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August 3/14 2014 Bush Meat Crisis | p 2 Zoos in the Media | p 8 Exhibit News | p 24 Annual Report 2013 | insert ) at UWEC, Uganda. | © Gerald Dick, WAZA Gerald Dick, Uganda. | © UWEC, ) at Balaeniceps rex Shoebill ( WAZA news 3/14 WAZA news 3/14 1 Gerald Dick Lee Ehmke Contents Editorial The President’s Message » Dear WAZA members and friends! Bush Meat Crisis .........................2 WAZA Marketing …personal Conference .................................6 Decade on Biodiversity connections and Workshop ...................................7 Different Frames face‑to‑face inter‑ for the Same Picture .................. 8 © WAZA Shipping Sharks ........................ 11 This magic QR code symbolizes the Lee and a tiger’s kiss. actions are critical to My Career: start of our global biodiversity project, Gordon McGregor Reid ............. 13 “Biodiversity Is Us” and if scanned by challenging logistical WAZA Interview: your smartphone or tablet leads you Mark Irwin ................................. 17 directly to the application which can be and bureaucratic used and integrated in visitor informa- Book Reviews ...........................20 tion and engagement. Every WAZA barriers… Announcements ....................... 21 member and all zoo and aquarium Closing Zoos? – NO!.................. 23 staff should download it and help to © WAZA make it known to the public. It is free Gerald Dick and shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) at UWEC, Uganda. New Exhibit News ....................24 and offers numerous features (per- One of the most stimulating and The commonality of purpose and were conducted in an open and WAZA Projects sonalized animal check lists, taking We had a very exciting and successful 8th rewarding aspects of serving as Presi- direction in our community is strong, respectful way. While it is very clear Wandering Bus .........................30 action, sharing actions with friends on Marketing conference, during which we dent of the Association is the oppor- but has weathered a few signifi- that there are strong regional and/or Orang utan social media, viewing films etc.) and had a special session on the biodiversity tunity to travel widely to meet with cant storms recently. A number of cultural differences regarding some Conservation Genetics.............. 31 all in five languages. We are happy to project and also a focus on negative pub- colleagues, to visit interesting zoos high‑profile substandard zoos were of these more controversial topics, SECORE Coral Reefs .................32 be able to make this offer to all WAZA licity. It was clear that internal informa- and aquariums, and to liaise with the subject of intense, world-wide the “take-home message” for me First Joint TAG Chairs members now, the first global WAZA tion flow has to be improved and success regional and national zoo association media scrutiny, which sometimes was that even in our hyper-connected Meeting .................................... 34 biodiversity project – informative, fun, stories more proactively communicated. representatives. I’ve had the privilege implicated all zoos as somehow world, you simply cannot commu- Update: engaging and uniting the community Additionally, the first joint TAG meeting over the past few months to do this being complicit in the poor condi- nicate enough. Too often, we fail to International Studbooks .......... 34 under a global policy umbrella, the was organized, thanks to EAZA, and in an extensive and meaningful way, tions and mismanagement of these appreciate the value of face-to-face Together for Anoa, decade on biodiversity! population management and coopera- attending meetings in Lima Peru dysfunctional places. One national (or at least phone-to-phone) conver- Banteng, Babirusa .................... 35 tion was illustratively discussed as part (ALPZA Annual Conference), Leipzig government threatened to “close all sations, relying instead on electronic New Members .......................... 37 I urge all members to actively use all of our future core business. Germany (EAZA Conservation Forum), zoos,” while another adopted a set of modes of communication that for all the materials provided, become part of Bristol Great Britain (WAZA Market- “minimum standards” for zoo animal their rapidity can sometimes result in this global initiative! If you have any Thanks for your ongoing support and ing Conference), Entebbe Uganda management that were largely de- misunderstanding and mistrust. questions, please do contact the execu- strengthening our community, hope to (WAZA Council Midyear meeting and veloped by openly anti-zoo activists. tive office, we are here to assist and see you all at our Annual Conference in PAAZAB Annual Conference) and The issue of cetaceans in zoos and