EAZA eNews_February 2013 - European Association of Zoos and ...

Elasmobranch FAITAG workshop
From the 8-9 of April this year EAZA and EUAC as part of
the Fish and Aquatic Invertebrate Taxon Advisory Group
(FAITAG) will organize an Elasmobranch FAITAG workshop,
hosted by the Zoological Society of London.
The goal of this workshop is to discuss how we should
proceed in Europe on the sustainable management of
captive elasmobranches.
We’ll focus on the following subjects:
• Collection planning, including development of the Regional
Collection Plan for Elasmobranches
• Breeding programme and breeding techniques
• Disposing of surplus animals
• Husbandry problems
• Communication
Registration for this meeting is £30 to cover the costs of
lunch and refreshments
More information can be found here
Pre-announcement: Call for proposals
We are pleased to announce the opening of the next round
of applications for the EAZA Ape Campaign Fund. So far the
Fund has supported 13 projects working on the conservation
of gorillas, chimpanzees, orang-utans and gibbons.
Funded projects will:
Have the central goal of ‘ape conservation’
Be managed by, or are partnered with, an EAZA member
zoo
Address one of the following issues: habitat loss; hunting
and illegal trade of apes; ape disease and health; and,
conserving ape species and their habitats through
rehabilitation or reintroduction.
All ape projects that meet these criteria are eligible, and we
would particularly encourage applications in relation to orangutans
and gibbons.