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Dear Colleagues, You will probably recollect that last weeks news items started out with two references to Lisa Mooreheads` tragic Tapir accident. Lisa is still in intensive care and still in serious condition. Judging by the letters I had, many of you are concerned about her. I therefore draw your attention to the following. If nothing else, a few kind words on a card would help. "Lisa Moorehead Recovery Fund" Laura Smith of Zoo Chat and Sheryl Todd of the Tapir Preservation Fund have banded together to start a collection to help Lisa through what is going to be a very difficult time. For further information on how you can help, please visit the following sites: http://www.tapirback.com/tapirgal/lisa.htm http://ns.awebpresence.com/lasmith/ZooChat/tapirmoore.html If you would like to send Lisa a card or a letter, please send it to the following address. I am sure it would be appreciated. Lisa Moorehead Attn: ICU - Room 9E - 220 University Hospital P.O. Box 26307 Oklahoma City, OK 73126 A fairly quiet week on the zoo front both at home and away. There follows all I could turn up. Rare white lions on display at zoo (Papanack Park Zoo) http://www.canoe.ca/OttawaNews/18_n1.html Indon students air grievances to apes (Gembira Loka Zoo) http://thestar.com.my/current/28bozos27.html SA pays its Singapore buffalo bill - with hyenas (Singapore zoo) http://www.africanews.org/south/southafrica/stories/19981123_feat2.html Polar Bears Find Home at Detroit Zoo http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-27-1998/0000812788&EDATE= Working on holiday can still be a treat (San Francisco Zoo) Annie Nakao http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1998/11/27/NEWS15976.dtl Late night at the animal house ( Brookfield Zoo) http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/tgif/tgfam.htm For some breeds of whales, being smart runs in the family http://www.nationalpost.com/news.asp?f=981127/2054786&s2=national&s3=news Shedd takes reins in helping save sea horses http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/shedd2.html CSU vet a pioneer in field http://www.denverpost.com/news/news1127c.htm Kerrville closing 222-acre wildlife safari park (The Kerrville Camera Safari) http://www.dallasnews.com/texas-southwest-nf/tsw4.htm Director quits over criticism (Dusit Zoo) http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/281198_News06.html Chinese expert says South China tiger may be extinct in wild http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/wires2/1126/n_ap_1126_126.sml Albuquerque acquires elephants, llamas in likely circus settlement (Albuquerque's Rio Grande Biological Park) http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/112698/new_llamas.shtml Veterinarians' extensive tests fail to reveal what killed Toto (North Carolina Zoo) http://www.news-observer.com/daily/1998/11/26/tri09.html North Carolina farm offers refuge to big cats (Carnivore Preservation Trust) http://www.bergen.com/morenews/catfarm199811248.htm Going ape in Taipei (Taipei City Zoo) http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_222000/222106.stm Abused circus animals find a new home at the zoo (Rio Grande Zoo) http://www.msnbc.com/local/KOB/21273.asp Four animals die from alleged poisoning at Kiev zoo http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/329/Four_animals_die_from_alleged_poiso.shtml Fighting Lions' reclaim a mascot (Papanack Park Zoo) http://www.ottawacitizen.com/city/981125/2048849.html Injured bear set free after rehab (Greater Baton Rouge Zoo) http://www.sunherald.com/region/docs/bear112598.htm After poke in the eye, elephant on the mend (Buttonwood Park zoo) http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/328/After_poke_in_the_eye__elephant_on_.shtml Zoo's hippos have an early Thanksgiving feast (Los Angeles) http://www.sacbee.com/news/calreport/calrep_story.cgi?N145.HTML Zoo releases rare hawk raised in captivity (Ueno Zoo) http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1125so15.htm PIL against gift of lions to Japanese zoo is dismissed (Mumbai zoo/ Yokohoma zoo) http://www.timesofindia.com/today/25mbom15.htm Will County halts hunt for elusive mystery cat (Brookfield Zoo/ Lincoln Park Zoo) http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cat24i.html Zoo Friends chooses director (Tulsa Zoo) http://www.tulsaworld.com/scripts/tulsaworld/tulsaworld.dll?VBEXE=C:\inetsrv\scripts\tulsaworld\tulsaworld.exe&DSPLY=Story&ID=981123_Ne_a10zoofr Ex-zoo chief, LR sign $20,000 contract (Little Rock Zoo) http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/ark/bdxzoo24.html Zookeeper still in critical condition (Oklahoma City Zoo) http://www.tulsaworld.com/scripts/tulsaworld/tulsaworld.dll?VBEXE=C:\inetsrv\scripts\tulsaworld\tulsaworld.exe&DSPLY=Story&ID=981123_Ne_a12zooke The mane attraction - the Lion or the Hawke? (Melbourne Zoo) http://www.theage.com.au/daily/981125/news/news14.html Public protests throw lion life line (Lucknow Zoo) http://news.bbc.co.uk:80/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_215000/215590.stm Monterey Bay Aquarium exhibit would be first to feature deep-sea animals http://flash.oregonlive.com/cgi-bin/or_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-Parsed/OREGON_NEWS/o0436_AM_CA--DeepSeaExhibit Elephant trainer faces new cruelty charges http://www.africanews.org/south/southafrica/stories/19981125_feat15.html Lawyer: Elephants don't have to be treated humanely in South Africa http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/330/Lawyer__Elephants_don_t_have_to_be_.shtml Point Defiance beluga heads to San Diego http://www.sacbee.com/news/calreport/calrep_story.cgi?N64.HTML How nature copes with bunny bug http://www.theage.com.au/daily/981128/news/news33.html WWF's panda campaigns for poor http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_223000/223360.stm Feds convict pair of selling endangered wild cats http://www2.