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LIVING INSTITUTIONS 16 WCS’s engaging wildlife collections in ﬁve parks enable millions of guests each year to appreciate the wonderful layers of life in the natural world.

LIVING CLASSROOMS 30 WCS has a proud history of instructing generations of schoolchildren, teachers, and families through on-site and distance-learning programs.

LIVING LANDSCAPES 40 WCS staﬀ are involved on the ground in the most remote and diﬃcult places around the globe, working with strategic partners and local people.

Chairman Emeritus’s Letter 4 Chair’s Letter 6 President’s Letter 8 Trustees and Advisors 10 Wildlife Conservation Projects 48 Public Aﬀairs 58 Financial Report 64 WCS Events 68 Contributors 76 Committees 88 WCS Staﬀ 90 WCS Publications 98 Facts, Awards, Credits 100 Cover: This year marked “The Great Return” of our sea lions to their refurbished pool and the restoration of Astor Court (right), which sits at the heart of the Wildlife Conservation Societyʼs world famous Bronx Zoo.

2 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT 2007 3 , ½-Ê // , DAVID T. SCHIFF, CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

Having been invited to write this letter from my new vantage history. Wildlife is still imperiled worldwide, as are many as Chairman Emeritus, I find that what first comes to mind ecosystems of the greatest importance. is my firm belief in Joseph Schumpeter’s thesis of “creative >ese facts of life temper our pride in the fact that WCS destruction.” To paraphrase the Austrian economist, every has grown exponentially, and we now spend $60 million per person, family, organization, or nation must renew itself year around the world in the service of conservation. Our New periodically. >e benefits of renewal are enormous, and not York City facilities educate and entertain four million people doing so can quickly lead to disaster, or at the very least, a year, our exhibits address the global vulnerability of wildlife, impotence. and our veterinarians circle the globe to confront zoonotic During the past 11 years of my tenure, WCS can proudly diseases, especially those of an airborne, viral nature. We have count many real and meaningful accomplishments. At the recommitted to historic preservation at our Bronx Zoo and same time, much remains to be done. New York Aquarium and to the enhancement of City facilities In 1996, our Global Conservation Program budget was $8 in our Parks Renaissance campaign. >ough we have much million, the Bronx Zoo’s Astor Court needed revitalization, more to do, we have much to show for our efforts. our gorillas, tigers, and wild dogs had yet to inhabit their During the 42 years in which I have been privileged to serve new homes, the euro was six years away, gasoline cost about as a WCS Trustee, the competence and accomplishments of the $1.26 per gallon, and global climate change was a matter of organization have constantly grown. We occupy a leadership international scientific cooperation, not public affairs. In the position in linking the global needs of flora, fauna, and intervening years, about 1.4 billion people have been added humans. Our mission is a vital one, and its imperatives never to our global burden; human consumption of water, energy, cease. I look with optimism toward the next chapter in the and food has skyrocketed; and carbon dioxide and methane life of this unique and extraordinary organization, now in the emissions have risen to their highest levels in recorded human capable hands of its new Chair, Ward W. Woods.

4 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT 2007 5 ,½-Ê // , WARD W. WOODS, CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

I write this inaugural letter as Chair of the WCS Board of sequestration—in order to create long-term financing for Trustees while steaming up the tributaries of the Amazon to- landscape conservation. We must incorporate communities in ward Peru’s Pacaya-Samiria Communal Reserve. >is reserve conservation planning and benefits, from Cocama-Cocamilla encompasses five million acres of irreplaceable forest in which villages to the municipalities that depend on natural resource WCS plays a central conservation role working with the Peru- use, to build consensus-based conservation and demonstrate vian government and local communities. the viability of large-scale conservation within the Human >e first impression is the landscape, or should I say river- Footprint. Ultimately, we have to confront the global changes scape? >e expanses of forest, fisheries, and swamps have been taking place that affect wildlife and wild lands into the future. affected by Amerindian presence, European invasion, com- >ese challenges are not identical to those of business, but modity booms, and resource extraction. >en it was unsus- there are many parallels. Whether operating for profit or not, tainable wildlife hunting and high-grading (a form of selective we must offer the world products that make sense for our col- logging that targets commercially valuable species) of upland lective future, and we must know what we are getting in return forests—ravages that followed those of the rubber boom. for our investment. In the case of wildlife conservation, the re- Somehow, the region survived with much of its natural glory turn is not to any single individual but to the Earth itself. intact. Today, it is the threat of global climate change that wor- WCS is in the business of creating collective goods for ries conservationists. Some experts estimate that 30 percent of future generations of people and wild animals. Intelligence, this forest landscape could be lost to climate changes during common sense, innovation, and perseverance—all attributes this century. of good business—are required by conservation, too. On Repeated assaults on areas of such importance to biodiver- the Amazon, on the Congo, or in the Arctic, we must match sity remind us all of our need to develop tools—including the knowledge with effective action and working solutions in or- capture of the forest’s asset value in the market through carbon der to succeed in this most important mission.

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>e Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) extends its deep ap- In addition, WCS is tremendously grateful for the generosity preciation for the new leadership gifts and pledges to our GATE- and commitment of its friends who have each made contribu- WAYS TO CONSERVATION campaign received this year. >e tions totaling one million dollars or more this year: outstanding support of our programs, activities, and operations from those listed here is critical to ensuring that WCS continues ■ Darlene and Brian Heidtke, for their ongoing commitment to strive for and achieve the highest standards in all its work. to our work in wildlife health, in particular our Field Veteri- WCS is enormously grateful to Robert W. Wilson for his nary Program and the operations of our Global Center for magnificent and sustained support of our global conservation Wildlife Health and WCS-Marine Conservation. programs, with matching grant funds that this year totaled nearly $15 million. >rough this remarkably generous and enlightened ■ >e Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, for its ongoing challenge grant, he has had a profound and lasting impact on the commitment to a grant program that supports state wildlife future of wildlife and WCS’s efforts to secure new support for its action plans in North America. conservation work around the globe. WCS thanks the Starr Foundation for its tremendously gener- ■ Goldman Sachs Charitable Fund, for its continuing partner- ous additional support for the construction of the C.V. Starr Sci- ship with our Karukinka and Beyond program, which ence Campus at the Bronx Zoo. >e Starr Campus will be home funds our vital conservation efforts on the island of Tierra to two vitally important new core facilities that will significantly del Fuego. enhance our global conservation and wildlife health programs: the José E. Serrano Center for Global Conservation and the Global ■ Jonathan L. Cohen, for a generous gift to name the Nile Center for Wildlife Health. crocodile pool in Madagascar! and a fund to care for these ex- WCS extends a heartfelt thank you to Allison and Leonard traordinary animals. Stern, who provided an extraordinarily generous gift to support the construction of a magnificent new snow leopard exhibit at the ■ >e David and Lucile Packard Foundation, for support of Central Park Zoo. >e Allison Maher Stern Snow Leopard ex- WCS’s work in Fiji and the western Pacific region, among hibit is scheduled to open in Spring 2009. other programs. >e Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation continued its long- standing commitment to WCS-Latin America and Caribbean by ■ >e Jay Pritzker Foundation, for its generous multi-year providing a major new grant for our work in the Amazon Basin. grant to fund new conservation activities in exceptionally We thank Donna and Fred Nives for their generous planned threatened areas of Tanzania. gift to name the Donna and Fred Nives African Wild Dogs exhibit at the Bronx Zoo. ■ >e Schiff Family, for its magnificent support of a new endowment for curatorial science activities.

■ Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods, for their extraordinarily enlightened support of WCS’s programs and activities, including the WCS Institute’s State of the Wild series.

>is year, we welcome the Blue Moon Fund, Conservation International-Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, the Jay Pritzker Foundation, the Shell Exploration & Production Company, and the estates of Jack R. Howard and Mary Daly Wolfson to our circle of Best Friends—those whose cumulative philanthropy to WCS meets or exceeds one million dollars.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 7 *, - /½-Ê // , STEVEN E. SANDERSON, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I write this year from the western Amazon, as part of a small the asset worth of forests and their creatures, through market group visiting WCS programs in the riverine forests of north- mechanisms, to create long-term financing for wildlife conser- eastern Peru. Much of Loreto, Peru’s largest province, is price- vation. >at financial capacity is the only way to address the less to conservation. >e land’s deep history of indigenous issues of climate mitigation and adaptation. presence, colonial expeditions, nineteenth-century naturalists, At WCS, we also are concerned with wildlife health in the and rubber barons of the Victorian era make it a perfect setting field and in our New York City parks, as the spread of infec- for reflection on the past and future of wildlife and the special tious diseases is a companion of global ecological and climate value WCS has to offer global conservation. changes. In Peru, we add building human capacity to our In a famous speech in 1942, Brazilian President Getúlio agenda, through a long-term commitment to train the field Vargas proposed to conquer the Amazon. Sixty-five years later, biologists and conservationists who will solve the Amazonian our quest is to protect it from conquest. >e newest challenge problems of the future. We also have promising exchanges with is climate change and determining what conservation can do to zoological institutions in the western Amazon, which help our mitigate and adapt to an uncertain future. >e region that has colleagues on-site communicate the importance of wildlife to survived so many challenges for so long now confronts global local communities. All of these activities are predicated upon transformation. a long-standing collaboration with local and national govern- >is transformation is not exclusive to Peru or to the Ama- ments, non-governmental partners, indigenous communities, zon, of course. Half a world away, the rainforest of northeastern and the Durrell Institute of Conservation Ecology. Madagascar is under similar pressure, as are the equatorial re- Anyone who doubts the importance of these mandates or doubts of the great apes of Africa and the last habitat of orang- the imminence of the threats should come to northeastern utans in Malaysian Sarawak and Indonesian Kalimantan. Peru. It is a spectacularly beautiful place, still rich in wild nature >e conservation challenges of the future include capturing and human history.

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In addition to those named on page 7, WCS oﬀers special thanks to those who generously supported WCS and its activities this year with new gifts and pledges.

-1**",/Ê ,"--Ê7 - WCS is enormously grateful to those who have provided significant unrestricted support, enabling us to utilize the funds where they are most needed. We extend our deep appreciation to Katharina Otto-Bernstein, William E. Flaherty, >e Irwin Family, >e Howard Phipps Foundation, Josie and Julian Robertson, and one anonymous donor. In addition, we thank the estates of Norma E. Cossey, Eleanor T. Elliott, Henry Clay Frick II, Everett S. Steinmetz, Martha Daly Wolfson, and Ken Wollenberg for their generosity. We also extend our gratitude to those who provided funding for our zoos and aquarium in New York, as well as our global conservation programs around the world. Sincere thanks go to Elyssa Kellerman and >e New York Community Trust. Our Marine Program was once again generously funded by " Ê " - ,6/" Roger and Vicki Sant/>e Summit Foundation and >e Tiffany Our global conservation field programs, as well as our New & Co. Foundation. York City-based cross-cutting programs, benefited greatly this Significant support for our North America Program was pro- year from a number of generous donors. vided by the Wendy P. McCaw Foundation, the Shell Explora- We recognize the Liz Claiborne/Art Ortenberg Foundation tion & Production Company, and Wilburforce Foundation. for its significant ongoing commitment to our conservation work around the world. Additional generous support for our 6 Ê -//1/" - global conservation programs was provided by: the Blue Moon WCS is grateful to the donors who have so generously sup- Fund, Harvey and Heidi Bookman, BP International, Butler ported the zoos and aquarium this year, enabling them to Conservation Fund, C. Diane Christensen, Earth Share/Envi- maintain and enhance the health and well-being of our living ronmental Federation of America, Melinda B. Frost, Mr. and collections, build state-of-the-art exhibits, and educate the Mrs. Robert G. Goelet, the John D. and Catherine T. MacAr- public about the importance of wildlife conservation. We thur Foundation, Edith McBean, Mr. and Mrs. George K. Moss, thank the following contributors for providing vital funds for National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Geographic our Living Institutions: Sarah K. de Coizart Article TENTH Society, Katherine T. Ruttenberg/>e Ruttenberg Family, Walter Perpetual Charitable Trust, and Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Mallah. and Jeanne Sedgwick, and one anonymous donor. Our programs in Wildlife Health, including our field vet- Our conservation work in Africa received support from Mr. erinary work, received generous funding from Francis Goelet and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Anderson, Laurie F. Michaels and David Charitable Trust, Caroline N. Sidnam, Dr. Judith P. Sulzberger, Bonderman, >e Howard G. Buffett Foundation, Lucy C. Dan- and Pamela M. >ye. ziger, and Zoo Zürich. WCS offers its appreciation to those donors who supported >e Homeland Foundation, Inc./E. Lisk Wyckoff, Jr. con- our Education Program this year, including the Richard and tributed vital funding for our work in Asia, and support for our Rhoda Goldman Fund, >e New York Community Trust- Latin America and Caribbean Program was provided by Judith Nancy G. and C. Richard MacGrath Fund, Hamilton. and the Estate of Marie E. Markus.

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", Ê"Ê/,1-/ - William C. >ompson, Jr. Mrs. Leonard N. Stern (as of October 31, 2007) Comptroller, City of New York Andrew H. Tisch Christine Quinn Mrs. >omas I. Unterberg Speaker, New York City Council Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio OFFICERS Adrian Benepe Ward W. Woods, ex officio Ward W. Woods Commissioner, Department of Parks & Chair of the Board Recreation, City of New York David T. Schiff Kate D. Levin EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chairman Emeritus Commissioner, Department of Cultural Ward W. Woods, Chair Edith McBean Affairs, City of New York Frederick W. Beinecke Vice Chair Adolfo Carrión, Jr. C. Diane Christensen Mrs. Gordon B. Pattee President, Borough of >e Bronx Brian J. Heidtke Vice Chair Marty Markowitz Mrs. George K. Moss Mrs. Leonard N. Stern President, Borough of Brooklyn Vice Chair John N. Irwin III, ex officio Steven E. Sanderson John N. Irwin III President and CEO, Wildlife Conservation Edith McBean, ex officio Treasurer Society Eugene R. McGrath, ex officio Andrew H. Tisch Mrs. Gordon B. Pattee, ex officio Secretary Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio W. B. McKeown LIFE TRUSTEES Deputy Secretary Mrs. Vincent Astor* Mrs. Leonard N. Stern, ex officio Mrs. Edgar M. Cullman Andrew H. Tisch, ex officio TRUSTEES Robert G. Goelet Frederick W. Beinecke Mrs. Richard B. Tweedy FINANCE COMMITTEE Eleanor Briggs John N. Irwin III, Chair Gilbert Butler HONORARY TRUSTEES William E. Flaherty C. Diane Christensen Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Bradley L. Goldberg J. Michael Cline Mrs. Charles A. Dana, Jr. Mrs. George K. Moss Glenn Close C. Sims Farr Jonathan D. Green, ex officio Jonathan L. Cohen William Gruenerwald Paul A. Gould, ex officio Katherine L. Dolan John R. Hearst, Jr. Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio William E. Flaherty Hon. Anthony D. Marshall Ward W. Woods, ex officio Bradley L. Goldberg Frederick A. Melhado Paul A. Gould Guy G. Rutherfurd BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Jonathan D. Green Dr. Judith P. Sulzberger SUBCOMMITTEE Sue Van de Bovenkamp Judith Hamilton Jonathan D. Green, Chair Brian J. Heidtke Richard A. Voell James M. Large, Jr. John B. Hess E. Lisk Wyckoff, Jr. Ralph da Costa Nuñez John N. Irwin III Caroline N. Sidnam Robert Wood Johnson IV " // - Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio Anita L. Keefe AUDIT COMMITTEE Ward W. Woods, ex officio Elyssa Kellerman Brian J. Heidtke, Chair James M. Large, Jr. Edith McBean Bradley L. Goldberg INVESTMENT SUBCOMMITTEE Eugene R. McGrath Jonathan D. Green Paul A. Gould, Chair Ambrose K. Monell Ambrose K. Monell Gilbert Butler Mrs. George K. Moss J. Michael Cline Ralph da Costa Nuñez COMMITTEE ON TRUSTEES Bradley L. Goldberg Katharina Otto-Bernstein Eugene R. McGrath, Chair Julian H. Robertson, Jr. Mrs. Gordon B. Pattee Jonathan L. Cohen George W. Siguler+ H. Merritt Paulson III John N. Irwin III Michael H. Steinhardt Howard Phipps, Jr. Walter C. Sedgwick John N. Irwin III, ex officio Julian H. Robertson, Jr. Mrs. Leonard N. Stern Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio David T. Schiff Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio Ward W. Woods, ex officio Mrs. Warren L. Schwerin Ward W. Woods, ex officio Walter C. Sedgwick HUMAN RESOURCES AND Caroline N. Sidnam DEVELOPMENT AND EXTERNAL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE Michael H. Steinhardt Jonathan L. Cohen, Chair Mrs. Leonard N. Stern RELATIONS COMMITTEE John N. Irwin III Daniel K. >orne Mrs. Gordon B. Pattee, Chair Andrew H. Tisch J. Michael Cline David T. Schiff Mrs. >omas I. Unterberg Glenn Close Andrew H. Tisch Ward W. Woods Judith Hamilton Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio Barbara Hrbek Zucker John B. Hess Ward W. Woods, ex officio Anita L. Keefe EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES Edith McBean PROGRAM COMMITTEE Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg Katharina Otto-Bernstein Edith McBean, Chair Mayor, City of New York H. Merritt Paulson III John N. Irwin III *deceased +non-Trustee member 10 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY David T. Schiff LIVING INSTITUTIONS AND C. Diane Christensen, ex officio EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE ÌÞÊ-Õ««ÀÌ J. Michael Cline, ex officio Anita L. Keefe, Co-Chair Brian J. Heidtke, ex officio Barbara Hrbek Zucker, Co-Chair WCS is grateful to the City of New York, Anita L. Keefe, ex officio Katherine L. Dolan Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio William E. Flaherty which provides significant operating and Caroline N. Sidnam, ex officio Brian J. Heidtke capital funds through the Department of Ward W. Woods, ex officio Robert Wood Johnson IV Cultural Affairs and the Department of Parks Barbara Hrbek Zucker, ex officio Ralph da Costa Nuñez Howard Phipps, Jr. and Recreation. We thank Mayor Michael R. GLOBAL CONSERVATION Mrs. Warren L. Schwerin Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine Daniel K. >orne SUBCOMMITTEE Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio C. Quinn, Bronx Borough President Adolfo C. Diane Christensen, Co-Chair Ward W. Woods, ex officio Carrión Jr., Brooklyn Borough President Marty J. Michael Cline, Co-Chair Frederick W. Beinecke Markowitz, Queens Borough President Helen WILDLIFE HEALTH Eleanor Briggs SUBCOMMITTEE Marshall, Councilmember Joel Rivera, Major- Gilbert Butler Brian J. Heidtke, Co-Chair ity Leader, Councilmember Domenic M. Rec- Glenn Close Caroline N. Sidman, Co-Chair Judith Hamilton chia, Jr., Chair, Cultural Affairs, Libraries & Paul A. Gould Elyssa Kellerman Anita L. Keefe International Intergroup Relations Committee, Ambrose K. Monell Elyssa Kellerman and the entire New York City Council for their Mrs. George K. Moss Ambrose K. Monell H. Merritt Paulson III Mrs. Warren L. Schwerin support of capital projects. The elected of- Walter C. Sedgwick Pamela >ye+ ficials of the City of New York are vital to the Mrs. >omas I. Unterberg Barbara Hrbek Zucker Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio public/private partnership on which WCS’s Ward W. Woods, ex officio Ward W. Woods, ex officio service to the people of New York rests.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 11 >e $650 million GATEWAYS TO CONSERVATION campaign is helping fund key improvements at the Bronx Zoo and other WCS facilities and changing the face of our global conservation work. GATEWAYS TO CONSERVATION is WCS’s largest and most comprehensive fundraising endeavor to date. >rough the course of this campaign, WCS will evolve from an institution with a great history into one with a greater future. >e GATEWAYS TO CONSERVATION campaign will build upon our long and distinguished history of achievement and further enhance scientiﬁc discovery, animal well-being, and the conservation of the wild.

* Ê ,-* Ward W. Woods CHAIR Edith McBean Julian H. Robertson, Jr. David T. Schiﬀ Robert W. Wilson CO-C HAIRS Steven E. Sanderson PRESIDENT AND C HIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Maria Masciotti SENIOR VICE P RESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT

Ê " ",-Êf£ ³® WCS is proud to recognize the following lead donors for their outstanding commitment to the future of conservation.

Robert W. Wilson John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation >e Goldman Sachs Charitable Fund >e Jay Pritzker Foundation Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Joan O.L. Tweedy >e Starr Foundation Donald and Barbara Zucker David T. and Lisa Schiﬀ Donna and Fred Nives C. Diane Christensen Brian and Darlene Heidtke >e Honorable José E. Serrano Eleanor Briggs Edith McBean Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Josie and Julian Robertson Jonathan L. Cohen Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Edgar and Louise Cullman Allison and Leonard Stern Bradley L. Goldberg J. Michael and Pamela Cline Ambrose Monell >omas S. Kaplan/Panthera Corporation David and Lucile Packard Foundation Liz Claiborne/Art Ortenberg Foundation >e Ruttenberg Family >e Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Virginia and Warren Schwerin John and Jeanet Irwin Caroline N. Sidnam Mary and Howard Phipps, Jr. Pamela M. >ye >e Tisch Family " /" ,Ê£Ó]ÊÓääÈ WCS and the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine announced a unique collaboration to maxi- mize their complementary expertise to ensure the health of wildlife, domestic animals, and ultimately, human- kind. Pictured here: WCS Senior Vice President of Living Institutions Robert Cook, WCS Chairman of the Board Emeritus David T. Schiff, and Donald Smith, Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University

" /" ,Ê£È]ÊÓääÈ Starr Foundation President Florence Davis and Con- gressman José E. Serrano helped break ground for the C.V. Starr Science Campus at the Bronx Zoo and José E. Serrano Center for Global Conservation. Pictured here: Sylvia Smith, Partner of FXFowle Ar- chitects, WCS Chair of the Board Ward W. Woods, WCS President and CEO Steven E. Sanderson, NYS Senator José M. Serrano, Congressman José E. Ser- rano, David Schiff, Sue Chin, and Florence Davis, President of the Starr Foundation

,ÊÈ]ÊÓääÈ WCS publicly launched GATEWAYS TO CONSERVA- TION, a $650 million campaign that has the strength to transform WCS’s global conservation work, ensure the health of people and animals, connect people to conservation, and propel the global mission to secure the future of wildlife and wild places. Pictured here: Steve Sanderson, Ward Woods, and The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York

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1,9ÊÓ{]ÊÓääÇÊ WCS experts came together to discuss our elephant research and conservation efforts in both Africa and Asia. Pictured here: WCS Field Conservationist Simon Hedges, Steve Sanderson, Ward Woods, WCS Trustee Edith McBean, WCS Field Conservationist Charles Foley, Bronx Zoo Director James Breheny, WCS Senior Vice President for Global Conserva- tion John Robinson, and Robert Cook

9ÊÓä]ÊÓääÇ On Sunday, May 20, 2007, WCS dedicated the Donna and Fred Nives African Wild Dogs exhibit at the Bronx Zoo with many of the Nives’s closest family and friends. The Nives have been members of WCS since 2001. Their gift to name the exhibit exempliﬁes their lifelong commitment and generosity to wildlife preservation and animal well-being. The African Wild Dogs exhibit features these exciting animals in more than half an acre along the zoo’s African Trail. The site evokes the feeling of the African forest edge, where the wild dogs engage in natural behaviors—digging in a large sand pit and romping in a shallow pool. Pictured here: Donna and Fred Nives

1 Ê£]ÊÓääÇ WCS celebrated the grand reopening of the Bronx Zoo’s historic Astor Court with more than 200 guests in attendance. The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York, and David T. Schiff welcomed back our California sea lions with the “first official fish feeding.” Pictured here: Wild Animal Keeper Danielle Hes- sel, Mayor Bloomberg, and David Schiff

14 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY 1 Ê£Ó]ÊÓääÇÊ WCS ﬁeld conservationists Mike Fay and Paul Elkan discussed encouraging results from their aerial surveys of Southern Sudan. More than 1.3 million white-eared kob, tiang (antelope), and mongalla gazelle are thriving there, despite all odds. An estimated 8,000 elephants, concentrated mainly in the Sudd, the largest freshwater wetland in Africa, were also observed. The WCS-led team collaborated with the Ministry of the Environment, Wildlife Conserva- tion, and Tourism of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS), and USAID/Sudan. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provided additional funding. Pictured here: Paul Elkan and Mike Fay

1 Ê£Î]ÊÓääÇ WCS presented Phase I of the Global Center for Wildlife Health, which includes the Shirley S. Katzenbach Clinical Pathology Lab, named by Coty Sidnam and Pamela Thye in honor of their mother, and the Ambrose Monell Pathology Lab and Necropsy Suite. Pictured here: Steve Sanderson, Ward Woods, Ambrose Monell, Coty Sidnam, Pamela Thye, David Schiff, and Bob Cook.

1 Ê£n]ÊÓääÇ On a beautiful evening at the Bronx Zoo, WCS honored David T. Schiff for his 11 years of distinguished service as Chairman of the Board. Pictured here: Ward Woods, David Schiff, WCS Trustee Howard Phipps, and Steve Sanderson

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 15 Living ÊÃÌÌÕÌÃ

THE LIVING INSTITUTIONS (LI) division of WCS is comprised of the Bronx, Central Park, Prospect Park, and Queens Zoos, New York Aquarium (NYA), Exhibition and Graphic Arts Department (EGAD), and Wildlife Health Sciences (WHS). >e division is committed to realizing the vision of One WCS, continuing to advance WCS’s leadership role in animal well- being, enhancing the guest experience, and reinvigorating its scientiﬁc foundations as it continues to create powerful new gateways to conservation that connect people to nature.

