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Ten years EAZA
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A word from the Chairman,
Miklos Persanyi was appointed as Minister of Environment and Water in Hungary in May
this year. Consequently I suddenly became the chairman of the marvellous organisation
EAZA, because I was elected vice-chairman of EAZA in Barcelona last year. For those
of you that don’t know me so well, or not at all, I am a zoologist by profession (with
a special emphasize in ethology/behavioural biology) and have been employed at the
Skansen Foundation in Stockholm for 23 years. I have also been Chairman of SAZA
(the Swedish Zoo Association) since 1996 and been involved in both EAZA and WAZA
for a number of years in different committees and working groups. Presently I am
active in the EAZA Executive Committee, the EEP Committee, the EAZA Conservation
Committee and the EAZA Bear TAG.
EAZA has a 15 year history and very much has been achieved during these years – the
last four to five years not the least. We now have a Strategy for the coming decade and a number of Action Points to
work on – more than thirty actually. Still, there are challenges that the zoo community as a whole, and EAZA especially
as the largest zoo association in the world, have to face in the near future that are not ‘covered’ by the Strategy, or
are only touched upon. To mention but a few: the welfare issue at large, internal quality control of membership, the
transition from the current ISIS software to ZIMS.
Welfare of animals is becoming an increasing point of interest to more and more people. The welfare of wild animals
in zoos has come into focus in some European countries already and this focus will most probably spread to all EUcountries
in short time. The animal welfare interest groups are well-meaning, but often lack knowledge of individual
species and the circumstances they are kept under in zoos. Nevertheless we, as professionals in keeping and caring for
these wild animals, must look very carefully and critically at ourselves regarding animal welfare. Are we really keeping
and caring for these animals in the best way? Are they in a good situation from an animal welfare point of view?
Honestly, this is not always the case - definitely not in all zoos around the world, but also not always in EAZA zoos.
This brings me to the second point. I strongly believe that EAZA needs to develop a method of internal ‘quality control’ of
already existing members of EAZA. An option would be to have existing EAZA members fill out the same accreditation
questionnaire that prospective members are required to complete. Good zoos with good standards for keeping and
managing their collections would not hesitate a minute to answer the questionnaire. Members that know they do not
meet the demands may be less willing, but it would also give them a good ‘trigger’ to improve – and those zoos who
cannot or will not change cannot be kept as members of a professional zoo organisation. The rest of the world expects
us to keep and display the animals in our care in a very good way – the best possible way for each different species.
We must all meet this expectation in the near future. Not only the best zoos within EAZA – and there are many good
zoos in EAZA already – but ALL members of EAZA must do so.
Another pressing challenge is the necessary transition from the current ISIS system (including ARKS, SPARKS, med-ARKS,
REGASP) that will go extinct in a few years, to ZIMS (Zoological Information Management System). ZIMS will be a
web-based system that will cover all the different programmes in the current ISIS products. A reliable and trustworthy
registration system is a ‘must’ for the zoo community, and EAZA has to find ways, both economically and logistically, to
realise this absolutely necessary changeover. Our American colleagues have already committed to contributing financially
to the costs for the ZIMS operation – and EAZA zoos will have to do the same if we at all want to have any influence
on the ZIMS programme. We have no other options than ZIMS for the time being, thus the EAZA Zoo and aquarium
community needs to adopt the ZIMS system as fast and smoothly as possible – and take part in the development of the
system, to gain respect and trust with the conservation community and the EU- and national authorities.
Hans-Ove Larsson
Chairman
From the Chairman’s Desk

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From the Chairman’s Desk
Contents
From the EAZA Offıce
From the EAZA Offıce
EADISC
EAZA Tiger Campaign
EAZA Tiger Campaign
EAZA Tiger Campaign
Welcome to EAZA
Conservation
Conservation
Conservation
News from Members
News from Members
Interview
Births and Hatchings
Births and Hatchings
Births and Hatchings
Births and Hatchings
Books
New Enclosures
New Enclosures
New Enclosures
New Enclosures
Collection Planning
Collection Planning
Research
Research
Directory Updates | Publications
Who is Who in EAZA
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Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) born at Rotterdam Zoo on
13 May 2003
EADISC update
EAZA Tiger Campaign extended to 2004 • Exciting tiger news
from Sumatra
Update on the various campaign activities
CBSG Europe - visions and actions
More participants needed for Philippine spotted deer Conservation
Programme
Giant pandas now in Vienna
Dr. Jörg Junhold - Leipzig Zoo
Zürich - Chester
Hannover - Vienna
Boras - Apenheul
Zlin-Lesna - CERZA
The sealion beach at Chester Zoo
Tropical house in Riga Zoo
New enclosure for Japanese macaques at Zoo Olomouc •
Two exhibits opened in Plock Zoo
The Tiger Kingdom in Kristiansand Zoo
Reviewing ten years of EAZA Bear TAG activities •
New Programmes
Monitoring the vocal behaviour of ruffed lemurs in the nest-box
Personalia • Membership changes
The latest additions on the EAZA website
Items may be reproduced provided that the source is mentioned in the reprint.
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EAZA Council meets in Tallinn
The 2003 EAZA Spring Council meeting was hosted by the Tallinn
Zoo on Sunday 25 May 2003. Approximately thirty Council
members travelled to Estonia for this meeting. Additional
meetings were held on 23 and 24 May by the EAZA Executive
Committee, the EAZA Membership and Ethics Committee and
the EAZA Committee on Technical Support and Animal Welfare.
An informal meeting of the EAZA Conservation Committee with
chairman Bengt Holst and a meeting on the new Zoological
Information Management System (ZIMS) project, with ISIS
director Nate Flesness present, also took place in Tallinn.
EAZA Chairman now Minister
Miklos Persanyi was appointed as Minister of Environment and
Water for Hungary on 19 May 2003 and consequently resigned
from the position of chairman of EAZA. After having chaired his
last EAZA Council meeting in Tallinn, Miklos Persanyi expressed
his thanks to the Council for its help and support during his
chairmanship of EAZA. He also mentioned that it was a great
honour for him to work with EAZA zoo and aquarium colleagues
as the chairman of EAZA. The new Hungarian Minister concluded
by stating that he hoped to be able to work on conservation issues
with zoos in the future as well. Hans-Ove Larsson thanked
Miklos Persanyi for his long term support and interest in EAZA
and, on behalf of Council and the EAZA membership, wished him
much success, joy and happiness in his future work and life.
New EAZA Chairman
On 25 May, vice-chairman Hans-Ove Larsson took over as (interim)
chairman of EAZA in the afternoon session of the EAZA
Council meeting in Tallinn. Hans-Ove Larsson is the chairman
of the Swedish Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria
(SAZA) and works for the Zoological Department of the
Skansen Foundation in Stockholm. He has represented the
Swedish EAZA member zoos on Council since October 1996.
Council will provide EAZA with a proposal for a new chairman for
the period 2003-2004 in Leipzig, as EAZA’s constitution stipulates
that the AGM must appoint the new chairman of EAZA.
EAZA Conference 2004
in Kolmarden
EAZA Council approved the nomination put forward by
Kolmarden’s Djur & Naturpark to host the EAZA Annual
Conference in 2004. The meetings will be held at the zoo’s
own Vildmarkshotel from 21-26 September 2004.
From the EAZA Office
EAZA Atlantic Rainforest Endowment Fund
EAZA Conservation Committee chairman Bengt Holst signed an
agreement with the Brazilian Government Institute for Environment
and Natural Renewable Resources (IBAMA) to establish
an EAZA Atlantic Rainforest Endowment Fund. Some 94
EAZA zoos and aquaria participated in the EAZA Rainforest i
Campaign and managed to collect over € 230,000 for the
conservation of the Atlantic coastal rainforest. Although some
€ 100,000 has been provided directly to our Brazilian colleagues
for projects, the remainder of the money will be placed in
the endowment fund to be able to continue supporting projects
in the years to come. The endowment fund will be managed by
Marcelo Marcelino, a representative of IBAMA, Claudio Padua,
Denise Rambaldi, Anthony Rylands (all three Brazilian rainforest
scientists) and Bengt Holst on behalf of EAZA.
European Bushmeat Campaign
The EU’s Petitions Committee has commissioned its report
on the bushmeat trade and this is likely to be discussed at its
meeting in September 2003 and will then be discussed at Plenary
in the European Parliament towards the end of the year. It is
important that EAZA continues to be an active player in this
process that we started three years ago, and that we are part
of the wider European Campaign. The support of zoos and
national federations is vital in enabling us to do that.
Donations totalling € 9,430 have been received from Apenheul
Primate Park, Banham/Suffolk, Bristol, Chester, Colchester, Copenhagen,
Dublin, Landau, Lisbon, Mulhouse and Skansen Foundation
in support of EAZA’s 2003 membership of the European
Bushmeat Campaign. Further donations have been pledged
by the VDZ and Munster Zoo. Both will provide a generous
€ 2,500 for 2003 and 2004 under the condition that the annual
membership fee of € 15,000 per year, will be raised by EAZA.

From the EAZA Office
Additional funds are still needed and can be transferred toiEAZA’s
Fortis Bank account Nr. 80 66 04 409 in Amsterdam. (Please
include BIC code: FTSB-NL-2R and IBAN code: NL- 77-FTSB-0806604409).
EAZA European Carnivore Campaign 2004/2005
The Council of EAZA approved the proposal to launch a new EAZA
Campaign on the conservation of European carnivores – living in
land and/or water – in September 2004. By timely announcing the
theme of the campaign EAZA hopes to provide those members
interested in participating more time for preparations. More
information on the next EAZA Conservation Campaign will of
course be provided to the members over the next few months.
It was also decided by EAZA Council to extend the highly successful
EAZA Tiger Campaign by another year. For more information
please refer to the ‘Tiger Campaign’ section in this issue.
New EAZA members
Three EAZA members were approved by Council in Tallinn on
recommendation of the EAZA Membership and Ethics Committee:
Ähtäri Zoo (Full member; Finland), NiederRheinPark Plantaria
(Temporary member; Germany) and Estación Experimental de
Zonas Áridas, Almería (Associate member; Spain). Temporary
associate member Omega Parque (Monchique, Portugal) opened
on 8 June and has been provided with full membership of EAZA.
More information on these new members can be found in the
section ‘Welcome to EAZA’ elsewhere in this issue and on the
EAZA website. Furthermore, temporary member Zoo Parc
Overloon (the Netherlands) has now been approved as full
member of EAZA.
Termination of membership
The EAZA membership of Serengeti Safaripark Hodenhagen
(Germany) was terminated following the results of an inspection
– in the framework of a complaints procedure – early this year.
Candidate for Membership
Kaliningrad Zoo (Russian Federation) and Monkey Park (Israel)
were transferred from the ‘Temporary Membership’ category to
the ‘Candidate for Membership’ category. Institutions in this
new ‘membership’ category will be offered a range of technical
assistance and consultancy, mainly provided and supervised by
the EAZA Committee on Technical Support and Animal Welfare.
More information on the growth of the EAZA membership since
the foundation of the organisation 15 years ago, can be found in
the section ‘Welcome to EAZA’ on page 10 of this issue.
Last call for registration Leipzig
EAZA members are urgently requested to
register for Leipzig, as the deadline for early
registration payment of 1 July 2003 has passed. Registration
can be done via the EAZA (www.eaza.net) or the Leipzig Zoo
(www.zoo-leipzig.de/conferences) websites. A second draft
programme is now also available on the EAZA website.
EAZA Recommendation on Romanian zoos
Based on information brought to the attention of Council it was
decided to once again remind EAZA members that animals
should not be transferred to Romanian zoos. The current
conditions for animal keeping are unfortunately still below
standards in this country.
The EAZA Committee on Technical Support and Animal Welfare
has recently contacted Mr. Bogdan Matei to visit all 35 Romanian
zoos and aquaria and to provide EAZA with an update on the
status of these institutions. The information collected through
EAZA’s investigation will be used to design a series of basic
training workshops for Romanian zoo personnel in 2003 and 2004.
Two-way radios
EAZA kindly acknowledges the donation of two-way radios by
Givskud Zoo, Georg von Opel Zoo Freigehege für Tierforschung
(Kronberg) and Paradise Wildlife Park. These radios have in the
meantime been donated to the Nikolaev and Bojnice Zoos. The
EAZA Committee on Technical Support and Animal Welfare is
still interested in receiving further donations as there are several
zoos in Central and Eastern Europe interested in receiving ‘radios’.