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/nation/112798/nation14_23053_noframes.html RETURNING WOLF SPECIES TO WILD IS NO EASY TASK http://chicagotribune.com/version1/article/0,1575,SAV-9811270141,00.html Arkansas River minnow is placed on the endangered list http://www.tulsaworld.com/scripts/tulsaworld/tulsaworld.dll?VBEXE=C:\inetsrv\scripts\tulsaworld\tulsaworld.exe&DSPLY=Story&ID=981126_Ne_a30arkan Inbreeding of species can lead to extinction, scientists say http://www2.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/health/112698/health21_5903_noframes.html Red wolf restoration project in Smokies ends http://www.freep.com/news/nw/qwolf26.htm Police seize 8 wild animals from unauthorised zoo (Johnson Zoo- Bangarapet) http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov21/ctzoo.htm Situations Vacant Knowsley Safari Park have a vacancy for a curator. This is a senior position with direct responsibility to the General Manager. Duties include the daily operation of the safari park, animal husbandry, staff and animal records etc An experienced, practical hands on person is required. Salary is negotiable with experience and excellent family accomodation is available with the position. Applications, including a full CV to reach D H Ross, General Manager, Knowsley Safari Park, Prescot, Merseyside. L34 4AN by Saturday 12th December 1998 For the most up to date links to sites advertising Zoo work go to: http://members.tripod.com/~Sciurus/index.html Meetings Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting December 2nd 1998 Zoological Society of London For further information contact: mirandast@email.msn.com 1st European Zoo Nutrition Conference Jan 8 - 11 1999 Rotterdam, The Netherlands for more details contact: J.Nijboer@inter.nl.net The 7th Annual Conference of the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators February 12-15 1999 Sitka, Alaska, USA ( This is a great conference for people interested in birds, but also for those involved in animal presentations and animal training in general) For information, contact: Kevin Hils, Columbus Zoo, 9990 Riverside Drive, Box 400, Powell, Ohio, USA, 43065. Phone (614) 645-0558 Email: khils@colszoo.org International Zoo Conference -” Zoos waking up? Methods and problems in creating modern zoos". March 13th and 14th 1999 Erfurt, Germany Registration is possible via the website(http://www.quantum-conservation.org ) or direct at this address : Quantum Conservation e.V. Heeder Dorfstrasse 44, 49356 Diepholz, Germany Tel: 0049-(0)-5441-82133 Fax: 0049-(0)5441-82132 Annual ARAZPA/ASZK Conference 21st -26th ofMarch 1999 Alice Springs Desert Park, Australia The conference will be conducting behind the scenes tours, post conference tours and the presentation of papers by zoo staff and associations. If interested any contact should be through Andrew Mann, Conference co-ordinator, Alice Springs Desert Park, P.O.Box 1046, Alice Springs, NT, 0871 Telephone: +61-8-8951 8764 Facsimile: +61-8-89518777 E-mail: andrew.mann@nt.gov.au The 4th Annual International Wildlife Law Conference March 20th 1999 This is being held at American University's School of Law in Washington, D.C. The Conference panels will include 'The effectiveness of regional wildlife treaty regimes' and 'Case studies of implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species at the national level'. For more information, visit: http://eelink.net/~asilwildlife/index.htm ABWAK 25th Celebration, Then, Now & the Future April 17 - 18 1999 Marwell Zoological Park for more details contact: lgdb@pinnipedia.demon.co.uk 39th International Symposium on the Diseases of Zoo and Wild Animals May 12 - 16, 1999 Vienna / Austria contact: office@zoovienna.at or: froelich@izw-berlin.de 7th World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species May 22 - 26 1999 Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, USA for more details contact: Grace Rettig (Fax 1-513-559-7791) ECM 3rd European Congress of Mammalogy May 30- June 4 1999 Jyvaskyla, Finland For further details contact : congresses@conf.jyu.fi PR & Marketing in Zoos There will be a conference on PR & Marketing in Zoos taking place in Holland from the 3rd to the 6th June 1999. Full details not yet available. If you require further information at this time please contact Henning Julin, Director of Aalborg Zoo on : aal-zoo@post4.tele.dk The 1999 meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) University of Washington, Seattle June 20-24 1999 This will include spoken and poster sessions on