>is year, one veteran champion of these goals passed the torch to another. Richard Lattis, Senior Vice President and General Director, retired from a career with WCS that spanned more than 30 years. Robert A. Cook, the former Chief Veterinarian and Vice President of the WHS, succeeded Lattis. Part of creating new gateways to conservation involves protecting LI’s heritage, the signature example of which is Astor Court and its Beaux Art buildings—the historic heart of the Bronx Zoo. On June 1, 2007, Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City, attended the opening of the newly restored Astor Court and the return of its sea lions. >e great lawn has been revitalized with crisscrossing pathways for guests, poetry connecting people to conservation, and a bronze replica of the original New York Zoological Society logo. >e sea lions’ aquatic habitat was renovated with a state-of-the-art filtration and ozonation system, which will conserve precious water resources. >e Astor Court opening heralded completion of the first phase of the Gateways to Conservation campaign. On Earth Day, a “green” eco-restroom opened near the Bronx Zoo’s Bronx River Parkway entrance and Mitsubishi Riverwalk. >e new facilities are outfitted with composting toilets and sinks that drain into a gray-water garden. Humorous interpretative graphics inform guests about composting technology and encourage them to take conservation actions in their day-to-day lives.

16 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT 2007 17 18 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY In June, Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City, attended the opening of the Bronx Zoo’s newly restored Astor Court and the return of its sea lions. The Astor Court opening heralded completion of the ﬁrst phase of the Gateways to Conservation campaign.

Construction continued on the upcoming Madagascar! ex- After an October ground breaking ceremony, excavation hibit. Renovation of the roof and basement level of the Lion and construction began for the José E. Serrano Center for House were completed. >e basement will include animal Global Conservation on the CV Starr Science Campus. Lo- holding and care facilities, as well as a keeper workspace. Two cated in the northern part of the Zoo, this ”green” oﬃce build- key exhibits were fabricated, each modeled from a unique ing will house the Global Conservation division, the WCS Malagasy habitat. Institute, EGAD designers, part of Information Technology, and the Library. Anchoring the southern border of the Science Pages 16–17: Robert A. Cook, former Chief Campus is the newly expanded Global Center for Wildlife Veterinarian and Vice President of Wildlife Health Health. In June 2007, staﬀ, trustees, and donors celebrated the Sciences, was named Senior Vice President for WCS opening of Phase I, which includes a surgical suite, the Shirley Living Institutions (with walrus Nuka at the New York S. Katzenbach clinical pathology lab, named by Caroline N. Aquarium). Left: Work continued on the Bronx Zooʼs Sidnam and Pamela M. >ye in honor of their mother, and Madagascar! exhibit. Above: installing a bronze the Ambrose Monell Pathology Lab and Necropsy Suite. Plans replica of the original New York Zoological Society are underway to begin the Phase II isolation quarantine facil- logo on the Zooʼs Astor Court. ity, with capital funds provided by Mayor Bloomberg and the

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 19 A ceremony to complete the transfer of Leo the snow leopard took place at the Bronx Zoo in September 2006, attended by the ﬁrst lady of Pakistan and ofﬁcials from the Pakistani Embassy and the United States government.

New York City Council. Phase II will be located just north of January 5 bring the total number of rhino calves born at Wild the health center. Asia since 1986 to nine—one of the world’s most successful Patrick >omas was promoted from Mammal Curator to captive-breeding programs for Asian one-horned rhinos. General Curator of the Bronx Zoo. Earlier in the year, >om- >e proverbial stork visited the Ornithology Department as, WHS Senior Clinical Veterinarian Bonnie Raphael, and as well, with the hatching of the world’s first maleo chick out- Assistant Director of WCS-Asia Peter Zahler traveled to Paki- side this endangered species’ native Indonesia (see “Saving Big stan at the request of the United States and Pakistani govern- Birds,” page 23). >e department is also the first in any North ments. >eir mission: to transport Leo—an orphaned, then American zoo to successfully breed lesser adjutant storks. >is 13-month-old snow leopard cub—to the Bronx Zoo, where year, the oldest chick, a male, attained breeding plumage and he will remain in the Himalayan Highlands exhibit until a began courting and nest-building with the collection’s lone suitable facility is constructed for him in Pakistan. A ceremony adult female. >is represents an important pairing, as the two to complete the transfer took place at the Zoo in September birds are the sole captive representatives of unrelated blood- 2006, attended by the first lady of Pakistan Mrs. Sehba Mush- lines. To increase and share the department’s expertise on lesser arraf and officials from the Pakistani Embassy and United adjutants, Senior Keeper Yvetta Pokorny traveled to Cambo- States government. dia. Her trip, funded by a One WCS grant, involved exchang- WCS’s commitment to the conservation of the North ing information with WCS field colleagues on the birds’ American bison began more than 100 years ago with the breeding and nesting behaviors in both captive and wild set- founding of the American Bison Society at the Bronx Zoo. tings. Pokorny, along with local rangers, created a Cambodian- >is year, the Bronx Zoo Mammal Department and the Wild- language guide to help rangers recognize various adjutant age life Health Department of Clinical Care collected and tested groups and determine recruitment rates into the population. hair and serum samples from the Zoo’s bison to assess the Jennifer Pramuk joined the Bronx Zoo as Herpetology herd’s genetic purity. Results showed that unlike the majority of North American bison, this herd has little evidence of cattle WCS staff from Living Institutions and Global Conser- genes. >e bison herd will be taken off oral contraceptives in vation traveled to Pakistan to transport Leo (right), an the hope that a reintroduction of purebred calves to areas of orphaned snow leopard, to the Bronx Zoo. Leo now the West where bison once ranged may be possible in 2008. roams the Zooʼs Himalayan Highlands exhibit and will Among notable births were two Asian one-horned rhinoc- remain an ambassador to New York until a suitable eros calves. A female born on November 16 and a male born on habitat is developed for him in his home country.

20 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT 2007 21 Curator in October 2006. With her background and expertise (SSP) for the highly endangered Puerto Rican crested toad. in anurans, she will lead LI’s efforts to address the worldwide >is year, WCS staff released more than 500 tadpoles hatched amphibian crisis. Nearly half of the world’s 6,000 species of at Central Park into their native environment. amphibians are endangered, including the Kihansi spray toad, Craig Gibbs joined the Bronx Zoo as Curatorial Science which is now extinct in the wild. Along with WHS Chief Pa- Fellow for Special Animal Exhibits. Gibbs is completing his thologist Dee McAloose and Bronx Zoo Wild Animal Keeper dissertation on tropical ecology and entomology. WCS’s Alyssa Borek, Pramuk attended a Population and Habitat Vi- unique Curatorial Science Fellow program offers doctoral and ability Assessment workshop in Tanzania. >ey collaborated post-doctoral candidates the opportunity to receive profes- with colleagues from other organizations to develop a long- sional instruction in animal husbandry, gain hands-on experi- range strategy to reintroduce the toad to the Kihansi Gorge, its only known native habitat. >e Bronx Zoo maintains one As part of the Andean Bear Species Survival Program of only two captive populations and breeding programs for of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Spangles Kihansi spray toads. (below, on the left) was transferred on breeding loan As part of the WCS commitment to ensure a future for en- from Houston Zoo to the Queens Zoo, where she dangered amphibians, Central Park Zoo has established an As- joined resident male, Cisco (on the right). There are sociation of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Species Survival Plan only 70 Andean, or spectacled, bears in U.S. zoos.

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Endangered birds native to Sulawesi, Indonesia, maleos use solar or geothermal heat to incubate their young. These large birds, called megapodes, live in lowland and hill rainforests, but their communal nesting sites are located on sandy beaches and riverbanks. In the wild, a female maleo digs a deep pit, lays and covers up its large single egg, and departs. Two months later, when the fully-feathered chick hatches, it is already able to ﬂy.

The Bronx Zoo is the only institution outside Indonesia to have maleos in its collection. To recreate the birds’ unique nesting grounds, the Ornithol- ogy Department used information gathered on Sulawesi by WCS Global Conservation colleagues at wild pits and hatcheries. They determined the proper mix of sand and soil for digging and the correct relative humidity and temperature. The ornithology staff also adjusted the adult diet and other factors. In November 2006, the ﬁrst North American maleo hatched. This chick offered Zoo and ﬁeld staff a rare opportunity to observe the early stages of maleo development.

In June 2007, Assistant Supervisor Mary Iorizzo joined WCS-Sulawesi Program Supervisor John Tasirins, Maleo Program Coordinator Iwan Hunowu, and other WCS Global Conservation field staff to study maleo nesting sites and coordinate research plans. Iorizzo also fulfilled a WCS Living Institutions SSF grant to document temperature and humidity profiles within and between nesting grounds of wild maleos, in order to improve incubation and hatching at the Bronx Zoo. Early results indicate that the most successful hatchery has the warmest temperatures (around 94 degrees Fahrenheit) and 100 percent relative humidity. Under optimal conditions, chicks hatch in a shorter time and with less lethargy. The Ornithology Department is already planning for the next egg-laying season.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 23 24 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY This year, Central Park Zoo welcomed its 15 millionth Construction of the new Aquatic Animal Health Center is visitor since it reopened under WCS management 99 percent complete, and the center is scheduled for a fall 2007 in 1988 (left, Senior Keeper Charles Braun and a opening. >e building is designed to address the complex and silver pheasant). And the Tisch Childrenʼs Zoo, which specialized health and husbandry needs of the aquatic collection. opened in 1997, was refurbished. Among the spectacu- Curator of Freshwater Fishes Paul Loiselle has dedicated lar birds, visitors can see a black stork (above). much of his career to studying and safeguarding Madagascar’s cichlids. >is year, he was honored with having a new cichlid ence, and develop practical administrative skills, while further- species named after him, Ptychochromis loisellei. ing their research projects. Catherine A. McClave, who has worked at the Aquarium To improve efficiency, the Bronx Zoo restructured the Op- in laboratory and water quality services since 1981, was pro- erations Department by dividing it into Construction, which moted to Curator of Animal Health and Living Systems. handles capital projects across WCS, and Operations, which In July 2006, the Central Park Zoo welcomed its 15 mil- is responsible for Zoo operations and the shops. John Duke lionth visitor since it reopened under WCS management in came on board as Assistant Director of Operations. 1988. Recently retired Admissions Manager Tom Lennox, In time for the fiftieth anniversary celebration of opening who greeted the first guest on opening day, was on hand to at its Coney Island location, the New York Aquarium up- welcome the 15 millionth one. graded public spaces, enhanced exhibits, and improved infor- >rough the generosity of the Tisch family, the sculptural mation for its guests. As part of the spruce up, new paint was elements in the Tisch Children’s Zoo were painted and refur- applied to 18,000 square feet of surface, 3,600 animals were bished, and animal enclosure fencing was reinforced. Horti- acquired for the collection, and more than 200 new graphics cultural improvements also are being made, intern interpret- and animal ID labels were created and installed. ers were added during the summer months, and the aviary

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 25 Animal enrichment is a key component of WCS’s commitment to the health and well-being of its zoo and aquarium collections . . . providing the animals with new opportunities to exercise both mind and body. collection continues to grow with the addition of rare crimson SSP, Spangles is being trained to stand still for ultrasound ex- rosella parakeets. aminations. >ere are only 70 of these South American bears At Prospect Park Zoo, Patricia D. Cole, Animal Curator, in U.S. zoos. added Assistant Director to her title and scope of responsibili- >e LI Animal Enrichment Program (AEP) is a key com- ties. When severe April storms caused significant flooding, ponent of WCS’s commitment to the health and well-being Cole and Operations Manager Tom McGrath led a team of of its collections. AEP not only continues to provide zoo and staff and volunteers who remained on site to ensure the safety aquarium animals with new opportunities to exercise both of animals, people, and the facility. >e Zoo closed for only mind and body, it also supports staff development and re- one day, and maintenance crews from the Central Park and search efforts. A number of grants awarded this year funded Queens Zoos assisted with the Herculean cleanup. attendance at professional conferences and supported diverse Scott Silver, Animal Curator of the Queens Zoo, also research projects, such as enrichment activities for the Bronx added Assistant Director to his title and duties. >e Zoo’s Zoo’s Asian elephants and enabling non-restrained venipunc- spectacled bears, Cisco and Spangles, were observed mating. A ture techniques in pinnipeds at the Aquarium. female on breeding loan from the Houston Zoo as part of the A dozen Species Survival Fund (SSF) grants were awarded

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Understanding the cause, behavior, and distribution of avian inﬂuenza (AI) in the wild is critical to establishing a viable early warning system for the disease. In summer 2006, Field Veterinary Program Director Bill Karesh and Senior Health Policy Analyst Steve Osofsky worked closely with the Wash- ington ofﬁce of the WCS Public Affairs Division to garner funding for the GAINS program. GAINS received $6 million from the United States Agency for International Development and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. WCS supports investigations of wild birds and AI in 28 countries.

In Mongolia, a recent hot spot for AI, scientists from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Orga- nization and the U.S. Geological Survey joined WCS Field Veterinarians Martin Gilbert and Scott Newman and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences in surveillance of wild whooper swans. GPS transmitters were attached to the birds to track them to their wintering grounds. Some of the birds have been tracked to Russia, and the data collected may shed light on possible transmission routes for AI across Asia.

In the Falkland Islands, Karesh and Field Veterinarian Marcella Uhart, along with inﬂuenza expert David Swayne of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, collected samples from hundreds of rockhop- per penguins that had been exposed to AI. The samples are incubating at Swayne’s laboratory in an effort to grow the viruses that may be infecting the birds.

WCS Cambodia researcher Chea Sokha continues to monitor the merit bird trade (the Buddhist tradition of purchasing caged birds to set free to earn celestial merit and ward off danger) and to collect samples for disease analyses at two key sites in Phnom Penh. Daily counts of birds sold in these locations have reached as high as 99,091. Meanwhile, researcher Yim Saksang compiles socio-economic information and maps the bird trade’s network of trappers and middlemen.

The Field Veterinary Program was awarded two multi-year, multi-million-dollar subcontracts from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases to work with the Universities of Minnesota and California at Los Angeles. The universities have been named Centers of Excellence for Inﬂuenza Research and Surveillance.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 27 to curators and keepers. Stephanie James, a WHS Clinical In another WHS project that deploys veterinary staff to lend Care Senior Veterinarian, received a grant to assess the health their expertise to governments working to ensure a future for of loon populations in New York State as a biological indicator wildlife, Robert Moore, an Associate Veterinarian in the Clinical of environmental quality and to investigate the relationship Department, and Curator Catherine McClave traveled to An- between environmental contaminants and infectious diseases. egada, British Virgin Islands, to assess the health of critically en- Pamela A. Manning Torres, Veterinary Technician Supervi- dangered Anegada iguanas prior to re-release. A species of rock sor, assisted with this project to investigate the relationship iguana, the lizards are collected from the wild as hatchlings and between environmental contaminants and infectious disease. raised in captivity until they are large enough to avoid predation Scott Silver and Linde Ostro, WCS Director of Individual by rats and cats. Fewer than 200 of these iguanas exist today. Giving, along with six keepers from the Bronx and Queens >rough the year, WHS pathologists identified diseases to zoos, conducted a follow-up survey of translocated howler mon- ensure animal health. >ey diagnosed chytridiomycosis, a dead- keys in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary in Belize. >e ly fungus blamed for global amphibian declines and extinctions, results indicated an increase in population density since the first in a critically endangered group of toads at the Bronx Zoo. >is translocations to that area 15 years earlier. >rough the AZA lead to the rapid screening of the entire WCS amphibian popu- Conservation Endowment Fund and a LI Species Survival Fund lation for the pathogen and treatment of infected animals. A re- grant, David Powell is working on a video that demonstrates view of samples from the extensive WCS tissue archives showed techniques for the design and conduct of behavior research this outbreak to be a novel event and one that is unlikely to be projects. >is short course is intended for AZA members, WCS repeated due to ongoing preventive medicine programs and staff, university students, and other educational partners. vigilant monitoring. Paul Calle, previously a WHC Senior Clinical Care Veteri- >e WHS Field Veterinary Program (FVP) continued to narian, was appointed Acting Director of Zoological Health make advances in the Global Avian Influenza Network for Programs. During the year, Calle worked in Southeast Asia in Surveillance of Wild Birds (see sidebar, page 27). >e FVP also support of WCS Global Conservation Programs (GCP) for continued its work in Africa’s Congo Basin, exploring ways to endangered turtles and tortoises. In Cambodia, Calle assisted protect gorillas and chimpanzees from Ebola hemorrhagic fever. colleague Joe Walston in recovery efforts for mangrove terrapins, Caused by the Ebola virus, the disease is as highly contagious once thought to be extinct in that country. >e work included and deadly for great apes as it is for humans, killing 80 per- inserting identifying microchips into hatchlings before releasing cent or more of those it infects. Field Veterinarian Alain Ulrich them. Recovery efforts continued in Myanmar for the Burmese Ondzie plays a key role in efforts to collect biological samples in roof terrapin, another critically endangered turtle. Calle assisted suspected Ebola “hot zones.” Ondzie’s work provides critical in- in developing husbandry techniques, providing adequate facili- formation to the Congolese Ministry of Health, which relies on ties for the animals, microchipping babies, and training local the FVP to know where and when Ebola is threatening human staff to perform these procedures at nest sites. communities. To date, most Ebola epidemics have appeared in In China, Senior Clinical Veterinarian Bonnie Raphael and gorilla and chimpanzee populations prior to afflicting people Clinical Veterinary Technician Karen Ingerman collaborated in the same areas. Identifying active Ebola epidemics is critical with Global Conservation’s John >orbjarnarson in pre-release both to learning more about its impact on wildlife and to pro- health screenings of and transmitter placements in six captive- tecting surrounding human communities. born Chinese alligators. >is project is part of a long-term con- >e FVP’s Animal Health for the Environment and De- servation strategy for the species, the most endangered of the 23 types of crocodilians. Bronx Zoo-raised Chinese alligators Right: Paul Calle, a Wildlife Health Center Senior Clini- were among those released on Chongming Island, where there is cal Care Veterinarian, was appointed Acting Director adequate habitat to establish a sizable population. Graduate stu- of Zoological Health Programs. During the year, Calle dents from East China Normal University will track the alliga- worked in Southeast Asia with WCS Global Conserva- tors’ movements to see how they adapt to and use their habitat. tion projects for endangered turtles and tortoises.

28 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY velopment (AHEAD) initiative continued to work with the Field Veterinarians Marcella Uhart and Carolina Marull— Southern African Development Community (SADC), par- along with WCS Global Conservation colleagues Claudio ticularly in developing its Regional Biodiversity Strategy. >e Moraga, Andres Novaro, and Martin Funes—spent three weeks SADC region consists of Angola, Botswana, the Democratic tracking and capturing elusive guanacos in the highly forested Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, landscape of Tierra del Fuego, Chile. >e team evaluated the Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, health of the animals and equipped them with radio collars Zambia, and Zimbabwe. As a result of the collaboration, the of- for ecological studies. Mange, a contagious skin disease that ﬁcial SADC Regional Biodiversity Strategy acknowledges that has rarely been reported in other parts of South America, was the prospect of removing barriers between wildlife and livestock identiﬁed there. Samples collected from these animals will not under transfrontier land-use initiatives will have major implica- only shed light on the origins of this potentially fatal disease so tions for animal health and disease control in the region. >e prevention strategies can be developed, but they will also help strategy embraces the WCS “One World-One Health” vision determine the overall health of the guanaco population in this for research, policy, and planning. remote region.

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IN CLASSROOMS AND AT EXHIBITS , in New York City schools and in remote, developing nations, the WCS Educa- tion division advances WCS’s mission to save wildlife and wild lands through a variety of learning opportunities. Programs encompass teacher training workshops, college courses, summer camps, theater presentations, community outreach, and school, weekend, after-school, and distance- learning initiatives. Unlike many ecology-based programs, these educational endeavors go beyond emotional pleas for the protection of wildlife to provide rich environmental science instruction based on WCS’s pioneering research. Understanding key scientific principles is the essential underpinning for a focus on conservation and ecology. One of the most notable events of the year was the hiring of Sara Hobel as the new Vice President of Education. A graduate of Dartmouth College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, Hobel has broad environmental education and managerial experience as well as a love for wildlife. She recently served as Director of the New York City Department of Parks’ Urban Park Rangers Program, where she was responsible for more than 150 full-time and seasonal conservation officers and educators involved in public programs, wildlife management, and enforcement in flagship parks throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Hobel replaces Annette Berkovits, who retired as Senior Vice President for Education after 34 years of service to WCS and the conservation education field. During Berkovits’s tenure, the WCS Education division developed a depth of programming unparalleled by any other informal science institution (ISI), pioneering life science curricula, or major national teacher training seminars. WCS also became the first ISI to receive the prestigious Na- tional Science Board award for excellence and creativity in teaching science.

30 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT 2007 31 Above and beyond the year’s change in leadership, the 150 sixth graders. “>is school will become a model of public WCS Education division and Fordham University’s Graduate service,” says WCS President and CEO Dr. Steven E. Sander- School of Education forged a partnership to create a Masters son, “enhancing science education for underserved children in Degree program for middle and high school science teachers. our community. It will also help chart the future of conserva- >e new partnership integrates Fordham’s expertise in teacher tion as we know it—opening doors for young minds and inte- preparation with WCS’s leadership and experience in con- grating conservation science into their everyday activities.” servation and environmental education. Starting in summer >e WCS Education division has a long history of oﬀering 2008, participants will take six courses at Fordham and six at highly engaging programs to K–12 students, who learn key the Bronx Zoo. science, math, social studies, and reading concepts in addition Another major initiative, for which the Education division to important lessons in conservation. For many youngsters, laid the groundwork this year, is the Urban Assembly School WCS programs constitute their ﬁrst introduction to environ- for Wildlife Conservation. >is new public school—partner- ing WCS with the Urban Assembly, New York City Depart- Pages 30–31: Animal Kingdom Camp is a favorite ment of Education, and Phipps Community Development for summer learning at the Bronx Zoo. Below: WCS Corporation—will use conservation science as a vehicle to Conservation Education Fellows from seven countries— engage middle and high school students from disadvantaged Bangladesh, India, Lao PDR, Madagascar, Republic of communities in interdisciplinary learning. Based at IS 135 in Congo, South Africa, and Uganda—participated in this the Bronx, the school opened in fall 2007 with approximately yearʼs training program in New York.

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Based on your observations, calculate how many calories a snow leopard requires per day. Write a short poem in iambic pentameter about gorillas. What does a veterinary pathologist do? This could very well be a test for students at the new Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation, a public school operated by The City of New York in cooperation with WCS and the Bronx Zoo. A partnership of WCS, the Urban Assembly, and the Phipps Community Development Corporation, the school opened in fall 2007 with 150 sixth graders from the Bronx and will eventually serve children in grades 6 through 12. For the time being, the school is located at IS 135 in the New York City Department of Education’s Region Two. Students will come from some of the most underserved parts of the Bronx—itself one of the most disadvantaged communities in the country. The Bronx Zoo will serve as the students’ living classroom. Its gorillas, snow leopards, okapis, and other amazing wildlife will help motivate and improve student performance in science and other academic disciplines.

“The Bronx Zoo is very excited about working with the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation, its students, and their families,” says Don Lisowy, the Zoo’s Curator of Education. “The Zoo will tap into the students’ interest in wildlife, enabling them, regardless of ethnicity, gender, or neighborhood, to achieve at high levels over a signiﬁcant portion of their school career.”

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Teens for Planet Earth, developed by the WCS Education division in 2006, provides young people across the United States and around the world with the tools to engage in conservation-based, service- learning projects in their communities. Teams of teens select an adult advisor and register on www.teensforplanetearth.org to receive support. For example, teams are monitoring coyotes and deer in areas around Chicago and raising awareness about amphibians in Wash- ington State.

At the end of this year, 195 teens had registered, along with 246 adult advisors, representing 40 U.S. states and the District of Colum- bia and 24 countries. In addition, Leadership Institutes for adult advisors are held twice yearly. These three-day events prepare educators for the critical role of mentoring the Teens for Planet Earth teams.

