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THE YEAR IN REVIEW 2010 ZSL globLIVINaGl co reanscervatih on

Our Vision A world where are valued, and their conservation assured.

Our Mission To promote and achieve the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats.

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Success in the spotlight Sir Patrick Bateson reflects on a varied, busy and extremely successful year for ZSL in 2010, which raised the Society’s public profile higher than ever before.

In many ways, 2010 was a triumphant 500km south of the Maldives, have year for ZSL, with the broadcasting of None of these some of the least polluted waters in the a major three-part TV documentary achievements would world, offering scientists an unrivalled and the announcement of the Chagos opportunity to study a near-pristine Marine Protected Area (MPA). Both have been ocean habitat and monitor the effects projects demonstrated the extraordinary without our staff, of climate change. ZSL was involved in dynamism and passion that ZSL’s staff the Chagos campaign from the start, bring to their work. supporters, members coordinating partner organisations, This same passion and energy can and volunteers drumming up support and raising be seen every day at ZSL’s bases in awareness, so the successful conclusion and Whipsnade, and also across was deeply gratifying for all concerned. the globe. , visitors were able to enjoy a The ITV series, The Zoo, which took Our brilliant team at the Institute of wonderfully immersive experience in a year to film, aired in November. This (IoZ) continues to lead the field Clore Lookout and Night Life, engaging programme brought the work in scientific research, conducting studies while ZSL welcomed of ZSL to millions of viewers on prime- ranging from how damaged ecosystems back the beasts of ancient Britain with time television, not to mention giving increase the threat of disease to the the opening of Wild Wild Whipsnade. We a boost to visitor numbers. likely outcome of a proposed badger cull were delighted to receive a prestigious I need hardly add that none of these in the UK. Our field conservationists, Gold Award from the Green Tourism achievements would have been possible meanwhile, continued to support Business Scheme, and for ZSL London without the hard work, dedication and community and conservation projects Zoo to be chosen as the overall winner enthusiasm of our staff, supporters, around the world; among their most of Best Tourism Experience 2010 by members and volunteers. ZSL’s exciting successes in 2010 was the Visit London. worldwide reputation and continuing rediscovery of the Horton Plains slender Perhaps the most rewarding success is entirely thanks to you. loris in Sri Lanka. development, from a conservation point Closer to home, both opened of view, came in April, with the creation major new exhibits. At ZSL London of the world’s largest MPA, covering 210,000 square miles of the Chagos Sir Patrick Bateson FRS Left A Malayan tapir Archipelago. These beautiful islands, President, Zoological Society of London

the Year in review 2010 3 ZSL Living conservation Global reach In 2010, ZSL ran more than 150 vital field conservation and research projects in more than 50 countries. Here is just a sample of ZSL’s work at home and abroad. For more information visit zsl.org.

1 UK: Garden Health Initiative ZSL is investigating the causes of garden bird deaths and disease across the UK. 1 Assisted by the general public and volunteers, the initiative is working to 2 2 3 determine best practice for protecting garden . 4 21 12 5 2 Turkey and Greece: Net 5 10 6 Fish Net exists to save freshwater fish 6 8 using a multidisciplinary approach. With a dynamic programme of captive breeding, education, research 5 Chad and and field conservation initiatives, Fish Niger: Pan Sahara 7 Net’s highlights include the rediscovery Wildlife Survey of a fish thought to be extinct. ZSL works with the Sahara Conservation Fund to secure 3 Italy: Sardinian newt a future for the threatened fauna of the Sahara, including 9 8 Cameroon: Wildlife the last documented Wood Project population of wild addax. ZSL’s Wildlife Wood Project works 13 with logging companies to 6 Liberia and improve wildlife management in Sierra Leone: logging concessions. The team’s Pygmy hippo innovative approach helps A focal species of companies to carry out ‘wildlife- ZSL’s EDGE of friendly’ logging, which ensures Existence programme, the industry itself can play an scientists and active role in wildlife conservation. conservationists have been leading efforts to 9 Chile: Darwin’s frog (EDGE) save the endangered pygmy hippo. With Uniquely, when Darwin’s frogs reproduce, partner organisations, ZSL captured it is the males that care for the young by the first photos of the species and has incubating them in their vocal sacs. created a specialist group dedicated to Protecting this special species is a priority conserving it. for ZSL, and conservation actions include sponsoring a Chilean EDGE Fellow 7 Namibia: Tsaobis baboon to discover why these frogs are Scientists are undertaking a long-term disappearing and the extent 4 Algeria: North study that so far has shed light on to which the deadly African cheetah social foraging, sexual signals and chytrid fungus is anti-predator behaviour. affecting them.

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12 Mexico: Whales 19 Philippines: Scientists have been studying whales to Project determine the effect of rising levels of ultraviolet radiation on health. They have found that blue, fin and sperm whales exhibit skin damage associated with acute sunburn in , and that it appears to be getting worse over time.

13 Antarctica: Penguins Penguins are under threat from climate change, and our 20 Russia: Amur tigers scientists are using innovative and leopards techniques to help them. It is estimated that there are only 30 Amur leopards 14 Bangladesh: Tigers left in the wild, and We work with local communities just 400 Amur tigers. 22 to mitigate -tiger conflict. ZSL is carrying out 20 monitoring patrols 15 : Gyps vultures to protect and survey 16 ZSL is providing funding and veterinary Amur tigers and working 15 14 expertise to protect the country’s to prevent fires that are 17 Gyps vultures. destroying Amur leopard habitats. 19 18 16 Nepal: Greater 21 Saudi Arabia: King Khalid 23 one-horned rhino Wildlife Research Centre 11 The centre is responsible for captive breeding of endangered gazelle species and their introduction into protected areas. ZSL manages the centre on behalf of the Saudi Wildlife Commission. 24 10 Dominica: 22 : Wildlife Picture Index Emerging infectious diseases and We are monitoring conservation the lethal chytrid fungus are programmes using camera decimating numbers. trapping techniques. ZSL is working to mitigate these effects and to protect amphibians on the island by using rapid diagnostic and surveillance technology. 17 : Asian 11 : Sumatran tiger We work with park rangers and 23 Chagos Archipelago local villagers to mitigate conflicts between humans 24 New Zealand: Hihi and . Endemic to New Zealand, the endangered hihi bird is one focus of scientists’ 18 Sri Lanka: attention at ZSL, in a bid to discover Red slender loris more about the hihi and how best to Conservationists are leading work to conserve it. Researchers have discovered discover more about the little-known red that parent birds which eat plenty of fruit slender loris, and how to restore the and vegetables are better able to protect forest areas in which it lives. their chicks against parasites.

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From a major television series to the declaration of the world’s largest marine reserve, ZSL continued to enjoy a high profile in 2010. ZSL in the news

January February Taking stock Plotting penguins Keepers at both ZSL Zoos kicked off Heading to the bottom of the globe, the year with a mammoth task – the ZSL scientists undertook an Antarctic annual stocktake. More than voyage to discover how best to protect 20,000 animals were totted up across penguins from the effects of climate ZSL and ZSL Whipsnade change. With support from travel Zoo, including new Asiatic cubs company Exodus, scientists are plotting and a newly arrived . colony movements to devise the best actions for conserving these birds.

Cleaner fish dish Leaving nothing to chance out punishment Tigers at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo became ZSL scientists discovered male bluestreak ambassadors for their wild counterparts cleaner wrasse have no qualms about by sending out a stark message at the chasing fellow fish that resort to sneaky start of the Chinese Year of the Tiger. March food tactics. The study, published in the Siberian tigers Mickail and Anastasia journal Science, found that male fish will had their usual playthings replaced Wildlife outprices gold chase any females having too much of a with giant dice to remind people that Scientists at ZSL shone the spotlight nibble on ‘client’ fish. What seems like a the species’ survival in the wild must on a wildlife treasure trove in Guyana selfless act is anything but, as the males not be left to chance and that more under threat by gold dredging. Surveys only have their own stomachs in mind. must be done to conserve the species. by the team revealed an abundance of threatened wildlife living in the Zookeeper Lucy and area, which helped the practice a pair of become outlawed in the unspoilt Rewa Head region.

The capital gets its very own rainforest ZSL London Zoo brought the sights, sounds and smells of the Bolivian rainforest to the city, with the opening of a new exhibit. Housed in the Clore Rainforest Lookout, the immersive Rainforest Life and Night Life experiences are proving to be a big hit with intrepid visitors.

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Sir and Kate Humble May June

Doorstep conservation Scientists at Restoration work on ZSL Whipsnade Speakers’ Corner Zoo’s ancient chalk grassland – ZSL transformed Speakers’ Corner in designated a Site of Special Scientific Hyde Park, London, into an arena for Interest – paid off when Natural public and debate centred botanically reclassified it from being on the National Science and a site in decline to one in recovery. Engineering Week’s 2010 The Zoo’s horticultural team had theme of ‘Earth’. worked hard to return the site Speakers’ Corner to its former glory and was hosted 16 UK rewarded with a host of scientists, who stood wild visitors. on their soapboxes to speak to the public about Earth , April Earth Challenges and Earth Solutions. History makers Staff from across the Society joined forces to campaign for the pristine waters of the Lights, camera, action Chagos Archipelago to receive protection The cameras were rolling when from the UK government. More than ZSL London Zoo hosted BBC2’s 275,000 people lent their support to the Wild Night In show. Broadcasting live campaign, helping to create the world’s from the B.U.G.S! exhibit, the two-hour largest Marine Protected Area. telethon, which featured Sir David Attenborough, raised over £1 million The beasts are back for conservation projects around Turning the focus closer to home, the world. ZSL Whipsnade Zoo welcomed the beasts of Old England to the Zoo, as eBay elephant A deathly discovery part of the new Wild Wild Whipsnade ZSL decided to auction the naming Scientists from ZSL revealed that more exhibit. Lynx, rights to its new elephant calf on than 5,000kg of illegal bushmeat are wolverine eBay to raise money for conservation. being smuggled each week through one and moose Public relations company Ketchum of Europe’s busiest airports. The are some Pleon placed the winning bid of £2,500 disturbing discovery was made while of the species and named the calf George, after the working with customs officials at wowing visitors. company’s founder. France’s Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport.

