals. The introductory<br />
chapter describes crocodilian anatomy, physiology, biochemistry,<br />
<strong>and</strong> behaviour. One chapter is devoted to important aspects <strong>of</strong><br />
crocodile husb<strong>and</strong>ry. Subsequent chapters cover transmissible,<br />
nontransmissible <strong>and</strong> organ diseases, <strong>and</strong> diseases <strong>of</strong> eggs <strong>and</strong><br />
hatchlings.<br />
Pages: 352. ISBN: 0851996566 (hb). Price: UK£95.00.<br />
To be ordered from: CABI Publishing, CAB International,<br />
Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, United Kingdom<br />
Lexikon ausgerotteter Vögel und Säugetiere<br />
- E. Antonius (2003)<br />
This publication provides an overview <strong>of</strong> all species <strong>and</strong> subspecies <strong>of</strong><br />
birds <strong>and</strong> mammals that have become extinct in the last five hundred<br />
years <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> species that were expected to be extinct, but have been<br />
‘rediscovered’ later. Taxonomic <strong>and</strong> detailed general information<br />
on the species is provided in comprehensive texts. Other features<br />
<strong>of</strong> the book include an overview <strong>of</strong> scientific, German, English<br />
<strong>and</strong> French species names, <strong>and</strong> a very complete list <strong>of</strong> references.<br />
Language: German.<br />
Pages: 336. ISBN: 3931587762 (pb). Price: € 24.80.<br />
To be ordered from: Natur und Tier - Verlag GmbH,<br />
An der Kleimannbrücke 39/41, 48 157 Münster, Germany<br />
Bats<br />
- P. Richardson (2002)<br />
This book describes the complex lifestyle, the rich social life, the<br />
physical characteristics <strong>and</strong> remarkable features <strong>of</strong> bat species.<br />
Phil Richardson provides many firsth<strong>and</strong> accounts <strong>of</strong> studying<br />
bats in the field <strong>and</strong> throughout the book the important role<br />
<strong>of</strong> bats to their particular ecosystems is described. In closing,<br />
he explains how to build bat houses <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong>fers practical tips for<br />
building bat-friendly environments.<br />
Pages: 112. ISBN: 1588340201 (pb). Price: US$16.95.<br />
To be ordered from: Smithsonian Institution Press,<br />
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Tel. +358-9-827 3362 Fax. +358-9-825 2758<br />
e-mail: abc.zoo@doublecheck.fi Home page: www.doublezoo.com<br />
<strong>European</strong> leader<br />
<strong>of</strong> artificially<br />
reconstituted<br />
exhibit theming<br />
for zoos &<br />
aquarium<br />
NATIONAL MARINE AQUARIUM • Plymouth, Engl<strong>and</strong> Artificial rockwork<br />
‘Mountain stream & estuary’ exhibit<br />
Head Office (France):<br />
ZAEC 1, rue Blaise Pascal,<br />
77720 Mormant<br />
Tel.: +33 1 64 06 55 20<br />
Fax: +33 1 64 06 53 92<br />
E-mail: contact@aab-fr.com<br />
Internet: www.aab-fr.com<br />
Sales Agent (Germany):<br />
Dirk Engelhardt<br />
Tel.: +49 511 814 001<br />
Fax: +49 511 851 224<br />
E-mail:<br />
dirk@engelhardt.kkf.de<br />
HANOVER ZOO • Germany<br />
‘Dschungelpalast’ - Expo 2000, Asian animal enclosure Themed render
For over eighty years, KLM Cargo has been one <strong>of</strong> the world’s<br />
leading cargo specialists. In that time, the transportation <strong>of</strong><br />
live animals has grown from a small operation in the 1920’s<br />
to a highly valued part <strong>of</strong> our daily business. KLM Cargo has<br />
developed the Fit products for the well-being <strong>of</strong> the animals<br />
to meet the needs <strong>of</strong> today’s customers in the dem<strong>and</strong>ing field<br />
<strong>of</strong> animal transportation.<br />
KLM Cargo Fit Specials is available for the transport <strong>of</strong> zoo<br />
animals <strong>and</strong> also for cattle <strong>and</strong> insects. Fit Specials <strong>of</strong>fers<br />
tailor-made solutions for the transport <strong>of</strong> zoo animals for<br />
breeding purposes <strong>and</strong> exchange programs.<br />
• qualified <strong>and</strong> specially trained staff<br />
• in-flight Animal Attendants<br />
• hygienic <strong>and</strong> fully equipped Animal Hotel<br />
• in-house EU <strong>and</strong> veterinarian inspection facilities<br />
• IATA Live Animal <strong>and</strong> Perishable Board member<br />
For more information about fit Specials we advise you to contact your local KLM Cargo Customer Service <strong>of</strong>fice.<br />
You can also visit our website at www.klmcargo.com or e-mail us at live-animals-avi@klmcargo.com