New EAZA Statements adopted
EAZA Council adopted the two following statements, put forward
by the EEP Committee, at its meeting in Tallinn, 25 May 2003:
EAZA Statement on selling and trading of
EEP animals
“For the benefit of the future viability of EAZA/EEP
populations, all transfers of EEP animals* must be arranged
in full consultation with, and the agreement of, the EEP
Coordinator. In order to ensure the non-commercial status
of EEPs any selling of EEP animals must be avoided.”
* ‘EEP animals’ are ‘Animals designated as belonging to the managed
populations of those species for which there are approved EEP programmes’.
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EAZA Statement on animal records keeping
From the EAZA Office
“Active submission of institutional animal data to ISIS in ARKS* format will be a condition for EAZA membership within the
next four years.”
1. New members must be a member of ISIS upon joining EAZA;
2. Existing EAZA members are strongly encouraged to become ISIS members and must achieve this by September 2007.
Currently some 60% of the EAZA institutional members are a member of ISIS. This should increase to 65% by September
2003, 75% by September 2004, 85% by September 2005, 95% by September 2006 and 100% by September 2007;
3. All living specimens of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians are to be entered into ARKS and submitted to ISIS by
31 December 2007. Improved animal records keeping tools for fish and invertebrates – especially taking group and colonial
management into account – are expected to be available within the next few years. It may not be possible to submit data
for all these taxa by 31 December 2007. *ARKS will be replaced by ZIMS in the near future
A considerable number of Council members expressed serious concern about the future development of ISIS membership fees.
While EAZA supports ISIS in general, European members on the board of ISIS are requested to convey European worries about
membership fee increases in the (near) future to the ISIS Board of Trustees.
by Duncan Bolton, Bristol Zoo Gardens and Frands Carlsen,
Copenhagen Zoo, EADISC co-chairs
The recent meeting of the European Animal Data Information
Systems Committee working group (EADISC) hosted by Lille
Zoo, France, 19-20 May 2003, focussed mainly on European
support for the future ISIS software, ZIMS, the integration
of EADISC into the EAZA structure, and the identification of
Subject Matter Experts to serve on EADISC. It was agreed to
establish a records keepers group within EAZA. This decision is
of immediate and particular importance to the broader EAZA
membership, and will hopefully have a significant impact upon
the quality and value of the records kept within the region.
Records keepers forum
This group will provide a forum where ideas and experiences
can be shared between the varied people both keeping and
using animal records in our zoos. Rob Belterman (Rotterdam
Zoo), a member of EADISC and a full time records keeper with
wide experience in both ARKS and SPARKS environments,
undertook to take the lead in this initiative.
The first action of this group will be to compile a list of all ISIS
contact representatives within the region, and to use this as a
starting point in the establishment of a list serve. One of the
EADISC
key aims of this group will be to improve the overall quality of
our collective animal records through the linking of institutional
data for individual animals. We believe that this will be an
invaluable aid with immediate benefits for collections but also
for the future migration of current CMS/ARKS data into the
ZIMS system. We hope, through this group, to be able to
provide advice and assistance to the many part time and full
time records keepers throughout the region – making best use
of the valuable expertise and knowledge available to us. It is
hoped that the group will be strong enough to develop regional
standards in relation to animal records and to advise on future
software needs through EADISC.
Your contribution to EADISC?
EAZA members with an expertise in zoological information
and management systems and/or IT as such are urged
to come forward and take part in the work of EADISC.
Please contact either Frands Carlsen (fc@zoo.dk) or Duncan
Bolton (dbolton@bristolzoo.org.uk) for more information.
As a result of the fast development of ISIS and ZIMS it was
decided that future issues of EAZA News will include
information on the present activities of EADISC and IADISC
and the development of ZIMS.

Amur tiger © David Higgs
Exciting tiger news from Sumatra
EAZA Tiger Campaign extended to 2004
The EAZA Tiger Campaign is proving to be quite a success:
some 115 participating members are now registered and the first money has already been
transferred to 21st Century Tiger for conservation projects in the field. Thanks to this
cashflow, five of the nine selected tiger projects have already received part of the much
needed funding. We are pleased to announce that 14 certificates, totalling € 65,000, have
been handed out to the zoos that have transferred their collected funds to 21st Century Tiger.
Almost all member zoos participating in the EAZA Tiger Campaign have now launched the campaign activities in their
zoo. Updates on different campaign activities arrive almost daily at the EAZA Executive Office. This section of EAZA
News only contains a selection of these, and we would therefore like to refer to the EAZA website for much more
additional information on the EAZA Tiger Campaign and the activities of our members.
Last but not least: the EAZA Council has decided to extend the duration of the EAZA Tiger Campaign by one more
year; this should allow us to collect over € 250,000, thereby establishing a new record for funds collected in the
framework of an EAZA Conservation Campaign.
Corinne Bos, EAZA Campaign Coordinator
EAZA Tiger Campaign
Photo: Bart Schleyer/ZSL
Now that the EAZA Tiger Campaign is
transmitter, arrived on the scene just
well under way, what better encourage-
before sunrise, and successfully anaesment
for further fundraising could there
thetised the tiger. He appeared in excellent
be than a major success story from the
health and was considerably larger than
field? As a result of funding from 21st
anticipated, giving the team a challenge
Century Tiger and the EAZA Tiger
when it came to weighing him! While
Campaign, ZSL’s ‘Ranging Patterns in
the tiger was asleep, a variety of samples
Sumatran Tigers’, one of the nine projects
and measurements were collected to add
supported by the campaign, has been
to our store of knowledge of wild tigers.
breaking new ground. At the beginning
He was then fitted with a radio collar
of May the ZSL team, working in the
that not only provides the location of the
Jambi province of Sumatra, successfully
animal, but also indicates whether he is
caught and radio collared a Sumatran
resting or moving. Approximately one
tiger. This large Sumatran tiger, the first
hour later the newly collared male was
ever to be radio collared, is a magnificent
on his feet and slowly walking off into the
male weighing 150 kg.
The team with the anaesthetised
tiger just prior to release.
forest. As he was collared some 20 km
from his normal range as indicated by
The aims of this project are to discover how a small popula- the last year’s camera trap pictures, it will be interesting to
tion of tigers is using the human-impacted landscapes in and
around oil palm plantations and logging concessions. In a
see where he goes next.
country where there is ever increasing destruction of natural Regular location fixes are being collected and further capture
habitats and development of agriculture it is important to operations are planned for later in the year. It is estimated
look at the potential for wildlife to exist in those altered that there is a population of at least seven adult tigers in
landscapes.
the area – so far caught only by camera traps, but hopefully
more will be collared in the near future. This way, valuable
The capture was achieved using a humane leghold trap information can be collected on these elusive creatures,
attached to a transmitter which sends out an instant signal helping to safeguard their future.
as soon as the snare is triggered. The team, alerted by the Source: Naomi McClure, 21st Century Tiger
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EAZA Tiger Campaign at Dublin Zoo roars
The tiger team at Dublin Zoo, which is being spearheaded
by Ciaran McMahon and Gerry Creighton (Jr) has already
achieved a massive awareness level nationwide in terms
of both the campaign itself and in terms of educating our
visitors and potential visitors about the huge threats
facing these amazing animals.
The Tiger Campaign at Dublin Zoo was
launched amid a fanfare of publicity
which resulted in much coverage by
the national press during the following
few days. A large colour
photograph appeared in the
only two national papers and
coverage by national TV
ensured that our message was
conveyed to almost every citizen.
EAZA Tiger Campaign
Dublin Zoo invited RTE, the main
national TV station, to be a partner and now the
main children’s programme (The Den on Network 2) is part
of the whole campaign. This means that updates regarding
the campaign are communicated five days a week to this key
audience of six to twelve year olds – giving the campaign an
outstanding level of publicity. This has resulted in children
nationwide either organising some fundraising activity themselves
or otherwise carrying the message to their schools,
resulting in many schools organising innovative fundraising
events. We are also working with the other national TV
station (TV3) and hence there is no home in any part of
Ireland which has not heard about the Tiger
Campaign at Dublin Zoo!
We are delighted with the level of commitment
which children have demonstrated:
they are busy washing cars, organising toy
sales, doing sponsored walks or simply begging
support from their aunties, uncles and parents
– all with the single aim of raising as much funds
as possible for this very wortwhile cause. To
further encourage children and their parents to
become involved we arranged for the TV station
(RTE) to interview a young girl who was one of the
first people to get involved. She was delighted with the
opportunity, the TV station was delighted to be associated
with this very good cause and very importantly her appearance
on TV stimulated other children in Ireland to follow suit!
The two tiger keepers (Ciaran and Gerry) have put a lot of
energy and time into the campaign to date and it is their level
of enthusiasm which has made it such a success. They are also
organising a special ‘Tiger Talk’ for a group of corporates who
will be visiting the zoo in the next few weeks, with all proceeds
from the talk going directly to the funds.
The National Lottery has selected Dublin
Zoo as the location for shooting its next
advertisement, and as Ciaran will be
featuring in this advertisement we have
decided to contribute the resulting income
to the Tiger Fund. This means that we
have already exceeded the initial target
of € 5,000 stated in our application!
Therefore, Dublin Zoo has decided to
increase the target to € 50,000, setting a
real challenge to see if one of the smallest
countries in the world could make a very
significant contribution to a large campaign.
Source: Ethel Power
Successful school competition at Brno Zoo
Brno Zoo officially opened the EAZA Tiger Campaign during
its annual ‘Spring Opening’ on 22 March 2003. Information
on the campaign and the problematic situation of tigers in
the wild is provided on zoo notice boards as well as on an
information board in the centre of Brno city. The visitors on
‘Spring Opening’ day could also participate in the competition
‘Tiger Path’, which was prepared by the Young Scientist
Station of Brno Zoo.
A six-month competition for pupils
6 to 18 years old was initiated in March.
The children can produce works in two
sections: literature (stories and poems
about tigers) and illustrations (drawings
and paintings portraying tigers). The
103 submissions received so far are
exhibited in a gallery in the
pavilion of exotic birds. The competition
winners will be awarded
a special backstage programme
on the tigers in Brno Zoo.
Source: Jana Kantorová

Start campaign in Aalborg Zoo at Easter
EAZA Tiger Campaign
Awards have been presented to the following zoos:
We are sure many will follow!
You will receive your award once
21st Century Tiger has received
your funds.
gold
Leizig Zoo Germany
Edinburgh Zoo United Kingdom
Paradise Wildlife Park United Kingdom
silver
Vienna Zoo Austria
Heidelberg Zoo Germany
Munster Zoo Germany
Beekse Bergen the Netherlands
Chester Zoo United Kingdom
Colchester Zoo United Kingdom
Marwell Zoo United Kingdom
bronze
Aalborg Zoo Denmark
Odense Zoo Denmark
Auneau Zoo France
London Zoo United Kingdom
Aalborg Zoo launched the EAZA Tiger Campaign during the
Easter holidays 2003. Two large tiger posters placed at the zoo
entrance introduce the campaign to zoo guests. A big tent was
put in front of the tiger enclosure in order to bring the tiger into
focus during the Easter holiday period. An education officer was
present at the tent every day, and visitors could also buy ‘tiger
cake’, tiger keyrings, pencils and posters. A quiz for children
about tigers was held, which proved to be very educational.
Posters on the wall of the inside tiger enclosure explain about
the threats to tigers in nature and about the campaign itself.
A ‘Touch Tiger Box’ with a money collection box is placed
near the enclosure. A tiger skin covering a tiger model has a
sensor which activates the sound of a tiger roar when someone’s
hand is put into one of the box holes.
Aalborg Zoo obtained sponsorship for printing 50,000 special
campaign leaflets shared between the Copenhagen, Odense and
Aalborg zoos. Also, the Aalborg Zoo’s van has been decorated
with tiger pictures to further promote the campaign.
Source: Morten Smetana
Environmental enrichment for Lisbon’s tigers
In the framework of the EAZA Tiger Campaign, Lisbon Zoo
took the opportunity to renew the old tiger facilities and to
implement an environmental enrichment programme. More
vegetation was introduced, the pool was enlarged and the
substrate improved.
27 September 2003: Russian Tiger and Leopard Day!
The new environmental enrichment programme is also
used for public presentations by the keepers and for other
educational programmes. Goals and methods of environmental
enrichment are explained and visitors have the chance
to talk to the keeper and listen to information about conservation,
EAZA projects and campaigns. The EAZA Tiger
Campaign at Lisbon Zoo is not only an important and worthwhile
investment effort that resulted in better conditions for
the animals, greater awareness of tiger conservation among
our visitors and support for tiger in situ conservation, it is
also an important team building exercise.
Source: Eric Bairrão Ruivo, Joana Horta e Costa and Leonor Madeira
Campaign activities in Germany, Austria, Switzerland
A total of 32 zoos and aquaria in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland are participating in the EAZA Tiger Campaign.