34 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Project SPARKS (Supporting Parents in Advocacy, Reform, and Knowledge in Science) helps parents in the Bronx engage their children in science education at home and encourages those parents to become advocates for science education in schools. mental learning. In 2007, more than 71,000 schoolchildren complete a scientific research project as a prerequisite for benefited from WCS school programming. graduation. >rough the Urban Advantage Program, the Adolescents continue to be an important audience. Teens WCS Education division shows middle school teachers and for Planet Earth, a prime example, provides young people students creative ways in which to use the education resources from around the world with tools to participate in conser- at the Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium to complete their vation-based, service-learning projects. >ese projects range exit projects. In a similar vein, a new professional development from environmental surveys to habitat cleanups and native course at the Bronx Zoo, Field Studies at the Zoo, introduces plant restorations. eighth-grade teachers to ways to use the Zoo as a site for stu- At the Bronx Zoo, After School Adventures in Wildlife dents to study animal behavior. Science, now in its seventh year, brings highly interesting, con- WCS has long recognized that parents as well as teach- tent-rich science education to inner-city high school students ers are crucial to a child’s success in school. With two con- from the five New York City boroughs. Supported by the secutive grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Charles Hayden Foundation, the program fosters an interest Services (IMLS), Project SPARKS (Supporting Parents in in science and science-related careers among underserved stu- Advocacy, Reform, and Knowledge in Science) helps parents dents. It also enhances their confidence and self-esteem while in the Bronx involve their children in science education at providing them with a safe haven during the high-risk after- home. >e program also has been very effective in encourag- school hours. At the Bronx Zoo and the New York Aquarium, ing parents to become advocates for science education in their summer teen internships involve youths in environmental and schools. In recognition, IMLS awarded the WCS Education ecological studies. Teenage volunteers become engaged in all division a grant to disseminate the SPARKS model to zoos, facets of education programming at the Aquarium, Prospect aquariums, natural history museums, and other informal Park Zoo, and Queens Zoo. science institutions nationwide. >rough SPARKS Across All public school eighth graders in New York City must- America, the Bronx Zoo shares with ISI educators the lessons it has learned, enabling them to plan and implement their own This year, in recognition of the effectiveness of the parent involvement programs. WCS Education divisionʼs Project SPARKS (above), >e New York Aquarium’s EPA-sponsored Project POW- the Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded ER (Protecting Our Wetlands with Educators and Regulators) WCS a grant to disseminate the SPARKS model to concluded this year with the training of staff from zoos and zoos, aquariums, natural history museums, and other aquariums in 13 states. Since 1994, the Aquarium has worked informal science institutions across the nation. in cooperation with the New York State Department of Envi-

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 35 ronmental Conservation to provide workshops on conserva- ture, focused on wildlife issues and careers in conservation. tion regulations and wetland ecology to violators of New York Central Park Zoo established an eight-part program for State’s tidal wetlands laws. >e workshops have been successful New York City home-schooled students. >rough this effort, in preventing repeat violations and in promoting an under- which combines off-site programming and structured field standing of the vital importance of wetlands and the laws that trips to the Zoo, education staff promotes an understanding of protect them. Project POWER enabled the Aquarium to dis- wildlife science, ecology, and the everyday choices a household seminate this model to state environmental agencies and ISIs can make to reduce consumption and, in the process, protect across the country. the Earth’s natural resources. >rough similarly effective—albeit more local—outreach New developments in the Education division’s distance- efforts, the WCS Education division continued to extend its learning program, which uses two-way video programming reach into the City’s diverse communities. Prospect Park Zoo to reach students in the U.S. and around the world, included conducted “Bison and American Prairies” at the Brooklyn the first-ever video conference with schools in the Domini- Public Library. Educators used kinesthetic activities to teach can Republic and Honduras. Distance learning programming children about food webs, keystone species, and the effect of also reached families in the United Kingdom visiting the eight one animal’s extinction on other animals. >e educators also institutions of the National Museums Liverpool. In addition, highlighted WCS’s conservation successes with the American students in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who were displaced by bison. In Queens Zoo programming, educators taught audiences from local day care centers, pre-schools, public schools, Above: As part of the New York Aquarium education and public libraries about regional wildlife issues. >e Queens programs, teen docents monitor the fish populations Zoo also hosted underserved middle school students from in Coney Island Creek. Right: The WCS Education Jamaica, Queens, who had enrolled in the Young Women’s Teaching Fellows programs offer first-hand experience Leadership Foundation School. Programs and field trips for for recent college graduates and graduate students as these students, many of whom had little prior exposure to na- environmental educators.

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Drama is a powerful teaching tool that can cultivate children’s in- nate sense of wonder about nature. WCS’s Wildlife Theater Program provides theater and conservation education opportunities for school- age children in its four zoos and aquarium and throughout the New York metropolitan area. Combining high quality, hands-on life science instruction with stimulating theatrical presentations, the program educates children about saving wildlife and wild places around the world. For example, in the play “The Adventures of Captain Cocoa,” the audience joins puppet Captain Cocoa on an adventure to protect the rainforest. This superhero’s antics help youngsters discover that even one person can really help save the day.

Alison Saltz, the Wildlife Theater Program’s Outreach Coordinator, served for four years as Adjunct Performing Instructor with the Wildlife Theater troupe, has written and produced newscasts, and has toured with the National Theater of the Performing Arts.

38 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Hurricane Katrina were given a dozen free programs. Alto- worked on a conservation education project relevant to their gether, during the 2006–2007 school years, WCS provided home country settings. video-conference programming to more than 8,000 students. In spring 2007, the WCS Education division crossed the Wildlife >eater remained a perennial favorite with visi- digital divide with its first online training program for teach- tors at all of the WCS parks. At the Prospect Park Zoo, the ers. Assistant Director of National Programs Jennell Ives trans- season’s newest show, “>e Adventures of Captain Cocoa,” formed a popular 30-hour course on habitat ecology into an helped audiences learn about rainforest ecology through pup- interactive experience for teachers. Participants are eligible for petry. At the Queens Zoo, “>e Great Migration Adventure” graduate credits. Based on the success of this pilot, WCS staff and “Look Homeward Pigeon” highlighted the importance is planning to produce several more. of wetlands and animal migration. At the Central Park Zoo, One of the most exciting new teacher training programs audiences of Radio KOL, AOL’s popular online daily show has been established in Guatemala. >ere, WCS educators for kids, were introduced to the Wildlife >eater production work with the Global Conservation division and the Public “>undering Hooves, or How the Wildlife Conservation So- Research and Evaluation team to increase knowledge about ciety Saved the Bison as Interpreted by Sock Puppets,” written and develop more positive attitudes toward jaguars in the by On-Site >eater Coordinator Nicole Greevy. small communities in and around the Maya Biosphere Re- Drama of another sort took place in April at the Bronx serve. Nalini Mohan, a WCS International Teacher Trainer, Zoo. In cooperation with the Special Events Department, the paid her second visit to the small community of Uaxactún. WCS Education division held its fifth annual Poetry Safari During her visit, students of Jarol Fernando Quixchan, a Weekend. >e recipients of the annual Winning Words Poetry schoolteacher she had trained six months earlier, performed a Safari Contest for 8- to 13-year-olds read their entries. More drama they had written about jaguars, with the Uaxactún ar- than 2,100 contest entries were sent in by young people from cheological site as the stage. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Po- Tom Naiman, WCS Director of International Education etry events are supported by JPMorgan Chase. and Curriculum Development, was elected the 2008 President >e Teaching Fellows Programs at the Bronx, Prospect of the International Zoo Educators Association (IZE). >is Park, and Queens Zoos, which provide learning opportuni- association consists of more than 250 educators from zoos, ties to promising university students and young professionals, aquariums, and protected areas around the globe. It is also the opened their doors to a select group of talented educators from official education arm of the World Association of Zoos and across the U.S. By providing the Fellows with opportunities Aquariums. to design workshops, teach classes, and assist in WCS educa- >e Education division also helped WCS’s country pro- tion initiatives, the program provided the participants with grams in Belize and China assess the impacts of their educa- substantial training and experience while affording the zoos tion and outreach programs and develop strategies for the much-needed teaching assistance. future. >ese cooperative efforts are indicative of the ways in Now in its eighth year, the WCS Conservation Education which WCS conservation and education programs around Fellowship Program reached out to educators working with the world work together to bring more holistic conservation communities in high-priority areas around the world. >is approaches to bear in landscapes where humans and wildlife year, seven WCS Conservation Education Fellows were cho- must coexist. sen—from Bangladesh, India, Lao PDR, Madagascar, Repub- At all of the WCS facilities, Education division volunteers lic of Congo, South Africa, and Uganda. During the two-and- spread the conservation message to zoo and aquarium visi- a-half-week program, the Fellows observed WCS educational tors of all ages. >is educated, inspired, and highly dedicated programs at all five WCS facilities in New York and attended group of docents connects people to wildlife through exhibit classes on topics ranging from learning theory and program interpretation, school and VIP tours, and vital assistance to evaluation to presentation skills. >ey also met with WCS educators conducting programs. We simply cannot thank staff in the Education and Global Conservation programs and them enough.

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AROUND THE WORLD , WCS continues to increase its impact by strengthening the field-based conservation efforts that have been key to its success for decades. As WCS expands the geographic scope and diversity of each of its global programs, the organization gains recognition as one of the world’s most effective and efficient conservation entities. Grounding in the field brings scientific data to local, national, and regional policy debates and influences the course of conservation both on the ground and in policy arenas. In 2007, the Global Conservation division (formerly International Con- servation) completed a strategic planning exercise that renewed its focus on threatened landscapes, seascapes, and priority species. >e division will con- centrate its work in four areas: studying climate change and its impact on wildlife, working with extractive industries to improve conservation outcomes in production areas, improving systems and approaches to better link conservation with the livelihoods of the world’s poor, and deepening the understanding of the relationships between human and wildlife health. >e funding base continues to be diverse and strong. Perhaps the greatest change this year was the increased support from the federal government, in particular the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In recent years, major USAID grants have been secured to support projects in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and other projects and programs that span the globe. In the coming year, USAID funding will approach $15 million. >ese funds—matched by the continued and expanding support from private individuals, foundations, and corporations—will help the Global Conserva- tion division increase the depth and breadth of WCS’s conservation impact.

40 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT 2007 41 vÀV> landscapes under its management—halting poaching, estab- >e forests and savannas of Africa harbor some of Earth’s last lishing sound land-use planning, and helping communities intact wildlife communities, store carbon, and provide vital manage resources sustainably. services to some of the planet’s poorest people. With 1,100 For many years, WCS’s work in Africa focused on the staff, 10 country programs, and more than 100 projects, WCS world’s most famous wildlife habitat, the eastern savannas, manages the largest, most effective field conservation program but during the 1990s, the Society gave priority to rainfor- on the continent. ests and capacity building in central Africa. Today, Global >is year, WCS renewed funding to save the world’s sec- Conservation is revitalizing its work in eastern Africa. It is ond largest rainforest, in the Congo Basin, and to reinvigorate unifying projects in Tanzania under WCS Country Director programs in the east African savannas. USAID committed to Tim Davenport, expanding in Uganda with USAID support, a five-year renewal of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, the linking conservation and food security in Zambia’s Luangwa Republic of Congo pledged to create four new protected areas, Valley, and returning to Southern Sudan after 22 years of war and the Democratic Republic of Congo promised to double there. >is year, Paul Elkan and Mike Fay repeated the WCS its area under protection. WCS field scientists discovered that aerial surveys that were made in 1980 in Southern Sudan and central Africa’s largest national park, Salonga, harbors more discovered, to their astonishment, that the world’s second larg- than 7,000 bonobos (pygmy chimpanzees), but it has lost 90 est terrestrial migration—1.2 million antelopes—still takes percent of its elephants to poachers. Mike Fay focused the place. >ese results helped WCS launch a partnership with the world’s attention on the slaughter of 1,000 elephants in Za- autonomous Government of Southern Sudan to rebuild the kouma, Chad, and Steve Blake documented the catastroph- region’s parks, regulate oil exploration, promote tourism, and ic decline of forest elephants in central Africa. Despite this contribute to sustainable development. troubling news, WCS has made measurable progress with the WCS’s upcoming New York City gateway to conservation

42 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY in Africa—the Bronx Zoo’s Madagascar! exhibit—is nearing roads through rural areas. At the same time, WCS is devel- completion. Meanwhile, with WCS help, the 1,500-square- oping a series of corridors to allow wildlife to migrate freely mile Makira rainforest was gazetted as the island’s largest through natural landscapes. In the Patagonia steppe, Andrés protected area. In addition, the Malagasy Government signed Novaro, Susan Walker, and their staff work closely with local a groundbreaking agreement with WCS to market reduced de- authorities and communities to protect the migratory routes forestation carbon, and UNESCO named the Masoala- of guanacos, which may be affected by a new road to serve the Makira Landscape a World Heritage Site. mining industry. In the Upper Amazon, Michael Painter, Rob Wallace, Lilian Painter, and their staff support local institu- Ã>Ê tions, so that construction of an interoceanic highway con- Asia has some of the highest human populations and densi- necting Brazil with Bolivia and Peru will not permanently ties (China has more than one billion people) and some of the affect old-growth, Brazil nut, and native palm forests. Aquatic lowest (Mongolia, with only two and a half million people). It issues in the Amazon are critical to this approach. >e integrity has tundra and desert, humid tropical forests and snow-clad of river watersheds is key for migratory catfish that travel thou- conifers, great flat grasslands and the highest mountains on sands of miles from the mouth of the Amazon to spawn in the Earth. In addition, Asia has the fastest growing economy in Upper Madre de Dios. Only sound management decisions the world. implemented at the right time will help protect these natural As a result, the region faces an extraordinary array of threats spectacles. to its wildlife and wild places. WCS is active in 16 Asian coun- Emphasis on good governance for conservation is help- tries, implementing a wide variety of solutions to protect wild- ing to protect large natural areas in Latin America. In Guate- life populations. WCS also works across political boundaries: mala, the Multisectoral Roundtable is an initiative in which in China and Russia to save Amur tigers; in the mountains stakeholders—local governments, peasant federations, wom- of the high Pamirs with the governments of Pakistan, Af- en’s groups, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and ghanistan, Tajikistan, and China to protect Marco Polo sheep others—can voice their concerns regarding the building of a and snow leopards; and in Southeast Asia to help control the road across the Petén that will link Guatemala with Mexico. unsustainable wildlife trade. Our innovative Tigers Forever Roan McNab and Bayron Castellanos are leading this effort program guarantees not just the survival of tigers at key sites to convene a sustainable development approach that focuses across their range but an increase in tiger numbers by 50 per- on wildlife conservation. WCS is committed to opening new cent in ten years. In addition, WCS is committed to training gateways to conservation in response to local development ap- the next generation of conservationists by building practical proaches in Latin America. knowledge and systems among government agency personnel, local communities, and students from primary school through >Ài university levels. At the heart of WCS’s global marine efforts is the conservation of important seascapes—wild areas remaining in the oceans— >ÌÊiÀV> and ocean giants—large, highly mobile animals such as >e Latin American landscape is changing, as newly elected whales, dolphins, sharks, and sea turtles. >e work is complex, governments develop plans to connect countries via a web of dynamic, and draws on cutting-edge science, strong partnerships with communities and governments, and entrepreneur- Pages 40–41: WCS is studying leopards in KwaZulu- ial conservationists of WCS-Marine. Natal, South Africa. Left: Waters surrounding the In- Today, ocean conservation involves forging new relation- donesian archipelago host magnificent corals and reef ships and strategies, linking ecology and socioeconomics, fish, which are under enormous pressure from environ- marrying traditional and modern approaches, and working mental changes and development. WCSʼs team works across political and geographic boundaries. It is also about with communities to protect these fragile ecosystems. changing habits, building new skills, and working on larger

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 43 and larger scales to accommodate the various interconnections Bob Inman (above, in foreground) and the staff over vast distances that sustain life in the sea. In places like of WCS-Greater Yellowstone have discovered that Belize, Fiji, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia, wolverines routinely travel incredible distances—one WCS works with fishermen who are becoming researchers and male traversed nearly 560 miles in 42 days. with communities that are taking active roles in more sustainable management of ecologically and economically vital fish resource development, rural and urban sprawl, pollution, and stocks and critical ocean habitats. In Kenya and Madagascar, wildlife diseases. When coupled with climate change, these and throughout the western Indian Ocean, WCS is identify- threats present major challenges to conservation in the twenty- ing and protecting the coral reef systems that are most likely first century. to persist during this time of climate change. WCS seascapes In response to these challenges, WCS-North America is are models for conservation efforts elsewhere. And their focus thinking big! >is year, two new programs were established. on ocean giants is revealing the secrets—and the conserva- One focuses on the connectivity of wildlife and wild plac- tion needs—of animals that captivate public imagination, but es across the continent, and the other will deal with climate about which we know so little. change. Protected contiguous landscapes are critical for wildlife in ÀÌ ÊiÀV> North America. >ey allow traditional migrations to contin- For more than a century, WCS has been working to conserve ue—such as the pronghorn path, a 170-mile migratory route iconic North American wildlife—wolf, grizzly bear, cougar, in and out of Grand Teton National Park. >ey also provide bison, caribou, wolverine—and the continent’s wildest places. for wide-ranging species—such as wolverine and caribou—to WCS-North America is also advancing its understanding of thrive in Canada’s boreal forest. WCS works with conserva- the natural processes that support wildlife, such as fire and sea- tion partners and communities in a suite of large landscapes sonal migrations. Wildlife face many threats, including natural across North America—the Adirondacks and Northern Ap-

44 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY palachians, Greater Yellowstone and Yellowstone to Yukon, loss in developing countries is receiving renewed attention the boreal forest, the Arctic, and the Sagebrush Sea—to ensure for its carbon mitigation potential. WCS has been a leader in that wildlife highways—connected and intact landscapes—are developing market-based mechanisms that conserve forests, protected on WCS’s home continent. >is is especially critical which sequester carbon while providing additional benefits for in the face of climate change, as temperatures rise and habitats people and wildlife. Our Makira Forest project in Madagas- evolve. WCS is computer-modeling these potential shifts and car demonstrates the success of this landscape-level approach. the abilities of wildlife to adapt. >e results of this work are WCS is taking that experience to the policy level in a number likely to influence the establishment of protected areas. of countries, seeking to develop forest credits for international markets and contributing to global forums such as the UN ÕÌ}Ê>`Ê7`viÊ/À>ì Convention on Climate Change, the World Bank, and the Globalization links people to international markets and brings Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance to develop benefits to millions of people around the world. Unfortunate- rigorous standards for carbon projects that protect standing ly, the process is also wiping out some of the most spectacular forests and their wildlife populations. animals on the planet due to one factor—dramatic increases in the wildlife trade. Whole animals and their parts are being Û}Ê>`ÃV>«iÃÊ sold on an increasingly massive scale. >e world’s wild places WCS-Living Landscapes (LLP) plays an important role within are becoming silent as animals are taken and sold in distant the conservation community, identifying, testing, and dissem- markets as meat, medicines, furs, feathers, skins, pets, and tro- inating innovative strategies for large, wild ecosystems. >e phies. Meanwhile, the rural people who depend on wildlife for Human Footprint analysis has been extended to the oceans, life-supporting resources are driven farther and farther away for the first time creating a map of the global human marine from home to hunt for smaller and smaller reward. footprint. Range-wide priority setting exercises were complet- WCS is expanding its efforts to address this escalating ed this year for tigers, North American bison, and four Asian threat. In 73 projects in 29 countries, its multifaceted, locally bear species, leading to plans for conservation in their histori- designed programs tackle the entire trade chain from wild areas cal ranges. WCS’s Global Conservation division will integrate to urban markets. WCS is also raising top-level awareness and LLP tools into all site-based projects. Combined with new political will to take the issue seriously. >is year, much of the expertise in property and tenure rights, market analysis, and focus was on the increased consumption of wildlife in China, payment for ecosystems services available to WCS through the the world’s largest buyer of tiger skins and bones, ivory, turtles, new Translinks project, these tools have substantially strength- snakes, saiga horns, and many other species and their parts. ened our ability to conserve threatened wildlife within the WCS is working with colleagues in China and beyond to con- largest, most biologically diverse wild lands across Asia, Africa, trol this trade that threatens wildlife across the globe. and the Americas. Closer to home, the Mannahatta Project enables New Yorkers to imagine the nature of the island as it *VÞ was 400 years ago. WCS continues to use its broad field expertise to influence global decision-making on a wide range of issues affecting -ViViÊ>`Ê Ý«À>Ì wildlife and wild lands. Climate change was perhaps the fore- By forging new ground and tackling conservation challenges most conservation issue in the international arena this year. in an evolving world, WCS-Science and Exploration (SEP) >e Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) works to save great cats and other wildlife. Animals do not ob- estimates that global warming could threaten 20 percent of serve political borders. To save species across their ranges, the Earth’s wild species in the next 50 years. SEP aims to connect landscapes that wildlife require by bring- Tropical deforestation, as both a major source of green- ing policymakers from various countries together to build house gas emissions and an immediate and devastating threat transboundary peace parks. to wildlife, has long been of great concern for WCS. Forest >is year, Tigers Forever was born. A Panthera project in

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 45 collaboration with WCS, this initiative responds to the threats of young conservationists from 19 countries. Under the Re- tigers face. Its goal is to increase tiger numbers in key areas by search Fellowship Program, WCS awarded 19 grants to help 50 percent over the next ten years. build the grantees’ capacity in applied conservation research. For jaguars, WCS is engaging governments and local stake- Investment in partner organizations continued through the holders across political boundaries. WCS is also conserving NGO Institutional Development Program, providing seven the last known population of Asiatic cheetahs—found in Iran. grants to NGO partners around the world to support staﬀ It is in these last wild places that WCS discovers windows into training, infrastructure development, and institutional plan- a past when wilderness reigned and into a future that we hope ning and management systems. Another six teams of MBA prevails for some of the most endangered species on Earth. students from the University of California, Berkeley worked on business planning projects with WCS programs and part- /À>}ÊEÊ >«>VÌÞÊ Õ`}Ê ner organizations in Africa and Latin America. Graduate education and other forms of training are important >e WCS partnership with Rare, an international NGO gateways to long-term careers for many conservationists. >is specializing in social marketing campaigns to support con- year, the WCS Graduate Scholarship Program awarded seven servation, continued to develop, with the launch of four new scholarships to students from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. WCS Rare Pride campaigns. >e campaign species are the >rough the Conservation Leadership Programme (formerly colobus monkey in Cameroon, the Tibetan antelope in China, the BP Conservation Programme), WCS provided three addi- the bonobo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the gi- tional graduate scholarships and project funding for 26 teams ant pangolin in Gabon.

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Dale Lewis directs one of WCS’s, indeed Africa’s, most creative and ambitious conservation experiments. He works in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley, an 80,000-square-mile oasis of elephants, hippos, giraffes, lions, and more.

A University of Texas graduate with a PhD in Zoology and Population Genetics, Dale studied birds and elephants in Zambia before joining WCS in 1979. He soon realized that effective conservation could not ignore the Val- ley’s quarter of a million impoverished people. In the 1980s and ’90s, he pioneered ADMADE (Administrative Management Design), a program to share the proceeds of safari hunting with rural people, and founded a game management training college. Some poaching persisted, however, because hunting provided unskilled people with ready cash and food.

In response, Dale launched COMACO (Community Markets for Conservation) in 2001 with support from the World Food Program. COMACO gives seeds to farmers who stop poaching. In return, they are taught conservation farming practices and participate in the program’s cooperative marketing board for fair trade. The results are astounding: Thousands of snares and guns have been surrendered, hundreds of poachers have been transformed, and 50,000 families are better fed. In addition, aerial censuses by WCS and the Zambian Wildlife Authority have conﬁrmed that wildlife is returning to the valley.

Dale’s tireless commitment to conservation is recognized and supported by key individuals—in particular his wife of more than 20 years, Julia Nagata, a host of Zambian coworkers, and American philanthropist Bill Lloyd. Dale and the WCS Zambia staff—all dynamic, industrious, and committed people—have gained worldwide admiration and press attention. The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Zambia has provided major funding to the program, and in 2003, Princess Anne presented Dale with the Whitley Conservation Award.

