2018 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) Sam Winslow- BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo 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 Studbook January 2016 Masterplanning September 2016 Red Program
Baird’s Tapir
Carolina Holguin-Gonzalez Population Manager/International Studbook Keeper International Studbook 2015 Masterplanning-October 2015 included bi-regional planning Yellow Program ***Masterplanning September 2018 AZA Annual Meeting
• Report from the 7th International Tapir Symposium Malayan Tapir Survival Statistics March 2017-March 2018
Total: 14.20 in 18 AZA facilities 6.3 CCTU 1.1 Canada
Births: 0.1 Denver 0.1Minnesota (2012-2018 = 5.9)
Deaths: 0.1 NYBronx 0.1 CCTU (2012-2018= 8.11)
Transfers: 2.3 (per masterplan) Oldest: 30.5 F Milwaukee 26.5 M San Antonio Baird’s Tapir Survival Statistics March 2017-March 2018 Total: 19.15 in 14 AZA facilities 3.2 MetroRichmond, Louisiana Purchase Gardens & Zoo, Brights Zoo
Births • Zoo New England 0.1 • Metro Richmond 0.1 • Africam Safari 0.1 • Reid Park 1.0 • Nashville 1.0
Deaths • 1.0 Jacksonville • 1.0 Brookfield 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 7th International Tapir Symposium • 80 participants from over 20 countries from around the world- Houston, Texas • 8th International Symposium-Costa Rica 2020 TOP FIVE GOALS • PARTNERSHIPS (35) Have at least ONE governmental representative from each tapir range country present at next TSG symposium • METHODS AND DOCUMENTATION (31) To have reference sheets available for research methods – one page descriptions and list of references. TOPICS INCLUDE: Camera trapping; Mitigation measures for tapir road-kill; Road kill survey; Telemetry; Occupancy, distribution, and abundance analysis; Human-tapir conflict; Movement analysis; Sample collection, labeling, storage (shorter version of the TSG Veterinary Manual) • PARTNERSHIPS (22) Establish THREE additional long-term partnerships between tapir projects with zoos • EX-SITU (20) Ensure that ex-situ tapir populations are utilized in basic and applied research contributing to conservation • TSG ORGANIZATION (19)Increased percentage of TSG’s approved projects that integrate human dimensions and community organization by next symposium Ex-Situ Working Group
GOAL 1: Ensure that ex-situ tapir populations are utilized in basic and applied research contributing to conservation GOAL 2: Establish a GSMP in range countries of Malayan tapir within 3 years GOAL 3: Obtain a minimum of 10 new alliances between ex-situ and in-situ conservation efforts GOAL 4: Establish a working inventory of the tapirs under human care in tapir range countries GOAL 5: Have an improved/enhanced/updated ex-situ tapir husbandry manual that is readily accessible at national and regional levels a. Translate into key languages b. Biometrics c. Nutrition d. Enrichment e. Husbandry practices f. Keeper husbandry workshops for workers in range countries North American Sponsors
• AfricamSafari, Mexico • Bergen County Zoo • CCTU • Columbus Zoo • Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo • Ellen Trout Zoo • Houston Museum of Natural History • Houston Zoo • IFAW • Jacksonville Zoo • Milwaukee Zoo • Minnesota Zoo • Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo • Palm Beach Zoo • Reid Park Zoo • Smithsonian Institution • Utah’s Hogle Zoo • Virginia Zoo • Wildlife world Zoo • Woodland Park Zoo Research Projects
Lowland Tapir Conservation Project/Brazil Patricia Medici
Baird’s Tapir Rescue and Rehabilitation/Nicaragua 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