The German and the Austrian zoo federations supported
the campaign and requested that their members participate.
The poster and leaflet from 21st Century Tiger with information
on the campaign have been translated into German
and printed for interested institutions. In addition to these
materials many zoos have developed their own individual
exhibition on tigers.
Stuttgart Zoo and Rheine Zoo as well as the Austrian Zoo
Federation have designed detailed information panels on
tiger biology, conservation and the campaign. These panels
are offered to other interested zoos for printing and campaign
use. The EAZA Tiger Campaign is also mentioned
in zoo magazines and on several websites. The education
departments integrate the EAZA Tiger Campaign in their
zoo tours, workshops and educational programmes.
Furthermore participating institutions are arranging various
events, for example ‘Tag des Tigers’ (Tiger Day) in Heidelberg,
the ‘Tigerschutztage’ (Tiger Conservation Days) in Vienna,
and the opening of the new tiger enclosure in Leipzig.
The Artists for Nature Foundation provided an art exhibition
of twelve international artists who worked together in the
Indian National Park ‘Bandhavgarh’. This exhibition will
be shown in several zoos during the campaign to collect
donations for the tiger conservation projects. An interactive
information exhibition on tigers, developed by ESSO,
is travelling through some zoos during the campaign.
Source: Sandra Reichler
We hereby invite all EAZA members to participate in the celebrations (see www.eaza.net).
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Ähtärin Eläinpuisto
c/o Ähtärinreitin Loma OY
Mr. Veli-Matti Rantanen
Karhunkierros 130
63700 Ähtäri
Finland
FULL MEMBER
Tel: +358 65393555
Fax: +358 65393611
E-mail: tita.hankala@ahtarinelainpuisto.fi
Website: www.ahtarinelainpuisto.fi
Ähtäri Zoo just celebrated its thirty-year anniversary
by opening a snow leopard enclosure
that raised much interest from the media and
public. Visitors of the zoo can follow a 3-km
pathway through a beautiful pine forest to
observe the mostly Nordic animal collection.
A near-by camping site and theme park are also
owned by the same company.
Opened: 1973
Size: 60 ha
Staff whole company: 13 (total full-time) +
56 seasonal; management 1, curator 1,
consultant veterinarian 1, keepers 4,
PR and marketing 1, administration 1,
technicians 3, other 1.
Number of species: 64
Paid attendance: approx. 100,000 (2001)
Organisational type: company
NiederRheinPark Plantaria
Mr. Günther Nowak
Am Scheidweg 1-5
D-47624 Kevelaer/Twisteden
Germany
TEMPORARY MEMBER
Tel: +49 283293270
Fax: +49 2832932718
E-mail: plantaria@t-online.de
Website: www.plantaria.de
Plantaria opened to the public in 1998 as a bird
park with a strong focus on psittaciform and
galliform birds. Currently the park is broadening
its animal collection, with the addition of
several callitrichids as well as some amphibian
and reptile species.
Opened: 1998
Size: 13 ha
Staff whole company: 9 (total full-time);
management 1, curator 1, veterinarian 0.5,
keepers 3, PR and marketing 1, technician 1,
administration 1.5.
Number of species: 230
Paid attendance: approx. 139,200
Organisational type: company
Welcome to EAZA
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.
Omega Parque
Mr. and Mrs. Neil and Phillippa Birchenough
Quinta do Mendronhal
Caldas de Monchique
Monchique 8550-232
Algarve
Portugal
FULL MEMBER
Tel : +351 282911327
Fax : +351 282911412
E-mail: info-omegaparque@clix.pt
Website: under construction
Omega Parque has been a temporary associate
member of EAZA since its initial planning in
1998. The beautiful Algarve landscape forms the
background to this park, which only recently
opened to the public. The focus of the animal
collection is entirely on species listed in the
IUCN Red Lists, with a particularly strong focus
on primates.
Opened: 2003
Size: 5 ha
Staff: 15.75 (total full-time) + 3 seasonal;
management 2, curator 1, veterinarian 0.25,
keepers 4, educator 0.5, PR and marketing 1,
technicians 3, administration 2,
horticulturist 1, catering 1.
Number of species: 26
Paid attendance: not yet applicable
Organisational type: company
Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA)
c/o Parque de Rescate de Fauna Sahariana
(PRFS)
Mrs. Eulalia Moreno
General Segura, 1
E-04001 Almeria
Spain
ASSOCIATE MEMBER
Tel: +34 950281045
Fax: +34 950277100
E-mail: director.eeza@csic.es
Website: www.eeza.csic.es
Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA)
is a highly specialised research and conservation
oriented institution. The animal collection,
housed at Parque de Rescate de la Fauna
Sahariana (PRFS), is comprised of only four
animal species. One of these, the Mhorr
gazelle, was rescued from extinction by
EEZA. PRFS is located in a narrow canyon-like
valley in western Almeria and is only open to
visitors by appointment.
Founded: 1947
Size: 21 ha
Staff: 14 (total full-time) + 11 seasonal;
management 1, curators 2, veterinarian 1,
keepers 7, technicians 2, administration 1.
Number of species: 4
Paid attendance: not applicable
Organisational type: company
Number of EAZA members stabilises
EAZA currently has 285 institutional members, including 244 full members, 13 temporary
members, 26 associate members and 2 temporary associate members. Furthermore EAZA
has 2 honorary members and 5 institutions have been offered the ‘candidate for membership’
status.
The influx of new members has slowed down over the last four years (see Figure 1). This is
the result of the new EAZA accreditation procedure. Furthermore, the number of (temporary)
members expelled from membership has increased over the last few years. The most common
reasons for expelling members are non-compliance with EAZA obligations, substandard quality
or decisions made in a complaints procedure. Consequently, the number of EAZA members has
stabilised over the last few years.
number of members
Figure 1: EAZA membership during the years
300
200
100
0
1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003

CBSG Europe - visions and actions
by Bengt Holst, CBSG Europe, Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark
Conservation is not a one man’s job. It requires teamwork, with
team members using each other as sparring partners, jointly
striving to help conserve the nature around us. There are no personal
agendas, just common goals that set the common agenda.
This may sound idealistic and even unrealistic in a world where
different organisations sometimes fight each other to access
limited funds or to get their own name on the top of the list.
Nevertheless, it is the vision of CBSG Europe that it is possible
to work in that way. CBSG Europe provides some valuable tools
for conservation, but is also very much aware that efficiency
only comes from a close cooperation with similar organisations
around the world. Alone, we can only contribute very little to
conservation. But if we work together, respecting each other’s
strengths and weaknesses, we can achieve quite a lot.
Therefore one of the first tasks of the newly-established
CBSG Europe has been to create a database of all potential
partners within Europe. By using open sources such as the
internet we have identified more than 300 potential conservation
partners in nearly 20 European countries. This database
will be regularly updated and will provide an important
source of information for those who want to work with
conservation issues within Europe. The database will serve
both CBSG Europe and EAZA, and is thus a first step in
integrating the two organisations when it comes to conservation.
It does not mean that both organisations will be
involved in all future projects. EAZA and CBSG Europe
still work as two independent organisations using their
own networks and defining their own goals and strategies.
But where these overlap, the two organisations will work
together as one using the strengths of both parties.
European approach
For some reason CBSG never established a strong position
in Europe, despite its many conservation achievements and
activities around the world. CBSG Europe was established
to change this. One of the problems has obviously been a
cultural barrier. Europeans approach things differently than
Americans and Asians. However, it does not necessarily mean
that we are not striving for the same goals. On
the contrary. We have many things in com-
Conservation
mon and can complement each other, especially concerning
conservation issues. So, one of the main tasks of CBSG
Europe will be to bridge the cultural differences and to adapt
the CBSG concept to a European conservation approach.
It also works the other way round. European zoos have much
to offer CBSG and can become very important partners in
future conservation activities. The link between the two just has
to be established, which is an obvious task for the regional
European CBSG office. In practice, it means that we will
integrate the conservation network of EAZA with the conservation
network of CBSG and work for an implementation of
the CBSG tools in the conservation work of European zoos.
We will arrange training courses in the use of these tools and
organise conservation workshops in Europe with the purpose
of prioritising European conservation activities and find a
way to take advantage of the immense European potential
to carry out conservation activities outside Europe too.
An important purpose of CBSG Europe is to shorten the
distance between the European zoos and CBSG. Until now
CBSG has been considered a North American organisation,
which is certainly not the case. CBSG is a global organisation
with regional offices in South Asia, Indonesia, Japan,
Mesoamerica, Mexico, South Africa – and now also in
Europe! The local offices provide a shortcut to the global
organisation and are a guarantee of local influence. In the
future all CBSG activities in Europe, including the annual
fundraising, will thus go through the CBSG Europe office
at Copenhagen Zoo. I hope the reduced distance will help
establish a stronger link between European zoos and its
IUCN partner in conservation issues, the Conservation
Breeding Specialist Group. This also means that financial
support to CBSG no longer has to be sent to the US bank
account. CBSG Europe has opened its own account in
Europe, and all contributions should be sent to that account.
The bank details are:
Jyske Bank
Valby Langgade 21 A
DK-2500 Valby,
Denmark
Account number:
5027-112985-5
Swift code: JYBADKKK
IBAN: DK3250270001129855
Let us use this opportunity to
integrate our conservation efforts.
If you want further information
about CBSG and its activities, please
contact me at the following address:
CBSG Europe, c/o Copenhagen Zoo
Sdr. Fasanvej 79, Denmark
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
e-mail: beh@zoo.dk
CBSG leaflets giving a short introduction to
CBSG activities are now available in English,
German, French and Spanish and can be
ordered from the CBSG Europe office.
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Conservation
More participants needed for Philippine spotted deer Conservation Programme
by Jean-Marc Lernould, Mulhouse Zoo, France, Jens-Ove Heckel,
Landau Zoo, Germany and Roland Wirth, Zoologische Gesellschaft
für Arten- und Populationsschutz, München, Germany
The Philippine spotted deer (Cervus alfredi) is the world’s
most endangered deer species, and IUCN lists this deer in its
highest threat category ‘Critically Endangered’. Originally
occurring on all five of the larger Central Visayan Islands in
the Philippines, it is now extinct on three of these islands, and
its forest habitat has declined by more than 95% on the remaining
two islands (Panay and Negros). What habitat remains
is heavily fragmented, and the last few existing sub-populations
of this deer are still subject to heavy poaching pressure.
In order to save the species from extinction, Mulhouse Zoo,
in cooperation with the Zoologische Gesellschaft für Artenund
Populationsschutz (München, Germany) and Fauna &
Flora International (Cambridge, UK) initiated a conservation
programme, that has, as one component, a breeding
programme in the Philippines and in Europe.
Breeding programme
A first group of Philippine spotted deer arrived in Mulhouse
from the Philippines in 1990. The animals settled in well and
soon started to breed. In 2001, after over two years of planning,
a second group of animals, unrelated to the animals
that arrived in 1990, was imported to Europe via quarantine
in Poznan Zoo, Poland. By early 2003 twelve zoos in France,
Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Poland,
the Czech Republic and Austria have become partners in the
programme. The captive population in Europe has increased
to 29.30.2 animals on 1 January 2003.
Multi-focussed conservation programme
An integral component of the programme is financial and
scientific support to local rescue and breeding centres in the
Philippines, where herds of spotted deer were founded with
rescued, confiscated and donated spotted deer. Under the
leadership of William Oliver (Fauna & Flora International)
and with the continuing support received from all zoos participating
in the breeding programme, as well as from various
conservation organisations and from other sources, three
local ‘rescue centres’ have evolved over the last 15 years
into leading local conservation centres, which:
- continue to function as rescue and breeding centres for
endangered Philippine wildlife species;
- provide employment for Filipinos with an interest in
conservation;
- function as conservation education centres.
What started off as a recovery programme for the Philippine
spotted deer has expanded over the years to other highly
endangered endemic Philippine species. These include the
Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons), one of the two most
endangered pig species in the world; Panay cloud rat
(Crateromys heaneyi), a rodent new to science that was
discovered during a field survey for spotted deer sponsored
by Berlin Zoo; Visayan writhed hornbill (Aceros waldeni), the
world’s most endangered hornbill species; Philippine eagle
owl (Bubo philippensis); Philippine hawk eagle (Spizaetus
philippensis pinskeri); endemic populations (probably representing
undescribed species or subspecies) of Philippine sailfin
lizards (Hydrosaurus pustulatus) and others. Numerous
other organisations (but mostly zoos in Europe, the USA and
Australia) have joined in over the years and have become
Photo: Rob Doolaard/IZP

major long term funding partners in this multi-species conservation
and recovery programme for one of the globally
most endangered ‘biodiversity hotspots’ – the Central
Philippine islands.
