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Annual Report on Conservation and Science INTRODUCTION 2 2013 Annual Report on Conservation and Science INTRODUCTION 2 2013 Annual Report on Conservation and Science Highlights The Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) 2013 Annual Report on Conservation and Science (ARCS) celebrates the activities of AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums and certified related facilities in the following areas: » field conservation » mission-related research » education programming » sustainable (green) business practices Each of these areas has been carefully defined to maximize consistency of reporting and enhance data quality. Field conservation focuses on efforts having a direct impact on animals and habitats in the wild. Education programming includes those with specific goals and delivery methods, defined content, and a clear primary discipline and target audience. Mission-related research projects involve application of the scientific method and is therefore hypothesis (or question)-driven, involves systematic data collection and analysis of those data, and draws conclusions from the research process. Sustainable (green) business practices cover related staff support, purchasing policies, and education and outreach initiatives, as well as the management of six key resources: chemicals, energy, fuel, waste, water, and construction. While previous reports focused exclusively on field conservation, this is the first year all four of these areas are featured. Because of the history of reporting field conservation efforts, readers of this report will notice a discrepancy in response rates between field conservation (over 86 percent response rate) and the three new areas (approximately 52 percent for each area). AZA fully anticipates that response rates in future reports will increase across the four areas as the AZA community becomes more familiarized with the related data collection and reporting processes. While 2013 ARCS focuses on individual activities undertaken in 2013, download Highlights (available at: https://www.aza.org/annual-report-on-conservation-and-science/) to learn more about what the AZA community accomplished together. This report was compiled by Shelly Grow (AZA Director of Conservation Programs), Nette Pletcher (AZA Director of Conservation Education) and AZA Conservation and Science Interns Margeaux Malone and Simone Osseiran. INTERNATIONAL 3 INTERNATIONAL Argentina Bermuda FUNDACIÓN TEMAIKÈN BERMUDA AQUARIUM, MUSEUM AND ZOO Field Conservation Field Conservation Conservation of Osununu Natural Reserve Project BAMZ/BZS Research Grants and Support Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Conservation Project Bermuda Amphibian Project Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) Conservation Project Bermuda Mangrove Response to Sea Level Rise Threatened Species Recovery Program Bermuda Marine Moorings Initiative Bermuda Turtle Project Sustainable (Green) Practices Grouper Project Coordinated Sustainability-Related Community Involvement Humpback Whale Project Projects, Programs, Events, or Activities Internship Programme Dedicated Staff Position Responsible for Coordinating the Marine Invasive Species in Bermuda Sustainability Practices Marine Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Delivered Sustainable Practice Messages to the Public ReefWatch Developed or Updated a Sustainability Plan (or Equivalent) Sargassum Community Studies Documented the Annual Unit Usage Amount of Chemicals, Energy, Fuel, Waste and Water Has a Policy or Commitment Supporting Sustainable Operations Canada Identified and Used Sustainable Alternatives of Energy, Fuel, Waste and Water CALGARY ZOO Implemented Operational Policies to Support Reduced Education Usage and Sustainable Alternatives of Energy, Fuel, Waste Ambassador Animals and Water Animal Themed Breakfast Programs Outlined Best Practices for Reducing Usage of Energy, Waste and Water Behind the Scenes Programs Provided Mechanisms for Guests to Achieve or Replicate Birthday Parties Sustainable Practices Botanical Workshops Reported Sustainable Practice Achievements to Staff Corporate Teambuilders Creature Features Bahamas Discovery Programs (Elementary School Programs) Edu-Treks (Tours for School Classes) ATLANTIS, PARADISE ISLAND Family BBQ Shows and Christmas Shows Field Conservation Grounds for Change Bahamian Coral Reefs and Climate Change: Coral Reef Guided Tours Conservation through Climate Change Education in Schools Homeschool Programs and in the Wider Community In the Heat of the Night – Valentine’s Day Program Tour de Turtles INTERNATIONAL 4 Interpretive Programming – Zoo Wide Research Junior and/or Adult Keeper for a Day A Review of North American and Marine Conservation Translocations Keeper Talks Black-Tailed Prairie Dog and Black-Footed Ferret Ecosystem Kids Club Research Project Leopard