Om fokprogramma's succesvol te laten verlopen en daarmee het doel van soortbehoud na te streven, moeten dierentuinen onderling diertransacties uitvoeren. Binnen de transportwerkgroep van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Dierentuinen is de vraag ontstaan naar een handboek dat geraadpleegd kan worden bij …

The goal of the research is to give an overview of the current situation of zoos and aquaria in the Middle East and to assess the feasibility of creating a regional zoo association. The interests, the expectations and the possible investments of local zoological institutions are examined and analysed …

In zoos there is a lack of space for old world monkeys as enclosures become bigger and more naturalistic, because of the advances in enclosure design. A potential solution is housing old world monkey species in mixed species exhibits. The main question to research this potential is: Which of the TAG …

Voeding is van groot belang voor het welzijn van dieren en speelt daarom een grote rol in dierenparken. Om te kunnen voldoen aan de voedingsbehoefte van het dier worden dieetprotocollen ontworpen. Zo ook voor de Kodiakberen in Dierenpark Emmen. In Europese dierentuinen worden echter zelden Kodiakberen …

Als lid van de NVD en EAZA heeft DierenPark Amersfoort als taak de wonderen van de natuur te tonen met als doel de bezoekers te informeren over natuurbehoud. Eén van de kernwaarden van DierenPark Amersfoort is: ‘’DierenPark Amersfoort is een uitstekende dierentuin in soort- en natuurbehoud en educatie’’. …

To be able to keep sustainable populations which are independent from wild populations zoos need to cooperate in collection planning. To aid this cooperation the Taxon Advisory Groups (TAGS) of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) design Regional Collection Plans (RCPs). These RCPs contain …

Cooperative population management is essential for the long-term viability of animal populations held in zoos and aquaria. In several regions, zoos are working together on population management by cooperative breeding programmes. Since most of these managed populations are not viable, it is suggested …

Facing the threat of climate change and loss of biodiversity, sustainability has become an es­sential public issue. Zoos as environmental organisations and leaders in conservation have a sustainable responsibility and could contribute to stem climate change and the exploitation of resources by reducing …

Every year more than 140 million visitors visit EAZA member zoos. To promote conservation to this enormous public of zoo visitors, EAZA launches annual conservation campaigns. Since the start of EAZA’s first campaign in 2000 they have been running 10 campaigns with a variety of issues that affect certain …

Educational messages are used to raise awareness and to encourage people to participate in protecting and managing global biodiversity. The Isle of Wight Zoo is one of the zoos which recognizes the increased importance of education. The zoo wants to connect two important aspects of zoo visits: perception …