More partner zoos needed
While expansion of breeding programmes for Visayan warty
pigs and Panay cloud rats from the Philippines to Europe
are planned for the immediate future, the longest established
of these programmes – the Philippine spotted deer
programme – is now at a critical point: with twelve zoos
now participating and the ‘new’ animals imported in
2001 adding more genetic diversity to the gene pool,
the programme urgently needs more partner zoos.
Philippine spotted deer are relatively easy to maintain in
zoos and provide few management problems. Unlike many
other deer, however, they need heated winter quarters in
Northern and Central Europe and, again, unlike many other
deer, females can be aggressive to each other. Breeding
herds of up to five or six females are possible, but usually
only by building up numbers from a founder female and her
daughters and granddaughters. Such female groups may be
stable for years, but sudden aggression directed against one
particular female, requiring its separation, or restructuring
of herds, can occur. It is thus desirable to find more partners
for the programme who can provide more than one
enclosure for the species. This will reduce the need to move
animals between partner zoos, in turn reducing unnecessary
stress on the animals – and the programme coordinator!
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On the positive side, enclosure size can be smaller than
for many other deer species, and as this species is not a
very good jumper, fences can be lower than for most other
similar-sized deer.
Partner zoos to the programme are expected to make
a one-off or yearly financial contribution to continuation
and expansion of conservation activities in the Philippines.
However, no fixed amount has been set; this will be
negotiated with each partner zoo individually based on
the partner zoo’s financial resources and desire to help.
Participation of each new zoo will have to be endorsed by
the Wildlife Authorities of the Philippines (all deer and their
progeny are owned by the government of the Philippines),
requiring a waiting period of a few months before animals
can be sent to a new partner zoo.
Zoos interested in partnering in this programme,
please contact Jean-Marc Lernould
(jean-marc.lernould@hrnet.fr) or Jens-Ove
Heckel (jens-ove.heckel@landau.de).
Photo: Rob Doolaard/IZP
Photo: Jean-Marc Lernould/Mulhouse Zoo
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KGiant
pandas now in Vienna
by Regina Pfistermüller, Schönbrunner
Tiergarten, Vienna, Austria
Photos: Schönbrunner Tiergarten
Schönbrunn Zoo welcomed its newest
members of the ‘family’ on 19 March
2003; a young pair of giant pandas.
The female ‘YangYang’ (sunshine) and
the male ‘LongHui’ (dragon sign) were
both born in 2000 at the research and
breeding centre of Wolong in China.
On 20 September 2002, after years of
continuous negotiations on the political
level and intense preparation on the
zoological level, the Chinese Prime
Minister Zhu Rongji announced that
Schönbrunn Zoo would be given a pair
of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
for research and breeding. The
ten-year-loan agreement comprises a
cooperative research effort for giant
panda conservation in situ as well as
ex situ, an exchange of knowledge in
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wildlife and environmental management,
and financial support for efforts of
The Chinese State Forest Administration
and WWF China to conserve and
protect valuable panda habitat. We
are currently developing proposals for
projects including research on gonadal
development and cognitive behaviour.
The research proposals have to be
approved by the Chinese State Forestry
department.
A long journey
The pandas’ journey to their new
home began with a trip by truck from
Wolong to the capital of Sichuan, the
city of Chengdu, where the pandas
were loaded onto a plane to Beijing.
They spent the night at Beijing Zoo,
departing for Vienna the following day.
Giant pandas are not every airline’s
daily cargo and they posed some problems
to our carrier Austrian Airlines.
The flexibility, good-will, and logistic
efforts on the part of Austrian Airlines
made it possible to install a crew
Cover of the recently published panda booklet
container in the cargo area where the
panda transport crates were situated
that was accessible from the passenger
area at any time during the flight.
Austrian Airlines even provided a special
‘panda-attendant’ who definitely proved
his animal-keeping abilities. Keepers and
veterinarians from both the Chinese
and Austrian sides of the transaction
also accompanied the transport.
Panda facilities
The Viennese pandas found a new
home in the historic elephant house in
which mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)
and vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus
aethiops) were kept until last year.
New adaptations of the 1100 m2 outside
exhibit and 200 m2 inside exhibit
include air conditioning and a fog system
as well as climbing trees, elevated
platforms, water pools and natural
bamboo growth. A monitoring system
of 13 cameras inside and outside
should enable keepers and researchers
to supervise the pandas and collect

valuable data, especially during future
mating seasons. The pandas are not
yet sexually mature and the male
displays no aggression towards the
female, rather he demonstrates friendly
affection to his play-mate. This enables
us to keep them together now, even
though they may have to be separated
when mature. The lay-out of the
enclosure is constructed in such a way
that glass fronts split both inside and
outside enclosures in halves with gates
that can be closed in case the male and
female must be separated. A screened
opening will still guarantee olfactory,
acoustic and visual communication.
The pandas are fed home-grown
bamboo supplemented by different
species of bamboo from a plantation in
southern France. Every two weeks a
700 kg truck-load of fresh-growth arrives
at the zoo, and is stored in a newly
constructed cool room. Schönbrunn Zoo
hopes to be able to provide enough
bamboo for both animals from its own
four hectares bamboo plantation in
southeastern Austria in the future.
The pandas can be found grazing the
lawn in the outside enclosure like
ruminants on sunny days. The panda’s
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natural diet includes small amounts of
animal protein. However, our panda
pair was not familiar with this and
consequently we are currently offering
various insects, meats and mice to
detect individual preferences. Treats
offered include leaf-eater pellets,
carrots, apples, red peppers, and
various other vegetables. These treats
are especially valuable during daily
training sessions, in which the pandas
learn through imitating their familiar
keeper to be touched by veterinarians
through bars, to sit upright, and to
stand on their hind legs. The first
x-ray and ultrasound images have
already be successfully taken without
having to anesthesize the animals
after just a short amount of training.
Symbol for conservation
As one of the most rare and at the
same time most popular mammals on
earth, giant pandas became the symbol
for conservation. Today only about one
thousand animals remain in the wild
due to extreme habitat restrictions,
low reproductive rate, poaching,
limited bamboo availability, and
low genetic diversity. The
Viennese pandas act as
ambassadors for their
species and Schönbrunn Zoo is very
proud to host them and to take action
in helping to prevent this species from
extinction.
Of course education is one of the major
issues since people tend to only protect
things they know and love. Living
animals are the best way to establish a
relationship and thus to make people
want to protect these animals. We have
special guided tours for pandas, and
many informative graphics in the house
and outside enclosure. We published a
booklet about the biology and threats
of giant pandas and are also planning
‘Panda days’, a series of special events
concerning pandas and bamboo.
We are financially supporting the
State Forestry Administration, which
has confirmed that the money will be
used for wildlife conservation in China.
However we have not yet been informed
about specific projects. We work
together closely with WWF since
Mr. Helmuth Pechlaner, director of
Schönbrunner Tiergarten, is also
president of WWF Austria.
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Interview
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Jörg Junhold and baby elephant ‘Voi Nam’
How long have you worked at the Leipzig Zoo?
I have been the Managing Director and Director of the
Leipzig Zoo since November 1997.
Becoming a zoo director was actually a dream from my
earliest childhood. When applying for the vacant leading
position in the Leipzig Zoo, I was also aware of the big
challenge in assuming the management of a zoo so rich in
tradition and of international reputation. Last but not least,
I studied in Leipzig and lost my heart to the town.
What were you doing before you started at the zoo?
After completing my studies in veterinary medicine and receiving
my doctorate, I worked in the marketing management of
the Effem GmbH in the pet diet sector. The company belongs
to the Mars group and trades today under Masterfoods.
What do you enjoy most about your work?
It is the mixture of management, zoology, and entertainment
that brings pleasure to my work. It goes without saying that
the deeper sense of our daily work in the zoo is what I put
my heart in. The commitment to species conservation both
in the zoo and in situ as well as the sustainability of our
efforts fulfil me.
What is the most memorable or fascinating event in your
zoo career so far?
On the one hand, the most memorable event was the opening
of our large great ape facility ‘Pongoland’ that was built in
cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary
Anthropology and was the first important project of the ‘Zoo
of the future’. We worked hard and long to build a facility of its
dimension that met all our demands regarding animal keeping
conditions and exhibit design. All the enclosures are designed
to resemble the animals’ natural environments and to allow the
animals to demonstrate natural behaviours. It was really a
moving moment when the opening ceremony took place as
scheduled in the presence of prominent guests and with an
overwhelming interest from the public and the media. On the
other side, I was fascinated by the birth of our little elephant
‘Voi Nam’ on 5 April 2002. As the first elephant baby at Leipzig
Photo: Zoologischer Garten Leipzig
Name: Dr. Jörg Junhold
Position: Managing Director and Director of the Leipzig Zoo
Favourite animal: Elephant
Pet animals at home: None
Favourite colour: Blue
Last book read: ‘Fish’ (The story of a female head of
department that, stimulated by a fish market, positively
reorganised her department.)
in 66 years he had our full attention. Just before birth, we
eagerly observed any change of the mother’s hormonal status.
When the baby was born we all were very proud and very happy.
Which important changes do you see happening in the
zoo world in the next ten years?
The most important change within the next ten years will certainly
be the ‘balancing act’ between the needs of the visitors,
commitment to conservation, edu-tainment, science, and after
all the economic necessities. Zoos need to maintain their
position in the leisure market in the future. The engagement
for the ex situ and in situ species conservation and environmental
protection will increasingly become of crucial importance.
Furthermore, people must be made sensitive to the threats
that animals face in their natural habitats. Combining and
harmonising these goals in a modern way is a big job.
Describe your least favourite exhibit in your zoo.
The exhibit I do not like is our ‘Bear castle’. Upon its opening in
the end of the 1920s, it represented a mile stone in the design
of exhibits – without any bars, the bears just separated by water
moats. Today the naked, clinker-style Art-Deco building does
not fulfil the accommodation requirements of our zoo animals
anymore.
Describe one of your favorite exhibits in another zoo.
Tropical halls always fascinate me. They are part of an exotic
world – situated in a zoo in an urban environment, mostly
designed with great love for detail and lush vegetation.
These artificial landscapes always attract me.
What do you like doing in your spare time, hobbies for
instance?
There is unfortunately not enough spare time for many hobbies.
First of all, I try to spend my spare time with my wife
Steffi and my children Paul and Jutta as often as I can. A few
years ago we moved to an old farmhouse that we restore in
our spare time. Should there still be some more time, I like
to read or to motor-cycle. We like travelling on our holidays,
and in winter we go skiing in the mountains.

ZÜRICH - SWITZERLAND
A female two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) that arrived
in Zürich in 1989 from Guyana gave birth to her eighth
young on 12 May 2003. Five previous young were successfully
reared, one died shortly after birth and one was stillborn.
The female was examined twice using x-rays and ultrasound
during this last pregnancy. This was the fourteenth two-toed
sloth birth at our zoo.
A new Mongolian wolf (Canis lupus chanco) exhibit opened
in February 2002. The male and female were imported as
young animals directly from Mongolia in Autumn 2001.
Reproduction has already occurred, after a gestation period
of 64 days three pups were born on 18 April 2003.
Following the opening of the new Amur tiger exhibit, the
former tiger indoor enclosure and part of the outdoor enclosure
was transformed into a hornbill exhibit. We received a
pair of Malayan hornbills (Anthracoceros malayanus) in
November 2001. The female came from Avifauna, Alphen
a/d Rijn, and the male from the Dutch Hornbill Foundation.
Both birds were hatched in 1999. The pair mated and
showed increased interest in a nest hole at the end of
January 2003, and by 5 February the female had entered
the cavity and sealed the entrance. A changed feeding behaviour
of the male on 17 March and parts of eggshells found
on 28 March gave us the hope that chick(s) may have
hatched. Three chicks finally left the nest cavity together
with the female in mid-May.
It had been observed that our female spangled cotinga
(Cotinga cayana) was only sporadically visible in the free-flight
hall of the Exotarium. Nevertheless it was a great surprise
when on 11 March 2003 the female was discovered accompanied
by a newly fledged chick. This is the first successful
reproduction of this species at Zoo Zürich. In the meantime
the female again is sitting in her well-hidden nest.
The first Galapagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra) hatched at
our zoo in 1989, and 14 years later we note the hatching of
number 48! Eight hatchlings from a clutch of ten eggs laid
on 29 December 2002 emerged in the incubator between
4 and 22 May 2003. All offspring to date have been
produced by the same pair.