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July

‘Extinct’ slender loris caught on camera After taking the first-ever photos of the subspecies, ZSL conservationists discovered that the elusive Horton Plains slender loris, part of ZSL’s EDGE programme and thought by many biologists to be extinct, is alive and living in Sri Lanka.

Chain reaction A trio of runners from ZSL celebrated the International Year of by chasing each other round the Asics British 10k Run dressed as a leaf, an ant and an anteater. The speedy food chain raised more than £1,000 for the Society. August September

Horton Plains The wildest nights of the year Learning stinks slender loris Silent discos, animal talks and after-work Education officers at ZSL Whipsnade merriment were the order of the evening Zoo helped to find a fun way to use our as Zoo Lates took place each Friday in animals’ poo in the classroom. Giraffes, August. More than 25,000 young and even a praying mantis are just professionals came along and proved some of the animals that provided the that, for a roaring night out in the capital, smelly samples. After being coated in ZSL London Zoo is the place to be. a protective resin, the faeces is used as an unusual prop to help teach children about the different diets and digestive Going wild for BedBUGS systems of animals. Children experienced ZSL London Zoo in a whole new light, as they settled Miracle rhino birth down for the Zoo’s first-ever sleepover. Conservationists celebrated the The new BedBUGS events allow important arrival of the first rhino children to explore the Zoo after dark, calf to be born in Bardia National Park, before bedding down next to spiders, Nepal, since ZSL helped halt poaching cockroaches and the thousands of two years ago. The birth of the calf also other creepy-crawlies resident in the coincided with the arrival of a whopping Zoo’s B.U.G.S! exhibit. 13st greater one-horned rhino calf at numbers crash ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. in ’s parks Africa’s national parks have been hit by declining mammal Groundbreaking numbers, discovered arrivals scientists from ZSL and The birth of five critically Cambridge University. endangered northern Parks like the Serengeti cheetah cubs at ZSL have seen large mammal Whipsnade Zoo marked populations drop by the first time the species almost 60% since 1970, has been bred in the UK. with destruction of habitat Offspring of mother Dubai and increasing bushmeat trade and father Shiraz, the adorable being blamed. The findings demonstrate youngsters are helping to form a crucial that more funding is needed for park captive back-up population of the conservation efforts. fascinating felines.

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October November

Evolution Lost Eco-zoo The most comprehensive stocktake of Fantastic recognition was received for the world’s vertebrates was published the environmentally friendly methods by ZSL in Evolution Lost. Shockingly, ZSL employs to run its Zoos. As part of the publication revealed that one-fifth the Green Tourism Business Scheme, of all vertebrate species are threatened ZSL London Zoo received its prestigious with extinction. Gold award after satisfying a rigorous set of criteria, including water efficiency birth and energy usage. The birth of a male has delighted staff and visitors at ZSL London Zoo. The youngster has ZSL goes on air become the apple of his mother’s eye Exploring all aspects of life at ZSL, a fly- since joining the group at Gorilla Kingdom. on-the-wall documentary, called The Zoo, hit the screens of prime-time television. ITV filming in Nepal Airing on ITV1, the three-part series was as much about the Society’s staff as about the animals, and helped to demonstrate just what makes ZSL such a special and unique charity.

Ultrasound George ZSL Whipsnade Zoo released an incredible ultrasound image of George the baby elephant, captured 19 months before he was born. Taken during one of mum Karishma’s regular scans throughout her 22-month gestation, keepers and vets were amazed by the unusual clarity of the image.

December

Best tourism experience Celebrations were under way at ZSL London Zoo after it was crowned the winner of Visit London’s award for Best ZSL’s Rich Storton and James Wren Tourism Experience 2010. The Zoo saw off tough competition from other leading London attractions, including the Science and , to claim the prestigious award, which celebrates the best of tourism and all that’s great about the capital city.

New heights The number of ZSL members reached an all-time high of 60,000 – more than doubling its numbers from just two years ago.

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The Living Collections The Society’s two Zoos had a remarkably busy year, with some exciting new developments and breeding successes.

Zoo developments to convert entrance fees into mission New exhibits are the payback, thus increasing ZSL activities In November, ZSL London Zoo’s means to continually in conservation, education and research. invertebrate department received Building updates are important too, two specimens of snail called Partula improve the care of the and Hall 1 of the has been subgonocheila, originally wild-caught animals and to realise undergoing major improvements. in Polynesia. These precious specimens Zoo staff shared their expertise are the only ones in any zoo, and herald the connection between with international zoos, leading our long-standing conservation focus on humans and animals workshops on bird husbandry, chairing Partula snails, which will culminate in committees and initiatives such as their reintroduction to the wild. the International Species Information At the other end of the evolutionary add significantly to the ‘insurance’ System. They also worked with partner scale, the gorilla family at ZSL London populations held in zoos globally. For zoos in Ghana and Nepal, and Zoo endured highs and lows in 2010, other species, such as the mountain maintained their involvement in with the birth of a male gorilla and chicken frogs or slender loris, successful ZSL’s field work, with the Curator of the death of the sire. Bird keepers, reproduction in these populations is of Herpetology, for example, joining field meanwhile, developed an innovative international conservation significance. visits to and Dominica. technique to make sure chicks receive New exhibits are also the lifeblood Research into our own collections the nourishment they need, training of zoos. Not only are they the means is also growing, with projects conducted different species of birds to feed from to continually improve the care of the during the year focusing on husbandry differently coloured feeders – which animals, but they are also designed to improvements and behaviour. Nineteen increased breeding successes in turn. realise the unique connection between students graduated from our Masters Successful breeding of endangered humans and other animals that only Course in Wild Animal and six species, such as the greater one-horned zoos can deliver. ZSL London Zoo’s from the MsC in Wild Animal Health, rhinos and northern cheetahs at new Rainforest Life and Night Life which ZSL jointly runs with the Royal Whipsnade, or the western lowland experiences and Wild Wild Whipsnade Veterinary College. Our vets, meanwhile, gorilla and beaded lizards at London, did just that, encouraging visitors to are leading research on everything from come and see new and different animals. elephant herpes to iron-storage disease Left A new arrival at Gorilla Kingdom Attracting visitors to our Zoos allows us in toucans.

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iPhone app A brand-new iPhone app was launched for visitors to ZSL London Zoo in October. The free app, which helps plan your day, has gone down a storm, and magazines, as well triumphant birth of an elephant calf and Cheetah with 20,000 downloads in just three as in a number of hugely the tricky business of breeding Komodo births months popular videos on YouTube, dragons, The Zoo explored all aspects of August 2010 witnessed the birth watched by more than 16,000 the Society’s work. of five vitally important cheetah cubs Zoo fans. But with the highs came the lows. at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. Their mother, During filming, ITV1’s cameras also bore Dubai, and father, Shiraz, are members witness to a time of sadness. In March, of a rare subspecies known as the Triumph and tragedy Yeboah, ZSL London Zoo’s male western northern African cheetah: only nine Millions of people tuned in as ZSL lowland gorilla, died unexpectedly groups exist in captivity worldwide. became the star of documentary following a short illness. But while his With fewer than 1,000 individuals The Zoo. For over a year, camera crews death came as a great shock, the left in the wild, making sure that filmed day and night for three hour-long dedication shown by ZSL’s veterinary there’s a healthy captive back-up episodes, which aired in November and keeper teams during Yeboah’s illness population is crucial to the animal’s on ITV1. summed up the true spirit of the Society. survival. And as Whipsnade’s litter From health checks on frogs and Both teams worked tirelessly to save of cubs mark the first time that the protecting rhinos in Nepal to the the blackback gorilla. Specialists in subspecies has been bred in the UK, haematology, endocrinology and it’s an achievement that will go a urology were drafted in to help and long way towards increasing that Whipsnade’s litter of find a way to save Yeboah, but, sadly, insurance population. cheetah cubs mark while under general anaesthetic, the The cubs – three boys and two 12-year-old took a turn for the worse girls – were named Itjane, Sanne, Tlata, the first time that the and never recovered. Rabaa and Khamssa, which translates subspecies has been Yet life goes on. Yeboah made his as numbers one, two, three, four and impact on the world with the birth of five in the North African language bred in the UK, his son. Born in October to mother of Berber. The whole litter has been Mjukuu, the youngster is currently delighting the press since their helping to increase an being introduced to new dominant unveiling in September, featuring insurance population male Kesho. Although always a sensitive extensively on TV, and in newspapers period, at the end of 2010 things were

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In the detail Horticulture SSSI turnaround Our horticulturists at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo have been on a mission to champion local conservation – and they’ve started with the Zoo’s back garden. The Zoo is home to 26ha of ancient chalk grassland, designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) by Natural England, but maintaining such a large site is time-consuming, especially as the five-strong team is also responsible for maintaining the rest of the Zoo’s 240ha of land. With all these demands, the past few decades had seen the SSSI fall by the wayside in terms of priority. However, by turning the focus back to the SSSI two years ago, the land has begun to flourish once more. Key activities included ridding the SSSI of invasive plant species and returning to traditional methods of chalk grassland management. And the results speak for themselves. During the summer of 2010 the SSSI was awash with butterflies and other wildlife drawn to the site’s new abundance of wild flowers. Best of all, Natural England has reclassified Whipsnade’s SSSI from a site in decline to a site in recovery. A fantastic achievement.