marine mammals. The ASM Marine Mammal Committee has also organised a symposium at the event entitled 'Marine Mammals: The Next Century'. For more information, contact : Paul Anderson, Chair, ASM Marine Mammal Committee at pkanders@cadvision.com 16th EAZA/EEP Annual Conference Basel Zoo, Switzerland September 8-12 1999 For further information contact : EAZA offices Fourth International Enrichment Conference 29th August-3rd September 1999 Edinburgh, Scotland. Details as and when available from the Shape of Enrichment website: http://www.enrichment.org The Shape of Enrichment, Inc is pleased to announce a grant of $1,000 U.S. to be used towards expenses to attend The Fourth International Conference on Environmental Enrichment. The winning paper will be presented during the conference. More details of this from the enrichment site. European Zoo Educators (EZE) Conference Safari Beekse Bergen; Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands 16 - 20 September 1999 For further details contact: Chris Peters; IZE-Regional Representative for Europe/Middle-East e-mail: Rob.Belterman@inter.nl.net Veterinary conference on Australian Wildlife Western Plains Zoo, Australia September 13-17, 1999. Topics include zoonoses, medicine and surgery of macropods, reptiles, bats, native birds and amphibia as well as pest control and assisted reproduction. Interested parties can contact : David Blyde on dblyde@tpgi.com.au Research and Captive Propagation in Birds Antwerp Zoo October 21-23 1999 For Further info : mettke@erl.ornithol.mpg.de Help Wanted Odd Behaviour Tim Husband, Operations Manager at Blue Gum Zoo in Sydney is working on a book of aberrant behaviour in captive animals. He is hoping to put together a compilation of "case scenarios". He would greatly appreciate input from as many people as possible. What he is looking for is a full description of the problem i.e. stereotypies or other abnormal behaviours and, and this is the important bit, how it was solved. He hopes that a book of this nature would be of help to people working with captive animals everywhere. I am sure Tim is right. If such a book was available today, I would certainly purchase a copy. Contact Tim on : husband@internet-australia.com Don`t forget ZooChat, it has its moments! Curators, Keepers, Vets, Researchers letting their hair down at the end of the day. Very lighthearted most of the time. Serious some of the time. Useful for making contacts and generally having fun. THE BOARD is a useful place for posting your interests. http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZCboard.pl Sites worth checking out Have you got a suggestion? Let me check it out. http://orrca.org.au/ Seal Conservation Society http://www.greenchannel.com/tec/scslinks.htm http://members.aol.com/abbie555/index.html Red Squirrel Guidelines http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6784/Guidelines.html http://users.bart.nl/~edcolijn/index.html Tiger Information http://www.5tigers.org “Hot off the Press” International Zoo Yearbook 36 As usual the very high standard of the Yearbooks is maintained. Slightly different this year in that there is coloured plate on the dust jacket for the first time. The special subject in this volume is Old World Primates. The 17 papers in this section cover a diverse range of subjects ranging from enrichment to nutrition, mixed species exhibition to rearing strategies. Section two covers as usual, a mixed bag of interesting new developments in the Zoo World . The important references in section 3 take up more than half of the book. Like the previous volumes, the Yearbooks are an important part of every Zoo Library. ISSN 0074-9664 The Zoological Society of London, Regent`s Park, London, NW1 4RY Don`t forget International Zoo News published eight times a year. This is the magazine for the exchange of news, information and ideas between the zoos of the world. If your zoo does not subscribe, it really should. Annual Subscriptions by surface mail are US$75.00 Subscription cheques to I.Z.N., 80 Cleveland Road, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 2HF, United Kingdom. (Tel/Fax 01243 782803) Most e-mail packages will allow you to point and click on the site address (hyperlink). This should launch your web browser and send you directly to the site. If your package will not do this you will have to use cut and paste. Cutting from this e-mail and pasting in your browsers address column...then press return and away you go! The other problem you may have is that the site address is longer than the page width. You will have to cut and paste twice, taking care that you marry to the two halves exactly. Some of these links are quite short lived, but I have checked them all today and they all work.. If you have a problem, do let me know. Zoo News is currently sent to over a 1000 interested parties worldwide each week. If you know of anyone who you think would like to be included please e-mail me. If you would like to include notification of any items of interest i.e. Meetings, seminars, job vacancies please contact me. For those of you who have not received the News previously, you have been included because someone has suggested you might be interested. 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