EAZA Executive Committee<br />
Chairman:<br />
Leobert de Boer, Apenheul Primate Park<br />
Vice-chairman:<br />
Hans-Ove Larsson, Skansen Foundation<br />
Secretary:<br />
Esteve Tomàs, Barcelona Zoo<br />
Treasurer:<br />
Rol<strong>and</strong> Van Bocxstaele, Antwerp Zoo<br />
Chair EEP Committee:<br />
Bengt Holst, Copenhagen Zoo<br />
Chair Membership & Ethics Committee:<br />
John Stronge, Belfast Zoo<br />
Chair Aquarium Committee:<br />
Jürgen Lange, Berlin Zoo<br />
Advisor:<br />
Gunther Nogge, Cologne Zoo<br />
EAZA Executive Director<br />
Koen Brouwer, EAZA Executive Office, Amsterdam<br />
EAZA St<strong>and</strong>ing Committees Chairs<br />
EEP Committee:<br />
Bengt Holst, Copenhagen Zoo<br />
Membership & Ethics Committee:<br />
John Stronge, Belfast Zoo<br />
Aquarium Committee:<br />
Jürgen Lange, Berlin Zoo<br />
Legislative Committee:<br />
Not yet determined<br />
EAZA Specialist Committees Chairs<br />
Veterinary Committee:<br />
Chris West, Zoological Society <strong>of</strong> London<br />
Research Committee:<br />
Gordon McGregor Reid, Chester Zoo<br />
Conservation Committee:<br />
Pierre Gay, Zoo de Doué<br />
Education & Exhibit Design Committee:<br />
Lars Lunding Andersen, Copenhagen Zoo<br />
Committee on Technical Assistance & Animal Welfare:<br />
Dominique Tropeano, Colchester Zoo<br />
Committee on PR & Marketing:<br />
Henning Julin, Aalborg Zoo<br />
EAZA Council Members 2002 - 2004<br />
Austria<br />
Andreas Kaufmann, Natur- und Tierpark Herberstein<br />
Belgium<br />
Rol<strong>and</strong> Van Bocxstaele, Antwerp Zoo<br />
Croatiai<br />
Mladen Anic, Zagreb Zoo<br />
Czech Republic<br />
Vladislav T. Jirousek, Jihlava Zoo<br />
Denmark<br />
Henning Julin, Aalborg Zoo<br />
Estonia<br />
Mati Kaal, Tallinn Zoo<br />
Finl<strong>and</strong><br />
Elina Torvinen, Ranua Wildlife Park<br />
Who is Who in EAZA<br />
France<br />
Jean-Jacques Boisard, Réserve Africaine de Sigean<br />
Françoise Delord, Parc Zoologique de Beauval<br />
Michel Hignette, Aquarium du MAAO, Paris<br />
Germany<br />
Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Tierpark Berlin-Friedrichsfelde<br />
Wolfgang W. Gettmann, Aquazoo Düsseldorf<br />
Gunther Nogge, Cologne Zoo<br />
Ulrich Schürer, Wuppertal Zoo<br />
Greece<br />
Andreas Sioulas, Rhodes Aquarium<br />
Hungary<br />
Ilma Bogsch, Budapest Zoo<br />
Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
Leo Oosterweghel, Dublin Zoo<br />
Italy<br />
Gloria Svampa Garibaldi, Punta Verde Zoo<br />
Latvia<br />
Rol<strong>and</strong>s Greizins, Riga Zoo<br />
Lithuania<br />
Vaclovas Dumcius, Kaunas Zoo<br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Leobert de Boer, Apenheul Primate Park<br />
Henk Hiddingh, Emmen Zoo<br />
Norway<br />
Arne Magne Robstad, Kristians<strong>and</strong> Zoo<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
Ryszard Topola, Lodz Zoo<br />
Portugal<br />
Eric Bairrão Ruivo, Lisbon Zoo<br />
Russia<br />
Vladimir V. Spitsin, Moscow Zoo<br />
Slovakia<br />
Miloslava Savelová, Bratislava Zoo<br />
Slovenia<br />
Vacancy<br />
Spain<br />
Esteve Tomàs, Barcelona Zoo<br />
Sweden<br />
Hans-Ove Larsson, Skansen Foundation<br />
Switzerl<strong>and</strong><br />
Felix Weber, Goldau Zoo<br />
Turkey<br />
Aydan Tekin, Bosphorus Zoo<br />
Ukraine<br />
Yevgeniy Kyrylyuk, Kyiv Zoo<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Jo Gipps, Bristol Zoo<br />
Ken J. Sims, Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens<br />
John B. Stronge, Belfast Zoo<br />
Dominique A. Tropeano, Colchester Zoo<br />
St<strong>and</strong>ing Committee Chairs co-opted in Council<br />
Jürgen Lange, Berlin Zoo<br />
Bengt Holst, Copenhagen Zoo<br />
Specialist Committee Chairs as observers in Council<br />
Gordon McGregor Reid, Chester Zoo<br />
Lars Lunding Andersen, Copenhagen Zoo<br />
Pierre Gay, Zoo de Doué<br />
Chris West, Zoological Society <strong>of</strong> London<br />
EAZA <strong>News</strong> <strong>44</strong> – 2003<br />
35<br />
October - November - December
EAZA <strong>News</strong> <strong>44</strong> – 2003<br />
36<br />
October - November - December<br />
‘What’ can be found ‘where’?<br />
Since the EAZA website has exp<strong>and</strong>ed quickly in a relatively<br />
short period, you may feel the need for an overview <strong>of</strong> ‘what’<br />
can be found ‘where’. First, let us remind you that an overview<br />
<strong>of</strong> the contents <strong>and</strong> online services is presented in the<br />
EAZA website’s sitemap, which can be reached by clicking<br />
on the ‘Sitemap’ button from the homepage or the button<br />