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zone management. P. Elkan, P. Itombwe Forest, advising and follow- ment of a protected areas network: 13 vÀV>Ê Auzel, C. Prevost, S. Elkan up on a community conservation new national parks. L. White, M. Fay BOTSWANA Biological surveys and monitoring in project developed by national Bateke National Park Project. R. Calaque Nouabalé-Ndoki peripheral zone NGO. J. Hart, L. Mubalama Scent marking in African wild dogs: Ivindo National Park Conserva- and greater landscape. P. Elkan, E. Development of a national conserva- Understanding habitat manage- tion Project. N. Orbell Stokes, S. Strindberg, R. Malonga tion database, support systems for ment and conservation. M. Parker ICCN. R. Mwinyhali, T. Hart Mont Cristal National Park. J. Overman Bushmeat off-take monitoring in Maiko National Park. F. Amsini Gabon Press and Communica- CAMEROON logging concessions in the buf- tions Program. J. Ponte Status and conservation of Cross River fer zone of NNNP. P. Elkan, M. Estimating forest zoning and Mocknin, M. Eaton, R. Malonga forestry impact. J.R. Makana Mayumba Marine National gorillas in the Cameroon Highlands. Park Project. R. Parnell A. Nicholas, J. Oates, Y. Warren Bushmeat off-take and human Developing a park-wide monitoring system with rangers in Virunga National Birougou and Waka National Management of Mbam-Djerem demographic monitoring in Park. D. Kujirakwinja, A.J. Plumptre Park Projects. M. Starkey National Park. R. Fotso, B. Fosso Bomassa-Bon Coin, NNNP. D. Ekoutouba, E. Stokes Support to park management Akanda/Pongara National Large mammal surveys and bushmeat planning, park management and Park Project. B. Curran studies around Mbam-Djerem Mbeli Bai gorilla social dynam- transboundary collaboration National Park. R. Fotso, F. Maisels ics, ecology, and genetics. T. Gabon outreach and educa- Breuer, E. Stokes, B. Bradley with Uganda. D.Kujirakwinja tion program. E. Chehoski CAMRAIL: Support of law en- Conflict resolution for natural forcement of bushmeat transport Ecology and social behavior of chimpan- Gabon ecotourism development. J. zees of the Goualogo Triangle, NNNP. resources conflicts in Virunga Gwynne, L. White, B. Curran on the railway. R. Fotso National Park. D. Kujirakwinja D. Morgan, C. Sanz, J. Onononga Reduced impact logging. M. Vroom Wildlife survey of Banyang-Mbo Wild- Newly discovered species in Misotschi- life Sanctuary. Elizabeth Greengrass, Chimpanzee genetics study, Wildlife and Human Impact Kabogo region of SE DR Congo. Monitoring, Birougou National F. Maisels, A. Nichols, R. Fotso Goualougo Triangle, NNNP. D. D. Kujirakwinja, A.J. Plumptre Wildlife and Human Impact Morgan, C. Sanz, B. Bradley Park, Gabon: F. Maisels, R. Aba’a, Wildlife and Human Impact Monitor- A. Bezangoye, M. Starkey Monitoring, Mbam-Djerem Before-and-after impacts of logging: ing, Salonga National Park and Wildlife and Human Impact National Park. F. Maisels, R. Fotso Focal study on chimpanzees and Landscape: WCS DRC. F. Maisels Wildlife and Human Impact Monitor- gorillas, Goualougo Triangle, NNNP. Monitoring, Loango National Park, D. Morgan, C. Sanz, S. Strindberg Bushmeat surveys in the Salonga Land- Gabon. F. Maisels, M. Kokan- ing, Takamanda Planned National scape. L. Steel, F. Maisels, P. Cowles Park. F. Maisels, Y. Warren, H. goye, S. Leduc Yeno, T. Nishihara, Conservation of Conkouati-Douli H. Kuehl, B. Huijbregts Mboh, A. Nichols, R. Fotso National Park. H. Van Leeuwe ETHIOPIA Wildlife and Human Impact Monitor- Advice on general monitor- Conservation and biological Ethiopian elephant: Critical population ing and survey methodology to ing, Mayumba National Park, Gabon: surveys of Lac Télé Commu- monitoring and law enforcement. F. Maisels, Q. Mackaya, R. J. Parnell WCS Cameroon. F. Maisels nity Reserve. H. Rainey Y. Demeke, K. Leggett, M. Kock Wildlife and Human Impact Monitor- CENTRAL AFRICAN School education program and envi- ing, Waka National Park, Gabon. ronmental curriculum development. GABON F. Maisels, G. Abitsi, M. Starkey REPUBLIC S Elkan, M. Gately, E. Stokes Research and training for management Monitoring of Djidji Bai, Ivindo Dzanga forest elephant demographics Odzala Kokoua National Park of Lopé National Park and develop- National Park, Gabon: C. and social dynamics. A. Turkalo Project. R. Malonga ment of visitor center. K. Abernethy, Faure, F. Maisels, N. Orbell Research on the use of elephant infra- L. White, K. Jeffrey, E. Chehoski Bateke Plateau Project. N. Gami Parks and people project: D. sound as a method of censusing in >e effects of oil exploration on for- Wilkie, J. Demmer, F. Maisels forests (Cornell University). A. Turkalo Development of Congo Wildlife est elephants in Loango National Service. P. Elkan, J. Mokoko Park, Gabon. P. Wrege, S. Blake GHANA CONGO REPUBLIC Lope/Chaillou Project in Congo. Protection of forest elephants Population surveys for crocodiles in Nouabalé-Ndoki Project, Nouabalé- P. Elkan, J. Mokoko in Ivindo National Park, Ga- Ghana. M. Shirley, J. >orbjarnarson Ndoki National Park (NNNP). bon. N. Orbell, S. Blake CHAD M. Gately, E. Stokes, P. Elkan, S. Long-distance movements of for- IVORY COAST Elkan, J. Mokoko, D. DosSantos Conservation of and law enforce- est elephants in the Minkébé Conservation of West African Large mammal distribution and ment monitoring for the el- National Park and their implica- ephants of Zakouma National tions for conservation. S. Blake, manatees and Fresco Lagoon relative abundance between NNNP complex. A. Kouadio and the village of Bomassa-Bon Park. J. M. Fay, J.P. Froment M. Ella Akou, P. de Wachter Coin. E. Stokes, D. Ekoutouba, Langoué Bai forest elephant monitoring Chimpanzee, elephant, pygmy M. Mboulafini, M. Hockemba DEMOCRATIC REPUB - project. M. Doukaga Kombila hippo surveys in Azagny Na- tional Park & Port Gaultier LIC OF CONGO Forest history and dynamics and Do experiments predict practice? Forest complex. A. Kouadio Evaluating the influence of patience on Elephant and large mammal their implications for manage- Crocodile population surveys in human behavior in Gabon. D. Wilkie monitoring in the Okapi Faunal ment in the Lopé National Park. Reserve. J. Hart, P. Tshikaya L. White, R. Oslisly, A. Batsielili Cote d’Ivoire. M. Shirley, J. Monitoring Key Mammal Species in >orbjarnarson, A. Kouadio the Ndoki-Likouala Landscape of Okapi Faunal Reserve and Commu- Ecology and social organization of Northeastern Congo. E. Stokes, S. nity Management Zoning Project. R. elephants in central Gabon. L. Momont, S. Blake, L. White KENYA Strindberg, H. Rainey, D. Ekoutouba, Tshombe, R. Mwinyihali, E. Brown Laikipia Predator Project: Conserva- Ituri Forest Research and Training Sea turtle research, conservation, and M. Mboulafini, M. Hockemba tion of large carnivores in live- Center (CEFRECOF). J. Hart support to a national NGO, ASF. G. General advice on wildlife P. Sounguet, R. Parnell, A. Formia stock areas, mitigating human- monitoring. F. Maisels Botanical exploration of the Okapi predator conflict. L. Frank Faunal Reserve. C. Ewango Bushmeat survey and manage- Dynamics of bai use by forest ment. K. Abernethy, M. Star- Kilimanjaro Lion Conserva- Gorilla monitoring in Kahuzi Biega Na- elephants in the Odzala-Kokoua key, D. Wilkie, E. Effa tion Project. L. Frank National Park: ecology, sociality, tional Park, exploration of the lowland Management, research, and eco- Lion Guardians. L. Frank, L. Hazzah and risk. V. Fishlock, S. Blake sector and habitat mapping. I. Lien- gola, J. Hart, M. Mbachu, J. Muhigua tourism in Iguela, coastal Gabon. Conservation of African wild dogs in the Protection of forest elephants in the T. Nishihara, R. Parnell Large mammal surveys and sup- Samburu-Laikipia area. R. Woodroffe Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Congo. Gorilla research at Langoué Bai. D. Bourges, S. Blake, R. Malonga port to management in Kahuzi Biega National Park. I. Lien- M. Doukaga Kombila MADAGASCAR Conservation of elephants in Bateke gola, J. Hart, F. Grossmann Establishment of national park Masoala National Park Conservation Plateaux Landscape. P. Telfer, N. Bout, Support of the re-establishment management infrastructure with Project. N. Blondel, J. Mac Kinnon, M. Bourgarel, S. Blake, F. Maisels. of Kahuzi Biega National Park Gabon government. N. Orbell, H. Crowley, L. Andriamampianina (Gabon and Republic of Congo) infrastructure. J. Hart, S. Whataut L. White, B. Curran, M. Fay Protection of Makira Forests through Long-term phenological and nu- Coordinating a collaborative biological Cetacean research and humpback the creation of a new conservation tritional studies of elephant and monitoring program in five World whale conservation in coastal site. C. Holmes, H. Crowley, L. ape foods. E. Stokes, D. Morgan, Heritage Sites, in conjunction with Gabon. S. Ngouessono, N. Bdinga, Andriamampianina, D. Meyers C. Sanz, T. Breuer, L. Bodjo MIKE program (Monitoring the T. Collins, H. Rosenbaum Freshwater fish in-situ and ex- Nouabalé-Ndoki peripheral Illegal Killing of Elephants). J. Hart Support to government for establish- situ conservation. P. Loiselle

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WCS is undertaking a new initiative—called Warm Waters for Cool Bears—to help save polar bears, Earth’s largest terrestrial carnivore. Scott Bergen will use satellite imagery to predict areas of sea ice that are likely to remain despite global warming, and thus where efforts to save polar bears will be most effective. Other studies have followed individual females via satellite collars.

Polar bears rely on seasonal sea ice for stalking ringed and bearded seals, their principal prey. A loss of this vital hunting habitat affects the ability of females to rear their cubs. Early recession of coastal ice makes a previously manageable voyage hazardous. Without thick ice to walk on, some bears drown from exhaustion while futilely swimming for shore. Those that do make it may be stranded for longer periods without food as the sea ice becomes more distant and inaccessible.

This project is funded by a $100,000 grant from the Wendy P. McCaw Foundation and is the ﬁrst distribution-wide study on the ecological needs of polar bears in the context of global warming. A comprehensive Geographical Information Systems (GIS) map incorporating nearly 30 years of remote sensing and meteorological data will be used to determine which of the existing 18 populations of polar bears stand the best chance of surviving as the polar cap shrinks in size.

Scott is also working with researchers from the United States Geological Service in Alaska to estimate what past, current, and future sea ice conditions mean for polar bear reproductive success on the northern slope of Alaska. This study will be part of the administrative report that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will use to determine whether to list polar bears as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 49 Conservation of humpback whales and Andohahela National Parks. Barakabuye, B. Weber, R. Victurine TANZANIA and marine mammals in An- H. Crowley, L. Andriamam- Nyungwe forest conservation: Educa- Southern Highlands Conserva- tongil Bay. H. Rosenbaum, Y. pianina, J. MacKinnon tion, inventory, and monitoring. Razafindrakoto, S. Cerchio tion Program. T. Davenport, I. Munanura, F. Mulindahab, A. N. Mpunga, S. Machaga Conservation of the radiated tor- NAMIBIA Plumptre, M. Sindikubwabo, toise and spider tortoise and the Ecology, conservation, and E. Kaplin, M. Masozera Conservation of the Mt. Rungwe- habitat in southern Madagas- Kitulo landscape. T. Davenport, N. community-based management Restoring biodiversity conserva- car. H. Randriamahazo Mpunga, S. Machaga, D. DeLuca of desert-adapted elephant and tion capacity in the mountain Sahamalaza community-based natural giraffe in northwest. K. Leggett forest protected areas. M. Masoz- Carnivores of the Rift. D. De- resource management project. L. era, B. Weber, I. Munanura Luca, N. Mpunga Andriamampianina, N. Ramasinoro NIGERIA Elephant surveys in Akagera National Conservation of the Kipunji, a newly Capacity building and training Status of Cross River gorillas in south- Park, I. Munanura, G. Parker discovered primate. T. Davenport, N. program; education and training eastern Nigeria. A. Dunn, J. Oates Mpunga, S. Machaga, D. DeLuca modules for conservation biology for Transboundary coordination between Tanzania Mammal Action Plan- university and government institu- Status of forests, gorillas, other primates protected area forests of Kabira, ning: a national plan for mammal tions. H. Crowley, T. Rahagalala in eastern Nigeria. A. Dunn, J. Oates Burundi and Nyungwe, Rwanda. Development of a conservation N. Barakabuye, I. Munanura conservation in Tanzania. C. Foley, Support to Madagascar government’s na- S. Durant, A. Lobora, S. Mduma tional conservation planning. J. MacK- resource center at the University Ranging behavior of a group of 400 innon, H. Crowley, L. Andriamampia- of Calabar. A. Dunn, J. Oates colobus monkeys. F. Mulindahabi, Tarangire Siminjaro Landscape nina, H. Randriamahazo, D. Meyers Surveys of chimpanzees in the M. Masozera, A. Plumptre Project. C. Foley, L. Foley Support to the Madagascar National western forests of Nigeria. Tarangire Elephant Project. C. Parks Service: Business plans for E. Greengrass, J. Oates SOUTH AFRICA Foley, L. Foley, L. Munishi parks, ecological monitoring, and Impact of legal and illegal hunting Tanzania Cheetah Conservation sustainable finance mechanisms. J. RWANDA on leopard ecology in KwaZulu- Program: A survey of the distribu- MacKinnon, H. Crowley, R. Victurine Ecotourism development in Nyungwe Natal; using leopards to promote tion and status of cheetahs. S. Promotion of ecotourism in Masoala National Park. I. Munanura, N. conservation planning. L. Hunter Durant, J. Shemkunde, D. Gottelli

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In 1999, Aili Kang, a Shanghai graduate student in chemistry, was wandering her university’s halls looking for something interesting to do. In a stroke of fate, she stumbled upon Endi Zhang, a biology professor and Director of WCS-China. That meeting forever changed Aili’s life and conservation in western China.

Aili had been interested in animals for as long as she could remember, but until she met Endi, she hadn’t realized she could turn that interest into a career. A stint studying Chinese water deer quickly led to a PhD project on the breeding behavior of captive saiga. While studying those antelopes, Aili realized that the last of the wild saiga had suffered a 95 percent decline in the previous 15 years.

While working on her doctorate, Aili translated George Schaller’s book Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe into Chinese for WCS. Little did she know that only a year after completing her PhD, she would be traveling across the Tibetan steppe with Schaller. On that trip, they conﬁrmed the breeding grounds of the western population of Tibetan antelope and helped the government set up the West Kunlun Reserve. Later that same year, she traveled with Schaller into the Pamir Mountains of western China to survey giant Marco Polo sheep. Four more trips to Tibet followed, including a two-month winter traverse of the remote northern Chang Tang.

Today, Aili Kang is the WCS-West China Coordinator. She leads a new multi-million-dollar, three-year WCS project to develop a conservation management plan for the greater Chang Tang region in Tibet. She is also the Chinese contact for the Pamirs’ four-country transboundary protected area initiative and continues to be active in ﬁeldwork on Tibetan antelope and Marco Polo sheep. Luck led Aili to WCS, but her commitment to saving wildlife has made her one of the best conservation biologists in China.

50 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Tanzania Carnivore Conservation Ecology and deterrence of crop- Dehgan, G. Schaller, P. Zahler >orbjarnarson, Y. Xie, L. Li Center. S. Durant, M. Msuha raiding elephants. F. (Loki) Community conservation and Rungwa-Ruaha Landscape Pro- Osborn, M. Gravina ecotourism in Wakhan. J. INDIA gram. P. Coppolillo Mock, I. Ali, K. O’Neil Tiger surveys and monitoring. U. Zanzibar coastal forest conservation REGIONAL Rangeland assessments in Af- Karanth, S. Kumar, Srinivas, J. and red colobus project. K. Siex Range-wide priority-setting for ghanistan. D. Bedunah Krishnaswamy, G.V. Reddy, A. Gopalaswamy, D. Girish, B. Hegde African Cheetahs and Wild Dogs. Hazarajat Plateau conservation UGANDA S. Durant, R. Woodroffe, K. initiative. C. Shank, A. Alavi Community leadership for tiger Minkowski, M. Parker, E. Sanderson conservation Karnataka. U. Development of the Institute of Tropical Wildlife-livestock ecosystem Karanth, P. Muthanna, K. Chin- Forest Conservation in Bwindi Impen- Forest Elephant Crisis in the Congo health in the Pamirs. S. Os- nappa, P. Bhargav, N. Jain etrable National Park. A. McNeilage Basin. S. Blake, S. Strindberg et al. trowski, A. Rajabi, H. Noori India M.Sc. graduate program in Assessment of the impact of oil explora- Ranging patterns and conserva- Eastern Forests assessment. A. Dehgan tion on biodiversity conservation in tion of forest elephants in the Wildlife Conservation. U. Karanth, Congo Basin. S. Blake Biodiversity legislation and policy A. Kumar, J. Krishnaswamy Uganda. I. Owiunji, A.J. Plumptre review. J. Wingard, A. Dehgan Surveys of the Bwindi Impen- Survival strategies of African elephants Tiger habitat consolidation-land across their ecological range. I. Ecosystem services valuation. K. Han, acquisition project. U. Karanth etrable National Park. A. Mc- D. Wilkie, A. Dehgan, R. Victurine Neilage, A.J. Plumptre Douglas-Hamilton, S. Blake, H. Wildlife conservation outreach project. Rasmussen, G. Wittermyer, K. Leggett GIS landscape analyses. E. Delattre, H. U. Karanth, S. Gubbi, S. Dattatri Monitoring the impact of conserva- R. Rahmani, A. Dehgan, R. Sanger tion and development projects in Wildlife monitoring capacity-building Biodiversity exploration and primate western Uganda. A. McNeilage, in Central Africa. F. Maisels Conservation capacity build- surveys in northeastern India. A. Sinha S. Nampindo, A.J. Plumptre, Ape Survey and Monitoring Guide- ing and training. K. Stevens G. Nangendo, S. Ayebare lines project (Species Specialist INDONESIA CAMBODIA Summarizing the impact of research Group: IUCN). F. Maisels Conservation of Southern Sumatra For- on conservation of Uganda’s parks Census of the mountain gorillas of the Cambodian Vulture Conserva- ests: Bukit Barisan Selatan and Bukit and forest reserves. W. Olupot Virunga volcanoes (Rwanda, Uganda, tion Project. S. Chansocheat, Balai Rejang. P. Wibowo, M. Nusaia- T. Clements, M. Gilbert Understanding the trade in bush- DR Congo). A. McNeilage, M. Gray, wo, S. Ering, N. Brickle, N. Andayani meat in Uganda. W. Olupot K. Fawcett, M. Robbins, A. Plumptre Conserving the Tonle Sap Great Elephant conservation in Sumatra in- Central African Forestry Pro- Lake’s large-waterbird colo- cluding resolution of human-elephant Lion conservation in Queen Elizabeth nies. S. Visal, L. Kheng National Park. A.J. Plumptre, J. Ziwa gram and long-term study of conflicts. D. Gunaryadi, S. Hedges botanical plots. V. Medjibe Conservation and recovery of the Conservation of the mountain gorilla Sumatra-wide forest assessment. B. Ecology and management of the African estuarine terrapin Batagur baska Dewantara, D. Gaveau, B. Antonio population in Bwindi Impenetrable in Cambodia. H. Sovannara National Park. A. McNeilage dwarf crocodile in Gabon and Congo. Conservation of North Sulawesi M. Eaton, J. >orbjarnarson Conservation of the seasonally forests and wildlife, including “Green Biodiversity: Ecological processes, inundated grassland biodiversity of evolutionary mechanisms, and capacity Satellite image analysis of the Albertine Livelihoods” Program. P. Wibowo, the Tonle Sap Great Lake. H. J. Tasirin, D. Rogi, E. Manasea building. C. Chapman, L. Chapman Rift to assess forest change since the mid-1980s. A. Plumptre, N. Laporte Chamnan, S. Polin, T. Evans Conservation of the endan- Building the capacity of Uganda Wildlife Establishing CALM (Conservation gered Maleo in Sulawesi. I. Authority in monitoring, research, and Development of elephant monitor- Areas through Landscape Manage- Hunowu, D. Rogi, J. Tasirin adaptive management. A.J. Plumptre ing system in the Congo Basin for CITES, MIKE Program (Monitor- ment) in the Northern Plains of Sumatran tiger conservation, includ- Transboundary collaboration for pro- ing the Illegal Killing of Elephants). Cambodia. T. Setha, H. Sambath, ing Sumatra-wide large mammal tected areas in between Uganda Wild- S. Blake, J. Hart, R. Beyers H. Piseth, T. Clements, A. John assessment. Iswandri, H. Wibi- life Authority and Institut Congolais Production of Khmer language sono, D. Gunaryadi, N. Brickle pour la Conservation de la Nature in MegaFlyover: Last of the Wild/Hu- man Footprint, over-flight and field guides and training materi- Tiger conservation in Leuser Democratic Republic of Congo. A. als. WCS-Cambodia staff Plumptre, I. Owiunji, D. Kujirakwinja ground-truthing exploration for Ecosystem, North Sumatra and setting conservation action priorities Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area. Aceh. B.P. Baroto, H. Wibisono Biological surveys of the Albertine across the African continent. M. Fay, M. Soriyun, E. Pollard, T. Evans Rift forests to establish zoning Indonesia Wildlife Crime Unit. D. E. Sanderson, Congo Basin Forest Development of a national conserva- Nugroho, S. Siwu, H. Alexander plans for the forests. A. Plumptre, Partnership (CBFP) under Central I. Owiunji, D. Kujirakwinja tion plan for Siamese crocodiles African Regional Program for the in Cambodia. J. >orbjarnarson, IRAN >e ecology of disease transmission: Environment (USAID/CARPE). J. Walston, H. Sovannara Implications for primate conservation J. Deutsch, K. Siex, C. Connolly Conservation of the Asiatic cheetah, its in Kibale National Park. I. Rwego natural habitat, and associated biota. Trinational park monitoring: CHINA L. Hunter, G. Schaller, P. Zahler Surveys of the impact of conflict Congo, CAR, Cameroon (WCS/ West China (Tibet, Xinjiang, on the environment in north- WWF/USAID). A. Turkalo, Qinghai) ungulate conservation. KAZAKHSTAN ern Uganda. S. Nampindo, G. M. Gately, E. Stokes A. Kang, K. Zhang, G. Schaller Picton-Phillips, A.J. Plumptre Ecology and conservation of a Conservation Flight Program. D. Moyer Transboundary Amur tiger conser- unique community of endangered ZAMBIA GIS and remote sensing support vation project. E. Li, C. Zhang, eagles at the Naurzum Zapoved- for Africa. G. Picton-Phillips D. Miquelle, A. Heydlauff nik. T. Katzner, E. Bragin Community markets for conserva- Country-wide wildlife trade tion and rural livelihoods (CO- Conservation Finance Pro- Status and conservation of vultures review and program develop- MACO). D. Lewis, B. Siachoono, gram. R. Victurine in southeastern Kazakhstan. ment. Y. Xie, L. Li, E. Bennett R. Nabuyanda, N. Tembo, M. Lion Conservation Program “Project T. Katzner, S. Sklyarenko Matokwani, J. Phiri, W. Daka, M. Leonardo”. L. Hunter, N. Williams Conservation Education. Z. Li, Kabila, M. Moonga, H. Mseteka, Population status, conservation and X. Zhou, L. Du, N. Mohan LAO PEOPLES J. Nyirenda, S. Osofsky, A. Travis systematics of Nile crocodiles in West Conservation and biodiversity DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Database management for a multi-sector and Central Africa. J. >orbjar- information. Y. Xie, Y.M. Du, Bolikhamxay ecosystem and wildlife approach to wildlife conservation. narson, G. Amato, M. Shirley L. Du, S. Li, Y.C. Du management project. M. Hede- D. Lewis, M. Kabila, M. Moonga China Species Red List. Y. Xie, Y.M. mark, C. Hallam, A. Johnson, S. Conservation through “Food-for- Du, L. Du, S. Li, Y.C. Du Vannalath, A. Rasphone, P. Sisavath better-farming” initiative. D. Lewis, Ã>Ê Conservation of endangered wildlife used Friends of Wildlife Radio Pro- N. Tembo, J. Phiri, A. Travis for traditional medicine. E. Li, L. Li gram. T. Hansel, S. Saypanya Poacher/hunter-to-farmer transforma- AFGHANISTAN Four-country transboundary protected University Biodiversity Conserva- tion program. D. Lewis, N. Tembo Wildlife surveys in the Pamirs. area initiative (Afghanistan, China, tion Curriculum Project (WCS & Community expeditions in African A. Dehgan, B. Habib, Z. Pakistan & Tajikistan). G. Schaller, AMNH). K. Spence, A. John- culture and wilderness—living Moheb, S. Naqibullah A. Kang, Y. Xie, P. Zahler son, S. Ounmany, M. Rao ecotourism. D. Lewis, C. Ngoma Marco Polo sheep research proj- Conservation and recovery of Vientiane Capital City wildlife Nyamaluma College community- ect. R. Harris, A. Dehgan the Chinese alligator. J. >or- trade project. T. Hansel, D. based training and land-use Four-country transboundary pro- bjarnarson, X. Wang Vannavong R. Stenhouse planning/African College for tected area initiative (Afghanistan, Conservation of the Yangtze gi- Asian elephant conservation CBNRM. D. Lewis, N. Tembo China, Pakistan & Tajikistan). A. ant softshell turtle in China. J. project on the Nakai Plateau. A.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 51 Johnson, S. Hedges, S. Nouan- on the Eastern Steppe. A. Winters, S. Managing hunting leases for effec- 2005–2015. E. Sanderson, J. syvong, B. Phommachanh Bolorsetseg, A. Fine, L. Ochirkhuyag tive wildlife/tiger conservation. Forrest, G. Bryja, A. Heydlauff, Elds deer conservation project Collaborative wildlife protection V. Aramilev, D. Miquelle T. O’Brien, J. Ginsberg (WCS and Smithsonian). S. program in the Nomrog Strictly Tiger Friendly Certification: developing Ounmany, D. Cooper, C. Hallam, Protected Area. A. Lynam, K. economic incentives for conservation. M. Hedemark, W. McShea Olson, O. Chimedtseren T. Lovdal, A. Breuer, D. Miquelle >ÌÊiÀV>Ê>`Ê Tiger Conservation Project – Nam Avian influenza: surveillance of wild Ecology of Siberian tigers and Amur Ì iÊ >ÀLLi>Ê Et-Phou Louey. A. Johnson, migratory birds. M. Gilbert, A. Fine leopards in Southwest Primorye. J. Venevongphet, T. Saithong- Goodrich, A. Kostryia, D. Miquelle ARGENTINA dam, S. Saypanya, T. Hansel MYANMAR Veterinary training in wildlife health and Sea and Sky: A strategy for con- Western black-crested gibbon developing a response team for carni- Management of the Hukaung serving open ocean biodiversity conservation project. R. Stenhouse, vore-human conflicts. C. Schoene, D. Valley Tiger Reserve of northern in the SW Atlantic. C. Cam- M. Hedemark, S. Nouansyvong Armstrong, J. Goodrich, D. Miquelle Myanmar. A. Rabinowitz, W. pagna, V. Falabella, P. Filippo Wildlife and forest products manage- Duckworth, A. Lynam, R. Tizard, Transboundary planning and manage- Patagonia coastal zone conserva- ment project. R. Stenhouse, S. M. Maung, T. Myint, S. Htun ment of Chinese reserves for tiger tion strategies. G. Harris, P. Yorio, Pan-Inhuane, M. Hedemark and leopard conservation. E. Li, D. Irrawaddy dolphin conservation, Fundación Patagonia Natural Biodiversity monitoring and enforce- Irrawaddy River. B.D. Smith. A.M. Miquelle, Y. Xie, A. Heydlauff Andean Patagonia Tehuelche Land- ment project- Nakai-Nam >eun. Chit, M.T. Tun, H.Win, T. Moe Conservation and management of the scapes: San Guillermo, Payunia/ A. Johnson, J. Johnston, A. Lynam Northern Forest Complex (NFC) bears of Kamchatka. J. Paczkowski, I. Seryodkin, D. Miquelle Auca Mahuida, Tromen. A. Novaro, University student research landscape project. A. Rabinowitz, W. S. Walker, R. Baldi, M. Funes projects. A. Johnson, S. Oun- Duckworth, M. Maung, K.M. Hla, T. Blakiston’s fish owl research Magellanic penguin ecology and conser- many, C. Hallam, D. Cooper, M. Myint, S. Htun, T. Zaw, M.M. Oo and conservation. J. Slaght, vation at Punta Tombo. P. D. Boersma Duangdala, F. Van der Helm Elephant conservation in Hukaung S. Surmach, D. Miquelle Seabird ecology and conservation in Conservation Planning for the Valley Tiger Reserve. S. Hedges, T. Patagonia. P. Yorio, F. Quintana, Nam Kading Protected Area in TAJIKISTAN Myint, K.K. Khan, Z. M. Win E. Frere, P. Gandini, A. Schiavini the Bolikhamxai Province. A. Turtle conservation. W. K. Ko, Four-country transboundary pro- Johnson, G. Bryja, A. Rasphone, tected area initiative (Afghanistan, Patagonia Coast, Jason Islands K. M. Myo, K. Moe, T. Lwin, research and conservation - E. Delattre, S. Strindberg Y. Myint, W. Holmstrom China, Pakistan & Tajikistan). A. Dehgan, G. Schaller, P. Zahler Falklands/Malvinas. G. Harris MALAYSIA PAKISTAN Ecology and conservation of THAILAND the Huemul deer. A. Vila Advising on Wildlife Master Plan Conservation education and implementation. M. Gumal, biodiversity preservation in the Conserving Indochinese tigers Tapir ecology and conserva- C. Chin, M. Meredith Diamer and Gilgit Districts of in Western Forest Complex of tion. S. Chalukian Conservation of wildlife in production northern Pakistan. M. Khan Tenasserim Range in >ailand. A. Natural history and wildlife Pattanavibool, M. Umponjan, U. forest in Ulu Baram. C. Chin, M. Four-country transboundary pro- conservation. W. Conway Meredith, J. Mathai, N. Jalaweh Karanth, Dept. of National Parks, tected area initiative (Afghanistan, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation Andean condor research and Monitoring and conserving primates China, Pakistan & Tajikistan). M. conservation. L. Jacome Conserving Asian elephant population in Maludam National Park. J. Hon Khan, G. Schaller, P. Zahler and solving human and elephant Burrowing parrot research and con- Surveys of and setting pri- conflicts in Kaeng Krachan National servation. J. Masello, P. Quillfeldt orities for orangutans in Sara- PAPUA NEW GUINEA Park. P. Manopawitr, P. Pattanakaew, Areas important for the conservation wak. J. Rubis, M. Gumal PNG biologist training for field tech- N. Khewwan, T. Chaloendong, S. of biodiversity in the Patagonian Expanding wildlife conservation niques, project design, data analysis, Hedges, Dept. of National Parks, Steppe and Monte of Argentina. K. training modules in Malaysia. M. and report writing. A. Mack, D. Wildlife, and Plant Conservation Didier, S. Walker, C. Chehebar Meredith, M. Gumal, C. Chin Wright, F. Clarke, P. Igag, M. Supuma Conservation of the agile gibbon and Conservation education: Teachers Conservation education for PNG siamang in the Halabala Forest BELIZE for Tigers. M. Gumal, C. Chin primary and secondary schools. L. Complex, southern >ailand. A. Pat- Wildlife research and protected Bats and birds in Loagan Bunut National Dori, S. Tui, D. Wright, R. Sinclair tanavibool, Dept. of National Parks, areas planning in tropical for- Park. J. Hon, D. Kong, M. Gumal Hunting in the Crater Moun- Wildlife, and Plant Conservaton ests. B. Miller, C. Miller Taman Negara elephant conservation. tain Wildlife Management Area Hornbill density and abundance at Neotropical bat conservation. B. Miller J. Sompud, S. Hedges, M. Gumal (Crater WMA). A. Mack, M. Key Sites in >ailand. A. Pat- Monitoring jaguars in the Cockscomb Kigl, J. Novera, K. Yhuange tanavibool, S. Strindberg Basin Wildlife Sanctuary. B. Harmsen MONGOLIA Cave-dwelling flying foxes in the VIETNAM >e Eastern Steppe living land- Crater WMA. K. Tau, D. Wright BOLIVIA scape: Sustaining wildlife and Ecology of long-beaked echidnas in the Hunting and wildlife trade re- Greater Madidi Landscape Con- traditional livelihoods in the arid Crater WMA. M. Opiang, D. Wright search. S. Roberton servation Program. R. Wallace, grasslands of Mongolia. A. Fine Conservation of New Guinea L. Painter, K. Lara, A. Llobet, R. Assessment of wildlife trade in Mon- raptors. L. Legra, A. Mack REGIONAL Nallar, L. Rosas, E. Salinas, T. Siles Asian Elephant conserva- golia. N. Odonchimeg, A. Fine Pitohoui toxicity adaptations. Jaguar monitoring in Madidi. tion program. S. Hedges Mongolian saiga antelope conser- J. Dumbacher, D. Levi- R. Wallace, G. Ayala vation. J. Berger, K. Berger tis, S. Tomba, A. Mack CITES Monitoring the Illegal Implementation of internal natural re- Killing of Elephants (MIKE). Research on Mongolian ga- source regulations by Tacana commu- Nest boxes to mitigate tree cav- S. Hedges, A. Lynam zelles in the Eastern Steppe. ity reduction effects. D. Warakai, nities. K. Lara, R. Wallace, and CIPTA K. Olson, S. Bolortsetseg A. Mack, D. Wright Protected Area staff training and Behavioral Ecology of the Bolivian capacity building. A. Lynam Foot and mouth disease in the Endemic Titi Monkey. J. Martinez Mongolian gazelle. K. Olson, RUSSIA Regional landscape ecology and GIS Integral Ecosystem Health Program. S. Bolortsetseg, A. Fine Siberian tiger project. J. Goodrich, N. capacity building. E. Delattre Field Vet Program. R. Nallar Marmot population assessment— Reebin, V. Melnikov, E. Gishko, D. Network of Conservation Educators Conservation and protected area identifying conservation strate- Miquelle, E. Smirnov, A. Astafiev and Practitioners (NCEP). M. Rao management in eastern Santa gies and management options. S. Monitoring program for the Amur Tigers Forever. A. Rabinow- Cruz. M. Painter, A. Noss, O. Townsend, P. Zahler, S. Strindberg, tiger. D. Miquelle, U. Dunish- itz, C. Poole, A. Heydlauff, P. Castillo, D. Rumiz, E. Cuellar, L. A. Fine, O. Chimedtseren enko, D. Pikunov, V. Aramilev, P. Clyne, P. Zahler, L. Hunter Maffei, R.L. Cuéllar, R. Arispe Landscape species selection for the Fomenko, G. Salkina, I. Niko- Range-wide priority-setting for Jaguar monitoring in eastern Eastern Steppe region of Mongo- laev, V. Litvinov, I. Seryodkin four Asian bears. K. Minkowski, Santa Cruz. A. Noss, L. Maf- lia. L. Ochirkhuyag, A. Fine, B. Resolving human-tiger conflicts in the E. Sanderson, K. Didier fei, D. Rumiz, R. Arispe Geary, K. Didier, S. Strindberg Russian Far East. J. Goodrich, S. Range-wide priority-setting for Conservation of the Gran Chaco Region- Conservation Landscape Map- Zubtsov, N. Reebin, D. Miquelle Asian Elephants. S. Hedges, P. al Public Goods. O. Castillo, A. Noss ping. L. Ochirkhuyag, A. Fine, B. Using camera traps to monitor the Clyne, E. Sanderson, T. Bean Conservation and forestry develop- Geary, K. Didier, S. Strindberg Far Eastern leopard. A. Kostyria, V. Setting priorities for the conserva- ment in the Chiquitano dry forest Community-based wildlife conservation Aramilev, A. Reebin, D. Miquelle tion and recovery of wild tigers: ecoregion. D. Rumiz, R. Arispe

