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Ireland’s 

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Dear colleagues, 

From the Chairman’s Desk 

EAZA has never before changed chairmanship two times within six months. As you 

know, Miklos Persanyi resigned from the chair position when he was appointed Minister 

of Environment and Water of Hungary in May 2003. Hans-Ove Larsson – as EAZA’s 

vice-chair – took over the chair, but soon thereafter faced serious health problems from 

which he had not completely recovered when the EAZA Annual Conference was held in 

Leipzig. Consequently, Hans-Ove decided not to become a candidate for chairmanship 

for the next year. As no candidates were put forward by the Council membership, the 

Executive Committee proposed that I succeed Hans-Ove, and the Council accepted this 

proposal. I am very grateful for this confidence, not only on a personal basis, but also 

because this is the first time that someone from a smaller zoo will fulfil the chairman 

position, which indicates that EAZA indeed is a full-grown, democratic organisation. 

For many of you I need not introduce myself. For the younger generation and newcomers among the membership I may 

say a few words on my personal zoo history. I am a scientist by origin: a geneticist and palaeontologists to be specific. 

In the early 1970’s I mainly conducted research on primate chromosomes, which is how I became acquainted with the 

zoo world (I went to many zoos to collect primate blood samples). I became Head of the Biology Department at 

Rotterdam Zoo in 1976, where I continued the primate chromosome and other scientific work (e.g. bird sexing, using 

chromosomes). My tasks soon expanded to supervision of the education department and involvement in collection 

planning, master planning etc. Having learned during this period how important population management and cooperation 

are for the future of zoo collections, in 1988 I decided to accept the position as director of the newly established 

National Foundation for Research in Zoological Gardens. This foundation originally facilitated cooperation between just 

the Dutch Federation zoos, but soon also became responsible for cooperation on a European level when it assumed 

the role of the EEP Executive Office. My full-time involvement with zoo cooperation ended in late 1993 when – after 

completion of my work on the World Zoo Conservation Strategy – I accepted a position in Apenheul Primate Park, 

a small but very special zoo, of which I am now the director. 

Despite my 1993 decision to lead a single zoo instead of managing an international zoo office, cooperation between 

zoos has continued to attract my interest. My conviction that we need to cooperate with each other in all we do – from 

relatively simple, practical zoo matters to broad activities such as collection planning, education and in situ and ex situ 

conservation – has only increased since I left ‘the office’. Cooperation is why we have EAZA, and cooperation is what I, 

as your new chairman, will continue to support. 

I sincerely thank Hans-Ove Larsson for the work he did as EAZA’s temporary chairman. Together with the ever 

enthusiastic and hard-working crew of the EAZA Executive Office and the staff of Leipzig Zoo, in the brief period of his 

chairmanship he organised one of the best Annual Conferences EAZA has ever had. The spirit of cooperation among 

all sections of the European zoo community was omni present in Leipzig! 

Leobert de Boer 

Chairman

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EAZA Tiger Campaign 




Conservation 

ISIS 

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Welcome to EAZA 

News from Members 

Births and Hatchings 




New Enclosures 



Marketing 

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Collection Planning 


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Spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) 

Photo: PANTHERA Multimedia 

20th EAZA Annual Conference in Leipzig 

Fifteen years EAZA 

Spectacular preliminary fundraising results • Update on the 

various campaign activities 

News from project number 1 

CBSG Europe in action 

ISIS Institutional Data / Studbook Data reconciliation 

Golden takins in Zoological Garden Liberec - a first in European 

zoos • Aalborg Zoo awarded OHSAS 18001: 1999 certification 

Stuttgart • Knowsley • Harderwijk 

Kraków • Puerto de la Cruz • Liberec 

Zurich • Ballaugh 

Winchester • Sharjah • Belfast 

‘Happy Families’ in London Zoo 

Matongo - an African village at Jihlava Zoo • New exhibit for moose 

in Opel Zoo 

Initial step in the reconstruction of the Ruhr Zoo: a new enclosure 

for lions and hyaenas 

Dublin Zoo - Ireland’s No. 1 visitor attraction! 

Priorities for conservation through captive breeding of birds of 

prey and owls 

New Programmes 

Personalia • Addresses and Telephone/Fax numbers • Membership 

changes 

Update on the latest additions 

Items may be reproduced provided that the source is mentioned in the reprint. 

COLOPHON 

EAZA News is the 

quarterly magazine 

of the European 

Association of Zoos 

and Aquaria (EAZA) 

Editorial Board 

Chairman EAZA: 

Bert de Boer 

Executive Director: 

Koen Brouwer 

Chairman Membership & 

Ethics Committee: 

John Stronge 

Editorial Staff 

Jenny van Leeuwen, 

Bart Hiddinga, 

Koen Brouwer, 

Catherine King 

Advertising 

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From the EAZA Office 

20th EAZA Annual Conference in Leipzig 

The 20th EAZA Annual Conference was 

attended by some 475 participants representing 

190 zoos and aquaria in 36 countries. The conference was 

officially opened by the chairman of the board of Leipzig Zoo, 

Georg Girardet, on 17 September. Other speakers at the 

opening included Jörg Junhold (director Leipzig Zoo) and 

Hans-Ove Larsson (interim chairman EAZA). Koen Brouwer 

presented a brief overview of the recent activities of the EAZA 

Executive Office and Bert de Boer updated the participants on 

the issues currently being dealt with by the EEP Committee. 

The EAZA Conference was preceded by the bi-annual Conference 

of the European Zoo Educators, from 13 to 16 September. The 

first part of this joint EZE and EAZA Conference was attended 

by some 110 zoo educators, whom met the EAZA participants at 

the joint farewell/ice-breaker party at the Conference venue. 

The Leipzig Conference unofficially began on Tuesday 

16 September when approximately 35 TAG chairs gathered to 

discuss collection planning issues, and officially ended with 

the EAZA AGM on Sunday 21 September. During the five-day 

conference approximately 91 meetings were held, 17 workshops 

conducted and 54 presentations given. 

The EEP part of the conference finished on Saturday evening, 

when all participants were invited by the 125-year-old hosting zoo 

to attend a beautiful organ concert followed by a buffet accompanied 

by a band and dancing at the Leipziger Gewandhaus. 

New Chair appointed 

Dr. Bert de Boer, director of Apenheul Primate Park in the 

Netherlands, was appointed as the new chairman of EAZA 

during the Council meeting in Leipzig on 20 September. 

Consequently, Hans-Ove Larsson, who acted as interim 

chairman since Miklos Persanyi’s departure to become the 

Minister for Environment and Water in Hungary in May 2003, 

resumed his position as vice-chairman of EAZA. Furthermore, 

Ilma Bogsch, director of the Budapest Zoo, was appointed as 

the new replacing Council member for Hungary. 

The appointment of the new EAZA chairman led to a number 

of other changes within the Committees and Council of EAZA. 

Bengt Holst of Copenhagen Zoo succeeded Bert de Boer as 

chairman of the EEP Committee, and was consequently coopted 

to the Executive Committee and Council as chair of an 

EAZA Standing Committee. Again, this led to another change: 

Pierre Gay of Zoo Doue la Fontaine succeeded Bengt Holst as 

chair of the Conservation Committee, and as chair of a 

Specialist Committee, will consequently be invited as observer 

in the EAZA Council. Bengt Holst will remain vice-chair of the 

Conservation Committee. For a complete overview of Council 

and Committee chairs, please refer to the section ‘who is who’ 

on page 35 in this issue. 

First results EAZA Tiger Campaign 

The preliminary results of the fundraising part of the EAZA 

Tiger Campaign were proudly made available at the EAZA 

Annual Conference in Leipzig. So far the EAZA members 

have managed to collect € 281,196.76 for the selected tiger 

conservation projects in Thailand, Indonesia, India and Russia. 

As the EAZA Tiger Campaign will run for one more year, the 

planning group has raised the fundraising target to € 500,000 

to support the selected tiger conservation projects. 

A considerable number of Cou 

ncil members expressed serious 

Membership news 

Four new EAZA members were approved by Council upon 

recommendation of the EAZA Membership and Ethics 

Committee: Safaripark Gänserndorf in Austria (Temporary for 

two years), Hai Park (Associate) and Haifa Zoo (Temporary 

Associate for two years) in Israel and the Polish Federation 

of Directors of Zoological Gardens and Aquaria (Associate). 

More information on these new members can be found in 

the section ‘Welcome to EAZA’ on page 15 in this issue. 

Additionally, four former temporary members of EAZA were 

upgraded to full membership: Zoologischer Garten Schmiding, 

Parc Zoologique d’Amiens, Vogelpark Marlow and Stapeley 

Water Gardens. 

European Zoo and Aquarium Archive 

A letter requesting materials for the European Zoo and 

Aquarium Archive at the EAZA Executive Office was sent along 

with EAZA News 43 to the EAZA membership. Within two 

months the Executive Office received brochures, magazines, 

zoo guides, (electronic) press releases, annual reports, annual 

inventories and a variety of other materials from 76 EAZA 

members in 16 countries, in addition to the materials that had 

been sent to the Executive Office earlier this year. The Executive 

Office staff would like to sincerely thank those members that 

have provided materials, and we hope to continue receiving 

materials from you in the future. We also look forward to 

receiving materials from members that have not yet responded.

Fifteen years E(C)AZA 

by Gunther Nogge, Zoologischer Garten Köln, Germany 

Members of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria 

have collaborated in one way or another, by exchanging 

animals, by sharing ideas and by sharing experiences for more 

than a hundred years. The oldest national zoo association is 

the German Association of Zoo Directors (Verband Deutscher 

Zoodirektoren) founded in 1887, which gave birth to the first 

international zoo association in 1935 at Basle. This International 

Union of Directors of Zoological Gardens, however, 

had to be refounded after the second world-war in 1946. 


Joining forces through EEPs 

The need for a closer cooperation between zoos became obvious 

after the Convention on International Trade in Endangered 

Species (CITES) came into force in 1975. Suddenly zoos saw 

themselves cut off from the import of wild-caught animals, the 

trade of which now was strictly regulated. Zoos had to breed 

animals they wanted to exhibit; to build up self-sustaining 

populations of animals in order to become independent from 

import of wild animals. To this end they had to join their forces, 

as exemplified by the Species Survival Plan (SSP) developed by 

the American Zoo Association (AZA) in 1983. As at this time 

there was no European zoo association in existence: it took 

Europe a while to follow the American example. Dick van Dam 

of Rotterdam Zoo, at that time president of the international 

zoo association, Bart Lensink of Artis Zoo Amsterdam and 

Fred Daman of Antwerp Zoo took initiative, inviting European 

colleagues to a meeting on 15-16 June 1985. The meeting took 

place in the board room of Antwerp Zoo, in order to discuss the 

possibilities of coordinated breeding programmes in Europe. 

The invitation disappointingly was followed just by a couple 

of people, namely Bent Jørgensen of Copenhagen Zoo, Ilkka 

Koivisto of Helsinki Zoo, Jean-Marc Lernould of Mulhouse 

Zoo, Christian Schmidt, at that time curator at Zürich Zoo, 

and myself. This meeting has to be regarded as the birth-hour 

of the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP). 

A second meeting was held in the same year, on 15 November 

1985, at Cologne. Twenty-six zoos from nine different countries 

were represented at the meeting and the first 19 EEPs were 

established. Wilbert 

Neugebauer of 

Stuttgart Zoo 

was elected as 

chairman of the 

EEP Committee. 

A world-wide logo for coordinated breeding programmes was 

selected and rules for running programmes were made and 

published in an EEP coordinator’s manual. The procedure of 

selecting species for new EEPs had to be developed, and Taxon 

Advisory Groups (TAGs) were formed in 1990. Soon it became 

obvious that the overall coordination and administration could 

not be handled by the EEP Committee alone. The Dutch Zoo 

Federation therefore jumped in and offered assistance to 

establish an EEP Executive Office at Amsterdam (1990). 

The first director of the office was Bert de Boer, followed by 

Koen Brouwer in 1993. Computer software was developed for 

the breeding programmes, and since 1991 an EEP Yearbook, 

containing all annual reports 

of the various coordinators 

and the proceedings of the 

EEP conferences has been 

published, serving as an 

important information 

source for collection 

planning of each zoo. 

As there was no European 

zoo association initially, 

breeding programmes 

depended totally on voluntary 

cooperation. It would 

not have made sense to 

build up breeding programmes within the various countries, 

e.g. in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France etc. To 

establish vital populations it was necessary to include the 

whole genetic reservoir of each species present in Europe. 

Europe was divided by the Iron Curtain in the 1980’s however. 

At that time it would have been impossible to found an 

all-European zoo association. But zoos east of the Iron Curtain 

were able to participate in the EEPs right from the beginning, 

even without a formal structure. The first EEP conference in an 

eastern European country took place at the Budapest Zoo in 1991. 

International developments 

The history of the European zoo association cannot be understood 

without looking at international developments. The 

Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) grew to be a 

strong link between the zoo community and the conservation 

community in the 1980's. Ulie Seal, who sadly passed away 

this year, was appointed chairman of the then Liaison Group 

between IUCN, the World Conservation Union, and IUDZG, 

the International Union of Directors of Zoological Gardens, 


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in 1979. Under the leadership of Ulie Seal CBSG flourished; 

becoming one of the largest and most active specialist groups 

of IUCN’s Species Survival Commission (SSC), a catalyst and 

coordinator for intensive management of threatened small 

populations, both in zoos and in the field. 

Preceding the international zoo conference in Wroclaw 1986, 

a meeting of CBSG (at that time Captive Breeding Specialist 

Group) took place in Cologne. A ‘Policy Statement on Captive 

Breeding’ was formulated at this meeting. The policy statement 

was subsequently adopted by the IUCN in 1987, and as such 

became part of IUCN’s world conservation strategy ‘Caring 

for the Earth’. This statement recently was amended by 

‘IUCN Technical Guidelines on the management of ex situ 

populations for conservation’. 

A computer based data record keeping system had been 

developed in the USA in 1974 through Ulie Seal’s initiative, 

which explains why ISIS (the International Species Inventory 

System) and CBSG are housed under the same roof in 

Minneapolis. ISIS was transformed into an international 

membership based organisation during the 5th Conference 

on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity, held in 1988 in 

Cincinnati. The benefits of ISIS membership, which include the 

free provision of ARKS, the software for in-house record keeping, 

SPARKS, medARKS, REGASP as well as all existent international 

and regional studbooks on a CD-ROM, are obvious. On the other 

hand 15 years is a long period in terms of information technology. 