At meetings with professional col- hope all members will become active New Delhi! Alphen aan den Rijn Netherlands aquariums has become increasingly leagues from Latin America (ALPZA) and – United for Conservation. (WAZA/EAZA/AZA TAG Chairs meet- contentious, both within and outside and Africa (PAAZAB), the importance Gerald Dick ing). In addition to visiting the zoos of our community. And of course the of personal connection and direct WAZA Executive Director hosting these meetings, I was able to media “firestorm” surrounding the communication was again clearly tour WAZA institutions at Nuremberg, practice of euthanasia as a popula- demonstrated. I was impressed by Munich, Magdeburg, Münster and tion management tool has provoked the welcoming and friendly hosts, Görlitz in Germany; Wroclaw in Po- passions and loud debate worldwide. leaders and participants at both of Imprint Edition: 550 copies land; and Amsterdam and Rotterdam these conferences, as well as the en- © WAZA 2014 in the Netherlands. At the 8th WAZA Marketing Confer- thusiastic commitment to improving Editor: Gerald Dick, ence, graciously hosted by Bristol Zoo practices and outcomes within these WAZA Executive Office As always, the camaraderie and Gardens in May, these and related emerging regions. IUCN Conservation Centre This edition of WAZA News shared sense of purpose among zoo topics were the focus of several Rue Mauverney 28 is also available on and aquarium professionals was in excellent presentations and sessions, CH-1196 Gland www.waza.org (members’ area). evidence at every stop. While most of with more than 100 communications Switzerland us in the field take our solidarity for professionals from the zoo/aquarium phone: +41 22 999 07 90 granted, for non-zoo professionals community (and a few zoo direc- Founding Member fax: +41 22 999 07 91 Printed on FSC paper. one of the most remarkable aspects of tors as well!) participating. WAZA’s our “industry” is the overarching spirit ‘Biodiversity is Us’ initiative was Layout and typesetting: of sharing of information, of advice, of formally launched and well received [email protected] talent, and of course when it is impor- by those in attendance. Passionate Print: tant for conservation and sustainabil- and well-informed conversations Agentura NP, Staré Město, ity, of the animals in our care. around ‘Marius the giraffe,’ ‘Black- Czech Republic fish’ and other highly‑topical issues ISSN: 1662-7733 2 WAZA news 3/14 WAZA news 3/14 3 David Musingo1, Katherine Visser2 and John Werth3 » Bush Meat Crisis » is a Global Concern! The final stop on my spring travel circuit was a meeting hosted by the Avifauna Bird Park in the lovely Dutch town of Alphen aan den Rijn. Alarm as illegal bush meat The first international joint meet- trade hits all‑time high ing of Taxon Advisory Group (TAG) chairs from around the world was A few excerpts of what has been pub- The following can be found on the convened under the auspices of lished in the first half of 2014: Jane Goodall website: WAZA’s Committee for Population Management and with the coop- • The multibillion-dollar trade in Bush • Bush Meat ends up in city markets eration of EAZA and AZA. Meat is the most immediate threat and expensive restaurants through- of tropical vertebrates. out Equatorial Africa. Bush Meat Avifauna and EAZA were consum- • 30 years of data from Ghana link can also be found in international mate organizers and hosts, and shows that mammal declines are markets around the world, even in inspiring keynote addresses by now evident in the declining avail- the United States. Jenny Gray and Simon Tonge set ability of fish. Poor fish supply co- • Delicacies like gorilla hands find the stage for a most meaningful incides with increased hunting and their way to the tables of the Arrows and bow; spears and automatic weapon. © David Musingo, UWEC (all three photos) week. The daunting but essential decline of 41 wildlife species. wealthy, not only in Africa, but task of creating sustainable animal • Bush Meat tops menu billing in fa- around the globe. What is bush meat? populations for our institutions mous hotels and restaurants around • Research found an estimated 270 will almost certainly require the the globe. tons of Bush Meat passing through Bush meat refers to wild or game increases, thus depleting their num- During a study in Uganda, it was re-combination of small popula- • So popular are these dishes such Paris alone. meat. In Africa, the forest and shrub bers. By hunting and killing animals, revealed that besides killing primates tions within individual regions that in places like ‘Sun-Dance’ in land is commonly called a bush. Since we lose their contribution to seed for their hair and to stop crop raiding, into multi-region metapopula- Arusha (Tanzania) or ‘Safari Park’ Of growing concern