Source: Robert Zingg
Births and Hatchings
Photo: Sam Furrer/Zoo Zürich
CHESTER - UNITED KINGDOM
Red birds of paradise occur only on several small islands off
the coast of Papua (the Indonesian governed western half of
New Guinea; formerly Irian Jaya) where they are considered
near-threatened in the wild. The birds have a very restricted
distribution and threats include habitat destruction and trapping
for skins.
Very few birds of paradise are kept in zoos and the Studbook
for Red Birds of Paradise and world centre for breeding these
is based at the Bronx Zoo, New York. Chester Zoo received a
pair of red birds of paradise (Paradisea rubra) on breeding
loan from the Bronx Zoo in May 1999. Both birds had been
bred in New York, the male hatched in February 1998 and the
female in May 1998. Two of our bird staff went to New York
and gained experience
by working together with
the bird staff at the Bronx
Zoo before accompanying
the birds of paradise
on their return to
Chester. Special offshow
facilities were built
at Chester Zoo to house
these birds and later in
the Islands In Danger
exhibit where these
birds were transferred
in April 2000.
Birds of paradise take many years to attain full breeding
plumage and the male at Chester, which is now just over five
years old, only recently acquired tail streamers but otherwise
remains in an immature plumage. The male and female which
up until recently had been living together were separated at
the beginning of March this year as it is known that males
may interfere with breeding attempts by destroying any nests
built by hens. Once the hen was observed nest building she
was allowed short daily visits on 10 -14 April to join the
male in his quarters, returning to her own breeding aviary
afterwards. The hen laid two eggs, the first on 15 April
and the second two days later. Notwithstanding his lack of
breeding plumage our male proved his fertility when the first
chick hatched on 1 May 2003 and the second chick hatched
one to two days later.
The hen reared the chicks on a diet of insects (mainly wax
moth larvae and locusts) and fruit, being especially partial to
blueberries. Both chicks fledged on 18 May and although now
Photo: Chester Zoo
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able to fly, both young were still being fed and cared for by
their mother when these notes were penned on 4 June 2003.
This breeding is especially significant in that this is the first
time that red birds of paradise have been bred in the UK.
It is also unusual and very satisfying in that the hen, with
no previous experience of hatching or rearing chicks,
successfully fledged two young on her first breeding attempt.
Credit must also be given to the bird keeping staff and
curatorial team at Chester for planning and providing the
conditions in which this successful breeding could occur. We
of course hope that this may be the first of many breedings
of this important and most attractive bird at Chester.
Source: Roger Wilkinson
HANNOVER - GERMANY
For thirty years Hannover Zoo has been waiting for elephant
offspring – and now elephant calves have appeared in double.
‘Manari’ gave birth to a female on 2 February 2003, and
‘Khaing Hnin Hnin’ produced her baby on 20 March.
The two pregnant Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
had been monitored 24 hours a day, since Christmas 2002.
While elephant cow Manari politely waited for zoo keepers,
vets, curators and the zoo director to arrive at the stables
before giving birth, Khaing Hnin Hnin played tricks on the
zoo staff. Khaing Hnin Hnin was restless on Monday 17
March, and seemed to be going into labour in the early afternoon.
The team of 13 helpers immediately gathered and
stayed on watch all through the night. But the elephant lady
relaxed. Next night, same procedure – nothing happened.
On the contrary: Khaing Hnin Hnin laid down
Births and Hatchings
Photo: Hannover Zoo
and went to sleep. In the morning the expectant mother
was well-rested while the keepers had to stop themselves
from yawning. Since Khaing Hnin Hnin obviously would not
give away when the baby was due and did not show any
signs of labour only two zoo keepers stayed for the night of
Wednesday 20 March.
As soon as Khaing Hnin Hnin believed that the obstetrics
team was fast asleep, she went ahead and, within minutes,
delivered her baby. The elephant keepers on duty, Jürgen
Kruse and Lorenz Schwellenbach, immediately contacted the
other team members, but except for zoo vet Andreas Knieriem
nobody made it to the stables in time. The vet entered the
stables when the amniotic sac could already be seen. It was
exactly 1:40 AM when the three of them pulled the 116 kg
baby out of Khaing Hnin Hnin’s reach and rubbed it down.
Zoo director Klaus-Michael Machens, who had been sleeping
in his office, arrived on time to help hold the little one for a
first check up. He and Lorenz Schwellenbach restrained the
lively baby as the vet carried out the examination, while zoo
keeper Jürgen Kruse could at last attend to the new mother.
After a first glance at the baby’s tummy the team could not
believe its luck: no doubt, a female! Female offspring of Asian
elephants are highly desirable in the EEP programme. Having
two females born within seven weeks ‘is like winning the
lottery twice in a row’ Heiner Engel, head curator, commented.
Mother Khaing Hnin Hnin was perfectly calm. ‘We were
surprised to see how relaxed she seemed, as if giving birth
was no effort at all’ the vet recalls. But apparently it only
looked easy, after the delivery Khaing Hnin Hnin was very
tired and rested for a while. Once awake, she accepted
her baby, examined it with her trunk and let the little one
nurse. The obstetrics team, now finally complete (the other
elephant keepers and curators had arrived only minutes after
the delivery) then weighed and measured the baby: 91 cm
tall, 116 kg. A really splendid baby with fuzzy black hair and
long legs. Just like her mom!
Source: Simone Hagenmeyer
VIENNA – AUSTRIA
On 25 May 2003 at 22.52 PM, ‘Tonga’ the 18 years old
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) cow gave birth to a
calf, after a pregnancy of 643 days. ‘Mongu’, as the female
elephant is called, weighed 93 kg and was 88 cm high. The
Vienna elephant group now consists of seven elephants (2.5).

‘Abu’, the elephant born after artificial insemination is already
two years old and growing very fast and now weighs 810 kg.
The Vienna elephants are kept together free, even during
the night, only the adult bull is housed separately. Vienna’s
philosophy of not chaining female elephants before birth
again proved to be successful. During the birth of Abu,
his mother female was separated in a box, but all other
elephants could watch the birth directly. Tonga gave birth
to Mongu together with Saby and Abu, the other females
were only separated by a rope.
Over the past five years the zoo has been involved in an
extensive research programme dealing with social behaviour
development of the Vienna elephant group, bioacoustical
and chronobiological investigation. The Vienna Zoo is also
engaged in in situ projects and supports and funds the
AERP Programme of Cynthia Moss and Harvey Croze in
Amboseli (Kenya).
The Vienna elephant team also regularly conducts elephant
management workshops and courses in Vienna, Thailand and
Sri Lanka, training elephant keepers, veterinarians and curators.
Source: Harald M. Schwammer
BORAS - SWEDEN
’Shona’, a 13 year old African elephant cow (Loxodonta
africana) gave birth to a healthy female calf at Borås
Djurpark AB on 29 March 2003. The delivery happened
quickly and everything went well. Shona has been behaving
as a perfect mother from the beginning. This is the second
elephant birth at Borås in 19 months so we are very proud
of the breeding result. ‘Kwanza’, the first calf born in Borås
is doing well and has been in the group since she was born.
She is now a 500 kg package of energy.
Source: Bo Kjellson
Births and Hatchings
Photo: Almut Kimbacher
APENHEUL - NETHERLANDS
Apenheul acquired a number of wild-caught black howlers
(Alouatta caraya) in the late 1980’s. Some went to other
collections and a few died; by 1995, one male and two
females remained. This trio made no attempts at reproduction,
nor was there any reproduction when the male was
changed, twice. Finally, a male from Port Lympne who arrived
at Apenheul in 1999 did start breeding with the two wild-born
females. However, none of the offspring survived. Then one of
the two females died after an otherwise successful caesarian
section. It was decided to hand-rear the male baby, as he
was the only offspring of this wild born female. This went
surprisingly well and he was successfully integrated back into
the ‘group’ at about five months of age. Very soon afterwards
the other female gave birth to a daughter, whom she
proceeded to raise as if she had done nothing else all her life.
Eight months later she gave birth again, but this offspring
died. And again eight months later she gave birth to twins.
There was some doubt about the survival potential of twin
howlers. There was a twin howler (Alouatta pigra) birth in
the USA that was raised successfully, and there have been
reports of twins in the wild in Belize, which did not all make
it. Apenheul decided to let nature take its course. They are
now nearly half a year old and during this time have never
required any attention other than their mother’s.
Other notable recent births at Apenheul include a litter of
2.2 yellow mongooses (Cynictis penicillata), 0.0.2
red-bellied lemurs (Eulemur rubriventer), 1.0 Sclater’s
lemur (Eulemur macaco flavifrons), 1.0.2 pied tamarins
(Saguinus b. bicolor) [1.0 DNS], 0.1 brown woolly
monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha), 0.1 white-cheeked gibbon
(Hylobates leucogenys), 0.1 bonobo (Pan paniscus),
and 1.0 Bornean orangutan (Pongo p. pygmaeus) [DNS].
Source: Frank Rietkerk
Photo: Apenheul
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ZLIN-LESNA - CZECH REPUBLIC
A healthy two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) was born
in Zoo and Chateau Zlin-Lesna on 20 January 2003. Four
two-toed sloths received in 1999 had been kept together
since their arrival. In March 2002 we unfortunately lost one
male because of an intestinal inflammation. Nonetheless,
as the gestation period is reported in the literature to be
anywhere between 6-11 months, it is not quite clear which
of the males fathered the offspring. The young, a male,
was born during the night and was positioned with his head
towards the female’s birth canal. During the afternoon of the
next day he turned round and was seen suckling. He accepted
solid food (lettuce) by the age of two weeks. He was seen
with the second female on two occasions, during which the
mother each time tried to get him back but was not successful.
The keepers therefor gave the young back to his mother.
On a sad note we lost our breeding male of guereza (Colobus
guereza occidentalis) in July 2002. He was probably the
oldest guereza kept in the EAZA region. He was at least
29 years old and had fathered 21 of the 37 young born at
our zoo.
Source: Roman Horsky
CERZA - LISIEUX
CERZA welcomed the birth of four spectacled bears
(Tremarctos ornatus) in 2002. It is the first time this species
bred at CERZA. Three spectacled bear adults have been
present at CERZA since 1996. Female ‘Tacha’ was born on
23 January 1996 at Basel. The males ‘Snoopy’ and ‘Moritz’
were born at Tierpark-Berlin on 12 January 1996 and
30 January 1995 respectively. ‘Margot’, a female born at
Jersey 25 November 1994 arrived from Paris in 2001.
Births and Hatchings
Photo: Zoo and Chateau Zlin-Lesna
The bears are housed together in a 6000 m2 mature
deciduous forest enclosure surrounded by an electric fence.
Tacha’s cubs ‘Uco’ and ‘Uca’, a male and a female, were
born on 16 January 2002. Margot’s cubs ‘Cayambe’ and
‘Sumaco’ (both females) were born on 24 January 2002.
The four cubs were parent-reared and stayed three months
in the inside enclosure. The outside enclosure was divided
into two parts, so that the eight individuals were not mixed.
Two groups of one male and a female with her cubs were
created based on interactions between the adults. The eight
bears were finally mixed on 13 February 2003 and proved
to be very tolerant of each other. The cubs climb quite well
and often climb up into the trees.
As the paternity of Tacha’s cubs is unknown we will sample
blood and hair according to the Spectacled bear EEP coordinator
Lydia Kolter’s recommendations. If we can confirm
that blood and hair are similarly suitable for DNA analyses it
will be no longer necessary to immobilise and take blood from
all the bears of the Leipzig line with unknown ancestry. While
a bit of training might be necessary it should be easy to get
some hairs from bears when feeding them through the bars.
Other important recent births at CERZA include: 0.0.1
Eld’s deer (Cervus eldii), 0.0.1 lion-tailed macaque
(Macaca silenus) and 0.1 gelada (Theropithecus gelada).
A very important arrival at CERZA is ‘Gaby’, a 23 year old
female white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
from Paris Zoo. Other arrivals include 3.0 Peralta giraffe
(Giraffa camelopardalis peralta) from Doué la Fontaine
and Jurques.
Source: Thierry Jardin and Jean-Marie Carenton
Photo: CERZA

Encyclopedia of marine mammals
- William F. Perrin, Bernd Würsig and J.G.M Thewissen (2002)
The ‘Encyclopedia of marine mammals’ is a comprehensive,
scientifically accurate work devoted to all aspects of marine
mammals, including their anatomy, physiology, evolution,
behaviour, reproduction, ecology, and disease, as well as issues
of exploitation, conservation, and management. Special emphasis
is given to marine mammal interaction with humans. Articles
provide facts about seals and sea lions, whales, dolphins and
porpoises, and manatees and sea cows, as well as sea otters and
polar bears. Each article is authoritative and up-to-date, prepared
by one or more internationally recognized experts on the topic.