Hardware as well as software has changed rapidly, which is why 

a new generation of data management software, Zoological Information 

and Management System (ZIMS), is now being developed. 

ECAZA and the Zoos’ Directive 

Clearly a European zoo association was not needed for 

Collection management, as we had the EEPs, CBSG, and ISIS. 

Zoos within the European Community, what is now the 

European Union, joined their forces in 1988 and founded 

ECAZA, the European Community Association of Zoos and 

Aquaria, for another reason. Animal welfare groups, with the 

declared aim to close down all zoos, had influence in the 

European Parliament. The Parliament urged the European 

Commission in Brussels to work on a directive on minimum 

standards for the care of animals in zoos in the community. 

This issue gave rise to a long term dispute, mainly between the 

Commission and the member states, and the Commission and 

the European Parliament, as well as between animal welfare 

groups and the zoo community. Eleven years later, in 1999, we 

had the EU Zoos’ Directive. 

The objectives of the directive are ‘to protect wild fauna and 

to conserve biodiversity..., thereby strengthening the role of 

zoos in the conservation of biodiversity. Member states ... shall 

ensure that all zoos implement the following measures: 

- Participating in research from which conservation benefits… 

and/or training in relevant conservation skills, and/or the 

exchange of information relating to species conservation, 

and/or captive breeding, repopulation or reintroduction of 

species into the wild; 

- Promoting public education and awareness in relation to the 

conservation of biodiversity…; 

- Accommodating their animals under conditions which aim 

to satisfy the biological and conservation requirements of the 

individual species…’ 

What else are we doing? 

The history of the European zoo association has long been 

interwoven with the history of the Zoos’ Directive. The results 

are quite satisfactory, but only because of continuous lobbying 

of ECAZA, the first European zoo association. 

ECAZA becomes EAZA 

The Iron Curtain was torn into pieces as we went into the 

1990’s. This is when the famous chain of humans all along the 

three Baltic states was created, an impressive demonstration 

for liberty and independence, joined by the participants of a 

conference in occasion of the 125th anniversary of Moscow Zoo 

and the 50th anniversary of Tallinn Zoo in 1989. The political 

changes in the early 1990s allowed us to transform ECAZA into 

EAZA. Discussions began at a Council meeting at Cologne in 

February 1990. At the Annual General Meeting in Bristol 1990 

I proposed that: “Membership should be offered to other 

zoos than those within the European community. ECAZA then 

will become an all-European umbrella organisation with the 

purpose of establishing breeding programmes with a central 

database and possibly other objectives.” 

EAZA was officially established two years later at the AGM in 

Stuttgart 1992, and at the same time the EEPs and the EEP 

Executive Office formally came under the auspices of the new 

organisation. EAZA’s annual general meetings and the EEP 

conferences have been held together since 1994. Koen Brouwer 

was appointed as EAZA’s first executive director at the Annual 

Conference in Poznan in 1995. 

Fred Daman was the chairman of ECAZA and of EAZA for the 

first three years. Roger Wheater of Edinburgh Zoo then filled this 

position for the next three years. Roger passed the chairman’s 

hat to me in 1997. I was succeeded in 2000 by Miklos Persanyi

of Budapest Zoo, who became Minister for the Environment 

and Waters in Hungary earlier this year. Hans-Ove Larsson of 

Skansen in Stockholm consequently became interim chairman 

until Bert de Boer of Apenheul Primate Park took over leadership 

of the organisation at the annual general meeting in 

Leipzig. 

The EAZA chairperson is elected by council members. The chair 

presides over council meetings and AGMs, and is the spokesman 

of our organisation. The chair is supported by the Executive 

Committee; consisting of the chair, a vice chair, a secretary, 

a treasurer and the chairs of the Standing Committees. 

For whatever reason, EAZA does not ‘know’ a past chairman. 

For the sake of continuity, Council appointed me as advisor to 

the committee, a task that I regard as a great honour. 

If one looks closely at the succession of officers in the 

Executive Committee, it can be seen that all parts of Europe, 

from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, from the British 

Isles to Eastern European countries such as Hungary and 

Poland, are evenly represented. 


Establishment of committees 

The work load grew very quickly, and could not be undertaken 

by just Council and the Executive Committee any longer, 

resulting in establishment of committees for various tasks. 

One committee, the EEP Committee, as you have heard, is 

older than EAZA. During ECAZA’s existence EEPs were 

administered independently from ECAZA - ECAZA was a 

political organisation. A Veterinary Committee established in 

1989 dealt with legal issues rather than scientific or medical 

questions. Minutes from meetings held then are filled primarily 

with BALAI issues, another never ending story from Brussels. 

Five formal committees had been established when ECAZA 

metamorphosed into EAZA in 1992. In addition to the EEP 

and the Veterinary Committee there was a Membership and 

Ethics Committee, a Legislation Comittee that was responsible 

for all legal matters except for BALAI, and an Aquarium 

Committee to reflect the specific concerns of aquaria. 

Once we had opened the organisation for all European zoos, 

we found that we have to help zoos all over Europe to reach 

the highest possible professional standard. To this end a 

working group for technical support to Eastern and Central 

European zoological institutions, now the Technical Assistance 

and Animal Welfare Committee, was established in 1993. This 

committee – now chaired by Dominique Tropeano – organised 

various training workshops, e.g. in Romania and the Czech 

Republic, and in 1995 established ‘clearing houses’, professional 

resource centres in various countries of eastern Europe, namely 

in Moscow, Warsaw, Kiev, Riga, Prague, and Budapest. 

An Education Committee and a Research Committee were 

established in 1995. The Committee for Education and 

Exhibit Design, chaired by Lars Lunding Andersen, developed 

standards for education in member zoos of EAZA, which were 

adopted in 2001. There was a professional organisation of zoo 

educators before EAZA came into existence, which, just like the 

veterinarians aquarium curators and other professional groups, 

always have had their meetings to exchange ideas and to develop 

their profession. In the end, however, these organisations are 

part of EAZA – just as educators, veterinarians and aquarium 

curators are part of a zoo’s staff. The year 2003 constitutes 

the first year that an education conference was conducted in 

conjunction with an EAZA conference. The purpose of this 

exercise was to bring two professions, curators and educators, 

closer to create a better understanding of each other’s profession 

in order to make better zoos. 

The objective of the 

Research Committee is to 

promote conservation and 

animal welfare through zoo 

and field based studies. 

The zoos’ research work 

is stimulated by a regular 

research newsletter and 

research related conferences. 

After two meetings 

on ‘Research and Captive 

Propagation’ held 1994 in 

Erlangen and 1995 in Usti 

nad Labem, we joined our forces with the ‘Institute for Zoo and 

Wildlife Research’ at Berlin. An ‘International Symposium on 

Physiology and Behaviour of Wild and Zoo Animals’ has been 

held since 1996, alternating with the ‘International Symposium 

on Wildlife Diseases in Zoo- and Wild Animals’, conducted for 

the first time as early as 1958. 

The first summit on environment took place in Rio de Janeiro in 

1992. Far reaching resolutions were laid down in the ‘Agenda 21’ 

and the ‘Convention on Biological Diversity’. The zoos’ response 

to Rio was ‘The World Zoo Conservation Strategy’ (WZCS) 

launched in 1993, the author of which was our current chairman 

Bert de Boer. To implement this strategy, a strategic planning 

workshop was conducted by the World Zoo Organisation in 

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EAZA established a Conservation Committee in 1998. One of the 

first tasks of this committee was to build up an in situ conservation 

database. The first conservation awareness campaign, 

the bushmeat campaign, was launched in 2001. The following 

campaign, dedicated to the Atlantic rainforest in Brazil, was 

undertaken in 2002. The current campaign, focussing on tigers, 

is scheduled to be carried out for a period of two years to 

increase its effectiveness. A Conservation Forum will take place 

for the second time at Angers/France in 2004. Now we have 

committees for the three major tasks of zoos: education, 

research, and conservation. 

Finally, we have a Marketing Committee which grew out of a 

preceding working group in 2000. Among other activities, this 

committee organises marketing conferences on different themes. 

From time to time working groups are formed on certain topics 

such as the ‘Policy Guidelines on Surplus and Brokers’/Dealers’ 

Involvement’, approved in 1996. 

EAZA’s valuable publications 

The first EAZA newsletter was published in a very simple form 

in 1989. Today EAZA News is a highly professional magazine 

providing the best possible forum to inform EAZA’s members. 

The first EEP Yearbook was published after the EEP conference 

in Budapest in 1991. At this point I would like to acknowledge 

the support of the Adolf and Hildegard Isler Stiftung over many 

years to ensure publication of the yearbook. A major step was 

the production of the first ‘Available and Wanted List’ in 1994. 

This important service to the members has been available on 

the world wide web under the internet address: www.eaza.net 

since 2001. 

Influx of members 

EAZA was founded in 1988 by zoological gardens within the 

European Union. The benefits of an EAZA membership are 


so obvious that almost every zoo in Europe wants to become 

member. Of course EAZA never wanted to exclude zoos from 

participation. On the other hand membership can only be 

provided to institutions which fulfil the obligations as laid down 

in the ‘EAZA Constitution’, the ‘Bylaws to the Constitution’, the 

‘EAZA Standards for the Accommodation of Animals in Zoos’, 

the ‘Policy Guidelines on Surplus and Brokers’/Dealers’ 

Involvement’, the ‘EAZA Obligations for Members’, the ‘EAZA 

Code of Ethics’, the ‘EAZA Education Standards’ and the ‘EAZA 

Resolution on Invasive Species’. Therefore strict accreditation 

rules and a system of screening applicants for membership 

were developed by the Committee of Membership and Ethics 

and adopted by EAZA in 2000. 

The influx of new members has slowed down over the last 

few years as a result of the new accreditation procedures. 

E(C)AZA was founded by 18 institutions from 8 countries in 

1988. EAZA currently has 289 institutional members in 34 

countries, including 248 full members, 10 temporary members, 

28 associate members and 3 temporary associate members as 

well as two honorary members: our past chairmen Fred Daman 

and Roger Wheater. 

The way forward 

EAZA is the largest zoo 

association in the world, and 

we certainly can be proud of 

what we achieved over the past 

15 years. On the other hand 

we have not only to see our 

strengths, we have to look 

forward to face the future 

demands that zoos are exposed 

to in a so-rapidly changing world. 

EAZA therefore began a future search process in 2001, resulting 

a year later in the ‘EAZA Strategy for the 21st Century’. There are 

only 97 years left to implement this strategy. 

I do not want to conclude my review on the first 15 years of 

our organisation without thanking all those who have helped 

EAZA to become what it is today. EAZA’s success depends 

on the commitment of our members, on the commitment of 

each single staff member of our member institutions: his or 

her participation in Council, in various committees and in 

working groups, TAGs and EEP commissions. With such 

support we need not fear for the future of zoological gardens 

and aquaria in Europe. These institutions and their staff are 

prepared to play their role in the human society as well as 

towards protecting the endangered biodiversity of the planet.

Amur tiger © David Higgs 

Close cooperation in Austria 


Spectacular preliminary fundraising result 

A complete plenary session during the EAZA Annual Conference in Leipzig was devoted to 

updating the membership on the current status of the EAZA Tiger Campaign 2002/2004. 

Sarah Christie informed the participants on the spending of the raised funds and 

provided an update on the progress of the nine selected projects. Furthermore Sarah 

showed spectacular footage of the capture and radio collaring of a tiger in the project on 

‘Ranging Patterns in Sumatran Tigers’. Hereafter, John Lewis gave a presentation on 

veterinary aspects of in situ conservation projects. Information on activities undertaken by participating members as 

well as the presentation of the fantastic preliminary fundraising result of € 281,196.76 were provided by Corinne Bos. 

Finally, EAZA director Koen Brouwer presented 19 fundraising awards of which two platinum for raising over 

€ 15,000.00 to both Colchester Zoo and Paradise Wildlife Park. 

In a cooperative effort, Austrian zoos (Österreichische Zoo 

Organisation - OZO) produced a series of special exhibitions 

entitled ‘Wildlife under threat’ in the framework of recent 

EAZA Campaigns (Bushmeat, Rainforest, Tiger Campaigns). 

The Tier- und Naturpark Schloss Herberstein, the Salzburger 

Tiergarten Hellbrunn, the Haus des Meeres - Vivarium 

Wien, the Zoologischer Garten Schmiding, and Tiergarten 

Schönbrunn combined forces to create very impressive and 

informative poster displays designed to inform the public 

about these activities. These exhibitions very comprehensively 

outline the EAZA Campaigns and highlight the broad 

spectrum of issues being treated. 

International organisations such as WWF and Greenpeace 

participated in the various exhibitions in Austria. Specific 

information on the various topics was also offered through 

the school system (guided tours, workshops, days of action, 

zoo-active programmes, treasure hunts etc.). In the framework 

of special vacation programmes, a jungle adventure 

path with individual games and various ‘touch’ and ‘smell’ 

stations was successful in attracting both young and old. 

The current Tiger Trail – an interactive station game – is 

designed to draw public attention to this issue. The visitor’s 

interest for tigers is initially awakened in the exhibition, after 

which they want to learn more and continue along the trail 

(or vice versa). 

The coin donation funnels, which proved to be so successful 

in earlier exhibitions, were again set up for the Tiger 

Campaign. Each was accompanied by a special poster that 

advertised the project. The graphic design was selected 

to attract both youngsters and adults. After all, children 

turned out to be the most diligent donators, but typically 

received the coins from their parents and accompanying 

adults rather than using their own allowances. 

Large-format (A0) German-language exhibition posters 

(for all three campaigns) were especially produced 

and offered to interested EAZA zoos. They are fully 

designed and ready for use and are also available 

on CD-ROMs. Numerous zoos in Germany and 

Switzerland took advantage of this offer made by the 

Austrian zoos. 

Cooperative projects such as the intensive participation 

of OZO in the EAZA Campaigns clearly show 

that knowledge can be very effectively disseminated 

on a large scale. 