Above (l to r) The cheetah cubs; filming After visitors have made their way The Zoo Below Emperor tamarin monkey Sustainability for around the tropical biome, they can then discover what the rainforest is like the future looking good, and it’s hoped the after dark. From bat caves to naked mole Reducing our environmental footprint group will soon be living in the right rats, Night Life is full of creatures that is an ongoing objective for ZSL and, social structure in the comfort of have adapted to life without sunlight. for the second year running, we Gorilla Kingdom. The change of scenery also seems achieved ISO14001 accreditation for to have ignited the animals’ libidos. our Environmental Management Breeding successes for 2010 at the System. The key areas include reducing Two new exhibits exhibit include emperor tamarins, water and energy consumption, carbon Following an extensive redevelopment, Australian water rats, hairy armadillos, emissions and waste. Over the past ZSL London Zoo’s Clore Rainforest seba bats and cotton-top tamarins. And five years, water consumption at ZSL’s Lookout was reopened as two new it’s not just the exhibit’s residents that bases in London and Whipsnade has experiences: Rainforest Life and Night Life. are appreciating the facelift. Research been halved. Entering Rainforest Life is to find showed that 57% of visitors went into Recycling improvements have been yourself in the tree canopy of a South Rainforest Life in 2010, compared with another great success, as we now recycle American rainforest. The walkways just 9% in 2009. Satisfyingly, it was also 15 different waste streams. At ZSL have become part of the whole rated the most enjoyed exhibit. London Zoo, all food waste from our rainforest feel, with the canopy Heading north to ZSL Whipsnade canteens is sent to anaerobic digesters to stretching overhead, giving visitors a Zoo, another fantastic new exhibit was produce energy, while at ZSL Whipsnade sense of the humid atmosphere. Within unveiled over Easter 2010. Exploring Zoo, animal waste from herbivores is the foliage is a plethora of animals. the Britain of yesteryear, Wild Wild used by a local farm to fertilise crops. Emperor tamarin, Whipsnade introduced exciting new Central to our sustainability tamandua and species to the Zoo, including Eurasian programme, however, is communicating sloths are just lynx, wolverine, moose and wild boar. the value of acting sustainably to our some of the The exhibit enables visitors to discover staff, and the thousands of Zoo visitors species to more about these animals, understand we receive each year. By building call Rainforest their origins, and their fight for sustainability into ZSL we are making Life home. survival in the modern world. it stronger for the future.

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Rhino boom Fish Net ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s breeding success This initiative picked up pace, with the breeding success with with rhinos continued, with the births establishment of the Fish Net Turkey of two greater one-horned rhinos. project. Memoranda of understanding rhinos continued, with In September, a 13st male calf arrived were signed with Hacettepe University the births of two greater and was named Ajang, which is in Ankara and Doga Dernegi, Turkey’s Nepalese for ‘enormous’. The youngster leading environmental NGO, as well as one-horned rhinos was bounding around his enclosure in with Vienna Zoo. almost no time at all. The project combines ZSL’s expertise However, it was another story for with the aim of saving some of the crescent zoe and blue-tailed goodeid – Ajang’s half-sister. After being born world’s most threatened freshwater fish. were also improved significantly. breeched, the traumatised calf was Our staff visited central Turkey to look unable to suckle properly. Keepers and for the critically endangered killifish, as vets decided to feed her by bottle. After well as reviewing the crucial locations Seahorse success three days she finally responded and for other threatened species. This formed The Aquarium had a record-breaking began feeding by herself. The calf was the groundwork for what we hope will number of short-snouted seahorse births. named Karamat, ‘miracle’ in Nepalese. be a long-term project, which we are New rearing techniques were trialled and Whipsnade’s wild rhino cousins also seeking funding for. improved on through the British and experienced a good year. This Critically Back at ZSL London Zoo, a new Irish Association of Zoos and Endangered rhino is the focus of a ZSL population of Turkish killifish (BIAZA) Seahorse Focus Group, resulting conservation programme, working to spawned more than 200 fry, plus in more than 3,500 babies being born to protect the species in Nepal’s good hatches of the critically three pairs of this native UK seahorse. national parks. So it was cause Research endangered Corfu killifish The juveniles will form part of the UK for celebration when the During 2010, and extinct in the wild breeding population by being paired first calf was born in Bardia more than 50 research Potosi pupfish. The with offspring from other institutions. projects were undertaken National Park since at ZSL’s Zoos. Topics populations of two poaching was halted ranged from a BSc on Mexican livebearers – Above (l to r) Rhino and calf at Whipsnade; almost two years ago. lemur personality to a the critically endangered a Fish Net survey team sorting a fish catch PhD on primate enrichment

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In the detail Studbooks ZSL works with zoos The studbooks we continued to across the globe manage in 2010 included: to ensure there European studbooks is as much Abdim’s stork genetic Black hornbill variance Chestnut-backed thrush in captive Pied hornbill populations as possible. We do this by European Endangered being part of Species Breeding Programme formal breeding Amur leopard programmes, Amur tiger which are organised with the use of a studbook. Frégate Island beetle At ZSL we are the species coordinators, or studbook Nile lechwe holders, for a variety of species. Sumatran tiger This means we use the genetic information in the studbook Global Species Management records to decide which Programmes animals should be paired Partula snail for breeding. Sumatran tiger

MSc students New for 2010 Nineteen students graduated from the These are just some of the 2009/10 Masters Course in Wild Animal new arrivals/births for 2010: Biology and six from the MSc in Wild Animal Health, which ZSL runs with the Births Royal Veterinary College. The graduates ● Northern cheetah cubs have now dispersed to work in wild- ● Western lowland gorilla animal conservation and welfare. For ● Ostrich chicks example, Emmelianna Bujak recently ● Moon jellyfish (left) won the Vodafone World of Difference ● Asian elephant Award and has used it to travel to ● Turkish killifish Vietnam to conduct research and provide ● Red river hoglet education to preserve otter habitats in ● Large hairy armadillos (left) the southern Mekong Delta, home of ● Greater one-horned rhinos the rarest species, the hairy-nosed otter. ● Hooded pittas Overall, our graduates have originated from 50 countries on six continents of arrivals the world, illustrating the global reach of ● Hunting dogs these courses. ● Lynx (left) Each student carries out a research ● Dancing shrimps project on a topic related to wild-animal ● Scimitar horned oryx health or biology. For example, from last ● Wolverine year’s course, Katriona Smith’s project ● Western lowland gorilla was on London Zoo’s lemurs, entitled ● Sea lions ‘Can ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) ● Copper sunbird show self-control?’. Many projects give ● rise to scientific publications and more ● Toe-biter water bugs than 90 have been published.

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Field Conservation ZSL works around the world to help governments, business and local communities to protect animals and their habitats from environmental damage and degradation.

A year in action logging and mining companies to help 2010 saw the creation reduce their impact on forest ecosystems, ZSL’s mission is to promote the of new protected areas, while in Southeast Asia we worked worldwide conservation of animals with the Roundtable on Sustainable and their habitats. In addition to our the discovery of a new Palm Oil to support biodiversity on UK base, we have conservation projects species and important and around concessions. Fish Net was and collaborations in more than 50 launched, focusing on freshwater habitat countries. 2010 was a very successful year work on trends in restoration and conservation breeding that saw the creation of new protected global biodiversity of highly threatened fish. We also areas, the discovery of new species and conducted studies on the bushmeat trade the publication of important research to investigate acceptable alternatives. defining the status and trends of our India and the elusive in the 2010 was also the year of the 10th planet’s biodiversity. Democratic Republic of the Congo. As Conference of the Parties to the At the species level, we focus on part of the Pan Sahara Wildlife Survey, Convention on Biological Diversity, Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally ZSL confirmed the presence of a small which set 20 targets to be achieved Endangered (EDGE) species and address a population of addax in Chad, only the by 2020 if we are to stem the loss of number of international crisis areas. We second known to persist in the wild. In biodiversity. ZSL is uniquely placed to laid the groundwork for our EDGE Coral Nepal, we provided training to continue help governments and agencies meet Reefs programme and launched the the monitoring, surveillance and anti- the new targets. Our strong science and updated EDGE list, which poaching work for rhinos. We also convening base, active field conservation includes new focal species ranging from strengthened our commitment to tiger presence and more than a million bat-eared bushbabies to scaly anteaters. conservation, building capacity in the visitors a year to our two Zoos enables us We developed conservation strategies for last tiger strongholds. to highlight and communicate the major the Chinese giant salamander, Bactrian At the ecosystem level, we conserve issues facing our generation, identify camel, red slender loris and pygmy the remaining wilderness areas and solutions and respond effectively. By hippo. We started exciting new projects the ecosystems that are essential for building on our past successes and to conserve the Ganges River dolphin in supporting both human populations forging new partnerships, we hope and high levels of biodiversity. In West to conserve our planet’s amazing Left Hawksbill sea turtle and Central Africa, we worked with biodiversity for future generations.