Tortoise Exercising Non-Invasive Camera Surveys of Swift Foxes Little Green Thumbs Northern Leopard Frog Occupancy in Southern Alberta Master Gardener Training Program Swift Fox Population Genetics Penguin Plunge Interpretive Programming West Africa Community Based Conservation Penguin Walk Photography Programs Sustainable (Green) Practices Practicum Student Positions/Student Projects Dedicated Staff Position Responsible for Coordinating Preschool Programs – Penguin/Butterfly/Dig a Dino the Sustainability Practices Sleepovers Documented the Annual Amount Spent on Energy, Fuel, Waste and Water Speakers Bureau Documented the Annual Unit Usage Amount of Energy, Special Event Programming – Touchtables Fuel, Waste and Water Spring Break Camp Has a Policy or Commitment Supporting Sustainable Summer Camp Operations Teacher Workshops Identified and Used Sustainable Alternatives to Construction, Energy and Water Wild Inquiries School Programs – Middle School Implemented Operational Policies to Support Reduced Woody Plant ID Course Usage of and Sustainable Alternatives to Construction, Youth Badge Programs Energy and Water Zoo for the Day – High School Supported or Established a Green Team Zoo for the Day – Middle School Program Zoo School VANCOUVER AQUARIUM MARINE SCIENCE CENTRE Field Conservation Field Conservation ATB Financial Swift Fox Conservation Program BC Cetacean Sightings Network Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Ecosystem Research Project British Columbia Northern Leopard Frog Recovery Project Population Dynamics of At-Risk Northern Leopard Frogs Cetacean Population Genetics – Killer Whale in Western Canada Dolphin Echolocation and Net Avoidance Vancouver Island Marmot Conservation Breeding Field Study of Demography, Population Status and Natural West Africa Community Based Conservation History of British Columbian and Alaskan Killer Whales Whooping Crane Conservation Program – Breeding Fur Seal and Sea Lion Projects Monitor Glass Sponge Reefs Monitor Lingcod Spawn Demography Monitor Spot Prawn Nurseries Mystery Reef – Tunstall Bay Project North Coast Cetacean Research Project INTERNATIONAL 5 Oregon Spotted Frog Recovery Project Research Recovery of Rockfish in Rockfish Conservation Areas Acquired and Innate Behavior in Captive Mandrills Rockfish Winter Hiding Atopic Dermatitis Treatment with a Fatty Acids Copolymer in a Bear Sitka – Biodiversity Monitoring Comparative Study of the Effect of Hyperoxia on the Metabolic Response in Oviparous Species Research Effect of Zoo Visitors and Exhibit Design on Red Pandas BC Cetacean Sightings Network Effect of Zoo Visitors on Captive Wallabies and Kangaroos Clostridium difficile in Harbour Seals Undergoing Rehabilitation Feeding Behaviour of an Andean Condor in Captivity and the Perception of Scavenging by Visitors Cryptococcosis in Harbour Porpoise Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) – Elephant Development of Methods for Sustainable Wolf-Eel Aquaculture Welfare Project Echinococcosis in a Goeldi’s monkey Nurse Shark Behaviour in Captivity Evaluation of Beluga Hormone Levels in Breath Samples Relationship between Diet and Calcinosis Lesions Evaluation of Cetacean Hearing Thresholds in the Atlantic Wolffish in Captivity Harbour Porpoise Post-Release Monitoring Harbour Seal Post-Release Monitoring Outbreak of Bordetella in Harbour Seals Undergoing Rehabilitation Hong Kong Pinniped Energetics and Physiology OCEAN PARK CORPORATION Protozoal Parasites in Marine Mammals Field Conservation Respirometry in Cetaceans A Bank of Biochemical Evaluating Indicators for Sousa Sea Lion Anesthesia chinensis Living Status in the Pearl River Estuary Sea Lion Darting and Disentanglement Project A Study on the Population and Distribution of Seahorses (Family: Syngnathidae) in Hong Kong and Conservation Sea Star Wasting Syndrome Campaign Upper Thermal Limits of Arctic Cod (Boreogadus saida) Addressing Human-Orangutan Conflict in Agricultural Use of Butorphanol and Midazolam to Immobilize Harbour Seals Landscapes in Northern Sumatra An Ecological Study of Horseshoe Crab Spawning and Nursery Beach Habitat ZOO DE GRANBY Assessment of the Status of the Critically Endangered Field Conservation Delacour’s Langur (Trachypithecus delacouri) and Recommendation for its Conservation African Elephant Conservation Awareness and Education Among Communities Around Pearl Amur Leopard Conservation in Russia River Estuary Chinese White Dolphin National Nature Reserve Assessing the Occurrence of Northern and Southern Flying Squirrels in Montérégie and Estrie Regions Bamboo and Vegetation Recovery of Giant Panda Habitat After Wenchuan Earthquake AZA’s Conservation Grants Fund (CGF) Bamboo Species Identification and Field Monitoring Training Conservation of Red Panda for the Staff of Giant Panda Nature Reserves in Gansu Enhancing the Conservation of the Geoffroy’s
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