Source: Gaby V. Schwammer 


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The Antwerp Zoo ‘Tiger tent’ 


The EAZA Tiger Campaign at Antwerp Zoo was launched 

in July. During July and August, zoo visitors could visit our 

special ‘Tiger tent’, strategically positioned next to the 

Amur tiger enclosure. Thanks to the financial support of 

ExxonMobil Benelux it was possible to ‘man’ the Tiger tent 

with our zoo guides every day. This sponsorship proved 

crucial to the financial success of the campaign, as it quickly 

became clear that it was mainly the enthusiastic ‘cabaret’ 

of our zoo guides that made people dig into their pockets. 

The tent contained not only education panels, but more 

importantly a tiger touch table. Here our visitors could 

stroke a tiger without losing their lives (we had a tiger skin), 

they could touch its teeth without losing their fingers 

(we had a skull), they could tickle its toes without getting 

scratched by its claws (we had a paw print), they could hear 

ánd feel a tiger roar (we had a recording), they could ask all 

they wanted about our three tigers ‘Kharlan’, ‘Nouchka’ and 

‘Yessie’ and the role they play in the breeding programme 

Photo: CRC/RZSA 

Photo: CRC/RZSA 

(we had a studbook) and they received information on the 

various threats that tigers face. In order to encourage people 

to leave more than foot prints around the tent we created 

a life sized tiger silhouette, with on its tummy 440 puzzle 

pieces – about the number of Amur tigers remaining in the 

wild. For one euro, a child could colour one puzzle piece. 

We decided to collect funds for project 6 (mediating conflicts 

between tigers and people) and the life-sized tiger silhouette 

generated sympathy from our visitors for the people having 

to share their back yards with this majestic but also massive 

cat. On 21 August we had generated € 3,675; not bad for 

such a short period of time! 

We also participated in the ‘Tiger and Leopard Day’ on 

27 September and have a few other things up our sleeves for 

the remainder of the campaign, but perhaps we can tell you 

about that in future issues of EAZA News! 

Source: Kristin Leus 

Successful Tiger Days at Barcelona Zoo 

Barcelona Zoo is committed to making people aware of the 

problems tigers in the wild face and to raise funds for tiger 

conservation. This is the first time that Barcelona has tried 

to collect money, which is a real challenge for us. 

We decided to employ two big three-sided panels in three 

languages (Catalan, Spanish and English) which include 

a collection box. The panels have been designed to be 

re-usable for each new EAZA Campaign, simply by changing 

the design within the existing structure. Another bigger 

panel was designed to be placed at the tiger enclosure, also 

in three languages. 

The educational department arranged talks about tigers, 

which run every second weekend of the month as well as 

other activities in the summer season. We also published 

news about the campaign in our magazine and announced 

the campaign in the local papers and on the radio. 

Since the campaign began, we have held two ‘Tiger Days’. 

The first was on 25 May and the second on 10 August. 

We built a Campaign Information Point close to the tiger 

enclosure, where the public could learn about the tiger 

conservation projects and Asian tiger products and look at a 

photo exhibition on topics such as habitat destruction, hunting, 

and the organisations involved in tiger conservation. Tiger 

key rings are for sale at this information point which also 

offers face painting facilities for children. The educators

were very busy interacting with zoo visitors during the Tiger 

Days, while a group of volunteers distributed information 

leaflets at the zoo entrances. 

We noticed that the public showed an interest in the Tiger 

Days and approached the Tiger Day desk. Some visitors 

only took a quick glance whereas especially 

youngsters and families read the education panels 

and made inquiries about the projects to save the 

tiger in the wild. We are very positive about the 

response so far. With a more active approach, 

we will succeed in sensitizing the public, while 

raising funds for conservation. 

Source: Mercè Bofill 


Newborn tigers at Kyiv will boost campaign activities 

The EAZA Tiger Campaign team at Kyiv Zoo met for the 

first time in April 2003. It was decided to start large-scale 

operations in Kyiv Zoo on 28 and 29 June with Tiger Days. 

The most active promoters were the students of the Forest 

Department of the National Agricultural Academy, and their 

nice green uniforms attracted a lot of visitors. The press 

release and posters providing information about Tiger Days 

were distributed throughout the city and to the mass media. 

A large poster near the main entrance informed visitors 

Photos: Kyiv Zoo 

about the participation of Kyiv Zoo in the EAZA Tiger 

Campaign. Tiger footprints painted on zoo tracks lead 

visitors from the central gates to our tiger enclosures and 

further on to the fundraising box. During the Tiger Days 

each adult visitor received a leaflet with information on tiger 

biology, status and conservation, as well as a note how they 

can help to save tigers. Each child received a 

balloon with the logo of 21st Century 

Tiger Fund on one side, and the 

words: ‘Tiger Day in Kyiv Zoo’ 

on the other side. The educational 

department organised tiger-themed 

quizzes three times per day for our 

youngest visitors and competitions with 

presentation of prices from our sponsors. 

Tiger Campaign fundraising boxes were 

installed before the official start of the campaign 

in Kyiv Zoo – from 15 May onwards. 

In August, we were already half way to our 

fundraising goal. One of our tigers is pregnant 

and can give birth any day now. That is why we are planning 

the peak of our activities for September, when we will be 

able to introduce newborns to the public, and participate in 

the Russian Tiger and Leopard Day with a live contribution 

to the EAZA tiger population. 

Source: Alla Nikitina 

Funds via CERZA Conservation NGO 

The EAZA Tiger Campaign was launched at CERZA in 

February 2003. This campaign offers a good opportunity to 

involve the visitors. Our education officer gives a talk on the 

campaign during feeding time and two large posters are on the 

wall of the inside tiger enclosure. French zoos are working 

cooperatively on this campaign, thanks to the efforts of the 

French regional campaign representative, Brice Lefaux. The 

sample leaflet provided in the Tiger Campaign Information 

Package was translated from English to French, and was 

printed by Touroparc using a commercial company. CERZA 

provides this information leaflet to visitors interested in the 

campaign. 

The funds are collected by our new NGO, CERZA 

Conservation, through which we have been able to donate 

€ 1,500 in 2003. Our objective for 2004 is to build a more 

attractive tiger collection box, to find sponsors to support 

the campaign and to involve schools in the CERZA area. 

Source: Jean-Marie Carenton 


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Help of volunteers at Safari Beekse Bergen 


Safari Beekse Bergen (Hilvarenbeek) supports the EAZA 

Tiger Campaign projects in the Russian far-East. These 

projects where chosen because of ‘Epos’, the Amur tiger in 

our park. Safari Beekse Bergen has also been supporting the 

Tigris Foundation in Amsterdam for years. This organisation 

aims to conserve Amur tigers as well. 

So far the park has collected over € 14,000 by organising 

several activities, including a souvenir stand, face painting and 

a lottery. This year’s profit from the gift shop and the tips 

received by the safari guides are also being donated to the 

campaign. Most of the activities were realised with the help 

of ‘Foundation of Friends Safari’, a large group of volunteers 

connected to the park, and trainees of the Van Hall Institute. 

Educating visitors about the importance of saving the Amur 

tiger and providing information about the conservation projects 

in Russia is also seen as very important. Many visitors 

were reached through the different kind of education efforts, 

leading to more visitors being willing to give financial support. 

Source: Hans Orbons 

Collaboration with school libraries at Doué 

When the EAZA Tiger Campaign was launched, we immediately 

decided to participate actively in the campaign. As Doué 

keeps Sumatran tigers, we focussed our campaign on humantiger 

conflicts in Sumatra, raising funds for projects 1 and 3. 

Our focus in the campaign allowed us to make a strong link 

between ‘Paul’ and ‘Fred’, our tigers, and their wild cousins. 

To promote the conservation of the tiger to the public we 

developed different ways of communication inside as well as 

outside the zoo. 

In the zoo, visitors are confronted with the campaign through 

reading, hearing and watching. Two education panels close 

to the tiger enclosure explain the campaign and the objectives 

of the projects. Keeper talks are held during feeding time 

at the tiger enclosure, and a video movie with photos of 

François Savigny and of the EAZA Tiger Campaign is 

shown. The video provides information on the biology, 

conservation and culture of Sumatran tigers. Special activities 

are also organised, such as a sculpture demonstration 

and workshop, and making foot prints of tigers. 

Outside the zoo, we participate in a mobile exhibition 

travelling to different school libraries in the Maine-et-Loire 

area. The exhibition has been made in collaboration with the 

school libraries and focusses on the tiger biology and the 

conservation role of zoos through the EAZA Tiger Campaign. 

Source: Brice Lefaux and Peggy Lavergne 

News from project number 1: Tiger Protection and 

Conservation Teams in Kerinci Seblat National Park (FFI) 

Thanks to the fundraising efforts of EAZA zoos, 21st Century 

Tiger was able to send the first funding installment to the Tiger 

Protection and Conservation Teams in Kerinci Seblat National 

Park. We recently heard that as a result the teams are now 

in a position to proceed with the implementation of a new 

satellite Tiger Protection Unit funded by the EAZA Tiger 

Campaign and this will get underway in October 2003. 

The project staff is currently reviewing how best to utilise staff 

members in order to incorporate this new Tiger Protection 

Unit. A council meeting was held in early October to take 

final decisions on effective implementation of the satellite 

unit and its operation in tandem with existing units. 

The unit will be operating in southern Sumatra and the project 

staff has identified the following serious problems to be 

tackled by the newly established unit: 

– six significant dealers are operating in the area on either 

a district or provincial level; 

– two professional tiger trappers are also operating in the area; 

– one professional tiger poacher has been detected who 

operates using an automatic gun and, allegedly, night 

sights. 

It is hoped that in the next month the project will begin 

implementing the new unit operations and 21st Century 

Tiger will be able to report back to all EAZA members on 

how it is progressing. 

Additional EAZA Tiger Campaign pictures available 

New EAZA Tiger Campaign pictures can be found in the member 

area (Tiger Working Group section). For more information, please 

refer to page 36 of this issue or visit www.eaza.net 

Photo: Jan Thomassen/Kristiansand Zoo

CBSG Europe in action 

by Bengt Holst, CBSG Europe, Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark 

Can we predict the future? Obviously not – not even a few 

seconds ahead. But given a set of scenarios we can compare 

potential developments by making assumptions of how the 

different factors interact. We do this daily when driving – 

we predict the traffic based on our knowledge about the existing 

traffic rules – which of course may be followed or not! 

The same applies to VORTEX, a simulation programme that 

provides realistic ideas of how a population will develop, 

given that assumptions made in the different scenarios are 

valid. VORTEX is not a magic crystal ball telling the future, 

it is a valuable tool to assess the relative impact of different 

factors, such as hunting, change of death rate, or loss of 

habitat, on a population. 

Conservation management tool 

VORTEX allows us to model the development of a population 

over time under certain circumstances. The simulations 

incorporate basic data, e.g. birth, death and dispersal rates, 

inbreeding and carrying capacity of the habitat. These 

data have to be entered first, and that is actually the most 

difficult part of the process. Many of these data are not 

available for most species, and have to be entered as a 

‘best guess’ estimate. This could seem like a weakness of 

the programme. But actually it is not different from what 

we do anyway, when we try to look into the future – with or 

without a simulation programme. We always make guesses. 

VORTEX’s greatest value lies in enabling comparison 

of different scenarios – it provides us with arguments to 

use when prioritising potential conservation activities – 

arguments that are based on complex analyses of hard core 

data and best estimates. 

VORTEX and CBSG 

So, where does CBSG Europe come into the picture? 

CBSG Europe just hosted a workshop at Copenhagen 

Zoo introducing a Windows version of the programme, 

as VORTEX was developed by CBSG more than a 

Conservation 

decade ago as a DOS-based programme. The workshop was 

attended by participants from North America, Costa Rica, 

Mexico, India and Europe and was led by the new chairman 

of CBSG, Bob Lacy, who is also one of the main architects 

behind the VORTEX programme. 

To some people this may sound like a boring workshop for 

computer freaks, but it was just the opposite. The workshop 

was a brilliant training exercise in the use of a valuable tool in 

conservation management. Starting at the coin-flipping level 

(the basis for the simulations) we ended with sophisticated 

discussions about how to model the behavioural changes 

that occur in the wild when the environment changes. 

Furthermore, we discovered some new bugs in the programme 

that had to be repaired. Some were fixed during the meeting, 

others had to be taken back to the United States to be 

repaired. So, both parties benefited from the workshop: 

Bob Lacy by getting the bugs fixed, and the participants 

by learning about the new version and the many valuable 

aspects of the programme. 

This first workshop was conducted for the regional CBSG 

Offices only. But in the future we plan to conduct similar 

workshops on different conservation tools for all that are 

interested in conservation planning. Such workshops will be 

announced in EAZA News and on the EAZA website. 


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IT ISIS Institutional Data / Studbook Data Reconciliation: 

A critical step in raising Animal Records Data quality, and preparing the way for ZIMS 

by Nate Flesness, ISIS, Minnesota, USA 

Starting with the ISIS Futures Search Meeting in February 

2000 in Alphen a/d Rijn, ISIS has been guided by our worldwide 

stakeholders’ expressed needs for: one, global, accurate, 

real-time, web-based, comprehensive, animal and collection 

database. A critically important aspect of this vision is the 

need for one single accurate record per animal or group, rather 

than separate (and potentially different) records in each holding 

institution, in each veterinarian’s files, and in one or more 

studbooks. 

To help ISIS members worldwide improve their animal data 

(for immediate use and for loading into ZIMS in the future), 

ISIS now provides several new Data Quality Tools through 

the ISIS website: 1. Link Rate; 2. Parental Validation; and 

3. Studbook /ISIS Institutional Records Comparison. 

The content and form of these new tools were designed 

based on advice from ISIS’ international Science and 

Technology Advisory Committee (STAC). 

1. Link Rate The Link Rate tool helps ISIS member institutions 

identify and record connections when animals move 

among them and receive new local Specimen ID numbers 

(Barcelona sends specimen 123 to Leipzig, where it becomes 

specimen 456). Unlinked animals appear as fragments of a 

specimen’s history. ISIS’ overall Link Rate historically was 

68% at the time of writing – which means 2/3 

of animals 

which moved between two ISIS members institutions are traced 

(linked); 1/3 

are currently lost track of (either not reported by 

the other party or reported to ISIS by both institutions but not 

identified sufficiently to link). It is very important that individual 

institutional animal records are properly linked together 

into the life history of single specimens – this is the only 

way genetic pedigrees can be traced, an animal’s origins 

documented (whether for subspecies identification or for 

permits) etc. 

