AZA ANTELOPE AND GIRAFFE TAG Midyear Update AZA Midyear Workshop - Omaha March 19, 2016 TAG leadership

• Chair - Martha Fischer, Saint Louis Zoo • Vice Chairs • Sharon Joseph, Houston Zoo, Vice-Chair, Forest/Woodland Antelope • Jeff Holland, Los Angeles Zoo, Vice-Chair, Small Antelope • Dan Beetem, The Wilds, Vice-Chair, Hartebeest • Randy Rieches, SDZSP, Vice-Chair, Waterbuck • Adam Eyres, Fossil Rim, Vice-Chair, Aridland Antelope, Gazelle, Pronghorn • Elected Committee • Sam Berner, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Amy Roberts, Brookfield Zoo • Andrea DeMuth, Brookgreen Gardens Lisa Smith, Great Plains Zoo, • Joanne Kelly, Como Park Zoo Secretary • Andi Kornak, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Tracy Thessing, Cheyenne Mtn • Amy Phelps, Oakland Zoo Terry Webb, Toledo Zoo TAG advisors

• Leanne White, Greenville Zoo, Education • Steve Monfort, NZP-CRC, Research • Linda Penfold, SEZARC, Reproduction • Barb Wolfe, The Wilds, Vet • Erin Kendrick, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Nutrition • Roxanna Breitigan, Michelle Hatwood and Brent Huffman, Ungulate TAGs Marketing Regional Collection Plan

• 6th edition of the Regional Collection Plan was approved by WCMC in 2014 1995 1997 1999 2005 2009 2014 2016

SSP 3 6 10 8 8 -- --

PMP 42 42 36 33 31 -- --

DERP -- 11 2 8 11 -- --

Green SSP ------1 1

Yellow SSP ------25 27

Red SSP ------11 10

Candidate ------8 7

Studbooks 36 43 43

P/I (phase in) -- -- 0 1 0 0 0

P/O 13 11 36 18 15 12 12 (phase out)

NPR (no program ------2 2 recommended)

ISF (in situ focus) ------20 19 19 19 Program updates 2015-16

Completed in 2015-16 • 1 Green SSP Plan • 16 Yellow SSP Plans • 5 Red Plans • 1 Candidate Plan • 17 NA Regional Studbooks • 3 International Studbook • THANK YOU Program Leaders and PMC Biologists and Adjuncts!

Available on www.aza.org Program updates 2015-16

• 43 different individuals from 28 AZA facilities serve as Antelope and Giraffe TAG Program Leaders

• Your commitment is appreciated! Program updates 2015-16

• Advertised & filled vacancies • 9 studbooks • 9 SSPs Program leader changes 2015-16 • Gemsbok NA Regional Studbook & SSP – Lissa McCaffree, San Diego Zoo Safari Park • Fringe-eared Oryx NA Regional Studbook & SSP – Lissa McCaffree, San Diego Zoo Safari Park • Nile Lechwe NA Regional Studbook & SSP – Michael Murrey, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo • Masai Giraffe Yellow SSP – Sheri Horiszny, Santa Barbara Zoo • Giraffe NA Regional Studbook – Erin Cantwell, Maryland Zoo • Addra Gazelle NA Regional Studbook & SSP – Tim Their, Saint Louis Zoo • Bongo NA Regional Studbook – Courtney Janney, Memphis Zoo • Okapi Gazelle NA Regional Studbook & SSP – Steve Shurter, White Oak • Impala SSP – Emily Loerch, Disney’s Animal Kingdom • Common Eland NA Regional Studbook & SSP – Louis Keeley, Blank Park Zoo Program vacancies

• Generic Giraffe Green SSP • Thomson’s gazelle NA Regional Studbook & Yellow SSP • Red-fronted gazelle NA Regional Studbook (candidate program)

Contact Martha Fischer [email protected] Available resources

• Regional Collection Plan Population Viability Analyses

• In partnership with Lincoln Park Zoo, PMC, and IMLS, the TAG completed PVAs for 5 Antelope species in 2016 Ungulate TAG Species Profiles

• Thank you to the 29 program leaders who have completed a profile for their species! • And thanks to the Ungulate TAG Marketing team who continues to make the profiles possible AZA Sustainability Database

• AZA is developing new tools for population sustainability with funding from IMLS grant • Quantitative info from Breeding and Transfer Plans, Population Viability Analyses, etc., with qualitative info on husbandry, exhibit design, etc. • Monday – 10:45 am • Don Moore and Lauren Wilson We need your spaces, please!

• Only one of the Antelope & Giraffe TAG’s programs is sustainable using AZA’s definitions (Retic/Roth Giraffe Green SSP)

• Sustainability not possible without space and resources

• Decline in overall future space for antelope (and actually ALL ungulates) is greatly concerning

• Additional effort to promote the TAG’s important conservation programs is needed

• 16 candidate species • Representatives from all 6 of the TAG’s subgroups and all levels of management (Green/Yellow/Red/ISF) • Hirola, addra gazelle, giraffe (group), addax, slender- horned gazelle, scimitar- horned oryx, mountain bongo, okapi, mountain nyala, Arabian oryx, Speke’s gazelle, duikers (group), peninsular pronghorn, Nile lechwe, bontebok, and fringe- eared oryx

Field support

• Saturday 3-5 pm • Scimitar-horned oryx project in Chad – Adam Eyres • Pronghorn Project in Baja – Lissa McCaffree and Melodi Tayles • Giraffe Conservation – Julian Fennessey • Sunday 3:15-5 pm • Okapi Conservation Project – John Lukas Field support

• 2011 – TAG provided support for the Northern Rangelands Trust Hirola Recovery Program

• Numbers of hirola in the sanctuary have doubled in just 3 ½ years! Antelope Specialist Group

¡ To download, go to www.iucn.org Coming soon

• SSIG/SCF Annual Meeting – 4-6 May 2016 - Barcelona Zoo • International Ungulate Day – 7 June 2016 • World Giraffe Day – 21 June 2016 • International Giraffid Conference – 9-12 May 2016 - Brookfield Zoo • Giraffe Care Workshop – 10-14 October 2016 - Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Thank you!