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Chagos – the world’s ‘no-take’ Marine Protected Area (MPA), Global wildlife covering 210,000 square miles. largest Marine ZSL led the CEN communication stocktake Protected Area strategy, which included a website The most comprehensive stocktake of encouraging people to sign up in the world’s vertebrates, produced by ZSL, The British Indian Ocean Territory support for the no-take MPA, as well as enables us to estimate the conservation (BIOT), also known as the Chagos a postcard campaign, letters of support status of all vertebrates for the first time. Archipelago, is a group of islands from marine conservation organisations Evolution Lost reveals that populations approximately 500km south of the and scientists, and features in the have declined on average by 30% over Maldives. The Chagos have some of national and international press. 40 years, and one-fifth of all species are the least-polluted waters on Earth, the More than 275,000 people and threatened with extinction. Terrestrial world’s largest coral atoll, exceptional organisations declared their support, and mammal populations have declined by undersea geological features and on 1 April 2010, it was announced that about a quarter, marine fish by a fifth internationally important colonies of a full no-take MPA had been designated and freshwater fish by as much as 65%. breeding seabirds. As a result, they offer to protect the Chagos Archipelago. The book is illustrated throughout a unique opportunity for scientists to ZSL has subsequently hosted a using ZSL’s extensive collection of study the impact of climate change workshop to devise a future research and zoological plates and prints dating from and other pressures on ocean habitats. management strategy for the Chagos/ the 18th century. Each chapter concludes In late 2009, the Foreign Office BIOT MPA. ZSL is now exploring ways with examples of Evolutionarily Distinct opened a public consultation that of strengthening management and and Globally Endangered (EDGE) presented a range of options for future conservation within the no-take MPA. species, to give an overview of the management of the Chagos. ZSL evolutionary history the world will lose engaged with this consultation as part if current extinction rates continue. of the Chagos Environment Network On 1 April 2010, the The new IUCN Red List data in (CEN), which represents a number of world’s largest ‘no- Evolution Lost, which was published in the high-profile science and conservation journal Science, also highlighted the fact organisations. CEN strongly supported take’ Marine Protected that biodiversity would have declined the cessation of all commercial fisheries Area was announced by an additional 20% if conservation in order to create the world’s largest processes had not been in place.

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Wildlife Picture Index Using camera-tracking technology to measure the success of species conservation in protected areas, in 2010 WPI was idea that she would In the detail EDGE new extended to two new reserves in discover a mammal ZSL EDGE of Existence discoveries Mongolia potentially new to science. Rediscovering the Horton The endangered golden- ZSL’s EDGE of Existence programme Plains slender loris rumped elephant shrew is one of only highlights and conserves one-of-a- As part of ZSL’s red slender loris project in four such species surviving today and kind species that are on the verge of Sri Lanka, the research team rediscovered is endemic to the highly fragmented extinction. To determine the species the virtually unknown Horton Plains coastal forest of eastern Kenya. The most in need of conservation actions, the slender loris. Originally documented in project began in the Arabuko-Sokoke team has scored the world’s mammals 1937, it had been glimpsed only four Forest and then moved to the less- and amphibians according to how times in the past 72 years. studied Boni and Dodori Forests. Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally The capture by the team resulted The expedition discovered that the Endangered (EDGE) they are. in the first detailed examination of Boni Forest is indeed home to a species The EDGE programme raises the public this subspecies, which demonstrates of elephant shrew, but brief glimpses profile of these species, and catalyses adaptations to montane forest, with suggested it might be different enough action to secure their future. Each year, short limbs and long, dense fur. to be classified as a new species. a number of the most poorly known and The team is now focusing its efforts A joint ZSL/Kenya Wildlife Service neglected EDGE species are selected by on the conservation and restoration of (KWS) expedition corroborated the ZSL for conservation attention. the montane forest, where this loris still initial suspicions when scientists A key strategy of the EDGE team is the exists. Currently, this accounts for less documented a number of distinguishing support of EDGE Fellows, chosen from than 1% of the land area of Sri Lanka. features. Now ZSL, KWS and partners in-country scientists, who help to need to determine conclusively if this conserve EDGE species. Elusive elephant shrew found in Kenya is a new species. EDGE is dependent on the kind When a Kenyan student received an The findings of the study highlight support of many funders, including EDGE Fellowship to study the golden- the conservation status and poor state Synchronicity Earth and Save Our Species, rumped elephant shrew, she had little of the current knowledge of the forests: a joint initiative between IUCN, World the area is highly threatened by ongoing Bank and the Global Environment Facility. Above (l to r) Chagos survey; Horton Plains development and urgently needs an For more information, go to zsl.org/edge. slender loris; Mongolian marmot on WPI effective conservation strategy.

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Mangrove eco-park In January, an 800m On the island of Panay in the boardwalk was opened Philippines, ZSL has been working with local communities to help them on the island of Panay replace vital mangrove forests. for visitors to explore Mangrove swamps are important nursery grounds for a host of fish and deep into the invertebrate species. Unfortunately, mangrove swamps in recent years, around 36% of the world’s mangrove swamps have been devastated for logging, and commercial Tiger-friendly including the iconic Sumatran tiger, fish and shrimp ponds. The mangroves by creating a financial incentive to also help protect the land from the force carbon credits stop forest clearance through emerging of the sea. The Berbak Carbon Initiative project carbon markets – ‘tiger-friendly carbon In January, an 800m boardwalk was received a boost when the British credits’. Berbak is a peat swamp and, if opened for visitors to explore deep into Embassy in Indonesia hosted a reception protected, will sequester large volumes the mangrove swamps. Part-funded by to showcase the work to government of carbon from the atmosphere instead ZSL, the boardwalk forms an eco-park, officials and potential investors. of, as at present, emitting huge amounts which raises visitor awareness, and Ambassador Martin Hatfull spent three of CO2 to the atmosphere through illegal provides income for local communities days visiting ZSL’s base camp in the fires, draining and logging activities. who helped construct the boardwalk national park, accompanied by senior ZSL intends to assist the Indonesian and now manage the eco-park. Indonesian government officials, his government to turn the Berbak system The eco-park attracted more than support raising the project’s profile from a drain on government resources 1,200 visitors in September alone, and significantly. The Berbak project is now into a major revenue generator – has been voted a ‘must-see’ attraction recognised by the Indonesian without chopping it down. by a national airline, bringing much- government as a REDD+ pilot project. Clockwise from top left Panay’s mangrove needed income to communities and The project aims to conserve the boardwalk; Berbak National Park, Indonesia; supporting conservation of the forest. Berbak ecosystem and its wildlife, corncrake; Martin Hatfull at ZSL’s Berbak camp

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In the detail Lazo’s Amur tigers In the Russian Far East, ZSL’s Amur tiger team was delighted to discover eight resident tigers living in the Lazovsky State Reserve. Last year, only six tigers were found on the reserve, the fewest number in 10 years. The large male tiger shown left, called Griesha – photographed in the reserve in December – is exhibiting a flehmen response, a behaviour used to help detect scents left by other animals. By looking at his teeth, the team determined that he is probably around 10 years old, which is a good age for a tiger. The future of the project and Lazo’s tigers looks bright, thanks to a new collaboration with Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Russia and local NGO Phoenix Fund. Software, known as MIST, which has been funded by the Save the Tiger Fund, will help us to combat poaching in Lazovsky and three other reserves, while a three-year grant from the Dorothy Howard Charitable Trust is enabling expansion of our work into nearby Zov Tigra National Park. With publicity from the Global Tiger Summit in St Petersburg and political backing from Prime Minister Putin, we hope this trend of increasing tiger numbers in Russia continues.

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2010 was a challenging year for the CBD-COP 10 corncrake reintroduction programme A delegation from ZSL attended the as the extended period of cold weather 10th conference of the parties of the hindered breeding efforts. However, Convention on Biological Diversity the team managed to turn the season (CBD-COP 10) in Nagoya, Japan, which around, with the release of 48 aimed to address the global diversity corncrakes, bred at Whipsnade, on crisis, with representation from all the the Nene Washes. 190 signatory countries present. Studies on the corncrakes on the ZSL presented work on the status Washes early in the year found 21 and trends of the world’s vertebrates, singing males, of which 14 were bred National Red Lists, the crisis at Whipsnade. One male was released and innovative approaches to investing in 2007, one in 2008 and 12 in 2009. in natural capital. The conference In the detail A female caught in the summer was provided the perfect opportunity for Range Wide Okapi bred at Whipsnade and released in ZSL to launch two films, three major 2006. Two wild-bred chicks captured collaborative reports and two books, Conservation Project with her may have been her young. including Stories for our Children: The ZSL, together with the Congolese Five unringed singing males were world in 2050. Presented in the style Institute for Nature Conservation probably hatched in 2009, either of a children’s book, but aimed (Institut Congolais pour la Conservation at the Washes at adults and illustrated by de la Nature), started leading a three- or elsewhere. cartoonist Martin Rowson, year collaborative multi-partner project it is designed to make us think to carry out an assessment of the about the questions our children conservation status of the little-known might ask us in 40 years’ time if we leave okapi across its range in central and the planet to them in such a state. north-eastern Democratic Republic of Go to zsl.org/solutions to find the Congo. out more.

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Conservation Science The is the scientific research wing of ZSL, which carries out leading-edge research and education for the conservation of animal species and their habitats.

The Institute of Zoology (IoZ) specialises remaining badgers tend to travel further, in scientific issues relevant to the IoZ’s research not increasing their contact with cattle both conservation of animal species and their only advances our inside and outside the culling area. This habitats. IoZ’s core funding comes from undermines the benefits of culling to the the Higher Education Funding Council understanding of the extent that it is not financially viable. for England (HEFC), the same body that natural world, but also In June, IoZ scientists transformed supports universities. Early in the year, Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, London, a review of IoZ’s research by HEFC helps to achieve applied into an arena for public learning and concluded that IoZ is a unique, conservation objectives debate. Scientists at Speakers’ Corner distinctive, world-class research facility. hosted 16 UK scientists, who stood on Additional funding comes from UK soapboxes to speak about their science. research councils and research charities. Nature, reveal that the species most likely The event, reported in the journal Our research is focused on five areas: to disappear as biodiversity is lost are Science, was well received by passers-by biodiversity and macroecology; often those that buffer infectious and the media. behavioural and population ecology; disease transmission; species that Sam Turvey received a University genetic variation, fitness and remain tend to be the ones that Research Fellowship award from the adaptability; reproductive biology; and magnify the transmission of Royal Society to study quaternary wildlife epidemiology. This work not infectious diseases. The work mammal extinctions; Elli only advances our understanding of the provides evidence of yet Leadbeater was awarded an natural world, but also helps to achieve another service that the Early Career Fellowship from applied conservation objectives and natural world carries out the Leverhulme Trust to influence conservation policy. for humanity for free. carry out research on social A new collaborative study between Research carried out at honey wasps; Andrew IoZ scientists and a number of other IoZ and Imperial College Cunningham received wildlife research institutions has revealed has found that badger a Royal Society Wolfson that the loss of animals and plants is bad culling is unlikely to be a Research Merit Award; for our health. The results, published in cost-effective way of helping and Nathalie Pettorelli control bovine TB in Britain. won a L’Oréal Women Left King penguins at Hound Bay One problem is that the in Science Fellowship.