2. Parental Validation The Parental Validation tool checks 

the recorded sire and dam for births at your institution. If 

the parents themselves do not have a specimen record, or if 

there is some logical inconsistency in the data (for example, 

the father is recorded as a female), it is counted as a problem. 

ISIS’ overall parental validation rate is 95%, with 5% of sires 

ISIS 

and dams either not themselves recorded as individuals in 

the database, or with some logical problem. 

3. Studbook /ISIS Institutional Records Comparison 

Both institutional records and studbooks are valuable and 

important. However, differences between them must be 

identified and resolved before they can both best contribute 

to a single ZIMS database. 

ISIS has released a new web-based Data Quality Tool, which 

attempts to match up and compare institutional animal records 

on ISIS, with studbook animal records from the ISIS/WAZA 

Studbook CD-ROM. 

Institutions see a custom report on the ISIS website – a list 

of important differences found between their institutional 

records on ISIS, and the studbook data available from the 

ISIS/WAZA Studbook CD-ROM. Where differences exist, 

Specimen Reports showing the same animal as recorded 

in both databases are presented on the web. A convenient 

e-mail communication tool (supporting communications 

with each studbook keeper) is provided. 

Studbook keepers see a custom report on the ISIS website 

– a list of the important data differences found between 

their studbook and institutional records on ISIS. They too 

see Specimen Reports from both databases, and can use 

the convenient e-mail tool to communicate with the relevant 

institutional records staff. 

Reconciliation 

There presently are multiple Studbook Guidelines developed by 

the regional associations which authorize regional studbooks, 

and by WAZA for international studbooks. These guidelines 

should be consulted as any changes are made to studbook data. 

Similarly, there are various regional institutional data standards 

which have been developed by regional associations. These 

should be consulted by institutions as any changes are made 

to institutional data. 

ISIS’ view is that the studbook keeper has the advantage of 

broad perspective – seeing the specimen’s data integrated 

consistently across all holding institutions, and seeing the 

animal within its pedigree. On the other hand, ISIS’ view is 

that the institutional records person has the advantage of 

proximity – much of their information was observed and 

recorded at their own institution.

We do NOT want to encourage either studbook keepers or 

institutional records staff to automatically change their data to 

match that recorded in the other’s database. Instead, we want 

to encourage thoughtful dialogue between the two, to reconcile 

the differences, so we all benefit from the most accurate 

information available. Some studbooks may have accidentally 

acquired ‘analytical’ data, for example guesstimated sire or 

dam filled in for analysis purposes, but not actually based on 

institutional information. The reconcile process may lead to 

Safari- und Abenteuerpark Gänserndorf GmbH 

Mr. Georg O. Scheifinger 

Siebenbrunnerstrasse 

2230 Gänserndorf 

Austria 

TEMPORARY MEMBER 

Tel: +43 2282 70261 0 

Fax: +43 2282 70261 27 

E-mail: office@safaripark.at 

Website: www.safaripark.at 

The Safaripark was founded in 1972, and was 

purchased by a group of private investors 

in 1999. The Safaripark was made into a 

non profit organisation, which today is 

a scientifically led animal park. Safaripark 

Gänserndorf consists of a walk-through 

‘adventure’ section and a drive-through safari 

section. Furthermore, in 2003 the zoo received 

a large group of West African chimpanzees 

which are housed in modern facilities. 

Founded: 1972 

Size: 70 ha 

Staff: 40 (total full-time); management 2, 

curators 2, veterinarian 1, keepers 21, 

educator 1, PR and marketing 2, technicians 3, 

administration 2, horticulturist 1, other 5. 

Number of species: 56 

Paid attendance: approx. 200,000 

Organisational type: non-profit organisation 

Haifa Educational Zoo and Biological Institute 

Mr. Itzhak Peleg 

124 Hatishbi st. 

Haifa 34455 

Israel 

TEMPORARY ASSOCIATE MEMBER 

Tel: +972 4 8372886 or +972 4 8372390 

Fax: +972 4 8377019 

E-mail: haifazoo@netvision.net.il 

Website: www.ethos.co.il 

ISIS 

Welcome to EAZA 

Haifa Zoo is situated on the slopes of Mount 

Carmel, between pine and oak trees, with a 

beautiful view of the Mediterranean Sea. The 

zoo provides courses on zoological, botanical 

and ecological topics and includes a research 

library, laboratories, a natural history museum, 

a botanical garden and one of the largest 

herpetological collections of the Middle East. 

Founded: 1951 

Size: 0.8 ha 

Staff whole company: 31 (total full-time); 

management 1, veterinarian 1, keepers 10, 

educators 6, technicians 4, administration 2, 

horticulturist 1, other 6. 


Paid attendance: approx. 126,264 (2000) 

Organisational type: a combination of a 

zoological park and an educational institute 

The Association of Directors of Polish 

Zoological Gardens and Aquariums 

Official Polish name: Rada Dyrektorow 

Polskich Ogrodow Zoologicznych i Akwariow 

Mr. Jan Maciej Rembiszewski (Chair) 

Mr. Ryszard Topola (Vice-Chair) 

c/o Miejski Ogrod Zoologiczny 

Ul. Ratuszowa 1/3 

03-461 Warszawa 

Poland 

ASSOCIATE MEMBER 

Tel: +48 226196909 

Fax: +48 226195898 

E-mail: zoo@zoowarszawa.pol.pl or 

edukacja@zoowarszawa.pol.pl 

The Association has no separate office, but 

uses the contact details of the Chairman. 

The Polish zoo directors and the former 

Ministry of Administration, Economy and 

Nature Conservation met in 1981 to discuss 

identification of some of these cases, which would be valuable 

to know and document, so the basic studbook can hold the 

facts as we know them, and other analytical datasets contain 

the other information or guesstimates needed to make bestpossible 

analyses based on today’s knowledge. 

When changes are made to either institutional or studbook 

data, we encourage you to enter a note documenting the 

change and the reason. 

We welcome our new members and look forward to a fruitful cooperation. We are convinced that our new members will benefit from the membership 

services which EAZA offers as a strong pan-European zoo and aquarium organisation. At the same time, we would like to introduce the new members 

to the readers of EAZA News by providing some general information on each institution. 

the financial problems of Polish zoos. During 

this meeting it was decided to cooperate as 

‘The Board of Directors of Polish Zoological 

Gardens’, and a first Council was elected. 

The Board of Directors of Polish Zoological 

Gardens was an informal ‘association’ with 

three additional committees. It existed until 

the end of 2000, when it was transformed 

into the formal association that exists now. 

The association represents 14 zoos, of which 

9 are full members of EAZA. 

Hai Park 

Mr. Shay Oved 

Hachasmonaim 79 

Kiryat Motzkin 26401 

Israel 

ASSOCIATE MEMBER 

Tel: +972 48747445 

Fax: +972 48747791 

E-mail: parkkm@netvision.net.il 

Website: www.kiriat-motzkin.muni.il 

The park officially opened to the public on 

15 July 2002. Hai Park covers about 4 ha, with 

an option for expansion. The park aims to act 

as a zoological and pedagogical centre as well 

as a recreation site for its visitors. 

Founded: 2000 

Size: 4 ha 

Staff: 15 (total full-time); management 1, 

curator 1, veterinarian 1, keepers 7, 

educator 1, PR and marketing 1, 

administration 2, horticulturist 1. 


Paid attendance: 45,000 (between 15 July 2002 

and 31 December 2002) 

Organisational type: a zoological park under 

supervision of the Municipal Government 


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Photo: Zoological Garden Liberec 

by Henning Julin, Aalborg Zoo, Denmark K 

On 1 July 2003 Aalborg Zoo was the 

first zoo in the world to be awarded 

the ‘Occupational Health and Safety 

Management System Certificate’, with 

certification number 11. Less than thirty 

companies in Denmark in total have 

received the certificate, bringing Aalborg 

Zoo in the upper league together with 

major Danish companies, such as 

Danfoss, Legoland and Grundfos. 

The OHSAS 18001:1999 certification 

is based on ability to manage the 

physical and psychological welfare of 

the staff. There are quite a few general 

areas that must be audited and documented 

before certification is awarded. 

The zoo’s Board of Safety (a group of 

News from Members 

Aalborg Zoo awarded OHSAS 18001:1999 certification 

staff in various positions, always with 

the director as chairman) conduct four 

meetings a year to evaluate the past 

period, and assess priorities to be dealt 

with for the coming period. Aalborg 

Zoo realised that it fulfilled most of 

the standards and requirements, but 

that this was not documented on 

paper. The task in the certification 

preparation period was, therefore, 

to undertake this documentation. 

This was then distributed to all staff 

members. 

The most interesting aspect was not 

the certificate in itself, but what 

emerged from the process. One of the 

major surprises came when we had to 

assess dangers for accidents involving 

each staff and department. We found 

AGolden 

takins in Zoological Garden Liberec A - a first in European zoos 

by Josef Janecek. Zoologicka zahrada Liberec,t 

Czech RepublicK 

For the first time ever, golden takins 

(Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi) can now 

be seen in a European zoo. Zoological 

Garden Liberec (Czech Republic) and 

Beijing Zoo (China) made an agreement 

to cooperate in breeding endangered 

species. Under that agreement Liberec 

Zoo became the proud owner of a 

beautiful pair of the particularly rare 

golden takin. The media have informed 

the general public about this event and 

the takins have already become a highlight 

for visitors of the Zoological Garden 

Liberec. 

The ‘christening’ of the golden takins 

took place on 21 June 2003 in the 

zoo with an attendance of representatives 

from the county borough of 

Liberec with the chief magistrate 

Jirí Kittner. The two ‘godfathers’ of the 

takins became the chairman of Senate 

Premysl Sobotka and member of 

parliament Tomás ˘ Hasil. The 

couple of golden takins was 

named ‘Adam’ and ‘Eva’. 

this to be very difficult to describe, 

especially on paper. 

This certification was achieved only 

because Aalborg Zoo is blessed with 

extraordinarily alert and cooperative 

staff, and each individual at the zoo 

pitched in with ideas and hard labour. 

Even the student animal keepers were 

heavily involved, and that resulted in 

many exiting ideas. Would we do this 

again if we knew how much work had 

to be put into it? Probably not, and 

while we actually were already doing 

what we should, the paperwork for 

the certification was a huge task! But 

don’t be dismayed: help is at hand, via 

e-mail to hju@aalborg-zoo.dk. We will 

be happy to give you hints and ideas, 

should you seek to embark on the road 

to certification. 

A 

A new pavilion with an outside 

enclosure was constructed for the golden 

takins with help and consultation from 

skilled employees of Beijing Zoo. The 

takins were transported to Liberec Zoo 

on 16 August 2002. The male was 

born on 19 January 2001 at Xiang 

Zoo, and the female on 31 May 2000 

at Beijing Zoo. This young unrelated 

pair is in very good condition and 

expectations regarding their breeding 

once they are older are high. 

The golden takins experienced their first 

winter in Liberec and have acclimatised 

well. The winter even further improved 

their condition. Snow is especially good 

for their hair, and both takins are beautifully 

coloured now. 

In conjunction with Chinese zoos 

Liberec Zoo is trying to become part 

of a rescue project for golden takins.

STUTTGART - GERMANY 

The great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) has always been an 

extremely popular exhibit bird in European collections. In 

marked contrast to the large number of holders, breeding 

successes have been achieved in only a few institutions to 

date (Alphen aan de Rijn, El Retiro Malaga, Rostock and 

Walsrode). Wilhelma, Zoological and Botanical Gardens 

Stuttgart, was able to join 

the small circle of breeders 

in 2003. 

For many years, a pair of 

great hornbills has been 

housed in a combined 

indoor/outdoor compartment 

of our large bird 

aviary. Dimensions are 

400 x 600 x 250 cm 

(indoors) and 550 x 700 x 

400 cm (outdoors). The 

outdoor aviary is heavily planted, while the indoor aviary is 

furnished with wooden perches and a nestbox of 80 x 72 x 

90 cm with a 23 cm entrance hole on the front side. The 

female arrived from a small collection in the vicinity of 

Stuttgart twenty years ago and is of unknown age and origin. 

She was paired with a wild-caught male that arrived via Berlin 

Zoo in 1992. The female sealed in the nest and produced 

infertile clutches every year since 1994. Various environmental 

factors such as light-dark cycle, light intensity, temperature, 

diet, type and diameter of perches etc. were altered but did 

not improve reproductive success, and the male was finally 

exchanged for another wild-caught male kept in Vogelpark 

Detmold-Heiligenkirchen since 1973. The transfers were 

carried out in the framework of the EEP in August 2002. 

The female and her new partner got along with each other 

extremely well from the day they were introduced. The 

female entered the nest-box just a few months later, on 

22 January 2003, and was sealed in. She laid two eggs, and 

on 10 March 2003, our keepers could record the begging 

calls of two newly hatched chicks. The chicks were raised on 

a diet consisting mainly of pinky rats and mice, giant mealworms, 

locusts and crickets. No complications occurred and 

the chicks fledged within one hour of each other on the 

afternoon of 22 May 2003. 

Despite this long awaited and encouraging success, many 

more efforts are necessary to establish a self-sustaining EEP 

population of this charismatic bird. 

Source: Gunther Schleussner 


Photo: Stuttgart Zoo 

KNOWSLEY - UNITED KINGDOM 

‘Ashanti’, the first African elephant (Loxodonta africana) 

calf to be born at the Knowsley Safari Park was born on 

10 January 2003. The Safari Park announced the birth of a 

second baby elephant ‘Nala’ on 5 April 2003, just weeks after 

Ashanti’s arrival. After a wait of 32 years since the park opened 

in 1971, two female elephants were born within weeks of 

each other! These are the first fruits of a breeding programme 

set up in 1993 when Knowsley Safari Park became home to 

eight young elephants after the closure of Windsor Safari Park. 

The elephant facility has undergone a UK£ 0.5 million 

(± € 0,72 million) extension to cope with the thunder of 

tiny feet, and to give the visitors a spectacular new viewing 

platform. It also affords the elephants even more space, 

making it one of the largest exhibits in Europe. 

The 12-elephant-strong herd is now one of the top breeding 

groups in Europe, and we await eagerly the results of pregnancy 

tests on two more elephants. The successful arrival of 

the two calves is testament to the spacious environment the 

Knowsley elephants enjoy, and we are sure they will be a big 

favourite with our visitors this year. 