52 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Guanaco conservation in the Chaco Improving ranching efficiency to protect central Andes of Colombia. C. GUATEMALA of Bolivia and Paraguay. E. Cuéllar the biodiversity in the Brazilian Pan- Valderrama, G. Bryja, G. Kattan tanal. A. Keuroghlian and F. Marques Community-based conservation Kaa-Iya initiative. O. Castillo, A. Noss, and biodiversity monitoring in Z. Barahona, L. Maffei, R. Montaño Implementation of management COSTA RICA the Maya Forest. R. McNab, A. programs for the black caiman in the Ecology of the maned wolf. L. Emmons Ecology of white-lipped pec- Rodríguez, R. García, V.H. Ramos Brazilian Amazon. J. >orbjarnarson caries and jaguars in Corcovado Rancher outreach program. R. Arispe Scarlet macaw ecology and con- Birds of Brazil. M. Argel National Park. E. Carrillo servation. R. McNab Conservation of flamingos and Consolidation of the National wetlands in the Altiplano of CHILE Institutional strengthening of Asociación Protected Areas System. M. Boza Balam. R. McNab, B. Castellanos Bolivia. O. Rocha (BIOTA) Conservation and research pro- Biodiversity research and conservation gram for Tierra del Fuego. B. CUBA PANAMA in the Greater Madidi Landscape. Saavedra, R. Medina, R. Muza Reptile research and conservation in R. Wallace, L. Painter, H. Gomez Conservation of the Darien. A. Carr III, Conservation and research program for coastal habitats. J. >orbjarnarson, R. R. Samudio, J. Carrion de Samudio Bernardo O’Higgins National Park. Rodríguez Soberón, M. Alonzo Tabeth BRAZIL B. Saavedra, A. Vila, P. Etchegaray Conservation of Cienaga de Zapata. PERU Mamirauá and Amanã Sustain- J. >orbjarnarson, A. Chicchón able Development Reserves— COLOMBIA Wildlife conservation in the Peruvian Amazon of Loreto. management and conservation. Ecology and conservation of biological Conservation of the Cuban crocodile R. Bodmer, P. Puertas H. Queiroz, A.R. Alves diversity in the central Andes of in the Zapata and Lanier Swamps, Cuba. J. >orbjarnarson Sustainable finance in Ma- Colombia. C. Murcia, G. Kattan Technical support to Tambo- pata protected areas complex mirauá. R. Victurine Conservation leadership and train- Population ecology and management of the American crocodile authorities. R. Wallace Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Develop- ing program and Ucamari Center in Cuba. J. >orbjarnarson ment Reserve. C. Pereira de Deus for Excellence. C. Murcia, G. Kattan, Fundación EcoAndina VENEZUELA Ecology and conservation of ECUADOR Conservation of the Caura River the endangered pied tamarin. Design of a protected area system for the area of Riseralda / Technical Assis- Watershed. J. Ochoa, M. Bevilacqua E. Venticinque, F. Rohe Biodiversity research and conserva- tance-National Parks Unit. C. Murcia, tion in the Yasuni-Napo Landscape. Fish ecology, use, and conservation Amazon regional conserva- G. Kattan, Fundación EcoAndina E. Suarez, G. Zapata, V. Utreras in the Caura Watershed. F. Daza tion. E. Venticinque Jaguar conservation and jaguar-livestock >e impact of hunting on mam- Conservation of the Para- Jaguar ecology and conservation conflict in the Llanos. E. Payan mal and bird density in the guana Region. J. Ochoa in the Pantanal. S. Cavalcanti Regional planning for spec- Yasuni-Napo Landscape, Ecuador. Ecology and habitat use of spec- Rancher Outreach Program. R. Boulhosa tacled bear conservation in the E. Suarez, S. Strindberg et al. tacled bears. I. Goldstein

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Bárbara Saavedra, Director of WCS-Chile, plays the critical roles of scientist, manager, and spokesperson for WCS in one of the world’s most exciting conservation frontiers. Bárbara has been instrumental in the establishment of Karukinka, the 741,000-hectare wilderness on the island of Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America. Cov- ered with beech forests, peat bogs, wetlands, and alpine meadows, the land parcel was a gift to WCS in 2004 from Goldman Sachs.

Born and raised in Chile, Bárbara received her PhD at the University of Chile and specializes in ecology and conservation. Meeting with government institutions while keeping WCS field activities running smoothly requires Bárbara to split her time between the WCS offices in Santiago, the capital, and Punta Arenas, the WCS base of field operations for Karukinka and Bernardo O’Higgins National Park.

Bárbara’s studies of paleoecology and zooarchaeology are spurring the development of these disciplines among her peers. Deeply concerned about the effect of forest loss on the genetics, morphology, and reproduction of natural wildlife populations, she is part of a team of scientists examining the human impact on rodents and other small mammals in Chile. In addition to her work for WCS, Bárbara has served as Secretary of the Ecological Society of Chile for the past ﬁve years.

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Associate Conservation Zoologist Brian D. Smith has directed WCS-Marine’s Asian Freshwater and Coastal Cetacean Program since 2002. He concentrates on conserving species diversity and protecting critically endangered populations of river and coastal dolphins at sites across southern and Southeast Asia. Until recently, few resources had been devoted to conserving these top predators, but work in this region is vital, as Asia has the greatest number of threatened cetacean species.

In Myanmar, Brian collaborates with local fishermen who work cooperatively with the Ayeyarwady River’s critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins. These dolphins herd fish into fishermen’s castnets and feed on the fish that escape from the nets—a practice that benefits both the people and the dolphins. Irrawaddy dolphins have been threatened for many years by gold mining operations along the river and by gillnet and electric fishing, which can accidentally kill dolphins as well as deplete their prey. Through the work of WCS and the conservation commitment of the Government of Myanmar and communities along the Ayeyarwady, gold mining has been banned. A new protected area was declared in 2006 to preserve the dolphins and the cooperative fishery.

In Bangladesh, Brian and his team discovered a globally significant center of cetacean diversity in the Sundar- bans Delta. This prime habitat encompasses the world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest, stretching from Sundarbans National Park to a 3,500-foot-deep, undersea canyon known as the Swatch-of-No-Ground. The area teems with Indo-Pacific bottlenose, Ganges River, pantropical spotted, spinner, and Irrawaddy dolphins. There are also finless porpoises and possibly Bryde’s and fin whales. Brian and his partners are working to link the conservation of this outstanding region and the wildlife it supports to sustainable economic activities, such as dolphin-watching tours.

54 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY REGIONAL Promoting effectiveness of MPA man- Field guides: Comprehensive guide Coral Reef Policy agement in Indonesia. S. Campbell to marine mammals of Madagas- Amazonian conservation. M. Painter, >e effectiveness of community-based Rebuilding effective marine Man- car and the southwestern Indian F. Marques, E. Venticinque Ocean and a comprehensive guide organizations in managing coastal agement at Karimunjawa Na- resources: case study in the western Monitoring and Evaluation Train- tional Park. S. Campbell to marine mammals of the Gulf ing for the Amazon-Andes of Guinea. H. Rosenbaum, S. Indian Ocean. T. McClanahan. Conservation. D. Wilkie, S. Kavieng Seascape, Cerchio, T. Collins (Madagascar) Enhancing community capac- Strindberg, K. Didier. G. Bryja ity for marine conservation Papua New Guinea Research and conservation of Atlantic Flamingo ecology and conserva- humpback dolphins off the western in Kenya. N. Muthiga tion. F. Arengo, P. Marconi, P. Conservation of coastal marine ecosys- coast of Africa. H. Rosenbaum, Gandini, O. Rocha, Grupo para tems in Papua New Guinea. H. Perks T. Collins (Gulf of Guinea) la Conservacion de Flamencos Coral harvesting for betel-nut lime pro- ÀÌ ÊiÀV> duction, Papua New Guinea. H. Perks Sea Turtles Conservation science train- CANADA ing. P. Feinsinger Ecology and migration of Bocas Conservation of the Mesoamerican Antongil Bay, Madagascar del Toro sea turtles. A. Mey- Conservation planning in On- Biological Corridor. A. Carr III Conservation and sustainable resource lan, P. Meylan (Panama) tario’s Northern Boreal For- est. J. Ray, J. McDermid Jaguar conservation program use in the Antongil Landscape >e Gabon sea turtle partnership for small grants. K. Conforti. of Madagascar. H. Randriama- leatherback research and conservation, Impact of development on freshwater hazo, B. Randriamanantsoa 2007–2008. A. Formia (Gabon) fish in Ontario/Manitoba Northern Paseo del Jaguar: Jaguar Corridor Boreal Forest. J. McDermid Project. A. Rabinowitz, L. Hunter, A Park of Sea & Conservation of the hawksbill rookery in J. Polisar, K. Marieb, R. Salom, L. the Pearl Cays, Nicaragua. C. Lagueux, Genetic structure of lake sturgeon Maffei, N. Williams, Archie Carr III Sky, Argentina C. Campbell, W. McCoy (Nicaragua) populations. J. McDermid Developing an open ocean conserva- Conservation of marine turtles on the Wolverine and caribou research, tion area for the protection of marine Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. C. conservation, and recovery in >ÀiÊ mammals and seabirds: A park of sea Lagueux, C. Campbell (Nicaragua) northern Ontario. J. Ray and sky. C. Campagna, V. Falabella Building capacity to use GIS as a tool SEASCAPE Sharks for land-use planning among Ontario’s OCEAN GIANTS Northern First Nations. G. Woolmer CONSERVATION Conservation of top predators, Gloverʼs Reef Atoll, Belize Marine Mammals including sharks and large fish Human footprint analysis in the An integrated approach to humpback in Belize. R. Graham (Belize) northern Appalachians. G. Woolmer Belize coral reef monitoring and whale and marine mammal research Trans-boundary conservation evaluation. T. McClanahan Honduras whale sharks. R. and conservation: photographic Graham (Honduras) planning in the northern Appala- Building a constituency for ma- identification, conservation genetics, chians. J. Ray and G. Woolmer rine conservation in Belize. Madagascar and East Africa whale sharks. acoustics, GIS analysis, satellite R. Graham (western Indian Ocean) Northeastern mesocarni- J. Gibson, R. Graham telemetry, and ecotourism. H. vore initiative. J. Ray Rosenbaum, P. Ersts, Y. Razafindra- Madagascar shark conservation. B. Conservation of spawning aggrega- Big animals and small parks: implica- koto, S. Nguessono, C. Pomilla, S. Randriamanantsoa (Madagascar) tions on the Mesoamerican Reef. tions of wildlife distribution and Cerchio, M. Leslie (Madagascar) Use of seamount habitat by economically J. Gibson, S. Hoare, E. Sala movements for expansion of Nahanni important whale sharks and manta Coral reef ecology in the Ca- Arctic bowhead whales. H. National Park Reserve. J. Weaver ribbean. B. Steneck Rosenbaum (Arctic) rays in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. R. Ecological connectivity for the Glover’s Reef Living Seascape: safeguard- Assessing the impacts of artisanal gillnet Graham (United States of America) transboundary Lower Nahanni herd ing marine resources and rural liveli- fisheries on small cetaceans in the of woodland caribou. J. Weaver southwestern region of Madagascar. Y. hoods in Belize. J. Gibson, S. Hoare Carnivores in the southern Canadian Razafindrakoto, N. Andrianarivelo, S. Sturgeon Glover’s Reef Marine Research Station Rocky Mountains: core areas and con- Cerchio, H. Rosenbaum (Madagascar) A workshop to develop and imple- (GRMRS) – A resource for greater ment research, education, and nectivity across the Crowsnest High- Assessing the marine mammal understanding of the Mesoameri- management plans for the way. J. Weaver, P. Paquet, and C. Apps diversity of northern Angola. H. can Barrier Reef. A. Carr III, J. conservation of Kaluga and Amur Conservation of lynx and snowshoe Rosenbaum, T. Collins (Angola) Gibson, S. Zelaya, D. Wesby, S. sturgeon. D. Erickson (Russia) hares in logged landscapes of boreal Hoare, A. Cros, B. Wainwright Building capacity to develop and manage Marine migration and estuary use British Columbia. D. Reid Myanmar’s protected areas. B. Smith Osprey management in Belize: of green sturgeon. D. Erickson Effects of a changing climate on the gardening an uncommon, possibly Cetaceans of Bangladesh: conserv- (United States of America) Arctic tundra food web. D. Reid threatened breeding bird to learn its ing a regional hotspot of species Research for the recovery of Atlantic Pursuing biodiversity conservation local ecology. P. Spitzer, N. Clum diversity and abundance with sturgeon in the Hudson and opportunities in >e Peel water- local communities and institu- Promoting sustainable fisheries through Altamaha rivers. D. Erickson shed strategic land-use planning tions. B. Smith (Bangladesh) demonstration of Glover’s Reef (United States of America) process, northern Yukon. D. Reid Marine Reserve. J. Gibson, C. Acosta Cetacean conservation and research in Mapping thinhorn sheep winter the Gulf of Guinea. H. Rosenbaum, GLOBAL MARINE habitat suitability in northern Vatu-i-Ra Seascape, Fiji T. Collins (Gulf of Guinea) CONSERVATION AND British Columbia. D. Reid A technical advisory workshop to sup- Conservation genetics of hump- port Fiji’s Vatu-i-Ra World Heritage back dolphins ( Sousa spp.). CORAL REEF RESEARCH UNITED STATES OF Seascape. K. Walls, E. Rupeni H. Rosenbaum (Global) Marine Conservation AMERICA Conservation of the Vatu-i-Ra Seascape Cetacean surveys for sound man- WCS Global Marine Conserva- using ecosystem-based manage- agement in the Daymaniyat tion Strategic Planning Initia- Tri-state New York ment. K. Walls, E. Rupeni Islands, Sultanate of Oman tive. C. Recchia, L. Lauck Metropolitan Region Invasive fire ants awareness for customs Marine Protected Area Sustainable Mapping the marine human Working with local planners to integrate and quarantine personnel of Pacific Development Project. T. Collins footprint. E. Sanderson, C. Rec- biodiversity conservation in Con- Island nations. K. Walls, E. Rupeni Determining conservation units and chia, L. Lauck, C. D’Agrosa. necticut and New York (Croton- Saving Samoa’s eritically endan- species/population relationships to-Highlands, Wallkill Valley, and Farmington Valley). M. Klemens, gered ma’oma’o and manu- among cetaceans throughout their Reef Ecosystems & H. Gruner, N. Miller, J. Schmitz mea. K. Walls, E. Rupeni range. H. Rosenbaum (Global) Climate Change Eastern Westchester Biotic Cor- Strengthening partnerships for Fiji Developing sustainable conservation- Coral reefs and climate change. A. Baker oriented whalewatching. H. ridor. M. Klemens seascapes ecosystems-based manage- Conservation research on coral ment. K. Walls, E. Rupeni Rosenbaum, Y. Razafindraktoto, S. Public-private land stewardship in Nguessono, V. Rasoamampianina, reefs. T. McClanahan Rockefeller State Park Preserve Karimunjawa Ma- S. Cerchio, T. Collins (Global) Effects of bleaching on coral and and private lands. M. Klemens, fish communities in the western rine National Park & Establishment of a protected area N. Miller, K. Ryan, J. Vellozzi for Irrawaddy dolphins and a Indian Ocean. T. McClanahan Assessing needs and opportunities for Aceh, Indonesia human-dolphin cooperative Global Coral Reef Conservation biodiversity conservation through Coral reef monitoring and technical sup- fishery in the Ayeyarwady River of Program. A. Baker, S. Campbell, T. local land-use planning in New Jersey. port in Aceh, Indonesia. S. Campbell Myanmar. B. Smith (Myanmar) McClanahan, K. Walls, H. Perks M. Klemens, N. Miller, J. Schmitz

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 55 Counteracting the effects of sprawl Developing a waterfront revitalization Arctic Coastal Plain Impacts of motorized recreation on through “Smart Growth” local strategy for the towns of Clifton and wildlife. R. Inman, C. Groves land-use planning. M. Klemens Fine. Z. Smith, L. Karasin, R. Curran Tundra nesting birds, predators, and development on the Arctic Coastal Plain. Wildlife and energy develop- Conservation of amphibians and reptiles Ecological and social implications of low- ment in the Rocky Mountains. J. in the tri-state NY Metro Region. S. Zack, J. Liebezeit, and partners density, exurban development in the Berger, K. Berger, J. Beckmann M. Klemens, H. Gruner, K. Ryan Adirondacks. M. Glennon, H. Kretser Exploration of Biologically Special Highway impact on wildlife on the Flat- >e Champlain Hills of the Areas in the National Petroleum Adirondacks Adirondacks: Understanding the Reserve. S. Zack, J. Liebezeit head reservation. W. Maillet, J. Hilty Acid rain in the Adirondacks: An biodiversity of the region. J. Jenkins environmental history. J. Jenkins, Western Mountains New Mexico K. Roy, C. Driscoll, C. Buerkett. Great Lakes Wolverine ecology and conservation. New Mexico black bear con- Boreal birds and their habitats in the Lake Superior wolf conserva- R. Inman, K. Inman, and partners servation. C. Costello Adirondacks. J. Jenkins, M. Glennon tion. A. Treves, L. Naughton Cougar Ecology and cougar/wolf/ Bicknell’s thrush on Whiteface Moun- bear conservation. T. Ruth, Regional tain Ski Area. M. Glennon, L. Karasin Pacific West P. Buotte, and partners Mannahatta Project. E. Sanderson, Wildlife, fire, and forest management. Adirondack Communities and Carnivore connectivity in the Centen- T. Bean, A. Huron, J. Fein- S. Zack, K. Farris, and partners nial Mountains. J. Beckman Conservation Program. Z. berg, M. Boyer, V. Navab Smith, L. Karasin, H. Kretser Effect of sudden oak death syndrome Pronghorn migration conserva- >e ecological future of the North Adirondack Living Landscapes on wildlife in the Pacific West. tion. J. Berger, K. Berger American bison. K. Redford, B. Program. M. Glennon, K. Didier K. Fischer, L. Hadj-Chikh Conservation in native communi- Weber, E. Sanderson, K. Minkowski, Adirondack Loon Conserva- Ecology and conservation of the Pacific ties. J. Hilty, S. Grassel J. Hilty, E. Fearn, T. Bean, J. Berger tion Program. N. Schoch, fisher on the Hoopa Valley Reserva- Setting priorities for wildlife con- A. Sauer, M. Glennon tion. S. Matthews and partners servation. C. Groves, B. Brock. An evaluation of changing sea ice condi- Black Bear Education, Awareness and Woodpeckers and snag dynamics. A. Toivola, and partners tions and its effects upon the world’s Research Program (BBEAR). Z. S. Zack, K. Farris, and partners Corridor Conservation Ini- largest terrestrial carnivore: working Smith, M. Glennon, L. Karasin Riparian restoration, beavers, and song- tiative. R. Ament with federal polar bear scientists on the proposal to list polar bears. S. Bergen Conservation easements: management birds. S. Zack, H. Cooke, and partners Ecology and Conservation of questions on maximizing ecologi- Conservation of salmon-driven Sagebrush Steppe Wildlife, Development of the large carnivore cal value. J. Jenkins, M. Glennon ecosystems. S. Zack C. Groves and C. Jenkins guild model. A. Rabinowitz

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Gillian Woolmer has been bringing the power of computer mapping to WCS conservation programs since July 2000. Since then, Gillian has helped train more than 100 WCS ﬁeld staff to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and satellite imagery. In addition, she was a member of the team that mapped the Human Footprint and the Last of the Wild in 2002.