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Indicators and Publications

Assessments Unit The Indicators and Assessments Unit The Journal of Zoology, our pre-eminent is a ZSL initiative that fields around journal dedicated to academic zoology, 20 staff, students and interns. The five continues to attract an increasing main projects of the unit are designed to number of high-quality research papers produce scientifically robust biodiversity and reviews. indicators for global targets, such as the In 2010, the Journal of Zoology Convention on Biological Diversity and introduced the first Thomas Huxley the UN Millennium Development goals. Review, which aims to celebrate Projects are designed to produce useful Huxley’s outstanding contributions biodiversity information for national to zoological research. The first Review, conservation planning and to focus How stupid not to have thought of that: conservation attention. Full details post-copulatory sexual selection, by can be found in the scientific report, Tim Birkhead, was published in June. Science for Conservation 2009-2010, at Other developments for the Journal zsl.org/science. included the digitised back volumes of Proceedings and Transactions of the Zoological of London being made available online. The Journal of Zoology Animal Conservation podcasts can be heard at www.wiley. offers rapid publication com/bw/podcast/jzo.asp.

of research into the Animal Conservation conservation of animal Animal Conservation offers rapid publication of novel research into species and their habitats the conservation of animal species Top (l to r) Survey work in Guyana; a camera and their habitats. A special issue, trap; red-eyed tree frog Above ZSL journals

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In the detail ‘Whale snot’ helicopter scoops Ig Nobel Prize A novel research technique that uses a remote-controlled helicopter to carry out health checks on whales has been awarded one of the 2010 Ig Nobel Prizes. IoZ scientist Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse and Diane Gendron, from the Mexican National Polytechnic Institution, used a remote-controlled helicopter to collect samples of whale blow to monitor the health of individual whales. The technique involves stationing the helicopter above a surfacing whale and catching the blow in Petri dishes attached to the underside of the helicopter. The Ig Nobel Prizes honour achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.

‘Excerpts from the Sixth World the field of conservation science, biodiversity from ecological, social and Conference of Herpetology’, was discuss research avenues and economic perspectives. published in November. The special explore the practical implications At the symposium, Linking biodiversity Feature Paper and commentaries, of new knowledge. conservation and poverty reduction: published in each issue, continue The 2010 programme included what, why and how?, the audience to be well received. The human animal: the biological basis heard that, despite apparent consensus of mate choice; Re-wilding Europe and at the international policy level, there International Zoo Yearbook the return of predators; and Success is considerable divergence of opinion The International Zoo Yearbook is an and failure in conserving species of at the practical level as to the nature international forum for the exchange extreme rarity: lessons to be learned? and scale of biodiversity-poverty of information on the role of zoos Scientific events are free and open links and the role and responsibilities in the conservation of biodiversity, to anyone who would like to attend. of different interest groups in species and habitats. Published in 2010, Further information can be found at addressing them. Volume 44 focuses on ex-situ husbandry zsl.org/science/scientific-meetings. Disease invasion: impacts on biodiversity and management of bears and canids. and human health described how By bringing together the best of current Symposia wildlife pathogens threaten practice and welfare, the volume International symposia bring together biodiversity and human is intended to encourage dynamic ex-situ experts to discuss important health, where future threats programmes that complement effective topics in conservation will arise and how these in-situ conservation. science. Three were can be mitigated. Key held during 2010. speakers included Meetings Foundations of Professor Roy Science and Conservation Events Biodiversity: Anderson FRS and ZSL’s popular Science and Conservation saving the world’s Professor Lord May Events are held on the second Tuesday non-vertebrates of Oxford. The event of each month through the academic focused on the was held in partnership with year. Involving some of the most importance the Royal Society as part renowned experts worldwide, the of non- of its 350th anniversary meetings present developments in vertebrate celebrations.

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Communicating science An important part of IoZ’s work is to promote Stamford acknowledged with the communication between Raffles Lecture scientific researchers, Scientific Medal (Oliver The 2010 Stamford professional zoologists Pybus and Greg Hurst) and the public Raffles Lecture was given and Frink Medal (Charles by Professor Linda Partridge, Godfray FRS). The Marsh Director of the UCL Institute Awards for Conservation Biology of Healthy Ageing. The new biology (Ana Rodrigues) and Marine and of ageing described how research has Freshwater Conservation (Peter Mumby) been rejuvenated by the discovery of recognise exceptional contributions mutations in single genes that extend the of fundamental science and its lifespan of animals. application to conservation of animal species and habitats. The Thomson ZSL Scientific Awards Reuters/Zoological Record Award contributions by an amateur zoologist, ZSL recognises outstanding achievements (Nick Arnold and Tony de Saulles) and was presented to Robert Swann. The ZSL in conservation and zoological research ZSL’s Silver Medal (David Macdonald) Award for Outstanding Contributions through its annual presentation are awarded for distinguished to the Zoo Community was presented of awards and prizes to all levels of contributions to the understanding of to EAZA Executive Committee Chair achievement, from the Prince Philip zoology and wildlife conservation. The Leobert de Boer. We would like to thank Award and Marsh Prize for the best Medal, awarded for the Marsh Christian Trust and Thomson A-Level or Higher student project Reuters for their continued support of (awarded in 2010 to Grace O’Donovan), ZSL’s awards. and the Award and More than 2,560 new Marsh Prize for best undergraduate books were added to (Haihan Tan), to the Thomas Top Scientific Awards (l to r): Greg Hurst, David Macdonald, Oliver Pybus, Charles Henry Huxley Award and Marsh the online catalogue, Godfray, Nigel Robinson (Thomson Reuters), Prize for an exceptional PhD thesis which was used Nick Arnold, Sir Patrick Bateson, Ana (Tom Fayle). Rodrigues, Tom Fayle, John Hutchings (The King’s School), Grace O’Donovan, Significant and original contributions 30,700 times Brian Marsh (Marsh Christian Trust) and by professional zoologists are Leobert de Boer Above Hippo Obaysch

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In the detail Cetacean strandings In 2010, researchers celebrated 20 years of the Defra- funded UK Cetacean Stranding Investigation Programme (CSIP), which is coordinated by ZSL. Since the CSIP’s inception, its team of scientists has responded to more than 9,000 public reports and has produced one of the biggest open-access scientific datasets. Key discoveries made by the CSIP includes some of the first evidence of dolphin deaths in fishing nets, links between chemical pollutants and deaths due to infectious diseases and the discovery of ‘decompression sickness’ in deep- diving whales. The team’s research has allowed it to build up a picture of how human activities impact on marine life, while improving our understanding of why whales, dolphins and porpoises strand on UK coasts. This has led to changes in policy and best practice around fishing activities, chemical pollutants and even military operations. In addition to cetaceans, the species studied by the CSIP have now been expanded to incorporate stranded marine turtles and basking sharks.

Library Interest in ZSL’s archives has During 2010, more than 2,560 new book continued to increase with a variety Visiting researchers titles were added to the online catalogue, of researchers visiting the Library. looked at material on 2,800 journal issues accessioned and Visiting researchers looked at material 2,300 loans were made to Fellows and on subjects ranging from polar bears to subjects ranging from ZSL staff. The ZSL Library online early Zoo architecture. polar bears to early catalogue was used 30,700 times. Items from ZSL’s archives were featured With the launch of the new online in Zoo Stories – Wild Animals for Europe, Zoo architecture catalogue at the end of 2009, we an exhibition at the Westphalian Horse began a retrospective book cataloguing Museum in the Allwetterzoo Münster, project for our online catalogue at www. which was attended by more than visitors. During these tours, which library.zsl.org. This began in May 2010 67,000 people. An adapted and reduced generate much enthusiasm and interest, and, by the end of the year, more than version of Zoo Stories will tour several visitors can see items from the archives 1,870 records had been added. This German cities until September 2011. and some of the historic books. project is being funded thanks to a Meet the Archives events were held The ZSL website continued to feature bequest from Connie Nutkins, a former for Fellows and a wide range of external the series Artefact of the month, which, member of staff who left a generous gift in 2010, included a celebration of the in her will to the ZSL Library. bicentenary of , with Wireless internet access went live beautiful illustrations from two of his in the Library during May, allowing books. The series also featured a model of Library visitors to use their laptops Obaysch the , made from to access the internet while in the Nile mud to celebrate his arrival in 1850. Reading Room. Library staff have been We are extremely grateful for the help developing the catalogue to include of our dedicated team of volunteers and links to additional resources, such as the many Fellows and Friends of ZSL useful websites, open-access electronic who continue to support the Library journals, a list of studbooks in the ZSL with their time, by donating books, Above Top IoZ’s Andrew Library, RSS feeds, recently received Cunningham in the field Bottom A honey archives, zoo ephemera and funds for journals and new books. wasp nest the conservation of our collection items.

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Discovery and Learning A busy schedule of events, teaching sessions and new interpretation projects helped Discovery and Learning experience another successful year.