Source: Nick Ellerton 

HARDERWIJK - NETHERLANDS 

Dolfinarium Harderwijk proudly announced the birth of a 

Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens), Sunday 

morning at 08:22h on 22 June 2003, after a 15 month long 

gestation period. The male offspring has been named ‘Boika’, 

meaning ‘fighter’ in Russian. The birth lasted forty minutes, 

which is short for a walrus. He weighed approximately 50 kg, 

and was about 1 m long at birth. Mother ‘Olga’and Boika 

are doing fine and are on-exhibit. This is Olga’s second calf, 

her first offspring, a male named ‘Nikolai’ was born in 1995. 

This male is also still at the Dolfinarium. 

After the takeover of the Dolfinarium by ‘Grévin et 

Compagnie’ in 2001, a redevelopment plan was started for 

the park. This fall the Dolfinarium will present its plans for a 

new walrus exhibit, to be opened in 2005. The new 

exhibit will resemble the natural habitat of 

the walrus and will include optimal 

possibilities for husbandry and 

education. 

Source: press release 

Photo: Dolfinarium Harderwijk 


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KRAKÓW - POLAND 

Kraków Zoo has had a notable success in breeding the snow 

leopard (Uncia uncia), with 2.0 born in 1995, 1.1 in 2000 

and 0.3 in May 2003. The first pair of snow leopards at 

the zoo arrived in Krakow in 1993 from Helsinki Zoo and 

Bratislava Zoo, and have reared two litters. Three males left 

Krakow Zoo and a female born in 2000 stayed for future 

breeding. A second generation of young was born at Krakow 

when she produced a litter of three females this year, sired 

by a male on loan from Jihlava Zoo. 

Krakow Zoo has been waiting for European otter (Lutra 

lutra lutra) offspring for 74 years. This EEP species has 

been held at the zoo since it first opened but for the first 

time in August 2003 three otters were born and now are 

being mother-reared. Other important recent births at 

Krakow Zoo include: 1.0 addax (Addax nasomaculatus), 

0.0.1 steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) and 0.0.1 Banggai 

cardinal fish (Pteropogon kauderni), all parent-reared. 

Source: Anna Mekarska 

PUERTO DE LA CRUZ - SPAIN 

The trend of an increasing number of offspring being reared 

continues at Loro Parque Fundación: 1,152 young were 

ringed between January and August of this year. 

The first three chicks were produced by our new Philippine 

cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia) pair. We were able to 

obtain a female of this endangered parrot species from an 

English breeder last year. The female was transferred into a 

large aviary connected to three smaller cages, each housing a 

male Philippine cockatoo, to allow her to select a mate after 

her quarantine period. She was observed spending continually 

more time in front of one male’s cage, which was opened 

so that direct contact between the two could be established. 

These two birds have developed a good relationship, and 

there is much hope that they will soon be regular breeders. 


Photo: Dorota Maszczyk 

After last year’s unsuccessful hatching attempts of our exhibited 

pair of Hispaniolian amazons (Amazona ventralis), it seems 

that the pair is doing much better this year: two chicks are 

currently being successfully reared by their parents. The 

red-tailed amazons (Amazona brasilienis) have also laid a 

first clutch, and two chicks are being hand-reared. 

Blue-headed macaws (Ara couloni) reared at Loro Parque 

Fundación are now having their own breeding successes. 

Reproduction of captive-reared individuals represents an 

important contribution to the EEP population of this species, 

rarely held in collections throughout the world. 

The breeding season for large macaw species usually starts 

in late-May to June in the Canary Islands, with most 

reproduction occurring in the second half of the year. It is 

therefore quite promising that three pairs of hyacinth 

macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) are incubating clutches. 

After the hatching of young blue-eared lories (Eos semilavarta) 

for the first time in Loro Parque’s history in 2002, the other 

of the two pairs at the park has now also reproduced this 

year. Two chicks that hatched from a two-egg clutch are 

currently being hand-reared at the baby station. Our group of 

red and blue lories (Eos histrio), a species for which Loro 

Parque is the European studbook keeper, continues to have 

good breeding success, with three young already hatched 

this year. 

Loro Parque recently opened a new attraction in the form 

of an exhibit shared by Galapagos tortoises (Geochelone 

nigra) and rhinoceros iguanas (Cyclura cornuta). Visitors 

often have a good view of these reptiles as they sunbathe 

on the ground of their new enclosure. 

Source: Matthias Reinschmidt 

LIBEREC - CZECH REPUBLIC 

On 13 June 2003 a female Somali wild ass (Equus africanus 

somalicus) was born in Zoo Liberec. Her name is ‘Arwen’. 

The parents are ‘Seyla’, born in 1992 in Oberwil, Switzerland 

(Arwen is her sixth offspring) and 14-year-old male ‘Ares’ 

from Zoo Berlin. The Somali wild ass is probably extinct in 

nature and only some 115 animals are kept in a few zoos. 

Zoo Liberec has eight animals (3.5) of which two are out on 

loan: one to Zoo Dvur Králové and another to Zoo Chemnitz, 

Germany. Seven offspring of this EEP species have been 

reared at Liberec since May 1991. 

A great success was the birth of a female blue sheep 

(Pseudois nayaur szechuanensis) on 25 June 2003 in Zoo

Liberec. This female is the first blue sheep born in a Czech 

zoo. The parents are female ‘Lin’ born on 28 June 2000 in 

Guanzhou, China and male ‘Siwang’ born on 1 June 1996 

in Rotterdam Zoo. He came to Liberec from Zoo Praha, 

where a male group is kept, on 20 November 2002. Lin and 

Siwang copulated the day after they were introduced to each 

other. Blue sheep have been kept in Zoo Liberec since 23 

July 2001, as a result of an animal exchange with Gungzhou 

Zoo in China. Blue sheep are rare in the wild and there is a 

Blue Sheep ESB. 

For the second time since 2001 Zoo Liberec participated in a 

release of bearded vultures (Gypaetus barbatus). The parents 

of the released birds come from Russia: the 13-year-old female 

arrived on 2 June 1993 and the 17-year-old male, born in 

Zoo Moskva, came to Zoo Liberec on 14 October 1998 

from Helsinki Zoo. The pair copulated for the first time on 

13 January 1999. Two eggs were laid, and one male hatched 

on 9 March 2001. He was loaned, within the framework 

of the EEP, to the Vienna Breeding Unit in Austria in 2002. 

On 16 April 2002 another male was released in the south 

of France in a mountain pasture of Doran, Doran region. 

Two female young, ‘Guillaumess’ and ‘Jausiers’ hatched in 

early 2003. They were released in May 2003 in Mercantour 

National Park in France where they are monitored. We 

regularly receive information on their activities. 

Source: Josef Janecek 

ZURICH - SWITZERLAND 

Three blue-crowned motmots (Momotus momota) fledged 

in a mixed-species exhibit in July 2003 at Zoo Zürich. This 

species has been kept at the zoo since 1987 and 13 chicks 

in total have been reared. All offspring have been fathered 

by the same male with four different females. The male 

arrived in Zurich in 1987 from Surinam and is now at least 


Photo: Zoo Liberec 

17 years old. The mother of the last three chicks hatched 

two years ago at Frankfurt Zoo. 

After a two-year-break in reproduction of wattled jacanas 

(Jacana jacana) caused by the death of the former breeding 

female, four young hatched. The males of this species incubate 

the eggs and care for the young. Our male has already 

raised nearly thirty young successfully. He was imported in 

1990; the new breeding female arrived from a private breeder. 

No reproductive behaviour was observed for years among our 

violet turacos (Musophaga violacea) until we exchanged the 

female for another. The newly-formed pair started breeding 

in May this year, in a well-hidden site. A dead chick was 

found in mid-June and a young fledged in mid-July. The pair 

began nesting again in August. 

Diverse duck species were introduced in mid-May to our new 

Masoala rainforest exhibit, which opened to the public on 

30 June 2003. Three pairs of whistling ducks (Dendrocygna 

viduata) and both pairs of Madagascar teal (Anas bernieri) 

already appeared with ducklings by the end of July. 

Four red-tailed ratsnakes (Goniosoma oxycephala) hatched 

after an incubation period of 86 days. This species has 

regularly bred in captivity, and the Zurich breeding group 

consists mainly of zoo-born animals. 

Source: Robert Zingg 

BALLAUGH - UNITED KINGDOM 

The most exciting addition to the Curraghs Wildlife Park in 

2003 has been the red panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens) born 

on 6 July 2003. The baby will not be independent for a few 

weeks yet and the mother moves it around among the three 

nest boxes provided for her. Red pandas in the wild have many 

predators and staying in the same spot for too long could be 

dangerous. However, visitors will be able to get a glimpse of 

the baby thanks to the CCTV system installed in the nest boxes. 

Source: www.gov.im/wildlife 

Photo: Zoo Zürich 


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WINCHESTER - UNITED KINGDOM 

Marwell Zoo recently experienced the very rare occurrence 

of a twin giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) birth. The babies, 

a male and a female, were born at about 09:00h on 15 July 

2003 to ‘Biffa’ (17 years of age). The father is 12-year-old 

‘Christopher’ who came to Marwell last year from the West 

Midlands Safari Park. The twins were named ‘Leo’ and 

‘Charlotte’, in the Marwell tradition of (usually) giving giraffes 

royal names. Twins Prince Leopold and Princess Charlotte 

of Nassau were born in 2000. Both are descendants of 

‘King George I’. 

The male calf was not as strong as the female right from the 

start and despite valiant efforts by keepers to get his strength 

up with bottle feeds, he became ill with an infection in his 

leg, and was euthanased. 

Marwell currently has three baby giraffes, all fathered by 

Christopher. The first, ‘Zara’, was born on 19 June to 

‘Matilda’, then ‘Jonathan’ was born to ‘Mary’ on 13 July 

2003 and on 15 July the twins were born, with Charlotte 

surviving. Biffa’s pregnancy had been entirely normal, she 

recovered quickly from the births and showed maternal care 

to both babies. Her previous off-spring, ‘Isabella’, was born 

in 2002. The whole group of giraffes will soon be able to 

enjoy the large paddock at Marwell together. 

A snow leopard (Uncia uncia) cub born on 6 July 2003 is 

the first snow leopard cub for some years at Marwell. Her 

parents are ‘Yasmin’ and ‘Kiril’. The cub, ‘Binu’, was named 

after Binu Shrestha, a young Nepalese vet who recently 


Photo: Marwell Zoo 

gained some zoo experience at Marwell under the guidance of 

curator Peter Bircher. Binu’s visit was sponsored by Marwell 

(and Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens, Norfolk) which has 

particular links with India and Nepal. Binu worked as a vet 

at the Central Zoo in Kathmandu and now works for the 

Nepalese government as a vet in an epidemiology unit. 

Binu hopes to specialise in the veterinary care of Nepal’s 

native wildlife, including the endangered snow leopard. 

Source: Gaynor Worman 

SHARJAH - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 

The largest female saw scale viper (Echis carinatus 

schochureki) at the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian 

Wildlife gave birth to nine healthy babies on 12 June 2003. 

Saw scale vipers give birth to live young, but unlike mammals, 

the embryo is nourished by a yolk sac and not directly by 

the mother, who therefore serves as a mobile incubator. 

No bigger than a pencil at birth, the babies do not need to 

eat for the first week while they still rely on the yolk sac for 

food. The babies resemble their parents, but will grow rapidly, 

shedding their skin every few days. Saw scale vipers are 

common in the eastern deserts of Arabia and have a potent 

haemotoxic venom although they are quite shy and only 

strike if disturbed. 

Source: www.breedingcentresharjah.com 

BELFAST - UNITED KINGDOM 

Belfast Zoo welcomed the birth of a bongo (Tragelaphus 

eurycerus), an EEP species, on 22 July 2003. He is the 

first bongo calf born at the zoo since 1999, and his mother, 

‘Willa’, was also born at the zoo in 1998. 

Last year a young bull, also born here, left Belfast to join a 

large herd in Woburn Safari Park. A new bull arrived from 

Woburn last July. ‘Masamba’ (Sam for short) is a magnificent 

large animal and it looks like he will be a good breeding 

male. 

The zoo’s herd of vicuña (Lama vicugna) are also included in 

the EAZA Vicuña EEP. Many vicuña bred at Belfast are now 

in herds all over the world, e.g. England, Spain and Canada. 

A female vicuña was born in Belfast on 13 July, 2003. Two 

days later a second female was born. The father, ‘Douglas’, 

was also born in Belfast but, as a demonstration of the truly 

international status of the breeding programme, one of the 

mothers came to us from Cologne Zoo and the other from 

Mulhouse Zoo in France. 

Source: www.belfastzoo.co.uk

‘Happy Families’ in London Zoo 

by Nick Lindsay, Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom 

London Zoo began its latest development in January 2003, 

with a deadline for completion of Easter. Rebuilding the otter 

enclosure, developing a brand new facility for meerkats, and the 

construction of a large but simple outside run for marmosets 

and tamarins in that time-span was a challenge but well worth 

the effort. The resulting complex of facilities, called ‘Happy 

Families’, uses the different social structures in those species as 

the educational theme. 

Stream with smooth finish for otters 

The Oriental small-clawed otters now have twice the area 

of the old exhibit with two pools connected by a stream, a 

greater land area with a variety of substrates and den areas 

with CCTV viewing for the visitors. The provision of underwater 

viewing, sections of glass walls and of perspex domes 

provide the visitors with great opportunities to see the 

otters. The area has worked well both for otters and visitors, 

but the highlight is the stream. This was constructed with a 

smooth finish to provide a slide for the otters, and is used 

frequently both in play and as a way to get between pools 

quickly. A second litter for the pair, born six weeks before 

the opening date, brought the otter group size to twelve and 

was a perfect addition to this really excellent facility. 


Excellent viewing opportunities for meerkats 

A new meerkat area was constructed next to the otter 

exhibit, using a similar style with glass walls as the main 

viewing points, especially useful for children. The main 

feature is a 2.5 m high termite mound, functioning as the 

‘lookout’ with one of the best views in that area. Even 

though a heavy and impacted material was used as the 

main substrate, the meerkats happily dig into this but are 

prevented from escape by a mesh floor some 0.7 m below 

the surface. Up until now some of the plants and the acacia 

tree are still surviving – but just! 