in the left menu. Additionally, the latest updates <strong>and</strong> additions<br />
are consistently listed in the ‘What’s new’ section, which can<br />
be reached from the homepage, the sitemap or ‘<strong>News</strong>’ section.<br />
In the member area you will find a separate sitemap <strong>and</strong><br />
‘What’s new’ section. Both pages can be reached from the<br />
first page after accessing the member area or from the<br />
buttons in the member area’s top menu.<br />
EAZA website’s best kept secrets<br />
Although we continue to announce important additions,<br />
some smaller (but also valuable) additions might have<br />
remained unnoticed. Let us introduce you to some <strong>of</strong> the<br />
‘best kept secrets’ <strong>of</strong> the EAZA website. Many <strong>of</strong> these have<br />
been developed to provide our members with extra service.<br />
- The ‘Calendar’ in the ‘<strong>News</strong>’ section will help you stay<br />
up-to-date on important meetings;<br />
- EAZA members can publish their available job positions<br />
in the ‘Vacancies’ section;<br />
- Special events or jubilees can be shared with your<br />
colleagues in the ‘Events’ section;<br />
- Several important EAZA policy documents are available in<br />
the ‘Mission’ section;<br />
- The EAZA, EEP <strong>and</strong> EAZA Campaigns logos can easily be<br />
downloaded from the ‘Service’ section in the member area<br />
(high resolution versions are also available). These can<br />
be used in your brochures, annual reports, zoo guides,<br />
websites etc.;<br />
- All EAZA products <strong>and</strong> the relevant order forms can be<br />
found in the ‘Service’ section;<br />
EAZA Website<br />
This page highlights new features <strong>and</strong> additions on the EAZA website: www.eaza.net<br />
- The ‘Animal <strong>and</strong> Plant Compatibility Database’ is<br />
available in the ‘Zoohorticulture Working Group’ area<br />
(‘Committees’ section in the member area);<br />
- Vacant TAG, EEP <strong>and</strong> ESB positions are listed in the<br />
‘TAGs’ section in the member area;<br />
- Useful overviews, which might help you during your daily<br />
work, are also available. A list <strong>of</strong> all TAGs, EEPs <strong>and</strong> ESBs<br />
is available in the ‘Animals’ section (click on the buttons<br />
‘Overview TAGs’ <strong>and</strong> ‘Overview EEPs/ESBs’ on the<br />
specific webpages) <strong>and</strong> a list <strong>of</strong> all members <strong>of</strong> EAZA is<br />
available in the ‘Members’ section (these overviews are<br />
completed with contact details in the ‘Addresses’ section<br />
in the member area).<br />
m e m b e r a r e a<br />
Husb<strong>and</strong>ry guidelines <strong>and</strong> RCPs online<br />
An increasing number <strong>of</strong> husb<strong>and</strong>ry guidelines <strong>and</strong> regional<br />
collection plans are online available in the ‘TAGs’ section<br />
<strong>of</strong> the member area. Available husb<strong>and</strong>ry guidelines <strong>and</strong><br />
regional collection plans are listed in an overview that can be<br />
reached by clicking on the button ‘Husb<strong>and</strong>ry Guidelines’ or<br />
‘Regional Collection Plans’ on the first webpage <strong>of</strong> the TAGs<br />
section. We hope over the next few months to further exp<strong>and</strong><br />
this valuable service <strong>and</strong> kindly request TAG chairs <strong>and</strong> EEP<br />
coordinators <strong>and</strong> ESB studbook keepers to provide us with<br />
their digital (small size) versions <strong>of</strong> available husb<strong>and</strong>ry<br />
guidelines <strong>and</strong> regional collection plans.<br />
Additional Tiger Campaign pictures available<br />
New EAZA Tiger Campaign pictures can be found in the<br />
member area (Tiger Working Group section). These pictures<br />
supplement the pictures already provided on the EAZA<br />
Tiger Campaign CD-ROM, which was distributed among<br />
all EAZA member institutions as part <strong>of</strong> the Campaign<br />
Information Package at the 19th EAZA Annual Conference<br />
in Barcelona or by mail thereafter. Please note that the<br />
conditions <strong>of</strong> use for these pictures are the same as for all<br />
those supplied on the original campaign CD-ROM.<br />
Request for logos<br />
We plan to soon include all logos <strong>of</strong> EAZA member<br />
institutions in the membership overviews. Please, send<br />
us your institution’s logo, to be sure that the membership<br />
presentations will not be without your colourful design!<br />
For more information, please contact jenny.van.leeuwen@nvdzoos.nl