Key features of the book are: a complete species list, featuring
both living and extinct mammals; comprehensive glossary with
definitions for more than a thousand specialised terms; crossreferencing
between articles; visual resources, photographs, line
drawings, maps, tables and figures.
Pages: 1400. ISBN: 0125513402 (hb). Price: UK£ 90
To be ordered from: Academic Press, Foots Cray, High Street,
Sidcup, Kent, DA14 5HPUK, United Kingdom
Smithsonian Book of Giant Pandas
- Susan Lumpkin and John Seidensticker (2002)
The first step in attempting to ensure a future for giant pandas
is understanding both their history and their current relationship
with people. In this book the authors share their personal
experiences of working with giant pandas in the United States
and China. They deal with the intertwined relationship between
giant pandas and people, the fossil record to trace the evolution
of giant pandas, a sampling of plants and animals originating
from the home region of the pandas, followed by a history of
the environmental changes caused by humans. The authors close
the book by recounting their journey to China in May 2001.
They found that a bright future for giant pandas is possible, but
much remains to be done.
Pages: 224. ISBN: 1588340384 (hb). Price: € 39.95
To be ordered from: Smithsonian Institution Press, 750 Ninth
Street NW, Suite 4300, Washington, DC, USA
Books
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Late fee date postponed!
Belgian fauna and alien species
- Marc Peeters and Jackie L. van Goethem (2002)
The symposium 'Status and trends of the Belgian fauna with
emphasis on alien species' was organised by the Royal Belgian
Institute of Natural Sciences on 14 December 2001. With more
than 250 participants, 60 poster presentations and 25 oral
contributions, this day constituted an interesting and successful
event.
The proceedings, containing more than sixty articles in English,
French or Dutch, are now available. This illustrated book focuses
not only on Belgium, but contains also information on cases
in other locations, e.g. freshwater invaders in France, the grey
squirrel case in Italy, Lepidoptera invading the United Kingdom
and the Mnemiopsis case in the Ponto-Caspian.
Pages: 297. ISSN: 0374-6429 (pb). Price: € 25
To be ordered from: Marc Peeters, Dep. Invertebrates, RBINS,
Rue Vautier 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
The conservation handbook, research,
management and policy
- William J. Sutherland (2000)
How does one put theoretical knowledge about conservation
biology into practice? The aim of ‘The conservation handbook’
is to provide clear guidance on implementation of conservation
techniques. The wide range of methods described include those
for ecological research, monitoring, planning, education, habitat
management and combining conservation with development.
Nineteen case studies illustrate how methods have been applied.
The strong emphasis throughout the book on integrating conservation
with human development is welcomed, and will enhance
the book's appeal overseas, especially in developing countries.
The book will be of interest to conservation biology students and
practising conservationists worldwide. For each copy of the book
sold, another copy will be sent free to a practising conservationist
outside Western Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand
or Japan.
Pages: 271. ISBN: 0632053445 (pb). Price: UK£ 24.99
To be ordered from: Blackwell publishing Ltd, 108 Cowley Road,
Oxford OX4 1JF, United Kingdom
Registration for the First International Congress for Zookeepers, to take place in Vogelpark Avifauna,
Alphen a/d Rijn, has started. Zookeepers from the USA, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, France,
Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Japan and the Netherlands have registered already; providing a nice variety
of professionals from these regions. We hope to be able to welcome colleagues from other regions too!
The date to begin with late fees has been postponed to 1 August. This means you can still register for this first International
Congress for Zookeepers for the very interesting price of just € 310 per person for five days (including congress fee,
accommodation and all meals) and € 185 for a full three day programme!
We are very grateful for the support we have received so far from zoos, both in sponsorship for the congress as well as in
enabling their keepers to attend. The names of sponsor zoos will be widely published in all ICZ-publications, on the website,
in the proceedings and in the programme.
For an update on speakers or a registration form, please visit our website: www.iczoo.org
Please address questions and remarks to Hanny Verberkmoes (safari_beekse_bergen@planet.nl).
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The sea lion beach at Chester Zoo
by Mark Pilgrim, Alan Woodward, David Hall, Simon Marsh,
Helen Wright and Laura Kelly, Chester Zoo, United Kingdom
The California sea lion ( Zalophus californianus) exhibit at
Chester Zoo has always been popular with visitors and is one
of our oldest exhibits. Little had changed in the exhibit since
1971, except the addition of a house and waterfall in 1984.
An increase in young active sea lions, and hopefully more on
the way, expedited redevelopment of the enclosure to create
an aesthetically pleasing exhibit with a tropical beach theme
and to allow training of the sea lions for physical examinations
and minor veterinary procedures.
The original sea lion exhibit included a number of features
that worked very well, including a large separation area, and
two large pools, allowing one to remain full while the other
was emptied for cleaning. We therefore kept the original
pools when we completely revamped the enclosure because
it was old and had insufficient land area for training.
To create the needed land space we incorporated the area
that had been the public pathway at the back of the exhibit
into the beach area. This additionally prevents the public
from viewing the sea lions from all sides, and we feel that
this added privacy has improved their welfare. The oldfashioned
metal hooped bar barrier was replaced with a
wood and glass barrier mimicking wooden
wave breakers, adding to the maritime
theme. A single strand of electric fence keeps
the sea lions from approaching the barrier.
All pipe work and mechanical parts of the
enclosure have been disguised with artificial
rock work. The beach has areas where large
palms and ferns have been planted, giving a
tropical beach feel.
New Enclosures
Photos: Chester Zoo
The extra space enables each sea lion to have its own ‘station’
for sitting on the beach, and the public has a great view.
The separation area is a quiet space where the sea lions can
be trained individually if necessary, and where the veterinary
team can treat injured or sick animals. The addition of a
separate pupping pool is a real bonus as it provides a safe
and quiet area for the mother to give birth and raise her pup
until it is old enough to swim in the main pool. The female
still has access to the main pool via a special gate that only
she can negotiate. This allows her to be mated a few days
after parturition, as would occur in the wild. The keeping
staff and vets are able to check on the mother and her pup
without interference by other sea lions. The pool can also
be used as a recuperation area for sick animals, and can be
filled with saline or other aqueous drugs, as it is entirely
separate from the main pool.
We carry out the three daily feeds from the beach area and
perform routine health checks on young sea lions. These
health checks on the eyes, teeth, flippers and body for wounds
or signs of infection alert us to any medical problems. The
sea lions allow these inspections because of the trust and
mutual respect built up during the training sessions. We do not
train our sea lions to perform ‘tricks’ but teach the animals
to allow contact and respond to basic hand and voice signals
such as ‘open your mouth’ and ‘lie down’. These signals are
demonstrated to the public during
daily talks given by the zoo’s
team of presenters. We use only
positive reenforcement during
training, for example a sea lion
is rewarded with a treat of fish
when it does something correctly
but is not reprimanded if it is
incorrect. This way we hope
that the training can also be fun
for the sea lions.
The exhibit has progressed from being out-dated and merely
adequate for the sea lions’ needs, to becoming a high
standard exhibit in keeping with the rest of the zoo. This
is also reflected in the improved interpretation around the
enclosure, educating the public about these fascinating
creatures. We hope that in the future we will have plenty of
use for our pupping pool and that all the medical training
will rarely need to be put into practice.

KTropical
house in Riga Zoo
by Guna Vitola, Ilona Roma, Ilze Dunce and Daiga Leimane, Riga Zoo, Latvia
The Tropical house, a large indoor exhibition (1,181 m2 ), opened
in Riga Zoo in May 2001.The project is the result of painstaking
cooperation between administration, curators, gardeners, educators,
designers, builders and tough financial compromises. Sixty
plant and seventy animal species are exhibited in five different
zones: the Tunnel, Central hall, Amphibian hall, Cave of Insects
and Nocturnal hall. Some € 1,354.000 or approximately 70%
of the annual budget was spent building the Tropical house,
but with exciting results: the number of visitors increased by
15% with a substantial increase in Autumn and Winter visitors.
Tunnel
The first animals encountered in the tunnel are black lemurs
(Eulemur macaco macaco). Their exhibit is the context for
educational graphics about tropical rainforest, placed on
the opposite wall of the tunnel. Two other primate species
(Callithrix pygmaea and Callithrix jachus) are housed at
the end of the tunnel. All the exhibits have a large window,
artificial rocks, deep substrate, plants and furnishings.
Central hall
The Central hall is devoted to flora and reptiles of southeast
Asia. Interesting species exhibited include prehensile-tailed
skinks (Corucia zebrata), Asian water dragons (Physignathus
cocincinus) and blood python (Python curtus).
The designing process was a challenging task. The supports
are designed as trees twined by Tetrastigma, and the walls
are artificial rocks. A small waterfall introduces visitors to a
tropical walk. Turtles (Pelochelys cantorii, Cyclemis dentata,
Geoemyda yuwonai, Siebenrockiella crassicollis, Chelodina
siebenrocki and Cuora amboinensis), a single and very old
Mississippi alligator (Alligator mississipiensis; in Riga Zoo
since April 1935) and four false gharials (Tomistoma schlegeli)
are exhibited in four water pools along the route. Complex
technical features have been installed to regulate climatic
conditions, water circulation and a watering system for plants.
Amphibian hall
This hall is designed to display the variety of colours and
shapes as well as the different habits and behaviours of
amphibians. This proved difficult as most species are nocturnal.
The solution was to create conditions simulating the breeding
season and to keep at least two groups of animals of each
species. While one group is exhibited, the other group has
New Enclosures
a resting period, although this does not work perfectly with
all species. As a result visitors can view species in amplexus,
possibly even laying of eggs, and development of eggs and
tadpoles.
The terrariums have geographic themes and are of different
sizes and shapes (such as tree trunks and cliffs). Viewing
of burrowing species (Ceratophrys ornata and Dyscophus
guinetti) was initially difficult, however now clay is used as
a substratum and the frogs can make burrows but cannot
cover themselves completely. The plants are on the ‘second
floor’, so that frogs can not reach them and dig them out.
Another problem was that the layer protecting the artificial
interior against water damage was too slippery for tree
frogs to climb, but now the frogs climb the cliffs instead.
Cave of Insects
The Cave of Insects displays more than twenty species of
invertebrates. The most popular exhibit is the leaf-cutting
ant exhibit that consists of two terrariums: the nest and the
tropical forest. The nest is displayed behind glass, so that
the ants’ work on the nest is shown. Leaves are placed
on the ‘tropical island’ located three metres from the nest.
The island and the nest are connected by an artificial liana,
which is continuously covered by busy ants that go back and
forth to the island to get the leaves.
Nocturnal hall
This hall contains eleven exhibits with five invertebrate and
two amphibian terrariums, one night aquarium and nocturnal
mammals. Fourteen mammal species from different continents
are exhibited, of which seven are managed in European
breeding programmes. Three terrariums with nocturnal
insects are displayed under red lamps and two exhibits
display the interesting fluoresce of scorpions in UV light.
Our special acknowledgments go to all
our colleagues in Burgers’ Zoo, Skansen
Foundation, Apenheul, Noorder Dierenpark,
Rotterdam, Jersey, Branfere, Dudley and
many other zoos for their assistance and
help in realising this major exhibition in
Riga Zoo.
Photos: Maris Lielkalns/Riga Zoo
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by Jitka Vokurková, Zoo Olomouc, Czech Republica
New Enclosures
New enclosure for Japanese macaques at Zoo Olomouc
On 14 April 2002 Zoo Olomouc opened a new enclosure for Japanese
macaques (Macaca fuscata) that has proved to be enormously popular with our
visitors. The one hectare enclosure is situated in a wooded part of the zoo and
has a narrow brook running through the middle of it. Ropes and other climbing
apparatus are installed in four different areas of the enclosure. The three metre
high mesh perimeter fence is topped with hotwire. Four shelters with floor heating
that the animals can use during cold weather are provided. This enclosure may
be entered by visitors, although disabled people as well as parents with prams
are recommended not to pass through, as the path is rather steep in some areas.
A suspended wooden bridge takes the visitors across the enclosure’s hills.
The animals are fed four times per day at several feeding stations installed
throughout the enclosure. A zoo representative provides comments to the
visitors, including information about the macaques’ life in the wild, during these
feedings. A total of 19 Japanese macaques were obtained from the Amsterdam
and Rome zoos. Two youngsters, both successfully reared, were born in the
summer of 2002.
ATwo
exhibits opened in Plock Zoo
by Dorota Raniszewska, Plock Zoo, Poland
Two new outdoor exhibits were recently opened in Plock Zoo.
An exhibit for Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)
was opened in September 2002 and one for agile gibbons
(Hylobates agilis) in October 2002.