Outside run for marmosets and tamarins 

This development provided an ideal excuse to build onto 

the outside of the Clore Pavilion for small mammals and 

provide some of the marmosets and tamarins with access 

to the outside. With excellent plantings, this large area is 

a delight for the golden lion tamarins, pygmy marmosets, 

white-fronted marmosets and acouchis that use it. 

Uniting three of the most popular species at London Zoo 

into one development has been a tremendous success for 

all concerned: greatly improving the visitor experience, 

the animal environment, and – as a direct result of these – 

providing a very positive experience for the keepers. 

Photos: Zoological Society of London 


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Matongo - an African village at Jihlava Zoo 

by Vladislav T. Jirousek, Jihlava Zoo, Czech Republic 

A cluster of African shanties with the Swahili name ‘Matongo’ 

was opened in June 2003 by the Minister of Environment 

and the Mayor of Jihlava. Other politicians, sponsors and 

zoo colleagues were present at the festive opening. 

Iyasa - Inkululeko, a dance group from Zimbabwe, created 

a great atmosphere during the event. This dance group also 

did two other performances in our zoo this summer. 

Lively decorated shanties 

Ten large, and five smaller, nicely decorated shanties form 

a lively African village. We used natural materials and the 

unavoidable modern technologies are hidden carefully. 

We decorated the village with African daily-use items and 

domestic animals wander about. A large run for dwarf 

domestic goats is accessible to visitors. 

When in Matongo, visitors can take a rest in ‘Okavango’, 

a very pleasant and stylish bar with fast food. Up-scale rest 

rooms with a baby changing room were placed into two 

shanties right beside the bar. Gaboon vipers, banded mongooses 

and African spurred tortoises occupy adjacent shanties. 

There is a nocturnal pavilion where visitors can view 

Rodriguez fruit bats. The greater flamingoes are exhibited in 

New exhibit for moose in Opel Zoo 

by Thomas Kauffels, Opel Zoo, Kronberg, Germany 

The Opel Zoo in Kronberg opened a new enclosure for moose in 

the southern part of the zoo in April 2002. This part of the zoo 

has an northern exposure and houses European animals as part 

of the zoo’s development plan. Moose have been kept at the 

Opel Zoo for about 15 years, but the previous enclosure could no 

longer fulfil the keepers’ needs or the needs of the animals. The 

enclosure had no possibility to separate the male and female 

animals and there was no indoor area or stable available. 


Photo: Opel Zoo 

a large lagoon decorated with authentic domestic boats. 

Another large shanty houses a group of ring-tailed lemurs. 

The Matongo village is equipped with its own well, providing 

very good quality water. 

Educational and cultural purposes 

A classroom that is open throughout the year, and a shanty 

serving as a stage for cultural activities and animal presentations, 

are of great educational value for the zoo. The stylish 

classroom will enable to us to present teaching programmes 

for various target groups. These programmes will not only 

be related to Africa but also to different subjects such as 

environmental problems and conservation in the Czech 

Republic and in the world. We emphasise the fragility of the 

natural balance and that insensitive human intervention to 

nature is causing global-scale damage to natural processes. 

The new enclosure has two outside areas, one of 2,016 m2 and the other measuring 2,500 m2 . The outside paddocks 

are fenced with a transparent wire 2 m in height. Between 

the two outside areas there is a 1.5 m wide space planted 

with shrubs and trees. Two shelters, each measuring about 

30 m2 , have been constructed in each of the enclosures. 

An extra stable was built which can be used to separate the 

animals whenever needed. The boxes in this stable are 7.5 m2 and are separated by a shelter of 12 m2 . The stable is separated 

from the outside enclosures by a holding pen of 88 m2 . 

The construction of the unheated stable is very simple: the 

flooring is concrete, with wooden walls 5 m high and 10 cm 

thick. The stable is almost identical in shape and size with 

that of the Munchener Tierpark Hellabrunn, which has 

proved to be well suited to the needs of moose. At this point 

I would like to thank my colleagues at Munchener Tierpark 

Hellabrunn for their kind cooperation and assistance. 

Currently, we keep one pair of moose about two years of 

age. We hope that they will have a good breeding future! 

Photo: Vladislav T. Jirousek/Jihlava Zoo

y Wolf-Dietrich Gürtler, Ruhr Zoo Gelsenkirchen, Germany T 

After several years of stagnation of progress, a master plan was 

adopted in 2000 for the total renovation of the Ruhr Zoo in 

Gelsenkirchen, situated in the heart of the industrial area of 

the Ruhr area in western Germany. Ruhr Zoo will be converted 

into a modern zoological garden named ZOOM, concentrating 

on bio-geographical regions of Africa, Alaska and South East 

Asia, by 2007. A typical North Rhine-Westfalian farm house 

additionally will bring indigenous German livestock into direct 

contact with the public. 

African savannah 

African fauna has traditionally been a focus of the Ruhr Zoo: 

a 1.4 ha mixed-species ‘African savannah’ enclosure, with ten 

species of ungulates and large birds, has been in existence 

for more than thirty years. The first new building in the 

master plan is dedicated to the larger carnivores of the 

savannahs and opened in March 2002. The African area will 

exhibit mammals and birds of different habitats like grassland 

savannahs, bush-veld, rivers, lakes and riverine forests, as 

well as rainforests, when completed. Moreover, livestock 

such as ankole cattle, Somali sheep and pigmy goats can be 

observed in an ‘African village’. 

Authentic African outdoor area 

A bachelor group of lions have a 700 m2 outdoor exhibit, 

and 1.2 spotted hyaenas share a second outdoor exhibit of 

500 m 2 . Both exhibits are surrounded by water moats and 

artificial rocks, over 4 m in height. As 

the hyaenas enjoy swimming in their 

water moat, it had to be made secure by 

means of a reed bed and electric fences. 

A combination of natural and artificial 

rocks and the orange sands of the 

adjacent Kalahari desert are used to 

create the feeling of the red sandstone 

columns of the Waterberg, Namibia. 

Appropriate trees and shrubs further 

the impression of a dry savannah 

bush-land. Visitors enjoy an open view 

extending several hundred metres 

with the predators in front and the prey 

species of zebras, antelopes and birds 

in the background. As the visitor path 

meanders around the enclosures, 


Initial step in the reconstruction of the Ruhr Zoo: a new enclosure for lions and hyaenas 

windows to the outdoor exhibit allow close up views of the lions, 

which may be lying on a heated platform near the windows. 

A wooden platform built in a reed swamp near the hyaena 

enclosure allows visitors a clear view of the hyaenas’ activities. 

There is also a 32 m 2 aviary exhibiting Senegal parrots and 

yellow-necked spurfowl. 

Indoor facilities 

The nearly 200 m2 indoor house with sleeping areas, 

disguised externally by artificial rocks, contains three 25 m2 cages and a breeding den for the lions, as well as five cages 

and an indoor ‘exercise yard’ for the hyaenas. All rooms can 

be used separately or linked together. Breeding of hyaenas 

is still a rare event in German zoos, but we are prepared for 

successful births and natural raising of the pups within the 

group. Mating has already been observed. 

Indoor facilities for the birds complete the building. The 

house itself is not open to the public, but the visitor can look 

through huge windows into an inside enclosure to watch the 

lions feeding. A cave in which visitors can view imitations 

of ancient rock engravings while listening to the calls of 

savannah animals played over a sound system is also present. 

Further steps in the reconstruction process 

A new veterinary station was also completed in September 

2002. The main entrance is now under reconstruction, and 

the African village for domestic animals is being built. The 

first sod was turned in the Alaska area for new enclosures 

for Canadian beavers and wolves in summer 2003. 

Photo: Ruhr Zoo Gelsenkirchen 


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Dublin Zoo - Ireland's No. 1 visitor attraction! 

by Ethel Power, Dublin Zoo, IrelandK 

A zoo is a zoo is a zoo? Not if it’s Dublin 

Zoo and not if it’s competing with so 

many other high-profile attractions 

dotted around Ireland. Then a zoo has 

to be out there – marketing itself and 

making sure that the profile is as high as 

it can possibly be. Every additional visitor 

counts for a ‘non-profit’ organisation 

such as Dublin Zoo – where all revenue 

is reinvested in the animals and the 

further development of the zoo, including 

the now-in-development African Plains. 

The year 2002 proved to be a very 

successful one: Dublin Zoo attracted 

over 700,000 visitors, and was declared 

the No.1 'fee-paying' visitor attraction 

in Ireland. Many competing attractions 

have large marketing/advertising budgets, 

thereby allowing them the luxury 

of impressive TV advertising campaigns 

and colour supplements in the national 

newspapers. At Dublin Zoo (and most 

other zoos) this is simply not affordable 

and forces the team at Dublin Zoo to 

become inventive and resourceful in 

terms of finding other ways to get 

Marketing 

Dublin Zoo’s name in lights! In such an 

'unlevel’ playing field the achievement 

of the ‘No.1 Visitor Attraction’ position 

is all the more significant. 

Achieving commercial objectives 

It is useful to focus on two or three 

main objectives every year – otherwise 

the goals become ‘snowed under’ if 

the main objectives list is too long. 

The main commercial aims at Dublin 

Zoo for 2002 were: 

- To greatly raise the profile of the zoo 

on a national basis – at minimum or 

no cost; 

- To remind the general public that 

Dublin Zoo is indeed a great place 

to visit at any time of the year – 

at minimum or no cost; 

- To increase the level of sales at 

Dublin Zoo – admissions, shops, food 

outlets, zoo membership, etcetera. 

Achieving these objectives in the 

absence of a large marketing budget 

necessitated a resourceful and inventive 

approach. 

Joint promotions 

We achieved this by ‘piggybacking’ on 

established high-profile brands which 

spend a lot of money on advertising. 

We participated (at no cost to Dublin 

Zoo) in many joint promotions that 

reach a large audience of potential 

visitors. The advertising campaign we 

undertook in association with Dublin 

Bus gave Dublin Zoo massive coverage 

and profile amongst the Dublin audience 

(a third of the Irish population) and 

allowed us a cost-free way of presenting 

the key message that ‘the African 

Plains have doubled the size of Dublin 

Zoo, thereby guaranteeing double the 

fun for all the family’. Dublin Bus also 

mounted a colour advertising campaign 

in the national newspapers and hence 

Dublin Zoo’s message was received in 

every corner of Ireland, giving potential 

visitors a new reason to visit Dublin 

Zoo, which 701,428 did during 2002. 

Communicate a strong message 

Advertising and promotion is essential 

– even for a strong brand like Dublin 

Zoo. Some people mistakenly assume 

that when a venue or brand has been 

around ‘forever’ that there is no need 

to further promote it, but this is a 

philosophy on which many businesses 

perish. Although the Dublin Zoo brand 

is strong, there are always new attractions, 

activities, venues for our potential 

visitors to spend their time and money 

– hence it is essential to communicate 

a strong message from Dublin Zoo, 

inviting them to ‘check out the new, 

larger Dublin Zoo and the newly added 

African Plains’. To achieve this our 

tiny advertising budget was used at key 

points of the year on small personal 

advertisements placed in the No.1 selling 

newspaper and on a short radio advertisement 

sent out on a Dublin-only

adio station; because when the budget 

is small, one has to think very carefully 

about where to spend it for the very 

best return. 

Establish relations with media 

Public Relations offered Dublin Zoo a 

much more affordable (but it must be 

said: less controllable) means of keeping 

Dublin Zoo to the forefront of the minds 

of potential visitors. However, when it 

worked, it worked well, proving to be 

the single best way of raising the profile 

of Dublin Zoo, as demonstrated on a 

number of occasions during the year. 

From the celebration of new births to 

‘Santa’s Magical Trail’, we achieved a 

very strong national awareness and in 

the process established a very good 

relationship with the two national TV 

stations (RTE and TV3) by affording them 

many opportunities to get novel news in 

relation to our animals. We did a dedicated 

‘Zoo programme’ in association 

with the radio programme dedicated to 

wildlife: ‘Mooney Goes Wild on One’ 

and initiated a weekly slot with the 

children’s TV programme ‘The Den’ 

on Network Two TV. All of this 

combined ensured that Dublin Zoo’s 

message was broadcasted to our key 

audience of children and on a regular 

basis by both the print and broadcast 

media. 

Value of the Dublin Zoo brand 

We reminded the business community 

of the value of doing a joint promotion 

with Dublin Zoo – especially for companies 

with a product or service aimed at 

‘families’. To assist the delivery of this 

message we joined both the Marketing 

Institute and the Public Relations 

Institute. This resulted in many effective 

joint promotions with third parties, 

some of which included: Siucra, Nestle, 

Dublin Bus, Cadbury’s, Birds Eye, ESB, 

Gift Voucher Shop, VHI, and Family 

Marketing 

Album. All of these parties spend much 

money on advertising and we benefited 

from being associated with them. 

Double the size and double the fun 

The whole ‘Visitor Experience’ at 

Dublin Zoo was put under the spotlight 

during 2002, with a view to ensuring 

that all visitors enjoyed their visit. The 

team at Dublin Zoo played a huge role 

in this. A refresher training course in 

'customer care’ was organised in the 

spring and we are now implementing 

an ambitious five-year development 

plan with many major improvements to 

the ‘visitor experience’ at Dublin Zoo. 

We will open a family 250-seater 

restaurant in 2004 and are currently 

planning to overhaul the ‘entrance 

experience’. Our new 'Nakuru Safari’ 

is now in place and is taking thousands 

of visitors on a realistic African Safari 

through ‘Africa’. 

‘Santa’s Magical Trail’ represented a 

new reason to visit Dublin Zoo at an 

otherwise quiet time of year (cold wet 

days throughout December). The trail 

was a great success from both the visitor 

experience and the revenue point 

Photos: Dublin Bus Advertising Agency 

of view. Santa's Magical Trail offered 

visitors a unique animal-based and educational 

Christmas experience, rated 

either 'very good' or 'excellent' by the 

thousands who took the time to sign 

the visitor’s book during the event. 

While costs were tightly controlled, 

we ensured the experience was high 

quality. All revenue from initiatives 

such as this are reinvested into the 

constant improvements at Dublin Zoo. 

A new brochure emphasising the 

African Plains was produced and 

distributed far and wide – the message 

being that the African Plains are a 

great new reason to come and visit 

Dublin Zoo as ‘Dublin Zoo is now 

double the size and double the fun’. 