Zoo developments Ed Stafford, who talked to the school’s The study confirmed special needs pupils. This was made The education officers, once again, that zoos have a possible through collaboration with the broke all previous records for schools company Digital Explorer. attendance, with 118,510 pupils visiting significant impact on Adult learning continued with support ZSL London Zoo alone. Of this number, improving children’s for the professional development of 98,925 pupils visited on the subsidised zookeepers. Other activities included entry scheme financed by the Greater understanding of animals the ongoing support to trainee teachers, London Authority (GLA). The remaining and their habitats with an entire class of Postgraduate 19,585 pupils were from private schools, Certificate in Education students colleges, universities and schools that receiving a day’s training on how to are outside London. In addition to this, The value of ZSL’s Discovery and bring a school group on a zoo visit. 20,751 GLA pupils were taught about Learning work was recognised following The opening of new exhibits at conservation and climate change within an extensive three-year external study at London and Whipsnade is always their own schools as part of the ZSL ZSL London Zoo, which confirmed that a major development, but additional Outreach scheme. zoos have a significant impact on interpretative innovations serve to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo also saw an improving children’s understanding of educate and inspire visitors. ZSL’s increase in visits, with a total of 31,604 animals and their habitats. The study Interpretation team developed a range of pupils visiting the Zoo with their gained international recognition at talks, presentations and activities, which schools, representing an increase of 5% EAZA and International Zoo Educators’ are proving to be an effective way of on the 2009 total. In addition, nearly conferences, and achieved publication communicating ZSL messages to visitors. 900 pupils and members of community of the first peer-reviewed paper of its kind. Unfortunately, at the very end of the groups received outreach visits. The New methods of teaching about year, the loss of GLA funding was team also set to work on a diverse conservation were explored in 2010, announced. However, the school array of educational events, including with investigations into live link-ups and education provision at ZSL London Zoo Rainbows Go Wild, Special Children’s online learning. A lesson for pupils from will continue (though no longer free to Day and National Insect Week. Swiss Cottage, London, was conducted state schools), and a range of new live from the Amazon and beamed into learning opportunities will be developed Left Zoo visits are popular with pupils our rainforest exhibit by the explorer over the next year.

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Learning In 2010, ZSL Whipsnade Zoo arranged 59 two-week placements, while seven college students embarked on six-week placements. At Zoo gets top marks their Zoo visit and ZSL London Zoo, 35 pupils Interpretation class session, and then completed two-week placements ZSL London Zoo was the subject of an complete the same task for new exhibits external pilot study carried out by Dr directly afterwards. The results During 2010, ZSL London Zoo’s team Brady Wagoner of Aalborg University showed clear developments in the of interpretation experts focused on the and Dr Eric Jensen of the University of pupils’ understanding following a visit refurbishment of Clore Rainforest Lookout. Warwick to research the effect that zoos to the Zoo’s exhibits and participation New interpretation in Clore Rainforest have on children and their education. in a Zoo lesson. Lookout creatively tells the tale of The findings, published in Psychology and Interestingly, the report also flagged , from their history through to Society, revealed that children who visited up the influence of cultural resources, the threats they face and the actions ZSL the Zoo developed a new and deeper such as mass media, on children’s is taking to help protect them. understanding of wildlife. knowledge of wildlife, with one key Afterwards, visitors can descend into The report, Science Learning at the example being sloths. Originally being Night Life, where the anticipation of Zoo: Evaluating Children’s Developing drawn in icy habitats, which children the twilight world is built up with a Understanding of Animals and their noted they’d seen in the Hollywood mesmerising light installation. Habitats, focused on children taking part film Ice Age, the pupils then depicted At Whipsnade, the new exhibit, Wild in ZSL London Zoo’s formal learning the sloths hanging upside down in a Wild Whipsnade, incorporated three programme, and was targeted at Key more accurate rainforest setting after species already in the collection (brown Stage Two pupils. It’s the first time attending the Zoo’s education session in bear, European bison and wolves) with such a study has ever been Clore Rainforest Lookout exhibit. four brand-new additions (moose, undertaken at a zoo. Children Ongoing studies into wolverine, wild boar and European (aged 9-11) were asked to draw the impact of Zoo visits on lynx), all of which would have once pictures of animals in their children’s understanding of roamed around the area. Interpretation habitats at the beginning of wildlife are being carried out, to brought out the mystery and folklore further identify the key effects surrounding these species and offered Above (l to r) Rainforest Life of education within the unique new interactive opportunities. interpretation; education session; learning environment of a Zoo. The Zoo’s Explainers also provided Special Children’s Day at London Right Interpretation for the new The findings will be published in talks to Wild Wild Whipsnade visitors, Wild Wild Whipsnade exhibit late 2011. which were well received. Their talks also

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Deputy Mayor of presented At this year’s Special a donation to ZSL during the VIP day, Children’s Day, touch which was attended by ZSL Director General Ralph Armond and the Deputy tours were organised Commissioner of the Metropolitan for children with Police Service. sight impairments Children’s Day In June, the annual Special Children’s a chance to see our Asian lions being Day took place at ZSL London Zoo. More fed, as well as finding out about their than 5,000 visitors enjoyed the events astonishing athletic leaps and the and tailored experiences for children damage they can cause to a boomer ball. with disabilities. Halloween provided opportunities Staff at London have organised at both sites. At ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, Special Children’s Day since 1994, pumpkin carving proved extremely and the event continues to go from popular with the public, while ZSL strength to strength. Over the past London Zoo held a ghost tour around three years, attendance figures have the Aquarium and House, before doubled, helping to generate more than delivering intrepid explorers to the £32,000 in ticket sales alone for the Halloween hub in Animal Adventure. 2010 event. At this year’s event, visitors Christmas came to Whipsnade were welcomed by a Dixie swing jazz courtesy of the Express, with band, along with volunteers dressed as Explainers telling the visitors about zookeepers and animals. Animal talks animals’ adaptations to the cold and were communicated in sign language, what would be their ideal Christmas while special touch tours were organised present. Christmas Journeys at London for children with sight impairments. was a truly collaborative event, building featured in staff and member previews on the past success of the Schools’ Living and a promotion for Heart Radio. Nativity and involving Explainers, Volunteers Volunteers and Membership. New recruits Both sites were hampered by the Big Draw wintry weather, but the visitors who Over the course of 2010, ZSL’s volunteer The Big Hairy Bug Draw competition made it in were well rewarded; and programme welcomed 133 new recruits. ran for five days at ZSL London Zoo Christmas Journeys was even featured At Whipsnade, a new touch table over Halloween half-term, and as Critic’s Choice in Time Out magazine. was created to complement the generated more than 1,700 ‘bug’ Elephantastic display, incorporating drawings by children. tusks, teeth and the ubiquitous elephant Working closely with Cool it Junior Citizen event faeces. The volunteers also helped out at Schools founder Jane Langley and her The annual Junior Citizen event, run various events including Rainbows Go volunteers, ZSL’s education officers with Westminster Council, was hosted Wild, Zoo Nights and making Christmas oversaw the event, which involved at ZSL London Zoo by the education crackers as enrichment for the chimps. children setting up camp in the Zoo’s officers for the 11th year. The event At London, 83 Learning B.U.G.S! exhibit, to draw their favourite is for primary school pupils volunteers were recruited. invertebrates. The five days culminated who are about to make the They provided valuable in zookeepers from the B.U.G.S! exhibit transition to secondary assistance at the Zoo judging the best creepy-crawly creations. school, and is designed to Lates and for the teach them how to become Christmas Journey. They responsible citizens through also helped in Gorilla Live interpretation taking part in ‘real life’ Kingdom, following the The Explainer teams took live scenarios around the Zoo. gorilla birth. Volunteers gave interpretation to giddy new heights More than 1,000 pupils took their time on Special Children’s under the enthusiastic guidance of part from 37 Westminster schools, with Day, and selected volunteers assisted two new Lead Explainers. The London training scenarios provided by London on ‘Wish Visits’, where terminally ill Events Board and Dayplanner were Fire Brigade, Transport for London and children come to the Zoo with their bursting with activities. Of particular ZSL Education Officers, who ran an families for a special day out. note was the Big Cat talk, giving visitors interactive scenario about recycling. The

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Finances

ZSL recorded a 2010 consolidated surplus The Institute of Zoology, within Science gift shop together with a new exit into on operations of £0.9m (2009 – £0.4m) and Research incoming resources, and Regent’s Park for visitors to the Zoo. and a total surplus, before loss on Conservation Programmes maintained We continue to invest in our Pension Fund, of £1.2m (2009 – £0.9m) their revenues with new grants received infrastructure to improve visitor after a £0.3m (2009 – £0.4m) gain on in 2010, but these primarily relate to experience, the Society’s compliance with investments. The actuarial loss on the specific projects and, whilst supporting Disability Discrimination legislation and Pension Fund was £0.2m (2009 – £0.2m). the mission of the Society, they do not its sustainability profile. This leaves a Net Movement in Funds as contribute to the unrestricted funds of the The ZSL pension scheme remains fully a surplus of £1m (2009 – £0.7m). Society to fund future development. funded and had a small (£0.3m) surplus on Incoming resources increased by £0.3m The £0.2m reduction in ZSL costs a Financial Reporting Standard 17 basis at in the year, including slightly higher levels compared to 2009 included lower levels of the end of 2010 (2009 – £0m). The funding of animal collections, trading, conservation costs incurred on the animal collections, levels continue to be regularly monitored programmes and interest and investment whilst there were higher levels in respect by ZSL and the Pension Fund Trustees. income. However, voluntary income was of Science and Research and Conservation The next Tri-annual valuation of £0.2m lower than in 2009. Programmes activities. the Pension Fund will be based on the ZSL remains dependent on its two The total capital spend of £2m (2009 position at the end of June 2011. Zoos for the bulk of its income. In 2010, – £3.8m) included completion of the Our main trading subsidiaries, Zoo ZSL London Zoo visitor numbers were Rainforest Life and Night Life experiences, Enterprises Limited and Whipsnade Wild 1,011,257, a decrease of 47,913 (4.5%) on in the Clore Rainforest Lookout, and the Animal Park Limited, produced improved 2009. ZSL Whipsnade Zoo visitor numbers improvements to the Big Cat Terrace results over 2009, despite the continuing were 428,684, a decrease of 46,352 (9.8%) exhibit at ZSL London Zoo, and difficult economic conditions. on 2009. The total number of visitors completion of Wild Wild Whipsnade Turnover at £9.9m was much as in to the two Zoos in 2010 was 1,439,941 at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. 2009, but cost reductions helped total (2009 – 1,534,206). Capital expenditure commenced late Net Profits rise to £1.9m (2009 – £1.7m). Incoming resources included Gift Aid in the year on Project Barclay, which is Generally, retail was a little recoveries on day entry to our Zoos, which the collective name for our 2011 project disappointing on both sites, but this was amounted to £1.5m (2009 – £2m) and combining Penguin Beach, our main offset by much-improved catering results in total on all sources of income £1.9m animal exhibit for 2011 located at ZSL in London, due in part to a much better (2009 – £2.6m). London Zoo, and extending the main conference and banqueting performance.