In 2004, Gillian moved to Toronto to help launch WCS-Canada. As Assistant Director, she divides her time between ﬁnancial management, GIS training of First Nations, and conservation planning. Gillian collaborates with a group of conservation NGOs, land trusts, and foundations under the umbrella Two Countries, One Forest (2C1Forest) to create a conservation vision for the Northern Appa- lachian Ecoregion, a transboundary area extending from New York to Nova Scotia. To develop a visual understanding of the human landscape there, Gillian has adapted the Human Footprint mapping methodology to the ecoregion. This map helps local conservationists identify priority areas for protection and is a blueprint for conservation action.

Comfortable with web-based technology, Gillian is leading a project to ensure the maps resulting from 2C1Forest, will be part of an interactive online atlas. This effort will put these maps and data directly into the hands of local people, conservationists, community groups, and government planners so that the most important areas remain connected and protected.

56 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY CENTRAL New York / Washington, D.C. Design and development of the landscape species approach to site based conservation. K. Didier, S. Strindberg, A. Vedder, D. Wilkie, E. Sanderson, J. Forrest, G. Bryja Casting for conservation actors: People, Partnerships and Wild- life. A. Vedder, D. Wilkie People and Parks: Assessing the human welfare impacts of establishing protected areas for biodiversity conservation. D. Wilkie Monitoring of large wildlife directly through high spatial resolution remote sensing: experimental and in situ approaches. S. Bergen, E. Sanderson Decision support for the Convention on Biological Diversity 2010 Goal: Guidance on the application of remote sensing techniques for measuring the rate of biodiversity loss. K. Didier, J. Forrest, S. Bergen, E. Sanderson Applications of the Human Footprint to global conservation policy. E. Sand- erson, L. Kruger, J. Forrest, T. Bean Species Conservation Planning Task Force, IUCN/Species Survival Com- mission. E. Sanderson, J. Robinson Considering Human Rights in Conservation. K Svadlenak- Gomez, D. Wilkie, C. Ingram Practical introduction to payments for ecosystem services. Forest trends, D.Wilkie, C. Ingram Ê iÜÊ ÃiÀÛ>ÌÊ À>ÊÊÀ> Software tool for learning about payments for ecosystem services. Forest trends, D. Wilkie, C. Ingram In 2000, WCS Vice President for Science and Exploration George Schaller Direct payments for wildlife conservation: a survey of ap- visited Iran to assess the wildlife situation. During the years of the Iranian Revolu- proaches within WCS. K Svadlenak- Gomez, D. Wilkie, C. Ingram tion, rampant poaching of both cheetahs and their prey, compounded by habitat Natural Products Marketing 101 for enterprises in a conservation setting. degradation from livestock grazing, pushed the Asiatic cheetah to near extinction. A. Koontz, D. Wilkie, C. Ingram Probably only 60 to 100 of the cats remain in this last known Asiatic cheetah Zoological Society of London collaboration. M. Hatchwell population. Kaplan Awards Program for cat conservation. L. Hunter, N. Williams Conservation Leadership Pro- Since Schaller’s initial efforts, WCS has engaged with Iran’s Department of En- gramme. W. Banham, L. Duda Graduate Fellowship Program (Beinecke vironment (DoE) to gain U.S. approval to visit cheetah habitats, hold workshops, African Scholarships, Christensen and raise funds. This year, an international team of scientists led by Luke Hunter, Conservation Leaders Scholarships, Robertson Big Cat Conservation Director of WCS-Great Cats, captured and fitted two Asiatic cheetahs with GPS Fellowships, Starr Tiger Conservation Fellowships). M.L. Penn, T. Parkinson (Global Positioning System) collars provided by the Zoological Society of London, NGO Institutional Development Program. W. Banham, L. Duda a project partner. The two cheetahs were caught in the Bafgh Protected Area, MBAs for Conservation Pro- which is also home to leopards, wolves, and striped hyenas—an ideal site for gram. W. Banham, L. Duda Research Fellowship Program. studying the large carnivore community. M.L. Penn, K. Mastro Strategic Planning and Review Coordination (SPARC). J. Ginsberg, Iranians are not prepared to say goodbye to this species and are justifiably proud A. Vedder, co-chairs, R. Calamo, P. Clyne, J. Deutsch, E. Fearn, C. that theirs is the only country in which the Asiatic cheetah survives. Very little is Groves, M. Hatchwell, K. Mastro, M. Painter, J. Palmer, C. Recchia known about the ecological needs of cheetahs in Iran, but collaring these animals Species Strategy. M. Kinnaird, J. Fraser, K. Redford will provide important data for implementing conservation measures to ensure Global Conservation Program Strategic a long-term future for this critically imperiled species. This is a groundbreaking Planning Team. C. Groves, chair- person, S. Atkinson, A. Chicchón, project on both an ecological and a political front: It is the first time a cheetah has T. Clements, H. Crowley, L. Lauck, M. Kinnaird, M. Masozera, S. been radio-collared in Asia and the first radio-tracking study in Iran. It also ushers Osofsky, L. Painter, C. Recchia, S. Tressler, R. Victurine, B. Weber in a new era for conservation in Iran.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 57 Public Êvv>ÀÃ

Conservation is critical to the well-being of both humans and efforts of WCS-Guatemala Director Roan McNab to improve wildlife. >e Public Affairs division helps make vital conser- nesting opportunities for scarlet macaws. To date, “Saving vation issues—such as climate change, avian influenza, and Planet Earth” has raised more than $2.5 million to help endan- biodiversity—relevant to people in their day-to-day decision- gered wildlife. making and involves WCS’s various audiences in its mission to On PBS, “Journey to Planet Earth: Saving the Planet’s save wildlife and wild lands. WCS’s public gateways range from Ocean Animals,” hosted by Matt Damon, featured an inter- worldwide attention of its groundbreaking partnership with view with WCS Hunting and Wildlife Trade Director Eliza- the autonomous Government of Southern Sudan, to a profile beth Bennett, and in “America’s Wild National Parks,” then of President and CEO Steve Sanderson and an overview of the Senior Vice President of Living Institutions Richard Lattis dis- Gateways to Conservation campaign in the Wall Street Journal , cussed the importance of bison to the American West. Joel and to a Newsweek cover story on the killing of mountain gorillas in Kim Berger’s studies of the pronghorn migration were high- DRC’s Virunga National Park, to local media coverage of the lighted in a Travel Channel special, “Yellowstone: America’s new Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation in the National Park.” Laurence Frank’s fieldwork with the lions of Bronx. Laikipia in Kenya was featured in a History Channel show that looked at human/animal conflict in Africa. i`>Ê"ÕÌÀi>V In its September/October 2006 issue, Wildlife Conservation It was a particularly strong year for WCS public relations. By magazine featured an article about WCS’s historical efforts to far, the most extensive media coverage of the year was garnered save the American bison and its current role in the ecological by the WCS discovery of a massive wildlife migration in South- restoration of the species and its native prairie habitat. >e issue ern Sudan. Public Affairs and Global Conservation orchestrat- coincided with the WCS announcement that it was reactivat- ed an integrated campaign to announce the scientific findings, ing the American Bison Society. In May 2007, WCS gathered which resulted in equally broad coverage of the relationship representatives of interested stakeholders in New Mexico to with the new Government of Southern Sudan in international seek agreement on a common vision for restoring the bison and and national news markets, a front-page article in "e New York its ecosystem. Times , and a feature on the PBS series “>e NewsHour with A new media darling swam into the spotlight this year: José Jim Lehrer.” A combined New York City and Washington, the beaver. Two WCS staff members discovered him living in D.C. media blitz showcased stunning images of the world’s the Bronx River on Bronx Zoo grounds. >is marked the first largest wildlife migration, which has survived decades of civil confirmed occurrence of a beaver within New York City limits war and atrocities. An event at National Geographic headquar- since colonial times. It also served as testimony to the improved ters and a privately hosted WCS dinner brought together key state of the river, thanks in large part to cleanup funding se- Administration and Congressional officials and opinion leaders cured by the beaver’s namesake: Bronx Congressman José E. from Sudan. Taking notice of this message of hope for a region Serrano. >e story was covered by news media throughout the in crisis, the U.S. Government is providing new funding to world and highlighted by a “Talk of the Town” piece in "e support WCS’s ongoing scientific work in Southern Sudan. New Yorker magazine. Meanwhile, Congressional officials expressed interest in bol- stering U.S. government commitments to conservation strate- ÛiÀiÌÊ>`Ê ÕÌÞÊ"ÕÌÀi>V gies that would fortify the National Park System in Southern WCS receives significant support for its global field programs Sudan as a platform upon which to develop a Sudano-Sahel through the U.S. Agency for International Development regional conservation program. (USAID) Biodiversity Program, as an implementing partner >e BBC’s “Saving Planet Earth”—a television and Web of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP), the Amazon companion series to the epic, 13-part TV special “Planet Basin Initiative, and other key conservation projects. >e Ad- Earth”—featured WCS-India field conservationist Ullas ministration’s FY’08 Budget recommended $114 million for Karanth and the Tigers Forever program. It also highlighted the the USAID Biodiversity Program—about a 40 percent cut

58 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Above: New York City Council Speaker Christine C. United States and globally. WCS succeeded in having the Mul- Quinn and Deputy Mayor for Government Affairs tinational Species Conservation Fund, which is administered Kevin Sheekey at the grand opening of the sea lion by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, included as an eligible pool and Astor Court at the Bronx Zoo. federal program in the House-passed energy bill as well as in the Senate climate change bill introduced by Jeff Bingaman from the previous year. Restoring these funds was a top priority (D-NM). If enacted, this legislation could deliver as much as for WCS. WCS President Steve Sanderson, the co-chairs of the $100 million in new federal funds to rhinos, tigers, elephants, Congressional International Conservation Caucus Hal Rogers marine turtles, and other critically endangered species. (R-KY), John Tanner (D-TN), Ed Royce (R-CA), and Tom >is year, WCS led the worldwide efforts to monitor bird Udall (D-NM), Public Affairs staff, and conservation partners flu around the world. >e Global Avian Influenza Network worked with world-renowned conservationist Jane Goodall, for Surveillance (GAINS) partners—a unique collaboration of film maker Josh Ponte, and grassroots supporters to convince federal agencies, academic institutions, conservation organiza- Nita Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Subcommittee on tions, and public and animal health experts—are working in Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs, 28 countries to build capacity to detect this emerging infec- and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chair of the Senate Subcommittee tious disease. More than 100 million bird observations from on State and Foreign Operations, to recommend restoring and 95 countries have been recorded and disseminated through increasing the USAID budget for the Biodiversity Program, a publicly accessible database at www.gains.org. In “Letters CBFP, the Amazon, and continued resources to protect great to the Editor” published in "e New York Times , WCS Field apes in central Africa. Veterinarian and GAINS Director William Karesh empha- Climate change policy is a top WCS priority in Washing- sized advances and explained the need for continued vigilance ton. >e House and Senate both passed energy policy bills that in tracking avian flu via GAINS even in the absence of major include measures to secure a strategic plan and federal resources outbreaks. Building on this success, WCS is campaigning to address the impacts of global warming on wildlife in the to expand this global health surveillance program to other

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 59 zoonotic diseases in other species of wildlife. Federal legis- Above: Costume character José the beaver helps open lation to accomplish this has been championed by Senators the Bronx Zooʼs Eco-Restroom at Mitsubishi Riverwalk. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), and Sam Right: Community Liaison for Environmental and Brownback (R-KS), along with Representatives Rosa DeLauro Immigration Affairs Sidd Sanchez, WCS Public Affairs (D-CT) and Lowey. >e GAINS team has provided database Director Jan Kaderly, and Bronx River Alliance Director demonstrations on Capitol Hill and highlighted successes Linda Cox participate in a second release of alewife such as building capacity among Afghani women to take and herring to restore the species to the Bronx River. process bird samples. >e legislation is gathering momentum and awaits a floor vote in the House and committee action in increase to $8 million. ZBGA provides operating support to the Senate. New York’s zoos, botanical gardens, aquariums, arboretums, >is year, WCS was able to increase the operating support and nature centers, including the Bronx Zoo and New York it receives from New York City to approximately $20 million Aquarium. WCS received over $2 million in ZBGA funding and raise almost $48.690 million for capital projects at the this year and expects more in the coming year with the ex- Bronx Zoo and the New York Aquarium. >is comes as good panded program. news in a year of many changes at the City Council. As part of A letter by Living Institutions Senior Vice President Robert WCS’s City Council Outreach Program, more than 90 WCS Cook to the editor of the Times Union (Albany) applauded staff volunteered to meet with or contact their council mem- pending New York State legislation that was passed in Feb- bers to urge restoration of cultural funding and support for ruary. >e amendment allows New York State licensed and WCS budget priorities. board certified physicians to provide medical care, under the >anks to thousands of emails generated by WCS sup- supervision of a licensed veterinarian, to a list of nine species porters, New York State leaders passed a $250 million budget of non-human primates at the ten premier non-profit zoos ac- for the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), up 11 percent credited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in cases in from the previous year. As a result, New York’s open spaces, which a veterinary specialist is not available. air, water, biodiversity, endangered species, and environmen- Further reinforcing its reputation as a thought leader, WCS tal education-based living museums will be protected for an- this year expanded its use of op-eds and letters to the editor to other year. An important part of the EPF, the Zoos, Botanical voice its opinions on current topics related to its mission. In Gardens and Aquariums (ZBGA) program also received an February, President and CEO Steve Sanderson’s opinion edi-

60 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY torial, “Superbowl Will Be Bad Time For Bonzo,” appeared >ÀiÌ}]Ê->iÃ]Ê>`ÊÊ in the New York Daily News . >e piece discussed the negative À«À>ÌiÊ*>ÀÌiÀÃ «Ã impacts to conservation resulting from the use of great apes in >is year, the Marketing Department conducted an extensive advertising, focusing on the consequences of this practice dur- search and selected a new advertising agency, Deutsch, Inc., to ing Superbowl commercials, and offered practical alternatives. assist WCS in maximizing its attendance-driving strategies. An In the op-ed “Expanded Bottle Bill Would be a Win-Win animated TV campaign supported by print, radio, and online for New York,” which appeared on March 28, 2007 in "e ads was launched in the spring to entice visitors to the Bronx Journal News (Westchester County), Senior Vice President of Zoo’s “Great Return: Sea Lion Homecoming and Astor Court Public Affairs John Calvelli discussed the revitalization of the Renaissance.” >is campaign represented a significant strategic Bronx River as evidenced by the appearance of José the bea- departure from prior creative and media strategies. ver, the importance of New York’s Environmental Protection Capitalizing on the popularity of trading cards with young Fund, and the benefits of the state’s proposed Bigger Better people, “Wild Cards” were developed as part of an in-park Bottle Bill. Chairman of the Board David Schiff’s “Misuse of marketing strategy to encourage repeat visitation. >e program the World’s Water Supply Puts Future at Risk” appeared in created three cards—sea lion, tiger, and python—that featured July in the Chicago Sun Times . fun facts about the cover animal and a discount offer for future Renowned actress and WCS Trustee Glenn Close discussed targeted attendance-driving events. her personal experiences with wildlife in Africa and supported >e Private Events department had a record-breaking year, the critical need for the passage of the Great Cats and Rare generating more than $1 million in gross revenue. Events in- Canids legislation in “We Can’t Afford to Write Off Stars of cluded two major outings for Citigroup, a Valley Health Sys- the Wild,” which was published in Roll Call , the newspaper of tems employee recognition day, a Goldman Sachs company- Capitol Hill. family picnic, weddings, and bar/bat mitzvahs.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 61 >e Corporate Partnerships Department launched three number of company outings, catered and non-catered, also new alliances: ZenSoy, UBS, and Royal Caribbean Internation- rose significantly as a result of an aggressive outbound market- al. Each partner has been actively engaged in environmentally ing strategy. More growth is expected, as Group Sales expands responsible activities, such as organic farming, carbon emis- its outreach to local, national, and international travel and sions reduction, and onboard oceanographic research labs. >e tourism groups. department is exploring with Royal Caribbean opportunities Prominent among the public events held at the five WCS on their ships, which include TV programming, children’s edu- wildlife parks this year, “>e Great Return” linked the Bronx cational workshops, and distribution of Wildlife Conservation Zoo’s popular sea lion exhibit with the historical and cultural sig- magazine. nificance of the Astor Court restoration. >e thematic approach >e newly implemented Group Sales programs, aimed at linked our communications and marketing strategies for our driving attendance, grew significantly. Tactics included on-line public audiences and varied media outlets throughout the spring. ticketing for participating corporations, which during the year >e month of June incorporated many promotional vehicles and increased from about 100 corporations to just over 1,000. >e paid advertising and allowed for momentum to build, with spe- cific public event programming centered on Astor Court. Below: WCS Chairman Emeritus David Schiff and New Also in June, a press event kicked off the summerlong cel- York City Councilmember Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. at the ebration of the 50th anniversary of the New York Aquarium at New York Aquariumʼs 50 th anniversary celebration. Coney Island.

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In 2002, WCS and the National Geographic Society (NGS) formed a landmark, five-year media and conservation partnership that has been invaluable in highlighting WCS staff and programs across all of NGS’s media platforms. Premiering in May 2007, The Last Eden was the third film from NGS about WCS’s role in the creation of a national parks system in Gabon. Narrated by WCS Trustee Glenn Close, this latest film featured the work of WCS-Gabon staff and the International Field Veterinary Program. The Last Eden was also broadcast on BBC in England, Canal + in France, and NHK in Japan and will play on international Air Gabon flights to and from Libreville. Production continued in Argentina and Chile for the NGS Special Tierra del Fuego: Island at the End of the World , to pre- miere on PBS in 2008. And production began on a two-hour NG Channel special The Human Footprint .

The October 2006 issue of National Geographic magazine spotlighted WCS International Field Vet William Karesh and the deadly Ebola virus. The January 2007 issue of National Geo- graphic Adventure proﬁled George Schaller’s 50 years of service to the natural world. Schaller was awarded the magazine’s ﬁrst Lifetime Achievement Award at the “Adventurer of the Year” celebration.

In March 2007, an article by WCS Senior Conservationist Mike Fay in National Geographic magazine about the plight of elephants in Chad’s Zakouma National Park directed readers to the WCS website and brought in more than $100,000 to protect this endangered herd. In addition, WCS was one of four conservation organizations selected to share a percentage of the gross domestic box ofﬁce revenue from the NG Feature Films and Paramount Classics ﬁlm Arctic Tale .

Five stories about WCS staff and ﬁeld sites were broadcast on the NGS/PBS series Wild Chronicles, and six WCS staff were interviewed for National Geographic “World Talk” on XM Satellite Radio and National Geographic Weekend on NPR.

Online, WCS received its own category of ﬁlm clips on the broadband channel NGC Wild and was featured in more than 15 new stories on nationalgeographic.com

WCS and the National Geographic Society recently announced renewal of this important partnership, increased funding for Global Conservation programs, and committed to produce high-proﬁle media with a strong conservation message.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 63 Financial Ê,i«ÀÌ

>e Wildlife Conservation Society ended Fiscal Year 2007 tions totaled $20.1 million, a rise of $2.7 million or 15 percent, in a strong financial position. Operating revenue and sup- thanks to strong investment returns over the past several years. port exceeded expenditures by $1.8 million—the fourth Operating expenditures totaled $184.6 million. Pro- year in a row of operating surpluses. >is positive result gram services expenditures and on-site visitor related costs was achieved through strong private contributions and were $156.2 million, an increase of nearly 13 percent. government grant support and as well as sustained visi- >is growth was driven by a 23 percent increase in expen- tor and related earned revenue at our wildlife parks. To- ditures for Global Conservation, which totaled $62 mil- tal WCS assets reached $883.8 million, as investment lion. Expenditures in Living Institutions—the Bronx funds and donor commitments increased substantially. Zoo, the New York Aquarium, and the City Zoos—were Operating revenue and support posted an aggregate 13 $79.5 million, 6 percent higher than the prior year. percent increase to a new high of $186.3 million. Private con- WCS is a labor-intensive organization and continues tributions, federal, state, and other non-governmental grants to absorb increases in staff costs, most notably higher re- grew an impressive 18 percent to $73.6 million. Federal grant quired pension contributions and other retiree benefits support for the Global Conservation program through the and health insurance costs. Non-personnel expenses rose as United States Agency for International Development, the U.S. well, driven by spending on repairs and maintenance in our Fish and Wildlife Service, and other agencies is at a record level. parks and higher prices for goods and services. Administra- Attendance at the zoos and aquarium broke the four million- tive and support services, including fundraising and mem- visitor mark again this year. Audience-driven revenues— bership, grew modestly and totaled $23.5 million. Support income from gate and exhibit admissions and from visitor services make up a lean 13 percent of the expense base. services (food, merchandising, and parking)—totaled $48.7 In FY2002, WCS began to set aside a portion of unre- million, a 10 percent increase and another record high. Rev- stricted income in a facilities renewal fund to support with enues from the membership program provided $9.6 million recurring revenues a portion of the infrastructure, equip- for operations, growing 15 percent from the previous year. >e ment, and technology needs of our aging facilities. In City of New York provided $27.7 million for park operations 2007, $4.9 million was earmarked for these purposes. through the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Depart- Capital expenditures totaled $29 million, as WCS con- ment of Parks and Recreation. Investment income for opera- tinues to make progress on its capital construction program,

2007 Operating Revenue 2007 Operating Expenses and Plant Renewal Funding $186.3 Million $184.6 Million Plant Renewal Other Income Fundraising and Funding (3%) Memberships Membership

Living Institutions Gifts and Grants Visitor Services Federal Agencies 3% 3% 5% 4%

9% 9% 31% Management and General 7% Investment Income Other 43% 11% Programs (1%) 1%

11% 15% Visitor 33% Services 15% Global City of New York Programs

Gate and Exhibit Admissions

64 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY which provides exhibit improvements, visitor amenities, and the same time, WCS has strengthened its financial footing by supporting facilities infrastructure. On the Bronx Zoo cam- balancing operating and capital budgets and making substan- pus, construction commenced on the José E. Serrano Center tial improvements to the physical plant. Our partnership with for Global Conservation, which is the first phase of the C.V. New York City is one of our most important and enduring as- Starr Science Campus. >is new 43,000-square-foot facil- sets, and it has been an important contributor to this success. ity will house the Global Conservation program and much WCS’s financial outlook is both exciting and challeng- needed conference and meeting facilities. >e building was ing. Over the next several years, the organization will be clos- designed to demonstrate both WCS’s leadership in conser- ing out an ambitious capital construction program totaling vation and commitment to sustainable practices through $326 million. WCS will have restored the historic heart of the incorporation of “green” architectural design and en- the Bronx Zoo—Astor Court and the Lion House—adding vironmentally responsible operations. Restoration of the exhibits and visitor amenities; created the Center for Global historic Lion House and Astor Court continued, financed Conservation, a new and permanent home for our global pro- by a combination of New York City and WCS funds. grams; and dealt with pressing deferred maintenance needs. Design work proceeded for improvements to the New All of these efforts, in combination with enhanced market- York Aquarium’s Main Hall and planned new shark ex- ing and an improved guest services operation, should bol- hibit, as well as on new big cat exhibits slated for con- ster zoo and aquarium attendance and core revenues. struction at the three City Zoos—Central Park, Pros- Since FY2000, WCS’s global conservation program has pect Park, and Queens. And to support its activities nearly quadrupled in size—from $17 million then to $62 around the world, WCS continued to make investments million in 2007. >is growth has been supported by private in telecommunications and information systems. contributions and federal grants. As WCS looks ahead, renew- WCS has a strong balance sheet, with total assets of $884 mil- ing and increasing support for Global Conservation pro- lion at the end of FY2007. Investment assets and donor pledges grams presents our most crucial fundraising challenge. >e of future support increased substantially. Pledges and federal Gateways to Conservation Campaign supports these initia- grant receivables exceeded $97 million, increasing 51 percent tives, and WCS looks forward to its continued success. from the previous year. Investment assets rose by $74 million to a market value of Growth in Expenditures for Global Conservation Activities $536 million, including the WCS endowment, which reached $469 million at the $80,000 end of the fiscal year. >e growth in total in- 70,000 vestment assets is driven by positive investment return, new gifts to endowment, and 60,000 the receipt of more private funds supporting WCS programs and capital projects. 50,000 >ese funds are invested in a well-diversi-

ﬁed portfolio and produced a total return 40,000 of 17.1 percent for the ﬁscal year, beating In 1,000s returns in major investment indexes. 30,000 Fiscal Year 2007 was a very successful one for the Wildlife Conservation 20,000 Society. >e wildlife parks, Global Con- servation activities, and Education pro- 10,000 grams continue to enjoy critical success 0 and record levels of donor support. At 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

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REVENUE 2007 THOUSANDS 2006 Contributed $43,353 $42,682 Membership dues 9,684 8,253 Investment income 20,120 17,450 City of New York 27,746 26,831 New York State 3,476 2,413 Federal agencies 17,332 11,630 Non governmental organization grants 9,425 5,381 Gate and exhibit admissions 28,284 25,202 Visitor services 20,467 19,290 Education programs 1,478 1,734 Sponsorship, licensing, and royalties 3,621 2,473 Other 1,337 2,176 Total Revenue $186,323 $165,515

EXPENDITURES Program Services Bronx Zoo 50,006 47,735 New York Aquarium 13,352 11,829 City Zoos 16,162 15,253 Global Programs 62,007 50,271 Wildlife Conservation Magazine 1,106 1,169 Lower Bronx River Habitat Conservation 1,164 545 Total program services $143,797 $126,802

Visitor Services 12,401 11,801

Supporting Services Management and general 16,554 16,268 Membership 2,449 2,503 Fundraising 4,470 4,545 Total supporting services $23,473 $23,316

PLANT RENEWAL FUNDING 4,900 2,700

TOTAL EXPENSES AND PLANT RENEWAL FUNDING $184,571 $164,619

Excess of Revenues Over Expenses and Plant Renewal Funding $1,752 $896

A copy of the audited ﬁnancial statement is available upon request.