Commercial perspective 

The sale of food, drink and other 

essential items at Dublin Zoo is very 

important – both from the point of 

view of meeting our visitors needs and 

from a commercial perspective. We 

worked closely with Tricon (Food and 

Beverage Consultants) and Eurest 

(Catering Company currently operating 

at Dublin Zoo) in 2002 to ensure that 

all of our visitor requirements are 

incorporated into the design of the new 

restaurant opening in Summer 2004. 

We recorded an overall sales increase 

in our shops of 18% in 2002 compared 

to 2001, and our gate sales were 

up by 8%. The three top selling items 

were (a) soft toys, (b) confectionery, 

and (c) Fuji film. 

During 2002, Dublin Zoo received a 

wonderful gift from Peugeot Motors 

in the form of a Peugeot ‘Expert’ van. 

This van is playing a vital role in the 

collection and delivery of fresh food for 

our animals, and continues to be of 

great assistance to the team at Dublin 

Zoo as they go about their daily duties. 


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Photo: Poznan Zoo 


fPriorities 

for conservation through captive breeding of birds of prey and owls 

by Radoslaw Ratajszczak, Poznan Zoo, Poland 

A meeting devoted to prioritisation of 

breeding programmes and developing 

a preliminary collection plan for native 

birds of prey and owls was held on 

24-25 February 2003 in Poznan Zoo, 

within the framework of the Association 

of Directors of Polish Zoological Gardens 

and Aquariums. Over twenty bird keepers 

attended from zoos in Katowice, Lódz, 

Opole, Plock, Poznan, Wroclaw and 

Zamosc, and participants from the 

Academy of Agriculture in Poznan and 

the Polish Academy of Science were 

also present. The main goals were to try 

to critically evaluate the current status 

of native species in our zoos and to set 

priorities for future population management. 

Communicating conservation priorities 

Most zoos in Poland have had a conservation 

and breeding programme for 

native fauna that has been rejected by 

the Ministry of Environment. Rejection 

usually occurs without investigation and 

judgement of the programme’s merits, 

rather it is based on a general negation 

of captive breeding as a tool for species 

conservation. Zoos in Poland are still 

seen as wildlife consumers, not as 

partners in conservation, by some 

authorities. This is often caused by a 

lack of knowledge of the zoos’ conservation 

efforts and by an unwillingness 

to investigate the matter further. 

White-tailed sea eagle chick 

Zoos are also partially responsible 

for some rejections in the past. 

Breeding programmes were usually put 

forward by a single institution, with little 

input from external scientists. Quite 

often the projects did not have adequate 

in-house support and some applied 

to species of rather low priority. 

Getting priorities right 

The limited resources of Polish zoos 

today do not allow numerous breeding 

programmes to be properly developed, 

thus scarce resources should therefore 

be allocated to carefully selected 

species in real need of conservation. 

Both native bird of prey and owl 

species have high accommodation 

and feeding costs; using 

scarce resources for species 

of no conservation 

concern is therefore 

seen as a waste. 

Greater spotted eagle, 

raised at Poznan Zoo and 

now returned to the wild 

Photo: Poznan Zoo 

priority categories 

All species of birds of prey and owl 

known to have nested in Poland within 

the last two hundred years were evaluated. 

Five categories of prioritisation 

were used: 

1 Species in need of immediate conservation 

with captive breeding as a 

vital component. Species in this 

category include those that became 

extinct in the wild in the last two 

hundred years (but are still found 

in captivity); or species that still 

occur in the wild in critically small 

populations, but show potential for 

recovery through captive breeding. 

2 Species with small, isolated 

populations in need of recovery 

and supplementation. This category 

applies to species with reduced 

and fragmented populations. Ideally 

there should be habitats available 

for an increasing population, and 

the capacity of existing habitat to 

support larger populations. 

3 Species suspected to be threatened 

in the wild, but status in need of 

evaluation, with basic research in 

the wild and eventually a Population 

and Habitat Viability Assessment. 

This category applies to species 

with unknown population sizes 

and trends, which are therefore 

impossible to assign to higher, 

or lower categories at the present 

state of knowledge. 

4 Species in no need of conservation 

through captive breeding in Poland, 

but of possible importance to conservation 

in other countries. Species 

with stable or increasing populations 

in Poland are posted in this 

category. Specimens kept and bred 

in Poland may be of importance to 

conservation projects undertaken in 

other countries. 

5 Species which can be kept only for 

educational purposes. These species 

are commonly kept and present 

unsolved captive maintenance 

problems and alien species.

Factors influencing priority 

The following factors had been 

considered for each species before 

assigning it to a category: 

- conservation status and needs (local 

and global picture); 

- educational potential (taxonomic 

uniqueness, special biological features); 

- reintroduction possibilities (known 

or unknown technology, expected 

problems); 

- captive management (known or 

unknown, degree of difficulty); 

- possibilities for acquisition of founder 

stock; 

- field research. 

Results 

No owl species was placed in the first 

category. Two species, the barn owl (Tyto 

alba) and little owl (Athene noctua) 

were selected for local restocking 

programmes (second category) to be run 

by several institutions cooperatively. 

Five species, boreal owl (Aeogolius 

funereus), short-eared owl (Asio 

flammeus), pygmy owl (Glaucidium 

passerinum), scops owl (Otus scops), 

and Ural owl (Strix uralensis) are in 

need of further research (third category). 

The last species, Ural owl, is undergoing 

a sharp increase in the southern 

(mountain) population and extinction 

of the northern one. 

Among birds of prey the greater spotted 

eagle (Aquila clanga) had been selected 

as a flagship species for raptor conservation 

through captive breeding in 

Poland. The breeding and reintroduction 

project for this species will be coordinated 

by Poznan Zoo, in cooperation 

with scientists working on biology and 

conservation of this species in Biebrza 

Marshes National Park. All captive 

birds of this species will initially be 

housed at Poznan Zoo. Currently there 

are four captive birds in Poland (all at 


Poznan Zoo) and efforts are underway 

to acquire other from zoos in the former 

USSR, where six birds are known 

to live in six different institutions. 

Additionally two species, golden eagle 

(Aquila chrysaetos) and peregrine falcon 

(Falco peregrinus) were placed in the 

second category. Both are showing very 

slow recovery of the breeding population. 

Breeding programmes for both 

species had already been established, but 

the peregrine falcon has not included 

participation of Polish zoos. 

Quite a number of species are placed in 

category four. It is interesting to see the 

white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaetus albicilla) 

among them. With a population of 

550 breeding pairs (still increasing) 

reintroduction of captive-bred individuals 

is unnecessary in Poland. 

The injured birds brought into to captivity 

in Poland every year may however 

greatly augment the EEP programme. 

A chick hatched this year at Poznan Zoo 

has been sent to Israel for reintroduction 

within the framework of the EEP. 

A letter presenting the results of the 

meeting has been sent to the Ministry of 

Environment as well as National Council 

for Nature Conservation. We greatly 

hope it will influence the decisionmaking 

process of our sponsors. 

Zoos wanting to hold European shags 

Phalacrocorax aristotelis sought 

EEP Committee 

The following new EEPs and EEP 

(co-)coordinators were approved: 

NEW PROGRAMMES 

RETICULATED GIRAFFE EEP 

(Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) 

including: 

Masai giraffe (G. c. tippelskirchi) 

Dr. Gunther Schleussner, 

Wilhelma Zoo Stuttgart, Germany 

BARINGO GIRAFFE EEP 

(Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) 

including: 

Nigerian giraffe (G.c. peralta) 

Kordofan giraffe (G.c. giraffe) 

Angolan giraffe (G.c. angolensis) 

Cape giraffe (G.c. giraffa) 

Unknown origin giraffes 

Hybrid giraffes 

Ir. Marc Damen, Burgers’ Zoo, Arnhem, 

Netherlands 

NEW EEP COORDINATORS 

DAMA GAZELLE EEP 

(Gazella dama) 

Mr. Andres Barbosa, Almeria, Spain 

SCLATER’S LEMUR EEP 

(Eulemur macaco flavifrons) 

Dr. Pierre Moison, Mulhouse Zoo, France 

CONCOLOR GIBBON EEP 

(Hylobates concolor) 

Dr. Pierre Moison, Mulhouse Zoo, France 

While it is desirable to have this relatively small 

European member of the cormorant family included 

in the Pelecaniformes Regional Collection Plan, 

there are now too few in European zoos to work with. Representatives of zoos interested 

in exhibiting this species are requested to contact Cathy King at C.King@rotterdamzoo.nl 

if your zoo is interested in possibly attempting to import some of these birds cooperatively. 

If enough zoos are interested to enable us to work with a healthy total group size we will 

proceed further in investigation of importation possibilities. 


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Eric Bairrão Ruivo, 2003. International studbook for the 

black-faced impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi); No. 9, 2002. 

Lisbon Zoological Garden. 

Data current through 31 December 2002 

Eric Bairrão Ruivo, 2003. European studbook for the emperor 

tamarin (Saguinus imperator); No. 9, 2002. Lisbon Zoological 

Garden. 


Marc Boussekey, 2003. European studbook for the red-vented 

cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia); No. 7, 2001-2002. 

Le Parc des Oiseaux, Villars les Dombes. 


David Brunger, 2003. European monitoring studbook for 

Northern talapoin (Miopithecus talapoin); No.5. North of 

England Zoological Society, Chester. 

Data current through 1 August 2003 

David Brunger, 2003. European studbook for the dwarf forest 

buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus); No.1. North of England 

Zoological Society, Chester. 

Data current through 1 August 2003 

Marc Damen, 2003. European studbook for the greater kudu 

(Tragelaphus strepsiceros); second update to the second edition. 

Burgers’ Zoo, Arnhem. 


Aude Desmoulins, 2003. European studbook for the 

kinkajous (Potos flavus); No 1.1. Parc Zoologique de Lille. 


Hans Frey, G. Schaden and M. Bijleveld van Lexmond, 2003. 

Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) reintroduction into the 

Alps; Annual report 2001. Foundation for the Conservation of 

the Bearded Vulture, Wassenaar, Netherlands. 

Tania Gilbert, 2003. European studbook for scimitar-horned oryx 

(Oryx dammah); 2002 edition. Marwell Preservation Trust, 

Winchester. 


Tania Gilbert and Tim Woodfine, 2003. The biology, 

husbandry and conservation of scimitar-horned oryx 

(Oryx dammah). Marwell Preservation Trust, Winchester. 

Jaap Govers, 2003. European studbook for the black-footed 

penguin (Spheniscus demersus); No. 6. Artis Zoo, Amsterdam. 


Jaap Govers, 2003. European studbook for the lesser Malayan 

mousedeer (Tragulus javanicus); No. 7. Artis Zoo, Amsterdam. 


Sara Hallager, 2003. International studbook for the 

buff-crested bustard (Eupodotis ruficrista); 2003 edition. 

Smithsonian National Zoological Park. 

Data current through 21 May 2003 

Publications 

Publications of interest, received by the EAZA Executive Offıce 

Gabriele Hlavacek, 2003. Pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon 

liberiensis) international studbook 2002. Basel Zoo. 


Warner Jens, 2003. European studbook for the Javan langur 

(Trachypithecus auratus auratus); No. 3. Apenheul Primate 

Park, Apeldoorn. 


Lydia Kolter, 2003. European regional studbook of the 

Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus); 5th edition. 

Zoologischer Garten Köln. 


Ellen Krebs and Werner Kaumanns, 2003. European 

studbook for the lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus); 2003 

edition. Zoologischer Garten Köln. 


Tanya Langenhorst, 2003. International studbook for Grevy’s 

zebra (Equus grevyi); 2002 edition. Marwell Preservation 

Trust, Winchester. 


Tanya Langenhorst, 2003. International studbook for 

Hartmann’s mountain zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae); 

1998-2002 edition. Marwell Preservation Trust, Winchester. 


Hanakova Lenka, 2003. European studbook of the Nubian 

ibex (Capra nubiana); first edition 2000. Zoo Bratislava. 


Jean-Marc Lernould and Liliane Montjardet, 2003. 

Philippine spotted deer (Cervus alfredi) international studbook. 

Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Mulhouse. 


Jane Lind and Anna Feistner, 2003. EEP studbook for the 

Alaotran gentle lemur (Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis); No. 2. 

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey. 


Jens Lilleor, 2003. EEP studbook for wrinkled hornbill 

(Aceros corrugatus); 4th edition. Aalborg Zoo. 


Will Masefield, 2003. European studbook for Livingstone’s 

fruit bat (Pteropus livingstonii); first edition. Durrell Wildlife 

Conservation Trust, Jersey. 


Koen Margodt and Carsten Knott, 2002. Environmental 

enrichment; A manual for enriching the lives of great apes in 

human care. The Jane Goodall Institute and The Association 

of German Zoo Keepers. Published in English, German, 

French, Spanish and Chinese.

Pierre Moisson and Sara de Michelis, 2003. European 

studbook for the crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus); No. 2. 


Data current through 22 July 2003 

Pierre Moisson and Sara de Michelis, 2003. European 

studbook for the red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer); No. 2. 



Cambell Murn, 2003. EEP studbook for the Indian whitebacked 

vulture (Gyps bengalensis); No. 1. The Hawk 

Conservancy, Andover. 


Kai Perret, 2003. EEP report for Persian leopard (Panthera 

pardus saxicolor). Allwetterzoo Münster. 


Claus Pohle, 2003. International studbook of the African wild 

asses (Equus africanus somalicus); No. 31. Tierpark Berlin- 

Friedrichsfelde. 


Wineke Schoo, 2003. European studbook for the king vulture 

(Sarcoramphus papa); second update to the second edition. 

Burgers’ Zoo, Arnhem. 


PERSONALIA 

As of 1 May 2003, Mr. Achim Johann is the new director of 

NaturZoo Rheine, Germany. 

As of June 2003, Dr. Paul Vogt retired as the director of 

Krefelder Zoo, Germany. As of September, he is replaced 

by Mr. Wolfgang Dressen. 

As of 13 June, MVDr. Premysl Rabas is the new chairman of 

the Union of the Czech and Slovak Zoological Gardens, 

Czech Republic, thereby replacing Ing. Vladislav Jirousek. 

As of 1 July 2003, Mr. Haig Balian is the new director of 

Artis Zoo Amsterdam, Netherlands. He replaces Dr. Maarten 

Frankenhuis. 

Since 1 July 2003, the new director of Odense Zoo, Denmark, is 

Mr. Henrik Lehmann Andersen, replacing Mr. Hans Aage Kofoed. 