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Group Summarised Financial Statements Summary Group statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 December 2010

Year to Year to 31.12.10 31.12.09 £000 £000 Incoming resources Incoming resources from generated funds: Voluntary income 1,993 2,152 Finances Activities for generating funds: Subsidiaries’ trading turnover 9,908 9,896 Other 2 10 Interest and investment income 294 217 Incoming resources from charitable activities: Animal collections 22,306 22,033 Science and research 4,839 4,857 Conservation programmes 1,746 1,632 Other incoming resources – Biota – 1

Total incoming resources 41,088 40,798

Resources expended Cost of generating funds: Costs of generating voluntary income 588 579 Fundraising trading Subsidiaries’ cost of goods sold and other costs 8,009 8,162 Investment management costs 14 22 Charitable activities: Animal collections 22,402 23,139 Science and research 5,715 5,418 Conservation programmes 3,275 2,881 Governance costs 158 169 Other resources expended – Biota 2 –

Total resources expended 40,163 40,370

Net incoming resources before other recognised gains/(losses) 925 428 Other recognised gains/(losses) Gain on investments 312 440 Actuarial loss on pension scheme (200) (200)

Net movement in funds 1,037 668

Reconciliation of funds Total funds balance brought forward 46,462 45,794

Total funds balance carried forward 47,499 46,462

The above results are all in respect of continuing operations. No statement of total recognised gains and losses has been prepared as all such gains and losses have been included above.

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Group Summarised Financial Statements (continued) Summary Group Balance Sheet at 31 December 2010

31.12.10 31.12.09 £000 £000

Fixed assets Tangible assets 35,066 36,199 Investments 3,879 3,581 38,945 39,780 Current assets Stocks 647 498 Debtors 3,719 2,347 Cash at bank and in hand 9,397 9,201 13,763 12,046

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (5,509) (5,364)

Net current assets 8,254 6,682

Net assets excluding pension scheme asset 47,199 46,462 Defined benefit pension scheme asset 300 –

Net assets 47,499 46,462

Funds Unrestricted – General 5,459 3,699 – Designated 35,084 36,219

Unrestricted funds excluding pension asset 40,543 39,918 Unrestricted – Pension reserve 300 –

Total unrestricted funds 40,843 39,918 Restricted – Endowments 661 622 – Other 5,995 5,922

Total funds 47,499 46,462

Trustees’ statement accompanying the group summarised financial statements

The group summarised financial The full Trustees’ Report and Signed on behalf of the Trustees on statements are not the statutory accounts financial statements and Baker Tilly 26 April 2011 but a summary of information relating UK Audit LLP’s audit report on them to the group statement of financial were approved on 19 April 2011 activities and the group balance sheet. and 26 April 2011 respectively The full Trustees’ Report and financial and will be submitted to the statements, from which the summarised Charity Commission. financial statements are derived, have Copies can be obtained from the been externally examined by Baker Tilly Finance Director at The Zoological UK Audit LLP and its audit report on Society of London, Regent’s Park, Paul Rutteman CBE BSc (Econ) FCA them is unqualified. London NW1 4RY. Treasurer

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Net income/expenditure by Activity ZSL Income 2010 £41.1m

£ 2009 (£m) Investments 0.3 (1%) millions 2010 (£m) 2.2 Grants 5.6 (14%) Zoo admissions -1.6

/ 15.9 (38%) Other 1.8 -1.2 donations -0.8 -0.2 / / 0.7 (2%) Membership 1.4 2.8 (7%) - 0.6 - -1.1

-0.2 Zoo visitor / Catering 1.0 6.7 (15%) donations

-0.2 Gift Aid Retail 3.2 (8%) Other 1.9 (5%) 1.2 (3%) operating 0.6 0 /

0 income 2.8 (7%) 0.2 Animal Collections Collections Animal Research & Science Conservation Programmes Programmes Conservation Governance Governance Biota ZSL Costs 2010 £40.2m Cost of goods sold 1.5 1.9 0.9 0.3 / / / -0.2 / 4.0 (10%) 1.7 1.6 0.4 0.2 -0.6 Other costs 2.3 (6%) Staff and associated

Trading Trading costs 19.9 (49%) -1.0 Advertising, Resources Resources promotions & Total Net Incoming Incoming Net Total publications 2.3 (6%) -1.4

Voluntary Income Income Voluntary Depreciation 3.1 (8%) -1.8 Interest/Investments Travel costs Animal feed & transport 0. 7 (2%) Cost of buildings 0.8 (2%) -2.2 and sites 7.1 (17%)

Independent Auditor’s Statement to the Trustees of the Zoological Society of London (an Unincorporated Charity)

We have examined the summarised We also read the other information the year ended 31 December 2010. financial statements of the Zoological contained in the summarised Annual We have not considered the effects Society of London set out on pages 32-35. Report and consider the implications of any events between the date on for our report if we become aware of which we signed our report on the full Respective responsibilities any apparent misstatements or material annual financial statements (26 April of Trustees and auditor inconsistencies with the summarised 2011) and the date of this statement. The Trustees are responsible for financial statements. The other preparing the summarised financial information comprises only the financial statements in accordance with review (‘Finances’). applicable law We conducted our work in accordance and the recommendations of the with Bulletin 2008/3 issued by the charities Statement of Recommended Auditing Practices Board. Practice (SORP). Our responsibility is to report to Opinion you our opinion on the consistency In our opinion, the summarised Baker Tilly UK Audit LLP of the summarised financial statements financial statements are consistent Statutory Auditor within the summarised Annual Report with the full financial statements 1st Floor, 46 Clarendon Road with the full annual financial statements and the Trustees’ Annual Report of Watford, Herts WD17 1JJ and Trustees’ Annual Report. the Zoological Society of London for 26 April 2011

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Thank you for your support As a charity, we are dependent on the generosity of our supporters. Here are a few examples of the many ways to get involved with ZSL.

Supporters at the heart of ZSL ZSL Patrons and donors Bob and Sarah Rihal were drawn to ZSL London Zoo through Sarah’s love of giraffes. Their generosity funded the giraffe feeding platform, and then the Secret Garden in Animal Adventure. They also encourage other friends to share their infectious enthusiasm for the Zoo – to ensure that their children, and their children’s children, can still visit and be inspired by the animals around them. Become a ZSL Patron – enjoy close encounters with our animals, peek chain is possible thanks to the very Leave a gift in your will behind the scenes of zoo life, and generous pledge of the company owners, ZSL is grateful to have received a hear from the conservationists and Juliette and Russel Joffe, to donate 50p generous legacy gift of £28,000 from scientists working around the world from the sale of every Falafel ‘Deluxe’ Mr Norman Charles Frank Frost, to save amazing species. For more Burger towards ZSL. who bequeathed a share of the information, call 020 7449 6406 or We hope to continue this valuable residue of his estate to ZSL to use email [email protected]. partnership with Giraffe for many wherever the need is greatest. years to come and, in recognition Legacy gifts are important to ZSL, Giraffe Restaurants – raising of their amazing support, we will be and can be the most valuable gift that a money the delicious way working with Giraffe on a wide range supporter makes. They help us achieve In 2010, ZSL was delighted to have of initiatives, including ticket our mission, not only through our living announced a fantastic new partnership promotions, PR, web pages and a collections at ZSL London Zoo and with Giraffe Restaurants, which raised Family Fun Day. You can help, too, by ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, but also through almost £30,000 in its first six months. ordering the Falafel ‘Deluxe’ Burger conservation programmes, scientific Our partnership with this growing family when you visit Giraffe. research and our library.

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Long-term support enables the development of effective, sustainable conservation projects

The Erasmus Darwin Barlow Expedition Awards For students of conservation, it can be difficult to bridge the gap between theoretical study and practical field experience. The Erasmus Darwin Barlow Expedition Awards nurture the zoologists and conservationists of the future by funding short field surveys. Founded in 2006 by ZSL supporters Camilla Whitworth Jones and Phyllida Peake to commemorate their late father Erasmus, who was both a ZSL Fellow and Secretary, the Awards also celebrate their ancestor Charles Darwin’s famous expedition on the Beagle, which shaped so much of his Top ZSL teams work with timber companies in Cameroon Above An expedition to Far left Patron Sarah Rihal and her daughters during a visit to Animal Adventure later thinking. Left Giraffe Family Fun Day at ZSL London Zoo To date, 22 students have undertaken expeditions around the Participate in ZSL events and forestry authorities in Cameroon to world, ranging from Gabon to the 2010 saw our most successful promote sustainable logging practices Philippines, investigating subjects as fundraising year for challenge events and practical measures to conserve the diverse as the impact of invasive fire yet, with the ZSL Zoo Stampede raising region’s wildlife. ZSL is also grateful to ants, the status of the silky sifaka (an over £20,000 and more than 800 people the Rufford Foundation and the US Fish extremely rare lemur) and threatened registering in record time for the 10km and Wildlife Service for their support of endemic to Lake Tawar in and 2km races. It was also the first year the Wildlife Wood Project. Indonesia. None of these expeditions of our sponsorship partnership with would have been possible without the Santander, which proved to be a great generosity of Camilla, Phyllida, their success for the event. Runners enjoyed a friends and family, and ZSL supporters, sprint around ZSL Whipsnade Zoo while who make a regular donation each getting up close and personal with some year to ensure the continued future of our exotic residents. Thank you to Big Lottery Fund of the Awards. Santander, the Dunstable Road Runners, Long-term support enables the The Awards culminate in an and to the many organisations that gave development of effective, sustainable annual spring reception, during gifts in kind to the finishers. conservation projects. In 2010, the Big which students report back from Lottery Fund has continued to support their expeditions, presenting displays Invest in conservation ZSL’s Community-Based Mangrove of their research, field studies and In 2010, ZSL welcomed a new award Rehabilitation Project in the Philippines. findings. In 2010, supporters learned from the Arcus Foundation. Arcus works With a strong team in place and about the first biological exploration closely with organisations globally to impressive levels of community of the interior of North Negros conserve and protect great apes. Its grant involvement, this project is on target National Park in the Philippines, will help address wildlife management and making real progress, engaging a survey of species found in Lake in timber production forests of Central government and local communities in Chilingali in Malawi and the threats Africa, where three of the four remaining the rehabilitation of mangrove forests, facing them, and the first detailed great apes can still be found. ZSL works resulting in increased food resources, survey of the Mahamavo forest and with timber companies, communities livelihood income and coastal protection. wetlands in western Madagascar.

