2019 AZA –Mid Year Tapir TAG UPDATES
TAG Structure: Officers Chair- Michele Stancer/Utah’s Hogle Zoo Vice Chair- Frank Camacho/Africam Safari Secretary- Don Goff/Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo
Steering Committee: February 2018 (updated every 2 years) M. David Quavillon- Brevard Zoo Dale Leads- Denver Zoo John Register- Houston Zoo Joe Svoke- Zoo Miami Tom Ness- Minnesota Zoo Johnathon Hankins- Nashville Zoo Christie Eddie- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo Jan Steele- Palm Beach Zoo Adam Ramsey- Reid Park Zoo Joseph Roman- Virginia Zoological Park
Population Biologist-Jamie Ivy, PhD/San Diego Zoo Global Malayan Tapir
Michele Stancer Population Manager/Studbook keeper North American Studbook January 2019 Masterplanning September 2019 (AZA New Orleans) Red Program
Baird’s Tapir
Carolina Holguin-Gonzalez Population Manager/International Studbook Keeper International Studbook 2015 Masterplanning- final B&T December 2018 Red Program Malayan Tapir Survival Statistics April 2018-April 2019
Total: 22.26 (48) in 20 facilities (including 1 US private facility and 2 Canadian zoos)
Births: 1.0 CCTU 0.2 Omaha & Lowry Park (2016-2019 = 4.9) (2013-2016= 3.2)
Deaths: 0.1 Milwaukee 2.0 CCTU & Lufkin (2012-2019= 10.12)
Transfers: 1.0 import from Singapore to CCTU all transfers completed from 2016 masterplan) Oldest: 26.5 F San Diego 27.5 M San Antonio Baird’s Tapir Survival Statistics April 2018-April 2019 Total: 25.20 in 15 AZA and 5 North American facilities Births • 2.0 Brevard & San Diego • 0.1 Houston (2017-2019 5.5 births)
Deaths • None (2017-2019 3.1 deaths) IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group tapirs.org
128 +/- Specialist Groups IUCN -10,000 volunteers TSG founded in 1980 a. Frequent review, status determination, and publicizing of tapirs and their needs b. Promoting and supporting research, and distributing materials c. Promoting the implementation of conservation and management programs by appropriate organizations and governments d. Establishing strong and effective relationships among tapir conservationists to stimulate communication and cooperation.
The TSG has 132 members, including field researchers, educators, veterinarians, governmental agencies and NGO representatives, zoo personnel, university professors and students, from 27 countries worldwide Research Projects
Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative /Brazil Patricia Medici
Baird’s Tapir Survival Alliance/Central America Chris Jordan
Malayan Tapir Rescue and Rehabilitation/Malaysia Carl Traeholt
Malayan Tapir Reproductive biomarkers in seminal plasma of endangered Malayan tapirs/Thailand Budhan Pukazhenthi
Mountain tapir project Ecology, Reproductive Traits, Gut Microbiome Analyses, and Metabolic Profiling of Free Ranging Mountain Tapirs/ Ecuador Liza Dadone, Budhan Pukazhenthi
Reproductive Analysis/US Budhan Pukazhenthi