On 31 August 2003, Dr. Jean-Marc Lernould left his director’s 

position at Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Mulhouse, France. 

Dr. Pierre Moisson has been appointed as the new director. 

Mr. Vojko Vesel is no longer director of Ljubljana Zoo, Slovenia. 

He is temporarily being replaced by Mrs. Nina Kaiser. 

As of 1 September 2003, Dr. Sadettin Sonmez is the new 

director of Bursa Zoo, Turkey. 

Publications 

Publications of interest, received by the EAZA Executive Offıce 

Directory Updates 

Ulrich Schürer and Alexander Sliwa, 2003. International 

studbook for the Chilean pudu (Pudu pudu); No. 9. Zoological 

Garden Wuppertal. 

Data current through at least 31 December 2002 

Nigel Simpson, 2003. European studbook for Luzon and 

Mindanao bleeding heart doves (Gallicolumba luzonica and 

Gallicolumba criniger). Bristol Zoo Gardens. 


Tim Skelton, 2003. European studbook for African pancake 

tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri); No. 2. Bristol Zoo Gardens. 

Data current through 26 June 2003 

Tim Skelton and Sharon Redrobe, 2002. Management 

guidelines for the welfare of zoo animals - The African pancake 

tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri). The Federation of 

Zoological Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland. 

ISSN 0963 - 1712 

Jan Vermeer, 2003. European studbook for the black-capped 

squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis and Saimiri b. 

peruviensis); third edition. La Vallée des Singes, Romagne. 


Jan Vermeer, 2003. Saimiri sciureus survey 2002. La Vallée 

des Singes, Romagne. 

Mrs. Tracey Moore replaces Stewart Muir as director of Shaldon 

Wildlife Trust Ltd., United Kingdom. 

Mr. Stewart Muir is the new Assistant Director of Newquay Zoo, 

United Kingdom. 

ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS 

The new contact details for Zoo Katowice, Poland, are: 

Prom. Gen. J. Zietka 7 

41-500 Katowice, Poland 

Tel: + 48 32 34 98252 or + 48 32 34 98283 

Fax: + 48 32 34 98251 

The correct postal code and fax numbers of the Cracid 

Breeding and Conservation Center/VZW, Belgium, are: 

Postal code: 3690 

Fax: +32 897 23405 or +32 897 31834 

MEMBERSHIP CHANGES 

Zoologischer Garten Schmiding, Austria, Full Member 

Parc Zoologique d’Amiens, France, Full Member 

Vogelpark Marlow, Germany, Full Member 

Stapeley Water Gardens, United Kingdom, Full Member 


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Animal Domestication and Behavior 

- E.O. Price (2002) 

This book covers behaviour and domestication of farm, zoo and 

companion animals. It synthesizes existing knowledge of the process 

of domestication and how it affects the behaviour of captive wild 

and domesticated animals. Three broad themes are addressed: 

genetic contributions to the process of domestication, experimental 

contributions to the process of domestication, the process of 

feralisation (i.e. the adaptation of domesticated animals when 

returned to their natural habitat). 

Pages: 320. ISBN: 0851995977 (hb). Price: UK£49.95. 

To be ordered from: CABI Publishing, CAB International, 

Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, United Kingdom 

Eating Apes 

- D. Peterson (2003) 

Eating Apes deals with the looming extinction of the African great 

apes. Dale Peterson’s impassioned exposé details how, with the 

unprecedented opening of African forests by European and Asian 

logging companies, the traditional consumption of wild animal 

meat in Central Africa has suddenly exploded in scope and impact, 

moving from what was recently a subsistence activity to an 

enormous and completely unsustainable commercial enterprise. 

Photographs by Karl Ammann. 

Pages: 333. ISBN: 0520230906 (HB). Price: UK£16.95. 

To be ordered from: The University of California Press, c/o 

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Distribution Centre, 1 Oldlands Way, 

Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO22 9SA, United Kingdom 

Books 

In EAZA News reviews are published of books that have relevance to zoo staff and other people with a professional interest in zoos. 

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. 

Neotropical treeboas, natural history of the 

Corallus hortulanus complex 

- R.W. Henderson (2002) 

Little is known about neotropical snake populations. This book 

summarizes current knowledge of the natural history of each of the 

four species of Corallus, with strong emphasis on C. grenadensis. 

Topics covered include colour and pattern, habitat and habitat use, 

activity, food and foraging, predators and defensive behaviour, 

populations, ecological relationships with other boids and the 

connection between treeboas and humans. 

Pages: 228. ISBN: 1575240386 (hb). Price: US$49.50. 

To be ordered from: Krieger Publishing Company, PO Box 9542, 

Melbourne, FL 32902-9542, USA 

Crocodiles: Biology, Husbandry and Diseases 

- F.W. Huchzermeyer (2003) 

This book is a comprehensive reference work on the biology, 

management and health of crocodiles, alligators and gharials and 

is applicable to both farmed and captive animals. The introductory 

chapter describes crocodilian anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, 

and behaviour. One chapter is devoted to important aspects of 

crocodile husbandry. Subsequent chapters cover transmissible, 

nontransmissible and organ diseases, and diseases of eggs and 

hatchlings. 

Pages: 352. ISBN: 0851996566 (hb). Price: UK£95.00. 

To be ordered from: CABI Publishing, CAB International, 

Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, United Kingdom 

Lexikon ausgerotteter Vögel und Säugetiere 

- E. Antonius (2003) 

This publication provides an overview of all species and subspecies of 

birds and mammals that have become extinct in the last five hundred 

years and of species that were expected to be extinct, but have been 

‘rediscovered’ later. Taxonomic and detailed general information 

on the species is provided in comprehensive texts. Other features 

of the book include an overview of scientific, German, English 

and French species names, and a very complete list of references. 

Language: German. 

Pages: 336. ISBN: 3931587762 (pb). Price: € 24.80. 

To be ordered from: Natur und Tier - Verlag GmbH, 

An der Kleimannbrücke 39/41, 48 157 Münster, Germany 

Bats 

- P. Richardson (2002) 

This book describes the complex lifestyle, the rich social life, the 

physical characteristics and remarkable features of bat species. 

Phil Richardson provides many firsthand accounts of studying 

bats in the field and throughout the book the important role 

of bats to their particular ecosystems is described. In closing, 

he explains how to build bat houses and offers practical tips for 

building bat-friendly environments. 

Pages: 112. ISBN: 1588340201 (pb). Price: US$16.95. 

To be ordered from: Smithsonian Institution Press, 

750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 4300, Washington, DC, USA 

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EAZA Executive Committee 

Chairman: 

Leobert de Boer, Apenheul Primate Park 

Vice-chairman: 

Hans-Ove Larsson, Skansen Foundation 

Secretary: 

Esteve Tomàs, Barcelona Zoo 

Treasurer: 

Roland Van Bocxstaele, Antwerp Zoo 

Chair EEP Committee: 

Bengt Holst, Copenhagen Zoo 

Chair Membership & Ethics Committee: 

John Stronge, Belfast Zoo 

Chair Aquarium Committee: 

Jürgen Lange, Berlin Zoo 

Advisor: 

Gunther Nogge, Cologne Zoo 

EAZA Executive Director 

Koen Brouwer, EAZA Executive Office, Amsterdam 

EAZA Standing Committees Chairs 

EEP Committee: 


Membership & Ethics Committee: 

John Stronge, Belfast Zoo 

Aquarium Committee: 


Legislative Committee: 

Not yet determined 

EAZA Specialist Committees Chairs 

Veterinary Committee: 

Chris West, Zoological Society of London 

Research Committee: 

Gordon McGregor Reid, Chester Zoo 

Conservation Committee: 

Pierre Gay, Zoo de Doué 

Education & Exhibit Design Committee: 

Lars Lunding Andersen, Copenhagen Zoo 

Committee on Technical Assistance & Animal Welfare: 

Dominique Tropeano, Colchester Zoo 

Committee on PR & Marketing: 

Henning Julin, Aalborg Zoo 

EAZA Council Members 2002 - 2004 

Austria 

Andreas Kaufmann, Natur- und Tierpark Herberstein 

Belgium 

Roland Van Bocxstaele, Antwerp Zoo 

Croatiai 

Mladen Anic, Zagreb Zoo 

Czech Republic 

Vladislav T. Jirousek, Jihlava Zoo 

Denmark 

Henning Julin, Aalborg Zoo 

Estonia 

Mati Kaal, Tallinn Zoo 

Finland 

Elina Torvinen, Ranua Wildlife Park 

Who is Who in EAZA 

France 

Jean-Jacques Boisard, Réserve Africaine de Sigean 

Françoise Delord, Parc Zoologique de Beauval 

Michel Hignette, Aquarium du MAAO, Paris 

Germany 

Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Tierpark Berlin-Friedrichsfelde 

Wolfgang W. Gettmann, Aquazoo Düsseldorf 

Gunther Nogge, Cologne Zoo 

Ulrich Schürer, Wuppertal Zoo 

Greece 

Andreas Sioulas, Rhodes Aquarium 

Hungary 

Ilma Bogsch, Budapest Zoo 

Ireland 

Leo Oosterweghel, Dublin Zoo 

Italy 

Gloria Svampa Garibaldi, Punta Verde Zoo 

Latvia 

Rolands Greizins, Riga Zoo 

Lithuania 

Vaclovas Dumcius, Kaunas Zoo 

Netherlands 

Leobert de Boer, Apenheul Primate Park 

Henk Hiddingh, Emmen Zoo 

Norway 

Arne Magne Robstad, Kristiansand Zoo 

Poland 

Ryszard Topola, Lodz Zoo 

Portugal 

Eric Bairrão Ruivo, Lisbon Zoo 

Russia 

Vladimir V. Spitsin, Moscow Zoo 

Slovakia 

Miloslava Savelová, Bratislava Zoo 

Slovenia 

Vacancy 

Spain 

Esteve Tomàs, Barcelona Zoo 

Sweden 

Hans-Ove Larsson, Skansen Foundation 

Switzerland 

Felix Weber, Goldau Zoo 

Turkey 

Aydan Tekin, Bosphorus Zoo 

Ukraine 

Yevgeniy Kyrylyuk, Kyiv Zoo 

United Kingdom 

Jo Gipps, Bristol Zoo 

Ken J. Sims, Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens 

John B. Stronge, Belfast Zoo 

Dominique A. Tropeano, Colchester Zoo 

Standing Committee Chairs co-opted in Council 



Specialist Committee Chairs as observers in Council 

Gordon McGregor Reid, Chester Zoo 

Lars Lunding Andersen, Copenhagen Zoo 

Pierre Gay, Zoo de Doué 

Chris West, Zoological Society of London 


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‘What’ can be found ‘where’? 

Since the EAZA website has expanded quickly in a relatively 

short period, you may feel the need for an overview of ‘what’ 

can be found ‘where’. First, let us remind you that an overview 

of the contents and online services is presented in the 

EAZA website’s sitemap, which can be reached by clicking 

on the ‘Sitemap’ button from the homepage or the button 

in the left menu. Additionally, the latest updates and additions 

are consistently listed in the ‘What’s new’ section, which can 

be reached from the homepage, the sitemap or ‘News’ section. 

In the member area you will find a separate sitemap and 

‘What’s new’ section. Both pages can be reached from the 

first page after accessing the member area or from the 

buttons in the member area’s top menu. 

EAZA website’s best kept secrets 

Although we continue to announce important additions, 

some smaller (but also valuable) additions might have 

remained unnoticed. Let us introduce you to some of the 

‘best kept secrets’ of the EAZA website. Many of these have 

been developed to provide our members with extra service. 

- The ‘Calendar’ in the ‘News’ section will help you stay 

up-to-date on important meetings; 

- EAZA members can publish their available job positions 

in the ‘Vacancies’ section; 

- Special events or jubilees can be shared with your 

colleagues in the ‘Events’ section; 

- Several important EAZA policy documents are available in 

the ‘Mission’ section; 

- The EAZA, EEP and EAZA Campaigns logos can easily be 

downloaded from the ‘Service’ section in the member area 

(high resolution versions are also available). These can 

be used in your brochures, annual reports, zoo guides, 

websites etc.; 

- All EAZA products and the relevant order forms can be 

found in the ‘Service’ section; 

EAZA Website 

This page highlights new features and additions on the EAZA website: www.eaza.net 

- The ‘Animal and Plant Compatibility Database’ is 

available in the ‘Zoohorticulture Working Group’ area 

(‘Committees’ section in the member area); 

- Vacant TAG, EEP and ESB positions are listed in the 

‘TAGs’ section in the member area; 

- Useful overviews, which might help you during your daily 

work, are also available. A list of all TAGs, EEPs and ESBs 

is available in the ‘Animals’ section (click on the buttons 

‘Overview TAGs’ and ‘Overview EEPs/ESBs’ on the 

specific webpages) and a list of all members of EAZA is 

available in the ‘Members’ section (these overviews are 

completed with contact details in the ‘Addresses’ section 

in the member area). 

m e m b e r a r e a 

Husbandry guidelines and RCPs online 

An increasing number of husbandry guidelines and regional 

collection plans are online available in the ‘TAGs’ section 

of the member area. Available husbandry guidelines and 

regional collection plans are listed in an overview that can be 

reached by clicking on the button ‘Husbandry Guidelines’ or 

‘Regional Collection Plans’ on the first webpage of the TAGs 

section. We hope over the next few months to further expand 

this valuable service and kindly request TAG chairs and EEP 

coordinators and ESB studbook keepers to provide us with 

their digital (small size) versions of available husbandry 

guidelines and regional collection plans. 

Additional Tiger Campaign pictures available 

New EAZA Tiger Campaign pictures can be found in the 

member area (Tiger Working Group section). These pictures 

supplement the pictures already provided on the EAZA 

Tiger Campaign CD-ROM, which was distributed among 

all EAZA member institutions as part of the Campaign 

Information Package at the 19th EAZA Annual Conference 

in Barcelona or by mail thereafter. Please note that the 

conditions of use for these pictures are the same as for all 

those supplied on the original campaign CD-ROM. 

Request for logos 

We plan to soon include all logos of EAZA member 

institutions in the membership overviews. Please, send 

us your institution’s logo, to be sure that the membership 

presentations will not be without your colourful design! 

For more information, please contact jenny.van.leeuwen@nvdzoos.nl

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