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ZSL would like to thank Non-governmental BBC Wildlife Fund organisations, societies, Bruce Wake Charitable Trust all our supporters, zoos and universities Cecil King Memorial Fund Members, Friends, Patrons, Amphibian Ark Charities Advisory Trust Fellows and volunteers State University Charles 10th Duke of Rutland Memorial for their contribution and Attica Zoo Conservation Trust commitment in 2010. We Birdlife International John S Cohen Foundation Disney simply could not carry out British Ecological Society Worldwide Conservation Fund** our mission without your Dunstable Road Runners Dolly Knowles Charitable Trust European Union of Aquarium Curators Dorothy Howard Charitable Trust ongoing dedication and European Association of Zoos and Dreamworld Conservation Fund support. Special thanks Aquaria (EAZA) Dr Robert Andrew Rutherford Trust go to those mentioned Friends of Rotterdam Zoo Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on these pages. GTZ Tajikistan Ernest Cook Trust HBS Alumni Club of Great Britain Holly Hill Charitable Trust Helsinki Zoo JMG Foundation Legacies from estates of: Institute of Development Studies, Minnesota Zoo Foundation Mrs Doris Leslie Bowen University of Sussex National Birds of Prey Trust Mr Hugh David Clark Junior League of London Oak Foundation Mr Stanley Gordon Cohen King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Mr Norman Charles Frank Frost King Saud University, Saudi Arabia Panton Trust Mr Leonard Thomas Keith North of England Zoological Society People’s Trust for Endangered Species Mrs Maisie Esmee Knott (PTES) Mrs Joan Alexandra Midgley Panthera Kaplan Graduate Award PEW Charitable Trusts Mrs Dorothy Grace Mary Wade Program Prince Bernhard Fund for Nature Parc Zoologique de Thoiry Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Statutory and other Riverbanks Zoo and Garden Trust grant-making bodies Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Save Our Seas Foundation Agreement for the Conservation of Small Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Save the Tiger Fund Cetaceans in the Baltic and North Seas Student Conference on Conservation SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation (ASCOBANS) Conservation Fund Science Fund Big Lottery Fund Stichting Vrienden Safaripark Beekse Biodiversity and Agricultural Westminster Council Bergen en Dierenrijk Commodities Programme Wildlife Conservation Society Synchronicity Earth Biotechnology and Biological Sciences World Bank Taronga Foundation Research Council (BBSRC) WWF UK The Fishmongers’ Company’s Charitable Conservation Leadership Programme WWF Netherlands Trust Darwin Initiative The Hobson Charity Department for Environment, Food and Corporate Supporters The Leverhulme Trust Rural Affairs (Defra) and Members The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Economic and Social Research Airbus Conservation Fund Council (ESRC) American Express The Rose Foundation Environment Agency Chokolit Ltd The Rufford Foundation Environment Canada Compare the Market The Worshipful Company of Grocers Environmental Planning Dept, Falkland Exodus UK Trust for Nature Conservation Isles government Giraffe in Nepal Food and Agriculture Organisation of the Hess-Equatorial Guinea Inc Vodafone Foundation United Nations Honeybrook Animal Foods Wildlife Trust USA Foundation for Science and Technology, Ketchum Pleon Ltd Portugal L’Oreal UK The Development Board Fundación General CSIC Musim Mas Professor Sir Patrick Bateson FRS IUCN Paper Round Lord Moser IUCN National Committee of the Penguin Books Max Alexander* Netherlands Ecosystem Grants Perception Events Ltd Professor Sir John Beddington* Programme PetPlan The Countess of Chichester Mayor of London Profile Productions Dr David Cohen CBE Medical Research Council (MRC) RWE npower Mo Duncan* Natural England Santander Stamford Galsworthy* Natural Environment Research Council Shine Communications Nici Audhlam-Gardiner+ (NERC) Think Sue MacGregor* New Zealand Department of Conservation Wilmar International Ltd Lady McAlpine* Research Councils UK Rt Hon Lord Paul The Royal Society Trusts and Foundations Cynthia Rusis UNEP Convention on Migratory Species American Friends of London Zoo Inc Lady Solti United States Fish and Wildlife Service (AFOLZ) Grace Wang Veterinary Laboratories Agency Arcus Foundation Camilla Whitworth Jones

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Honorary Patrons Patron The Sir Stamford Raffles Patron Her Majesty The Queen The Blackburn Family Dame Vivien Duffield DBE Lord Moser Council members 2010 Rt Hon Lord Paul and Lady Paul The following were Council members at 19 April 2011 or served during the year to 31 December 2010: ZSL Patrons President Professor Sir Patrick Bateson PhD, ScD, FRS Shane Akeroyd Secretary Professor Paul H Harvey BA, MA, DPhil, DSc, FRS Robert and Jenny Akester (to 25 January 2011) Nici Audhlam-Gardiner Treasurer Paul Rutteman CBE, BSc (Econ), FCA Dr David Cohen CBE and Mrs Jillian Vice Presidents Barker Richard Melville Ballerand BSc (Econ), BSc, DCouns, FRSA, FLS, FRUSI Professor Sir John and Mrs Caroline Ken Sims Beddington Francis and Jo Beddington Jonathan Boyce DM, MA, MSc, Sir William McAlpine BT The Countess of Chichester FRCP FFPH Azra Meadows OBE, MSc, PhD, CBiol, David and Ruth Coffer Martin Rowson MA MIBiol, FLS Cosmo Sheila Anderson BSc (Hons), FBAASc * Elizabeth Passey MA, FRGS Mo Duncan Brian Bertram MA, MBA, PhD, FIBiol * (from 23 February 2010) John Edwards David Dixon PhD, FIBiol + Robert Wingate MSc + Mr and Mrs P Flamman Martin Cooke MSc, MA, VetMB, MRCVS, Mark Ridgway BSc, PGCE, FLS John and Sheila Franks Cert VPH(MH) (from 2 November 2010) Sir Donald Gordon John Edwards MA, FLS * Dame Anne Griffiths Ray Heaton CertEd, BEd, GIBiol, MSc, Duncan Hockley FRGS, FLS Tim and Stephanie Hunt Andrew Kitchener BSc (Hons), PhD + Marina, the Lady Marks Alastair Land MA, FLS + To 15 June 2010 Nicholas and Camilla Miller (to 14 September 2010) * From 15 June 2010 Jay Patel Family Pfander Sally Plummer Directors Bob and Sarah Rihal Director General Human Resources Director Development Director Judith Robinson Ralph Armond MA Ian Meyrick BA, FCIPD Jackie Tanner BSc Stuart and Bianca Roden Martin and Nevine Rose Finance Director Director of the Marketing and Armins and Cynthia Rusis Mike Russell FCMA Institute of Zoology Communications Director Professor Tim Blackburn DPhil Rich Storton MA Adam and Jessica Sweidan Conservation Paul Zuckerman Programmes Director Zoological Director Professor Jonathan Baillie PhD David Field MBA, FBS, FLS Individuals Jenny Akester Robin Birley Cosmo Publication acknowledgements Joan and John Digby** Design and editorial coordination: Think William Elfers Jr** Managing editor: Amy Harris Stanley Fink Editor: Christopher Stocks Designer: Ian Hart Ben Goldsmith Sub-editor: Marion Thompson This Annual Review is printed by Witherbys Lithoflow Printing Sir Donald Gordon on 100% recycled paper. Dennis Ho Harvey McGrath Lady McNeice We extend our thanks to ZSL staff and other colleagues Martyn and Sylvia Notley for the use of photos in this publication: Bob and Sarah Rihal Ben Collen, David Curnick, James Godwin, Jamie Graham, Tom Hart, C Mahanayakage, Rob Pickles, Ann and Charles Sheppard, Harri Washington, Brian Zimmerman, PA Photos Camilla Whitworth Jones Cover image: Northern cheetah cub by Daniel Sprawson Further thanks ZSL would like to thank all of our supporters who could not be named Customer Contact Centre 0844 225 1826 individually and to those who specifically Director General’s Office 020 7449 6207 wish to remain anonymous. Membership 020 7449 6228 Development and London Zoo, Regent’s Park, fundraising 020 7449 6583 *stepped down during 2010 London NW1 4RY +joined the Board during 2010 Library 020 7449 6293 www.zsl.org **via American Friends of London Zoo ZSL London Zoo 020 7722 3333 Registered charity in England and Wales: (AFOLZ) ZSL Whipsnade Zoo 01582 872171 no 208728

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