Exhibit for the macaques
The Japanese macaque enclosure is placed on a hill, which is
a natural element of the area. The enclosure is surrounded by
a wooden fence with windows to make observation possible
for even the youngest of our visitors. The group of macaques
can also be observed well from the visitor’s path because the
view is from above. The enclosure imitates the natural environment
of Japanese macaques to stimulate natural behaviour.
Japanese macaques’ enclosure We covered trees
growing in the
enclosure next
to the fence
with a net and
placed an extra
electric fence
around them to
prevent escapes.
Photo: Aleksander Niwelinski
A Japanese-style wooden house where the macaques spend
their nights is situated in the middle of the enclosure. The
house is divided into two parts to provide some possibilities
to separate the 6.4 macaques. Each part has two windows
to transmit daylight. The house can be heated by an electric
heater if necessary. Outside, enrichment elements constructed
include tree trunks, a stream and pond (heated in winter).
Gibbon’s enclosure
A new agile gibbons island is situated on a natural pond. The
island was created by expanding and reinforcing a natural,
grass-covered island. The gibbons use a system of tree trunks
with ropes for brachiation. Some partly hollow tree trunks
filled with water provide drinking opportunities. Food is offered
on platforms fashioned from slices of tree-trunk.
The gibbons brachiate across the water from the island to
the indoor facility via two parallel 6 cm diametre ropes
65 cm apart. The house is divided into two parts and
two large windows provide an excellent opportunity for
the gibbons to observe their surroundings. Seats for the
macaques are mounted 15 cm from the windows, and rest
benches and ropes are also present. The exit for gibbons
to the island (using the ropes) is protected by electric fence
to prevent escape via the roof of the house. The keepers
reach the island by an ‘under water bridge’.
Photos: Olomouc Zoo

oThe
Tiger Kingdom in Kristiansand Zoo
by Gunn Holen Robstad, Kristiansand Zoo, Norway
As the opening of 'The Tiger Kingdom' on 18 May 2003 marked
the first time ever that tigers have been kept in Norway, it was
almost a national event. By means of the EEP programme for
Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) we were able to get a
male tiger from Kyiv Zoo, Ukraine and a female from Edinburgh
Zoo, Scotland. The building of their large enclosure started in
January 2002 and cost two million euros.
The approximately 7,500 m2 outdoor enclosure is nicely
situated in a forest area. The many trees are mainly oak and
pine, and there is also a dense bottom vegetation of Erica
and small bushes. The enclosure is a natural valley, with
a height difference of approximately thirty metres between
the top and bottom. The fence surrounding the enclosure is
five metres high, with the top one metre angled 45 degrees
inwards. The bottom of the fence is secured in concrete
or bolted to the rocky ground, and five electric wires are
attached at the top and at the bottom of the fence. Two
small natural waterfalls run together into an artificial lake
(300 m2 ) to provide water.
Close up
A public path with bridges surrounds three quarters of the
enclosure. The tigers have many possibilities to hide away.
We constructed a seventy metres long underground tunnel
leading into the tiger enclosure to give the public extra
New Enclosures
opportunities to study the tigers close up. The public can
view the animals through safety windows in the tunnel, and
can almost feel the tigers’ breath through the steel bars.
The Tiger House is situated in the lowest part of the
enclosure. The house contains toilet facilities, a souvenir
shop and a snackbar for visitors, and three sleeping boxes
(4x6 metres) and a big indoor area (180 m2 ) visible to
the public for the tigers. The tigers can move in two levels
decorated with trees and ‘Russian Taiga’ paintings on the
walls. The floor of the tiger area is covered with a forty
centimetres deep layer of wooden carvings. Two other
sleeping boxes located just outside the Tiger House are
roofed, thereby offering protection during winter storms.
Tiger instincts
The tigers are kept together all the time and can walk around
both inside and outside as they like. The animals live in great
harmony, showing no signs of stress. They are very gentle
towards each other, even from the very beginning when they
were being introduced after a very short period of acclimatisation.
The animals are very active and use the whole area. Their
keeper is stimulating their natural behaviour in different ways,
such as by hiding the food so that the tigers have to use their
hunting instincts to collect their meals. Their favourite food is
moose. We receive much moose meat due to the fact that many
of these animals are killed by traffic in our part of the world.
Photos: Kristiansand Zoo
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iReviewing
ten years of EAZA Bear TAG activities
by Lydia Kolter, Zoologischer Garten Köln, Germany and Jeremy
Usher Smith, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, United Kingdom
One of the main tasks of a Taxon Advisory Group is
development and implementation of its taxonomic unit,
within the European collection plan. Necessary steps
to achieve this are the quantitative and qualitative
assessment of the captive populations, space capacity
and the evaluation of the ex situ and in situ situation
of each species. Many zoos hold one or more bear species
and bears have a high attraction value and appeal to
our visitors. The collection planning process began when
the EAZA Bear TAG set its initial goals during its first
meeting in January 1993.
Table 1: Chronology of relevant steps of the EAZA Bear TAG
during the last ten years
YEAR
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
SURVEY
Enclosure &
management:
EEP zoos
Enclosure &
management:
non-EEP zoos
& game parks
Collection
plan wishes
Husbandry:
brown &
polar bears
GUIDELINES
Outline of content
1st Draft/Revision
2nd Draft/Revision
English version
German version
French & Russian
versions
Collection Planning
CONFERENCES/RESEARCH
Ursid GCAP meeting during the
CBSG conference, Antwerp
Bear conservation, Bursa
(Turkey)
Workshop: Rehabilitation
& conservation, Rhenen;
Establishment: Polar bear WG
Start of a comparative study
on bear reproduction
(together with the IZW)
Workshop at the IBA conference:
Limitations for releasing bears
Towards collection planning
The EAZA Bear TAG aimed at:
1. building up populations
- which are self-sustaining and independent but not closed
from input of wild caught animals;
- which might reinforce wild populations, if this is requested by
field conservationists.
2. keeping individuals
- which by outer appearance and behaviour are convincing
ambassadors for their wild conspecifics for conservation
education purposes.
In order to meet the first goal, individuals of species (or subspecies)
selected for inclusion in the collection plan had to be animals of
known origin, in case of a future need for reinforcement of a wild
population. However, recent studbook data was only available for
the sloth and spectacled bears; there was no information on origin,
genetic or demographic status available for most of the more than
seven hundred bears recorded in the first EAZA Bear TAG survey.
COLLECTION PLANNING ACTIVITIES
Definition of goals; First recommendations: Spectacled and
Sloth bear EEPs & Scand. Breeding Programme for brown
bears cont.; American black bears to be phased out
Update of ISB Polar bears; Decision to establish the
ESBs for sun bears and Asiatic black bears
Decision to establish the ESB for brown bears
1st ESB for sun bears; 1st ESB for Asiatic black bears;
separate data collection for the U.t. ussuricus
subspecies in the GUS states
1st Collection plan meeting: decision to include
husbandry standards
2nd Collection plan meeting: focus on species living in
EAZA range countries recommended
1st ESB for brown bears;
3rd Collection plan meeting: selection of species/
populations for further management
Analyses of the brown bear studbook
as basis for the management of subspecies
4th Collection plan meeting: finalisation for
publication
Asiatic black bear, grizzly bear, spectacled bear and sun bear painted by V. Wedding
Photo: W. Haferkamp

As this information is necessary for
management decisions, the TAG decided
to establish, update and computerise
studbooks for all potential candidates to
be kept in European zoos in the future
as listed in Table 1.
In the past inappropriate captive
environments were blamed for many
behavioural problems in ursids. Thus, to
meet the second goal, conditions had
to be improved so that captive bears
develop into appropriate behavioural
and morphological representatives of
their wild conspecifics. Consequently
husbandry guidelines, with recommendations,
were written. These guidelines
were based on good practice in zoos,
on information extracted from husbandry
surveys and on conclusions
drawn from published work on bear
biology in the field. The English version
was translated into several languages
to facilitate its distribution and use in
EAZA range countries (see Table 1).
Collection plan
The EAZA Bear TAG includes seven
bear species, none of which is under
immediate threat or in need of ex situ
breeding to prevent extinction at
species-level. Currently zoos in the range
countries are refuges for confiscated
bears, illegally removed from the wild
or for bear cubs orphaned during legal
hunting sessions. Nevertheless illegal
hunting plus habitat degradation pose
real risks for the long-term survival of
ursids. Consequently, spreading information
on bear behaviour and habitat
needs is most important. The TAG
survey of EAZA members indicated
that brown bears (Ursus arctos) constitute
40% of the captive European bear
population and have a high educational
value, particularly where the species
occurs naturally (in the majority of
EAZA range countries). This led to the
Collection Planning
TAG recommendation that most of the
spaces available in Europe be reserved
for native species and populations: brown
bears, polar bears (Ursus maritimus)
and the Asiatic black bear of the
Russian Far East (Ursus thibetanus
ussuricus). It was concluded that only
relatively small populations of the tropical
bear species should be maintained
and that it was crucial to maintain
close cooperation with zoos in range
countries or managed programmes in
other regions (AZA) to preserve genetic
diversity in these species.
The combined studbook data indicated
that approximately 1000 bears were
living in approximately 250 enclosures
in about 150 locations distributed over
more than 20 EAZA range countries.
When minimum enclosure standards we
had set were integrated into the collection
planning process we concluded
that only half of the enclosures were
suitable for breeding or keeping more
than one or two animals.
The next steps
The EAZA Regional Collection Plan for
bears will soon be published, and then
implemented. Information gained over
the past years in conferences and workshops
with bear conservationists (see
Table 1) indicates that bears in EAZA
zoos will not be needed for reinforcement
of wild populations in the near future.
Research and long term monitoring of
released wild-born orphans should first
be undertaken. Conservation education
based on captive bears will have far
higher priority during the next few
years. Consequently, the TAG needs to
develop and spread its messages on the
in situ situation, on the one hand, and
on the other hand, needs to stimulate
even more improvement of the captive
environment; to close the gap between
the number of appropriate spaces and
the number of bears. In order to achieve
EEP committee
The following new EEPs, ESBs,
new EEP coordinators and European
studbook keepers were approved:
NEW PROGRAMMES
BLACK MARSH TURTLE ESB
(Siebenrockiella crassicollis)
Mr. Aleksander Niwelinski, Plock Zoo
MALAYAN BOX TURTLE ESB
(Cuora amboinensis)
Mr. Aleksander Niwelinski, Plock Zoo
BANK CORMORANT EEP
(Phalocrocorax neglectus)
Mr. Bart Hiddinga, NFRZG, Amsterdam
LIVINGSTONE’S FRUITBAT ESB
(Pteropus livingstoni)
Downgraded from EEP with coordinator
Dominic Wormell, Jersey, to ESB with
coordinator Mr. Will Masefield, Jersey Zoo
NUBIAN IBEX ESB
(Capra nubiana)
Mr. Hanakova Lenka, Bratislava Zoo
NEW STUDBOOK KEEPERS
TURKMENIAN MARKHOR ESB
(Capra falconeri heptneri)
Ms. Paula Holma, Helsinki Zoo
these goals the TAG will facilitate and
intensify contacts within the zoos and
between zoos and the field researchers
and conservationists.
New TAG chair
Lydia Kolter thanks the EAZA Bear
TAG members for their excellent
cooperation, support and cohesion
over critical questions during the past
ten years. She will pass the position
of the Bear TAG chair to José Kok.
José was pre-destined to undertake
the tasks to come, for several reasons:
her background is as an educator; for
two years she has been the European
brown bear studbook keeper and she
works in the Department of Biology
and Education at Ouwehands Dierenpark,
Rhenen, the Netherlands with its
exemplary new enclosures for bears.
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Photo: Parco Natura Viva
by Marco Gamba and Cristina Giacoma,
Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo,
Università di Torino, Italy and Cesare Avesani
Zaborra, Parco Natura Viva, Bussolengo, Italy
The Parco Natura Viva (Garda Zoological
Park) was established in 1969 and is involved
in conservation and breeding of many
species belonging to EEP or other relevant
international conservation programmes.
Many behavioural and reproductive
research projects are supported by Parco
Natura Viva. Within the framework of a
research project on the ontogeny of vocal
communication in lemurids, we focussed
our attention on early post-natal motherinfant
communication in ruffed lemurs
(Varecia variegata).
Ruffed lemurs first bred at Parco Natura
Viva in 1994, and together with groups
housed in many other zoos around the
world the ruffed lemurs at Parco Natura
Viva are part of a successful breeding
Research
Monitoring the vocal behaviour of ruffed lemurs in the nest-box
The nest-box is placed in the wooden house
on the lemur island
Building and installing the nest
Step 1: We started by building a 60x90x60 cm
wooden box. We secured the panels with angleirons.