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ASSETS 2007 THOUSANDS 2006 Cash and cash equivalents 21,990 17,250 Accounts receivable 2,431 2,943 Receivable from the City of New York 7,084 4,739 Receivable from the State of New York 6,516 3,824 Receivable from Federal sources 40,064 35,430 Grants and pledges receivable 57,117 28,600 Inventories 1,396 1,430 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges 5,841 6,968 Investments 536,525 462,776 Amounts held in trust by others 2,072 1,984 Funds held by Bond Trustee 13,362 28,327 Property and equipment 189,373 174,473 Total Assets $883,771 $768,744

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Accounts payable and accrued expenses 26,419 18,483 Annuity liability 2,741 2,719 Bonds payable 66,704 66,745 Post retirement beneﬁt obligation 33,443 38,013 Total Liabilities $129,307 $125,960

Net Assets Unrestricted: Designated for long-term investment 224,999 168,623 Investment in property and equipment 136,994 136,055 Total unrestricted 361,993 304,678

Temporarily restricted 186,785 132,847 Permanently restricted 205,686 205,259

Total net assets $754,464 $642,784

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $883,771 $768,744

A copy of the audited ﬁnancial statement is available upon request.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 67 Wildlife Conservation ÊSAFARI!

Katharina Otto-Bernstein and Nathan Bernstein, Darlene and Brian Heidtke, Allison and Leonard Stern, Ann and Andrew Tisch, Ann and Thomas Unterberg, and Priscilla and Ward Woods co-chaired WCSʼs annual spring gala— Wildlife Conservation SAFARI! Madagascar —which was held on May 17 at Central Park Zoo. Guests enjoyed cocktails around the sea lion pool before dining in two Madagascar-themed tents—Spiny Deserts and Tsingy Cliffs. Christieʼs Inc. auctioneer Richard Brierley presented this yearʼs successful silent auction, featuring two Malagasy crocodiles.

68 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Opposite page, clockwise from top left: WCS Trustee and Gala Co-Chair Andrew Tisch, WCS President and CEO Steve Sanderson, and Gala Co-Chair Ann Tisch; Ashley Schiff, WCS Chairman Emeritus David T. Schiff, and Lisa Schiff; Jane Alexander and WCS Trustee and Gala Co-Chair Ann Unterberg; WCS Trustee and Gala Co-Chair Allison Stern and Gala Co-Chair Leonard Stern. This page, clockwise from top left: Gordon Pattee, WCS Trustee Dailey Pattee, WCS Trustee Howard Phipps, Jr., and Mary Phipps; WCS Trustee Barbara Zucker and Donald Zucker; WCS Trustee Anita Keefe and Luke McCarthy; Deborah Norville and WCS Trustee and Gala Co-Chair Katharina Otto-Bernstein; Ambassador of Madagascar to the U.N. Zina Andrianarivelo-Razafy, Elise Andrianarivelo-Razafy, and WCS Chair of the Board and Gala Co-Chair Ward W. Woods.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 69 An Evening at the Ê iÌÀ>Ê*>ÀÊ<

An Evening at the Central Park Zoo was co-chaired by WCS Junior Committee members Christopher Manice, Mary Dailey Pattee, and Diana Townsend- Butterworth. This lively Madagascar-themed event was held on May 17. The Conservation Council welcomed more than 1,000 guests who were found sampling the exotic fare, dancing to music provided by DJ Tom Finn in the Masoala tent, and enjoying cocktails by the sea lion pool. Clockwise from top left: Sylvana Soto-Ward and Luisana Mendoza; Christie Schiff and Jack Fennebresque; Devon Rodonets, Emily Broeman, and Ashley Knowlton; Anya Assante, Olga Eva Baczynska, Charlotte Bocly, Philip Gaucher, Darcy Jones, and Alixe Laughlin.

70 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Explorers’ Ê*>ÀÌÞ

The Explorersʼ Party, held on May 23 at Central Park Zoo, was co-chaired by Faith Coolidge and Juliette Janssens, who welcomed Uma Thurman as Honorary Chair. More than 250 families joined the festivities. Many thanks to the Grandparents Committee—Louise and Edgar Cullman, Lucy and Mike Danziger, Lisa and David Schiff, and Judy and Michael Steinhardt—who underwrote this important event to support WCSʼs education programs. Clockwise from top left: Explorersʼ Party Co-Chair Juliette Janssens, Explorersʼ Party Honorary Chair Uma Thurman, and Explorersʼ Party Co-Chair Faith Coolidge; Jessica Lowrey-Habib, Whitney Gaeta, Crosby Gaeta, Maggie Habib, Piper Habib; Kelly and Maddie Mallon; Grandparents Committee Member Lucy Danziger, Grandparents Committee Member Edgar Cullman, Sameena Danziger, Uma Thurman, Jim Breheny, WCS Life Trustee and Grandparents Committee Member Louise Cullman, Sheena Danziger, and Sunaina Danziger.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 71 Dinner by the Ê-i>

At Dinner by the Sea, held on September 20 at the Water Club in New York City, Paramount Classics received the 2007 Conservation Award for releasing Arctic Tale , an epic wildlife adventure that explores the vast world of the Great North. The Wildlife Conservation Society is one of four groups receiving a percentage of the filmʼs lifetime domestic box office revenue. Two- hundred guests attended the benefit for the New York Aquarium, and enjoyed cocktails, dinner, and a silent auction. Clockwise from top left: Darlene Heidtke, WCS Chair of the Board Ward W. Woods, WCS Trustee Coty Sidnam, WCS Trustee and Dinner by the Sea Committee Chair Brian Heidtke, and WCS President and CEO Steve Sanderson; Dinner by the Sea Committee Member Terry Mitchell and Terri Spencer Mitchell; WCS Senior Vice President of Public Affairs John Calvelli, Lindsay Frank accepting honorary award for Paramount Classics, Steve Sanderson, WCS Senior Vice President and General Director of Living Institutions Robert Cook, WCS Curator of Aquatic Health Sciences and Living Systems Kate McClave; Vivian and Stanley Picheny.

72 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Conservation Ê*>ÌÀÃ

Conservation Patrons provide vital support for the Wildlife Conservation Societyʼs work to save wildlife and wild places around the world. In recognition of annual gifts of $1,500 or more, Conservation Patrons enjoy exclusive access to our facilities and programs, expert-led tours of our zoos and aquarium, and special events with our curators, scientists, and program specialists. This year, the Conservation Patrons Program hosted four special events: An African Morning , highlighting the Bronx Zooʼs African Wild Dogs and Congo Gorilla Forest exhibits; Penguins, Polar Bears and Pinnipeds , at the Central Park Zoo; WCS at Work: Karukinka and Beyond , which focused on our conservation work in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia; and Sea Lions Rock!, celebrating our beloved sea lionsʼ return to the Bronx Zooʼs newly-renovated Astor Court. Above: WCS ﬁeld scientists Graham Harris, Barbara Saavedra, and Marcella Uhart—the featured speakers at WCS at Work: Karukinka and Beyond —along with WCS President and CEO Steve Sanderson. Right: Conservation Patrons Susan and Horace Crary, Jr. and family listen to a keeper chat during An African Morning at the Bronx Zoo .

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 73 Annual iiÌ}

In March 2006, WCS launched a new annual stakeholders meeting at Rockefeller University with “Gateways to Conservation 2006: Global Strategy Session.” Through this new public meeting, WCS aims to engage its audience in the most pressing conservation- related issues of the day, from global conservation to science education in New York City. WCS continued this model with “Gateways to Conservation 2007: The Future of Conservation.” Discussions centered on issues from global wildlife health surveillance to the impact of climate change on wildlife conservation, and from the connection between zoo collections and the wild to scenarios of conservation in the future. WCS will continue to engage the public in these critically important issues. Planning is already well under way for “Gateways to Conservation 2008: The State of the Wild,” to be held in April 2008. Ultimately, the goal of the WCS annual meeting is to create a strategic dialogue with our public, which will lead to envisioning a future in which humans and wildlife live together sustainably. Pictured (top to bottom): Bob Cook, Joan Oestreich, Coty Sidnam, Emma Pucci; David Schiff, Isabella Rosselini, Ward Woods; Steve Sanderson, Liz Bennett, Glenn Close, John Robinson.

74 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY WCS ÊÃÌÌÕÌi

TheTh Wildlife Conservation Society Institute is the WCS think tank for conservation strategies. This year, the Futures Group scenario planning exercise explored how social, climate, and technological changes could impact the WCS mission in the next 20 years. WCS staff and consultants from Bio- era, a private research and advisory firm, developed six scenarios for possible WCS responses to potential global situations. These were presented to staff and trustees at the April 2007 Gateways to Conservation event and are published online, at www.wcs.org/sw-our_mission/164912. The American Bison Society (ABS), a cross-institutional project, continues to support the ecological restoration of bison from Alaska to Chihuahua, Mexico, and to build momentum through a growing network of public and private stakeholders. This year, ABS worked on several projects with a broad range of partners to resolve constraints to bison restoration and laid the groundwork for restoration site identification and public awareness campaigns. The Institute identifies challenges to conservation and coordinates a WCS response. Protected areas and human livelihoods is such an issue, and the Institute held the second workshop on this subject with 20 international experts. Proceedings of the first workshop, Protected Areas and Human Displacement: A Conservation Perspective , are available at www.wcs.org/wcspubs/science. This year, the WCS Public Research and Evaluation Program analyzed the human dimensions of conservation work. The group studied why people visit zoos, evaluated the effectiveness of the educational Jaguars Forever program, and worked closely with WCS Public Affairs and Education.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 75 ÌÀLÕÌÀÃ

-/Ê, -Ê Ê /",- Jonathan L. Cohen Anita and Harry* Keefe Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Cullman Mr.* and Mrs. Frank Y. Larkin With deep appreciation, the Wildlife Conservation Mrs. Charles A. Dana, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lipton Society acknowledges the extraordinary support of the Mr.* and Mrs.* John Elliott, Jr. William B. Lloyd following donors. The cumulative total contributed by Edith McBean each of these individuals, foundations, and corporations Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. Fink Ambrose Monell has signiﬁcantly strengthened our efforts to save wildlife William E. Flaherty and wild places. We are enormously grateful for their Valerie Gates Gordon and Betty Moore Mr. and Mrs. Bradley L. Goldberg Drs. Martin Nash and enlightened and inspiring generosity. Jack Hennigan Enid A. Haupt* >e Nichols Family Mr. and Mrs. Frederick John R. Hearst, Jr. -/Ê, -Ê Mr. and Mrs. Gordon B. Pattee W. Beinecke Darlene and Brian Heidtke Mrs. Milton Petrie ($1 MILLION Eleanor Briggs Estate of Jack R. Howard >e Perkin Family AND ABOVE) >e Irwin Family Guy Cary* Josie and Julian Robertson Betty Wold Johnson and INDIVIDUALS C. Diane Christensen Laurance S. Rockefeller* Douglas F. Bushnell Mr. and Mrs. Rand V. Araskog and Jean Pierret Susan and Jack Rudin Daphne and >omas Kaplan Mrs. Vincent Astor* Liz Claiborne* and Art Ortenberg and the Lillian Jean Katherine T. Ruttenberg George F. Baker III* Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Cline Kaplan Foundation >e Schiﬀ Family Virginia and Warren Schwerin Caroline N. Sidnam Mr. and Mrs. Michael Steinhardt Allison and Leonard Stern Dr. Judith P. Sulzberger Pamela M. >ye >e Families of Laurence A. and Preston R. Tisch Joan O. L. Tweedy Mr. and Mrs. >omas Unterberg Sue Erpf Van de Bovenkamp Robert W. Wilson Estate of Martha Daly Wolfson Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Barbara and Donald Zucker Six anonymous donors FOUNDATIONS Blue Moon Fund >e Bodman Foundation >e Christensen Fund Liz Claiborne/Art Ortenberg Foundation Conservation International Conservation International-Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund >e Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc. >e Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Charles Hayden Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Left: WCS Life Trustee Joan Tweedy and WCS Trustee Brad Goldberg

76 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY >e Heckscher Foundation Edwin F. Gamble >e Ford Foundation Merrill Lynch & Co. for Children Charitable Lead Trust Regina Bauer Frankenberg Mitsubishi Corporation Homeland Foundation, Mrs. Roswell Gilpatric* Foundation Foundation for the Americas Inc./E. Lisk Wyckoff, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet >e Helen Clay Frick Foundation Morgan Stanley Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Paul A. Gould Francis Goelet Charitable Trust >e New York Times Charitable Trust Kathy and Alan Greenberg Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund Company Foundation >e John D. and Catherine T. >e Pfizer Foundation MacArthur Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alexander S. Haig >e Marc Haas Foundation Judith Hamilton Howard Hughes Medical Institute Rockefeller Group Gordon and Betty Moore International, Inc. Foundation Estate of Erwin Herzog >e Jeniam Foundation >e Tiffany & Co. Foundation National Fish and Wildlife Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Kean, Jr. >e Jeffery Trust Foundation Elyssa Kellerman Kerzner Marine Foundation National Fish and Wildlife Monica M. Krick Lady Kinnoull’s Trusts 1Ê6 Foundation and ExxonMobil Save >e Tiger Fund Estate of Dr. Ezra Kulko F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. The Wildlife Conservation National Geographic Society Dana and Lawrence Linden Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Inc. Society thanks the Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Teresa E. and Robert D. Lindsay >e Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. following donors for their Edward John Noble Susan Lyall Margot Marsh Biodiversity generous contributions Foundation, Inc. Estate of Marie E. Markus Foundation made between July 1, >e David and Lucile Mr. and Mrs. Roman Martinez IV McBean Family Foundation 2006 and June 30, 2007. Packard Foundation Estate of Ann Luana Martinez Richard King Mellon Foundation These gifts provided vital Panthera, supported by J. Michael Ida Rossi di Montelera >e Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funding for the programs and Pamela Cline and the and activities —in New Family of >omas S. Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. George K. Moss William T. Morris Foundation, Inc. York City, across the Pattee Charitable Lead Trust Carl A. Navarre Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc. United States, and around >e Howard Phipps Foundation Katharina Otto-Bernstein M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust the world—that support >e Jay Pritzker Foundation Wendy and Henry M. Paulson, Jr. >e New York Community Trust our mission to save >e Prospect Hill Foundation, Inc. Jonathan Rinehart >e New York Community Trust-Nancy G. and C. wildlife and wild places. Robertson Foundation Guy G. Rutherfurd Richard MacGrath Fund Derald H. Ruttenberg Foundation Agnes Scholl Credit Shelter Trust Oak Foundation USA $100,000 AND ABOVE >e Starr Foundation Walter and Jeanne Sedgwick >e Overbrook Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Binkley C. Shorts Mr. and Mrs. Frederick CORPORATIONS >e Pew Charitable Trusts Mary John Siphron W. Beinecke Bristol-Myers Squibb Company >e Pew Fellows Program in Estate of Everett S. Steinmetz Marine Conservation Blue Moon Fund Consolidated Edison Company Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. >aw >e Picower Foundation Laurie F. Michaels and of New York, Inc. David Bonderman Daniel K. >orne >e Roe Foundation, Inc. Goldman Sachs Charitable Fund Harvey and Heidi Bookman Hans P. Utsch May and Samuel Rudin Shell Exploration & Eleanor Briggs Production Company Jonathan P. Vannini Family Foundation, Inc. >e Howard G. Buffett >e Walt Disney Company Mr. and Mrs. Alan N. Weeden Sally and Julius Smolen Foundation, Inc. Foundation Foundation Estate of Edwin L. Weyer >e Sperry Fund Butler Conservation Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Samuel >e Summit Foundation C. Diane Christensen /",- H. Wolcott, III and Jean Pierret Estate of Martha Daly Wolfson Surdna Foundation ($250,000 TO $999,000) Liz Claiborne/Art Ortenberg Four anonymous donors Eugene V. and Clare E. Foundation >aw Charitable Trust INDIVIDUALS J. Michael and Pamela Cline FOUNDATIONS >e Tinker Foundation, Inc. Mr.* and Mrs. Russell B. Aitken Jonathan L. Cohen 21st Century Tiger Trust For Mutual Understanding Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Anderson Conservation International Alexander Abraham Foundation Turner Foundation, Inc. Estate of Ruth C. Arps Conservation International-Critical >e Barker Welfare Foundation Wallace Global Fund Jason* and Susannah Berger Ecosystem Partnership Fund >e >eodore H. Barth Wilburforce Foundation Harry Bettis Conservation International- Foundation, Inc. Norman and Rosita Winston Global Conservation Fund Laurie F. Michaels and >e Bay and Paul Foundations Foundation, Inc. David Bonderman Estate of Norma E. Cossey Booth Ferris Foundation World Wildlife Fund Harvey and Heidi Bookman Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Cullman >e Howard G. Buffett Foundation Zoo Zürich Coleman P. Burke Lucy C. Danziger Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Two anonymous donors Gilbert Butler Sarah K. de Coizart Article Griggs Burke Foundation TENTH Perpetual Stanley and Pamela Chais >e Louis Calder Foundation CORPORATIONS Charitable Trust Katherine L. and Peter R. Dolan Conservation International- BP International >e Doris Duke Charitable Mr. and Mrs. C. Sims Farr Global Conservation Fund Citigroup Foundation Foundation Candice and John Frawley Laura Moore Cunningham Liz Claiborne Foundation Earth Share/Environmental Elizabeth Freed/>e Foundation Ernst & Young LLP Federation of America Freed Foundation Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Independence Community Estate of Eleanor T. Elliott Dr.* and Mrs. Henry Clay Frick II Flora Family Foundation Foundation William E. Flaherty *deceased ANNUAL REPORT 2007 77 Dr.* and Mrs. Henry Clay Frick II Robert W. Wilson Albert and Didy Hartog Mr. and Mrs. >omas Unterberg Melinda B. Frost Ken Wollenberg* and Charles Hayden Foundation Van Tienhoven Foundation for Valerie Gates Barbara Lee Ebs Estate of Maxine Hoffer International Nature Protection Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet Estate of Martha Daly Wolfson Hudson River Foundation for >e G. Unger Vetleson Foundation Francis Goelet Charitable Trust Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Science and Environmental Wallace Global Fund Research, Inc. Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund World Wildlife Fund Mr. and Mrs. Alan N. Weeden Indianapolis Zoological Society, Inc. Judith Hamilton Zoo Zürich Woodland Park Zoological Society JJJ Charitable Foundation John R. Hearst, Jr. Barbara and Donald Zoological Society of London Zucker Foundation >e Jeniam Foundation Darlene and Brian Heidtke Six anonymous donors Two anonymous donors Betty Wold Johnson and Homeland Foundation, Douglas F. Bushnell $10,000 TO $24,999 Inc./E. Lisk Wyckoff, Jr. $25,000 TO $99,999 Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Jones II American Society of Primatologists >e Irwin Family 21st Century Tiger Henry P. Kendall Foundation American Zoo and Aquarium Daphne and >omas Kaplan Nancy Abraham and Arnold Moss Association, Conservation and the Lillian Jean Bert G. Kerstetter Ellen Adams and Jonathan Sheer Endowment Fund Kaplan Foundation Monica M. Krick American Museum of Natural Carl B. Anderson III Elyssa Kellerman Lady Kinnoull’s Trusts History, Center for Biodiversity Dr. Amy I. Attas and Kerzner Marine Foundation and Conservation Mr. and Mrs. James M. Large, Jr. 4UFQIFO+4IBQJSPt >e John D. and Catherine T. Arcus Foundation Mark Laxer and Sara Lourie .SBOE.ST'SBOL+"WFMMJOPt MacArthur Foundation Elinor Patterson Baker Trust Bokara Legendre Avocet Charitable Lead Unitrust Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Mallah John Banovich Linden Trust for Conservation ɨF#BPCBC'VOEt Estate of Marie E. Markus >e Bay and Paul Foundations >e Lipton Foundation >e >eodore H. Barth Edith McBean Cynthia and Ronald Beck William B. Lloyd Foundation, Inc. Wendy P. McCaw Foundation Susanna Berger Mr. and Mrs. Donald Manocherian Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bendheim Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. McGrath Bobolink Foundation Margot Marsh Biodiversity -VDZ8JMTPO#FOTPOt >e Ambrose Monell Foundation Ron and Susan Briggs Foundation Alyse B. Bogert Gordon and Betty Moore >e Bromley Charitable Trust Estate of Ann Luana Martinez %FWPOBOE1FUFS#SJHFSt Foundation >e Bullitt Foundation Zara McDonald Reverend and Mrs. C. Mr. and Mrs. George K. Moss Mr. and Mrs. Coleman P. Burke John D. Mitchell 'SFEFSJDL#VFDIOFSt National Fish and Wildlife Chais Family Foundation >e Moriah Fund Catherine Cahill and Foundation William Bernhard >e Chicago Zoological Society Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse, Jr. National Fish and Wildlife Dr. Irene Cannon-Geary Foundation and ExxonMobile Glenn Close Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc. +PBOOFBOE%BWJE$BUBMBOPt Save >e Tiger Fund Columbus Zoological Park >e Curtis & Edith National Geographic Society Association, Inc. Munson Foundation Cleveland Metroparks >e New York Community Trust Conservation International-Center >e Nature Conservancy Gladys G. Cofrin Fund >e New York Community for Applied Biodiversity Science Edward John Noble Madeleine and Jerry Cohen Trust-Nancy G. and C. Estate of Leonard Cossack Foundation, Inc. 3IPEB8FJTLPQG$PIFOt Richard MacGrath Fund Coypu Foundation Oak Foundation USA Carlos A. Cordeiro Katharina Otto-Bernstein Katherine L. and Peter R. Dolan Estate of Erin M. O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Court >e David and Lucile Harold and Esther Edgerton Diane and David O’Brien Andrew Currie Packard Foundation Family Foundation Ocean Park Conservation Dallas Zoological Society >e Howard Phipps Foundation Foundation >e Eppley Foundation Mrs. Charles A. Dana, Jr. >e Jay Pritzker Foundation For Research >e Overbrook Foundation Sarah K. de Coizart Article Judith and David Epstein Josie and Julian Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Gordon B. Pattee TENTH Charitable Trust Armand G. Erpf Fund Susan and Jack Rudin Philadelphia Zoo >e Deshpande Foundation Flora Family Foundation Katherine T. Ruttenberg/ >omas and Zaharo Plant >e Max and Victoria >e Ruttenberg Family >e Fludzinski Foundation >e Christopher Reynolds Dreyfus Foundation Inc. Roger and Vicki Sant/>e Jane Fraser Fulcher Foundation >e Caleb C. and Julia W. Summit Foundation >e Freed Foundation, Inc. Jonathan Rinehart Dula Educational and >e Schiff Family Charles Fritz III Mr. and Mrs. E. John Charitable Foundation Walter and Jeanne Sedgwick Edwin F. Gamble Rosenwald, Jr. >e Emerald Foundation Caroline N. Sidnam Charitable Lead Trust Shikar Safari Club Jane V. Engel >e Starr Foundation Mark and Joshua Ginsberg for the International Foundation 3JDIBSEBOE$FDJMJB'BCCSPt Estate of Everett S. Steinmetz Estate of William R. Ginsberg Sally & Julius Smolen $FMJB"'FMTIFSBOE+PIO-$FDJMt Allison and Leonard Stern Alexandra Gardiner Goelet Foundation Inc. Katharine G. Frase and Dr. Judith P. Sulzberger Mr. and Mrs. Bradley L. Goldberg Daniel K. >orne ,FWJO1.D"VMJĊFt Pamela M. >ye Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Kate Hagerman->ye ɨF(BHF'VOE*ODt and John F. >ye >e Families of Laurence %S-BVSJF3(PMETUFJOt Global Heritage Fund A. & Preston R. Tisch >e Marc Haas Foundation >e Tinker Foundation, Inc. Robert Gardiner Goelet Andrew H. and Ann R. Hagedorn Fund >e Frances K. Trees Trust >e Stewart & Constance Tisch Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William H. Trust For Mutual Understanding (SFFOmFME'PVOEBUJPOt Wilburforce Foundation Hamm III Turner Foundation, Inc. 3PCJOBOE1BVM(SFFOXPPEt