Step 2: To reduce the possibility of unwanted
echoes, we secured egg cartons to the internal
panels with vinyl glue. This panelling is a
common, low cost, phono-absorbent material,
often used by musicians in rehearsal rooms
to reduce ‘resonant’ surfaces.
Step 3: Suitable holes were created in both
the external panel and the carton to insert a
microphone. The microphone is a inexpensive
Trevi E-27, which was positioned so that it
could be plugged into the tape recorder without
opening the box.
Step 4: While single-compartment nest-boxes
are the easiest to build we added a second
compartment to protect the microphone from
the lemurs. A common cat-transport box was
secured to the inner nest-box using metal wire.
A lower cost alternative is a metal grid roll.
Step 5: To allow easy access for cleaning and
for occasional inspections, both the back panel
of the wooden box and the metal grid of the
transport box were removable.
Step 6: To improve the safety of the structure
we lined the box entrance with artificial leather
to protect the entering lemur from the raw
(sharp) edges of the wooden box entrance.
The leather was secured to the cat carrier’s
net using nails and vinyl glue, to prevent
newborns from entering the in-between area
and consequently hurting themselves.
The total costs of a completed nest-box can vary
between € 76 and € 116.
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programme. This paper provides a description of the
techniques developed at Parco Natura Viva to monitor vocal
behaviour of mothers and infants in the nest. Recordings
were made while a mother-offspring pair from three
different groups were in a nest-box during three different
reproductive seasons (1995/1996/2002).
The nests were placed inside the enclosures eight to fourteen
days before the offspring’s birth. Nests were positioned
over an existing shelf and fastened to the enclosure structure.
A microphone was set in each of the nest-boxes and could be
linked to the tape recorder without entering the enclosure
as necessary. Leaves and twigs were also introduced in
the enclosure to give the female a chance to build the
nest herself. Three out of four females Varecia variegata
variegata and two out of two Varecia variegata rubra
chose our boxes as a nest.
Sample collection and analysis
Recording began as soon as birth of an offspring was noted.
Recordings were made four to eight hours a day during
the first three days during three reproductive seasons.
Recordings were computerised and split in single call files
that were subsequently processed by Praat 4.0 software in
order to extract spectral and temporal measures, including
duration, fundamental frequency, second harmonic, third
harmonic and fourth harmonic. Frequency of vocalisations
was also calculated. Processed signals included 18 ‘trrs’,
69 ‘whines’ and 118 ‘mews’.
Spectogram of the ‘trr’ vocalisation by infants
Sound quality
We compared acoustic structure of ‘mews’ emitted by mothers
inside and outside the nest-box to determine whether
the artificial nest allows for high quality recordings and is
effective in avoiding unwanted changes in acoustic signals.
None of the five parameters differed significantly between
‘mews’ recorded outside and inside.
Research
Nest-box vocalisations
We noticed that both mothers and offspring emitted ‘mews’
(low amplitude contact calls), and ‘whines’ (high frequencymodulated
vocalisations (Pereira et al., 1998; Gamba and
Giacoma, 2001)). We identified an additional vocalisation made
by infants that could not be paired with the ones previously
described. We named it the ‘trr’ vocalisation. Recordings we
made of this vocalisation averaged 488 ms in duration and had
a very low amplitude of 40-60 dB, with no clear harmonic
pattern recognisable. Infants begin emitting ‘trr’ vocalisations
within six hours after the birth and only made this vocalisation
when the mother was in the nest box. We never recorded
this vocalisation outside the nest.
Conclusions
The techniques developed at Parco Natura Viva to monitor
vocal behaviour of mothers and infants in the nest allowed
good quality recording of vocalisations. Spectral and
temporal properties of the vocalisations were analysed to
phonetically describe the vocal repertoires of mothers and
offspring during the first three days after birth. Apart from
already known ‘mew’ and ‘whine’ vocalisations emitted
also by adults, we recorded a previously undescribed call:
the ‘trr’, emitted by newborns only in the nest. Even if its
function is still to be investigated, the ‘trr’ is certainly a
useful indicator of normal development. We recommend
nest-box recording in lemurs as a valuable non-invasive
monitoring tool
and we stress
References
- Gamba, M. and C. Giacoma, 2001.
its potential to
Vocal communication in Lemuridae,
investigate early
new evidences in Eulemur and Varecia.
post-natal behaviour Advances in Ethology, 36. Supplement
of these prosimians. to Ethology. Contributions to the XXVII
International Ethological Conference,
22-29 August 2001, Tübingen, Germany.
- Pereira, M. Seeligson, M.L. and
J.M. Macedonia, 1988. The behavioural
repertoire of the black and white ruffed
lemur (Varecia variegata variegata).
Folia Primatologica 51: 1-32.
Photo: V. Jirousek
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Teresa Abáigar Ancin, 2002. Management and conservation of
an endangered species in captivity. Gazella dorcas neglecta.
International Studbook. CSIC, Madrid. In Spanish and English.
Information on biology and distribution in the wild included.
Data current through at least 31 December 1999.
Teresa Abelló, 2003. European studbook for the Sooty mangabey
(Cercocebus atys atys), white-crowned mangabey (Cercocebus a.
lunulatus) and cherry-crowned mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus);
no. 4, 2002. Barcelona Zoo.
Data current through 31 December 2002.
Tomas Althaus, Brigitte Irrall and Jonas Lüthy, 2003. Annual
report on the implementation of CITES in Switzerland 2001. Swiss
Federal Veterinary Office, Bern.
Kevin Budd, 2003. Regional studbook for the Arabian leopard
(Panthera pardus nimr). Breeding Center for Endangered
Wildlife, Sharjah.
Data current through 31 December 2002.
Bengt Holst and Frands Carlsen, 2003. Golden parakeet/conure
(Guarouba [Aratinga] guarouba) European studbook; volume II.
Copenhagen Zoo.
Data current through 31 December 2001.
Sandra Honigs, 2003. Monitoring studbook for gundis
(Ctenodactylus gundi); second edition.
Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf.
Data current through 31 March 2003.
Magdalena Janiszewska, 2002. De Brazza’s monkey
(Cercopithecus neglectus) European studbook; number 2.
Lodz Zoo.
Data current through 31 December 2001.
Mike Jordan and Klaus Rudloff, 2003. The EAZA regional
collection plan for the Lagomorpha, Xenarthra, Hyracoidea,
Pholidota, Dermoptera and Tubulidentata 2000-2005.
North of England Zoological Society and Tierpark Berlin.
PERSONALIA
Dr. Ilma Bogsch is the new director general of Budapest Zoo,
Hungary, as of 19 May 2003. She replaces Dr. Miklós Persányi,
who was appointed as Minister of Environment and Water of
Hungary.
Dr. Miranda Stevenson is the new director of the Federation of
Zoological Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland, United
Kingdom, as of 1 July 2003. She replaces Mrs. Mary Talbot-
Rosevear.
Mrs. Sanna Jansson is the new EAZA contact person of
Gotlands Djurpark, Sweden, replacing Dr. Nisse Hilden.
Publications
Publications of interest, received by the EAZA Executive Offıce
Directory Updates
Mike Jordan and Klaus Rudloff, 2003. The EAZA regional collection
plan for the Chiroptera 2000-2005. North of England
Zoological Society and Tierpark Berlin.
Peter Müller, 2003. International tiger (Panthera tigris) studbook
2002. Zoologischer Garten Leipzig.
Data current through 31 December 2001.
John Partridge, 2003. European studbook for black howler
monkeys (Alouatta caraya); no. 9; April 2003. Bristol Zoo
Gardens.
Data current through 31 December 2002.
Ryszard Topola (ed.), 2003. Directory of the Polish zoological
gardens 2002. Animal inventories included. The Polish
Zoological Society, Lodz, Poland. In Polish and English.
Roger Wilkinson, 2003. Blue-eyed cockatoo (Cacatua
ophthalmica) European studbook; fifth ESB edition. North of
England Zoological Society.
Data current through 31 December 2001.
Roger Wilkinson, 2003. European studbook for palm cockatoo
(Probosciger aterrimus); no. 10. North of England Zoological
Society.
Data current through 31 December 2001.
Copies of these publications should be ordered
through the publishers. For contact details of EAZA
members as well as TAG chairs, EEP coordinators
and ESB keepers please refer to the member area of
the EAZA website (www.eaza.net). In case of further
questions please contact Danny de Man at the
EAZA Executive Office (danny.de.man@nvdzoos.nl).
Mr. Steve Sampson is the new EAZA contact person of
Paradise Wildlife Park, United Kingdom, replacing Mr. Peter
Sampson.
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EAZA Executive Committee
Chairman:
Hans-Ove Larsson, Skansen Foundation
Vice-chairman:
Vacancy
Secretary:
Esteve Tomàs, Barcelona Zoo
Treasurer:
Roland Van Bocxstaele, Antwerp Zoo
Chair EEP Committee:
Leobert de Boer, Apenheul Primate Park
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:
Leobert de Boer, Apenheul Primate Park
Membership & Ethics Committee:
John Stronge, Belfast Zoo
Aquarium Committee:
Jürgen Lange, Berlin Zoo
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:
Bengt Holst, Copenhagen Zoo
Education & Exhibit Design Committee:
Lars Lunding Andersen, Copenhagen Zoo
Committee on Technical Support & 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
Vacancy
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 Chair co-opted in Council
Jürgen Lange, Berlin Zoo
Specialist Committee Chairs as observers in Council
Gordon McGregor Reid, Chester Zoo
Lars Lunding Andersen, Copenhagen Zoo
Bengt Holst, Copenhagen Zoo
Chris West, Zoological Society of London
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EAZA Website
This page highlights new features and additions on the EAZA website: www.eaza.net
Members
The ‘Members’ section (formerly ‘Zoos’ section) has
recently been transformed and now includes detailed information
on the EAZA membership. This section is divided
into two subsections ‘Membership’ and ‘Zoos & Aquaria’.
Membership
If you choose ‘Membership’‚ in the top menu of the
Members section, you will find detailed information on
EAZA membership. A short introduction on the standards
and accreditation procedure is provided and the five EAZA
membership categories are introduced. The development
of EAZA membership since the establishment of the organisation
in 1988 is provided in a graphic.
Zoos & Aquaria
All EAZA full and associate members are listed in this
section (click on ‘Zoos & Aquaria’ in the top menu)
and in most cases a link to their websites is provided.
The members are ordered by country and can be reached
by clicking on a country in the map of Europe. A table
providing an overview of all EAZA members located in the
selected country, sorted by alphabetical order of the city
in which the institution is located, will then appear.
Recently the EAZA shortnames have been added to the
EAZA members lists (the left-most column in the table).
The EAZA shortnames provide a valuable tool for searching
through lists, records or files of EAZA member institutions
(for example the Address List and the EAZA Available
and Wanted List Online). The shortname is based upon
a system of 15 uppercased characters reflecting the nearest
city in which the institution is located. In case of multiple
institutions in one city the location names are completed
by other identifiers. e.g. ZOO, AQUA or PARK. This same
system is also applied to the national and regional zoo
associations, and other organisations; these now all have
the prefix FED (for associations) or ORG (for other organisations)
included in their shortnames.
The third option (‘Member Area’) in the top menu of the
‘Members’ section will lead you to the login screen to
access the EAZA website member area. A personal login
name and password is needed to access this area. Please,
let us remind you that an EAZA zoo director (or the institution’s
main EAZA contact person) can create passwords
allowing the zoo’s staff to access the member area.
m e m b e r a r e a
The member area continues to evolve. It currently contains
the sections Committees, TAGs, Service, Addresses and,
depending on the level of access, also the Available
and Wanted List Online. These sections are updated and
expanded continuously (see ‘What’s new’ on the homepage
for the latest additions). We would now like to highlight
a useful section for all staff working in EAZA member
institutions: ‘Addresses’.
Addresses
In the member area you can find ‘Addresses’ by clicking on
this option in the top menu. This section provides you with the:
• EAZA Contact Details. Here you will find the EAZA
Executive Office staff contact details;
• EAZA member institutions Address List. This list
(pdf-format) provides you with the contact details of
all EAZA members, sorted by country and shortnames.
Updates are provided on a regular basis;
• Directory Updates. In addition to the EAZA member
Addresses List this overview provides information on the
latest changes in the EAZA members’ contact details;
• TAG, EEP, ESB Contact Details. This is the most recent
addition to the ‘Addresses’ section. This list contains
information on TAG chairs, EEP coordinators and ESB
studbook keepers.
We kindly request all relevant parties to keep us up-to-date
on any address changes.
For more information, please contact jenny.van.leeuwen@nvdzoos.nl