78 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Dr. Joyce Griffin-Sobel BOE%POBME4PCFMt Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation Caroline H. Hall Mary W. Harriman Foundation Gladys and Roland Harriman Foundation Karen Haycox >e Henry Foundation, Inc. 3VUI(PSEPO)JOFSGFMEt Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hixon Hosford Family Foundation International Elephant Foundation $IBOESB+FTTFFBOE+VMJVT(BVEJPt Estate of Reintraut E. Jonsson 3PCFSU4,BQMBOt Anita L. Keefe >e John R. Kennedy Foundation Richard P. Krasnow and /BODZ.FZSJDIt "MFYBOEFSBOE+VEJUI-BVHIMJOt .SBOE.ST4UFWFO4DPUU-FBSt Estate of Virginia G. Lecount +POBUIBO&-FINBOt 3PTF.BSJF-FXFOUt >e Lincoln Park Zoological Society Carolyn Lloyd-Cohen George C. and Jennifer West Lodge James J. and Marianne B. Lowrey Foundation "OOFBOE+PIO).BOJDFt Marine Ventures Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Roman Martinez IV Judith McBean William B. McClatchy %SBOE.ST3PCFSU-.FSDFSt Mr.* and Mrs. Simon Poyta Hilary Geary Ross and Wilbur Ross, Jr. .BSZBOE4BN4DPUU.JMMFSt Jack & Pearl Resnick Charitable Morgan Family Foundation Trust No. >ree +PIO(3PCJOTPOBOE-JOEB$PYt Speckhard-Knight Wildlife Advocacy Project Natural History Museum Charitable Foundation of the Adirondacks Todd A. Robinson .SBOE.ST3JDIBSE&8JUUFOt >e Seth Sprague Educational Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Navarre, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. >eodore and Charitable Foundation Wolcott, III New York City Environmental 3PPTFWFMU*7t >e Stebbins Fund Fund of the Hudson Wyss Foundation River Foundation .JDIBFMBOE*SFOF3PTTt 3PCFSU,4UFFM'BNJMZ'PVOEBUJPOt Six anonymous donors Nichols Foundation, Inc., in %FCSB3PUICFSHBOE-JTB-PSFMMJt John M. Stephenson memory of Charles W. Nichols (VZ(3VUIFSGVSEt Surdna Foundation $5,000 TO $9,999 +PIO/JDIPMTPOt 8BMUFS+4DIMPTTt Tapeats Foundation >e Adirondack Forty-Sixers, Inc. 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Lindner Foundation +FĊBOE4BSBI4UBĊPSEt Botanical Gardens 3JDIBSE*,BOEFMt )PQF#4UFWFOTt 3PCFSU-JOEOFS***t Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Kean, Jr. Elena Citkowitz and Mr. and Mrs. John G. Stevenson +PTFQI)PĊNBOt .SBOE.STɨPNBT)-JTUFSt $ISJTUJBO,,FFTFFt $MBSF4UPOFt #SVDF&$PCFSOt 4UFWFO-JUUNBOBOE%JBOF5BSCFMMt Kate Kelly and George Schweitzer 4UPOFCSJEHF'PVOEBUJPOt +PBOBOE)BSWFZ$PIFOt $MBSFBOE+PTFQI-P$JDFSPt F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Sylvanus Charitable Trust +PTFQI'$PMFNBOt "SUIVS--PFCt Joan E. Kirkpatrick "MFKBOESP5BXJMt )PXBSEBOE7JWJBO$PMTPOt Henry A. Lowenstein #BSCBSB,MFJOt Michael F. Teitler and >e Alan B. Cox Charitable $ZOUIJBBOE%BO-VGLJOt ɨF8BMUFS$,MFJO'PVOEBUJPOt +VEJUI",BU[t Lead Unitrust (SBDF-ZV7PMDLIBVTFOt &MZTBCFUI,MFJOIBOTt .BSWBOE4V[BOOF5FOFOCBVNt $BUIFSJOF($VSSBOt Janice MacAvoy and

80 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY +PIOTPO.D,FMWZt 3PTFNBSZ".PVLBEt #BSCBSB4BMU[NBOt 8BUFSNBOt %FCPSBIBOE"OESFX.BEPĊt .JDIBFM4.PYOFTTt Hiram Samel $ISJTUPQIFS,8BUTPOt +FOOJGFS$.BJUMBOEt Elizabeth P. Munson and 4BSBUPHB*OOt #JMM8FCFSBOE"NZ7FEEFSt .SBOE.ST1FUFS-.BMLJOt 3PCFSU-WPO4UBEFt $BUIFSJOF+BOE#SJBO14DIXBSU[t .SBOE.ST$IBSMFT-8FJOCFSHt .FHIBO/FMTPOt Sandra L. Manzella and Mr. and Mrs. Scott Shaw +PFM48FJTTNBOt Richard Karoﬀ Drs. Ralph and Jadviga EB$PTUB/V×F[t /BUBMJFBOE)PXBSE4IBXOt Estate of Edwin and ɨPNBTBOE"NZ.BSBOPt Margaret Weyer $BSPMBOE.PSUPO0MTIBOt Peter J. Sherwin "OJUBBOE%BWJE.BTTFOHJMMt Betty Whelchel and .SBOE.ST+PIO31FDLIBNt +FĊSFZBOE"OESFB4JMWFSt %PVHMBT,SVTFt "MZDF,.BUTVNPUPt >eresa Perenich Maria Montgomery and %PMMZBOE$IBSMFT.BZFS +St Mr. and Mrs. Frederick 4VTJF%BOPĊBOE%BO1POFNBOt &SSPO4JMWFSTUFJOt Mr. and Mrs. Frank McGinnis Winthrop, Jr. 1SPTQFDU*OOt 3PCFSU-4QFIBSt #BSCBSBBOE+FSBME8JTIOFSt A donor-advised grant from the -JOEB*3BOETt .SBOE.ST(FPSHF4UFSOMJFCt McKenzie River Gathering )FMFOB5:FVOHt Reid Park Zoo .BSZBOE'SBOL4USPINt Foundation, directed by Ten anonymous donors an anonymous donor Susan and Norman Reid +VMJFBOE)VHI4VMMJWBOt .BSUIB#.D-BOBIBOt >e Reserve Management Swedish Defend the $1,500 TO $2,499 Corporation Elephants Society Messengers of Healing /BPNJ"SCJUt Winds Foundation %SBOE.ST+BDL"3PCCJOTt 1BVM5BLBUTt .SBOE.ST"MBO"TDIFSt -PVJTBOE%PSFFO.F[[JOBt %BWJE3PDLFGFMMFSt .SBOE.ST%BWJE)5BZMPS +St /FMTPO"3PDLFGFMMFS +St &/FMTPO"TJFMt +BOJDF.JDIFMMF'PVOEBUJPOt Laura Tiberti Rocky Mountain Chapter of .BSJBOOB+#BLFSt #SJBOBOE)FJEJ.JMMFSt Toledo Zoo Chapter of the the American Association $BOEZBOE.JDIBFM#BSBTDIt &SJDBOE4UBDFZ.JOEJDIt of Zoo Keepers, Inc. American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc. .BVSJDFBOE-JMMJBO#BSCBTIt +PIO%.PSJU[t Carmiña and Ralph Roth Michael Tuch Foundation, Inc. "OOFUUFBOE3PCFSU+#BSMFUUBt Estate of William T. Warnock .SBOE.ST')BSMBO#BUSVTt Alta Thorne and WCS Trustee Daniel K. Thorne Mr. and Mrs. Christopher .SBOE.ST.BSUJO#FBWFSt

*deceased t8$4$POTFSWBUJPO1BUSPO ANNUAL REPORT 2007 81 .SBOE.ST+PIO$#FDLt CAL Foundation, Inc. Isabella Rosellini and WCS Trustee and Gala Co-Chair +BZOFBOE)BSWFZ#FLFSt .BSZBOE+PTFQI'$BMBCSFTFt Allison Stern "OOBOE+PF#FSLNBOt .SBOE.ST%POBME($BMEFSt Jean-Marc Berteaux .SBOE.ST&VHFOF$BNBMJt 1FUFSBOE4PmB#MBODIBSEt 3JDIBSEBOE$FDJMJB$BOOJOHt .SBOE.ST)PSBDF*$SBSZ +St %JBOB-&SCTFOt %SBOE.ST.%POBME#MBVGPYt "MMBO$BSC %7.t Rosalie R. Cuculo and .SBOE.ST/JDIPMBT.&WBOTt >e Cornelius N. Bliss Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens +BTPO$VDVMPt Tom and Kathy Ewald .BSZ#FUIBOE4UFQIFO%BOJFMt .FNPSJBM'VOEt (SFHHBOE,JNCFSMZ$BSMJOt .SBOE.ST$4JNT'BSSt +3%BWFZt -PJT%#MVNFOGFMEt .SBOE.ST$BSM$BTTMFSt .JDIFMMFBOE+FĊ'FJHt +VEZBOE+PIO%BZt -BXSFODF#PEFOTUFJOt .SBOE.ST5PN3$BTTFMNBOt Georges Felten +VMJFBOE$ISJTUPQIFS#PFIOJOHt .SBOE.ST%POBME%F'PSEt #BSCBSB$IBODFMMPSt .'FMUFOTUFJOt +JNBOE-FTMJF#PMJOt %F.BSUJOJ'BNJMZ'PVOEBUJPOt .BSJBOBOE+BNFT$IFSSPOFt +BDRVFMJOF'JTIt 3PYBOFBOE#SJBO#PMTUFSt Marie G. Dennett Foundation +FOOZ'+$IJOt .SBOE.STɨPNBT,'MBOBHBOt >e Deo Gratias Foundation 3PCFSUBOE.BSJMZO#PPLDIJOt David Cohen and .SBOE.ST4UFQIFO'PSSFTUt &SJDBOE$ZOUIJB#PUIXFMMt .JDIFMMF%F'SBODPt )BSSJFUUFBOE.BSUJO%JBNPOEt Freefam Foundation +BOJDF%#PZEt Janet Cohen and Daniel )FBUIFS.BSZ%JYPOt Laura Palma French and .SBOE.ST.BSLMFZ)#PZFSt +,SBNBSTLZt %FM%POBUJt ,FOOFUI'SFODIt 3PTF.BSJF#SBWPt .SBOE.ST4UFWFO"$PIFOt "OESFBOE.PMMZ%POJLJBOt %S4V[BOOF'SZFt Christopher Wilson $IBSMPUUF$PMFBOE4DPUU#VEEFt $IBSMFT&%PSLFZ***t #FWFSMZBOE-FBOESP4(BMCBO +St BOE,BSM#SPXOt 1BVMBBOE.BSL$PMFOt +BDRVFMJOF)%SZGPPTt "NZBOE*BO(B[BSEt .BSJMZO.#SVOFBVt .ST3PCFSU4DPUU$PMMJOTt >e Ralph and Laura .BSDJBBOE.VSSBZ(FMM.BOOt ,BSFO"#SVTIt Commonwealth Zoological %VSTP'PVOEBUJPOt Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Getz >e Burgess Family Corporation $JOEZBOE%BWJE&EFMTPOt -BVSBBOE4DPUU(FXJSU[t .SBOE.ST+BNFT&#VSLFt 3PNZBOE%BWJE$PRVJMMFUUFt Alexandra F. Edwards 8JMMJBNBOE+VEZ&JMFFO(JCCPOTt ɨPNBTBOE&MJ[BCFUI$BJOFt 3PCFSUBOE%FCPSBI$PYt .SBOE.ST%BWJE"&HBOt &XBBOE+BTPO(MB[FSt

82 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Mr. and Mrs. Joseph .SBOE.ST(FPSHF5-PXZt 'BJUI3PTFOGFMEt Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Wilson III )(MFCFSNBOt ,JFSBBOE+FSSZ-ZODIt 1IZMMJTBOE$IBSMFT3PTFOUIBMt &MJTFBOE-MPZE8JOBOTt Spenger Glendon and Lisa Tung 3VUIBOE#FSOBSE.BEPĊt .SBOE.ST$ZF&3PTTt Martha Wolfgang and 8JMMJBN5(PMEFOt Drs. William K. Main and Mark Ross 1FUFS)VUDIJOHTt Goldman Environmental .BSJTPM(BSDJB.BJOt Richard W. Ross )FMFOFBOE%BSSZM.8PPEt Foundation %SBOE.ST"OESFX.BKPSt Gail Rothman and -ZOOF8VBOE3PC(JMTPOt Lawrence, Nancy, and $SJTUJF-.BSDIt 4UFQIFO3ZDSPGUt "NZ8FJTTBOE+PIO:BOLPWJDIt &NJMZ(PMETUPOFt .SBOE.ST+BNFT1.BSUJOt &MMFOBOE3PO3PYCZt +BOFU#:PSLt ,BUIFSJOF-(PPMTCZt /BODZBOE3PCFSU.BSWFMt %S+FĊSFZ"4BDITt .BSZBOE+PIO:PVOHt .SBOE.ST"M(PSFt Sannikov Russian Maryland Zoological Society +PBOOF;BNNJUt %BOFFOBOE%PVH(SBCFt 5SBOTMBUJPOT *ODt .BSJBBOE/JDL.BTDJPUUJt 3PC;BOHFSt Christine Williamson .SBOE.ST3PCFSU4.BUUIFXTt %SFXBOE,BSFOOB4DIJĊt BOE+PF(SBOEFt .BSJB;FSJMMJ.BSJNPt /BODZBOE+PIO.D$BĊSFZt %BOBBOE4DPUU4DIJĊt 8+BNFT)BMMt &EXBSE%4DINJEUt %S+PBO4;PGOBTTt Melanie H. and James Sixteen anonymous donors Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Hallowell '.D&MMJHPUUt %BWJEBOE.BSUIB4DIXBSU[t *deceased Dr. and Mrs. Alan Harley Mr. and Mrs. John F. #BSSZ"4IBQJSPt #JMMBOE3VUI"OO)BSOJTDIt .D(JMMJDVEEZt Lance Shoemaker and -ZOOFBOE+PIO)BSSJTt &NJMZ#.D,BZt James Williams " ",-Ê/"ÊÊ Margo A. Hassan and .BSLBOE+BNJF.FBEPXt 4IFJMB4JEFSNBOBOE+FSSZ1BMJOt -* Ê 6 /- John P. 1BSJTFt 8JMMJBN,.FBLJOt %BWJEBOE3PTFNBSJF4JFHFM'VOEt .FMJTTBBOE$BSOFZ)BXLTt .SBOE.ST,FWJO1.FFOBOt Fredric A. Silberman and $50,000 AND ABOVE 4IBSPO,JN4JFHGSJFEUt )BXUIPSOF-BOF'VOEt .SBOE.ST3PCFSU#.JMMBSEt AEA Investors, Inc. +FĊFSZ$4MJUFSt Joy and Harry* Henschel %SBOE.ST*SXJO8.JOEFMMt Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP .SBOE.ST4DPUU34NBMMXPPEt &E)FXFUUBOE.BSHBSFU)FZPCt -BVSFOBOE+BNFT.PMMPZt Charles B. Wang Foundation Jessica Platt and Christopher Brad and Beth Hildt Consolidated Edison Company &OSJRVFBOE#BSCBSB.POTBOUPt 4PNNFSTt of New York, Inc. .SBOE.ST1BVM)VNQISFZt "OO-.PSGPHFOt Alfred T. Stanley Foundation .SBOE.ST3PCFSU")VUDIFOTt William E. Flaherty +BZBOE$BUIF.PSSPXt .SBOE.ST"OESFX14UFĊBOt Darlene and Brian Heidtke 1FUFS*TFMJOt +PIO#SPUFO.PSUPOt Mrs. Deborah P. Sterling Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey G. Jervis >e Hess Foundation, Inc. .SBOE.ST$IBSMFT).PUUt Mr. and Mrs. William 8JOJGSFEBOE,FOOFUI+PIBOTPOt $BUISZO-.VFMMFSt $4UFSMJOH +St J.C. Flowers & Co. +BOFUBOE)PXBSE,BHBOt .SBOE.ST%POBME#.VSQIZt -J[BOE&NBOVFM4UFSOt William T. Morris Foundation, Inc. 1BUBOE1BVM%,BQMBOt .SBOE.ST(MFOO.VSSBZt Sidney Stern Memorial Trust >e Howard Phipps Foundation .SBOE.ST+PIO&,BSMJOt Heidi A. Muschick and .JDIBFM+4VMMJWBOt Schering-Plough Corporation .ST4UFQIFO.,FMMFOt #BSSZ%J#FSOBSEPt )FSCFSU14ZEOFZt >e Starr Foundation Diane and Donald Kendall, Jr. 3PZ3/FVCFSHFSt #BSCBSB+5BMMFSt Allison and Leonard Stern 8FOEZBOE+PIO,FSZLt Liz Neumark and Chaim +FĊSFZ5BTDIMFSBOE%JOB5SFBOPSt Mr. and Mrs. Renke >ye 8BDITCFSHFSt )BSPMEBOE3VUI,JOHTCFSHt Nancy Taubenslag and >e Families of Laurence .JDIBFMBOE.BSHFSZ,JSTDIt $FTBS'/JMMBHBt .BVSJ3PTFOUIBMt A. & Preston R. Tisch Charles Knowles .SBOE.ST8JMTPO/PMFOt John M.P. >atcher IV Andrew H. and Ann R. Anna Kramarsky and Elizabeth O’Connell and .ST4UVBSU8ɨBZFSt Tisch Foundation $ISJTUPQIFS1#PHBSUt +FBOOF#FSHNBOt $MBJSF&ɨFPCBMEt Mr. and Mrs. >omas Unterberg %BOJFM3,SBNFSt -JTBBOE$JSJBO0,FMMZt 1BNFMBɨPNBT(SBIBNt Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Robert S. Kruger and Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas D. Osborne Patrick J. >omas and Barbara and Donald )FJEJ81BMNFSt +BDRVFMJOF1FBSMNBOt 3BDIFM$1FUFSTt Zucker Foundation ,JNCFSMZBOE+FĊSFZ,VTIOFSt ,JSTUFO1FDLFSNBOt Walter G. >ompson $25,000 TO $49,999 .SBOE.ST-BXSFODF-BJFSt Peco Foundation Margaret and Bjorn Bristol-Myers Squibb Company -FF-BJNCFFSt .SBOE.ST$IBSMFT-1FSSJOt ɨPSCKBSOBSTPOt Patricia D. Cayne Kathleen LaMattina and /BODZBOE'SBOL1JFSTPOt Toledo Zoological Society Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Cline +BNFT+#SFIFOZt -BVSB1IJMJQTBOE+PIO&MMJPUt Kenneth L. Smith .SBOE.ST1FUFS3-BOFt +VEJUI"OO1PTUt .SBOE.ST+PIO"WBO#FVSFOt Jonathan L. Cohen &MJTF4-BQIBNt Emma Pucci -+PIO7BO/PSEFOt Abigail Congdon and Joseph Azrack .ST8JMMJBN-BXTPOt $BSPM2VJOOBOE%BWJE.BZPt 4VTBO7PBOE%BWJE,VQFSTNJUIt Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Cullman 4UFWFOBOE4VTBO-BYt $BSPMZOFBOE+VMJBO3BJOFSPt >e >omas J. Watson Foundation Mrs. Charles A. Dana, Jr. +BOFUBOE.FMWZO-FXJOUFSt Kent H. Redford and Charles E. and Leslie D. Webster 1FUFS3-JNCVSHt 1BNFMB4IBXt 3PCFSU8FJTTt Steven A. Denning ,BUIMFFO-JOHPt +BZBOE"NZ3FHBOt Colleen West Katherine L. and Peter R. Dolan /$BSPM-JQJTt +BOFU3JDDJPt 0XFOBOE$BSPM8IJUCZt Ernst & Young, LLP )BSWFZBOE(BZMF-JUXJOt Rockefeller Brothers Fund 5BWPS8IJUFt M. Jessica Ewing and Steven Silpe -PSOB-JWJOHTUPOt Jamie and Leila Rome Estate of Hazel L. Wilbur Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet -BVSB-PQF[BOE.JDIBFM,JNt .SBOE.ST+FĊSFZ53PTFt Natalie W. Williams Goldman, Sachs & Co. .JDIFMMFBOE$SBJH-PXFUIt 4IFJMB3PTFOCMVNt .SBOE.ST8JMMJBN&8JMMJTt Jonathan D. Green *deceased t8$4$POTFSWBUJPO1BUSPO ANNUAL REPORT 2007 83 Newman’s Own, Inc. Alexandra Gardiner Goelet Miriam Cahn KeySpan Katharina Otto-Bernstein Robert Gardiner Goelet Ann Marie Carr Jay Kim and Nathan Bernstein Allen J. Grubman John K. Castle Gloria Kisch Hilary and Wilbur Ross HSBC Bank USA Ana Centola Elaine Kloss and Ronald Adee Mr. and Mrs. David T. Schiff Carl C. Icahn Foundation Bonnie and Clive Chajet Werner H. and Sarah- Jerry I. Speyer Donna M. Uher and Elizabeth and James Chandler Ann Kramarsky John M. Stephenson Arthur E. Imperatore Cheryl K. Chip >omas F. Kranz Karen A. and Kevin W. Christine Kuehbeck and $10,000 TO $24,999 John Ciaffone and Kennedy Foundation Gina Argento Ciaffone Carl Bernstein Bloomberg Barbara and Michael Kowalski Ann and Geoffrey Coley Ronald A. Lake and Dahlia and Dominic A. Capolongo Frederick C. Lake Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin V. Lambert Community Mayors, Inc. Liz Claiborne /Art Margo M. Langenberg Damon P. Mezzacappa Ursula and Kevin Corgan Ortenberg Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James M. Large, Jr. David T. Michaels Ace and Susan Crary Glenn Close Brooke and David W. Laughlin Terence Mitchell Crum and Forester Credit Suisse >e Lautenberg Foundation Elizabeth P. Munson and Gila and Paul Daitz >e Walt Disney Company Robert L. von Stade M.J. and Caral Lebworth Mary Beth and Stephen Daniel Forest City Ratner Muriel McBrien Kauffman Harrison T. LeFrak Robert de Rothschild Sidney Gold Foundation/Julia Power Weld Karen and Richard LeFrak Mr. and Mrs. >ompson Dean Mr. and Mrs. Bradley L. Goldberg New York Presbyterian Hospital Jean and Armand Lindenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Donald DeFord >e Irwin Family Vivian and Stanley Picheny Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Kanbar Philanthropic Fund Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Lindsay and Family Robert Rechnitz DeRosa-Farag Anita L. Keefe Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Schiff Gail McDonnell Lobkowicz Nancy and Hugh Devlin and Phillip Lobkowicz Elyssa Kellerman Mr. and Mrs. Eric P. Sheinberg >e Cleveland H. Dodge Lostand Foundation, Inc. John and Mary LaMattina Paul Shiverick Foundation, Inc. Marguerite Loucas Carolyn Lloyd-Cohen Stuntz Family Foundation Kathy and Craig Drill and Patrick Turbett William B. Lowe Wachovia Insurance Services Stephanie and David Engstrom Cynthia and Dan Lufkin Susan Lyall Weill Medical College & Graduate Robert and Margaret Fagenson Edith McBean Grace Lyu Volckhausen School of Medical Sciences Celia A. Felsher and John L. Cecil Larry P. Medvinsky Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Guy Wildenstein Karen and Andrew Fife Mr. and Mrs. Gordon B. Pattee Christopher H. Manice Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Jodie and Andrew Fink Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler Mr. and Mrs. Roman Martinez IV Wolcott III Diane and Jerry Fishman Heather and Merritt Paulson Diahn and Tom McGrath One anonymous donor Dr. Charlotte K. Frank Prudential Securities Ronay and Richard Menschel $1,000 TO $4,999 GAB Robins North America, Inc. Virginia and Warren Schwerin Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Millard Lorie and Paul Adams Christopher George Caroline N. Sidnam Mary and Sam Miller Catherine G. Adler Carolyn M. Gould Mr. and Mrs. Michael Steinhardt Mrs. Stanley R. Miller Jane Alexander and Edwin Sherin Rebecca and Laurence Grafstein Edward Stern and Stephanie Rein Gillian and Sylvester Miniter American Girl Grayson Family Foundation, Inc. Emanuel and Elizabeth Stern Richard and Marcia Mishaan Jeanne and Gerhard Andlinger Greater New York Hospital Hee-Jung and John Moon >e Summit Foundation Association Muffie Potter Aston and >e Moore Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Daniel K. >orne Dr. Sherrell J. Aston Jamee and Peter Gregory Pamela M. >ye Heidi Muschick and Astroland Kiddie Park Inc. Dr. Joyce P. Griffin-Sobel Barry DiBernardo >e Weill Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. David M. Baldwin Antonia M. Grumbach Valia and Metin Negrin Mrs. John L. Weinberg John Barman and Kelly Graham Agnes Gund Foundation New York Stock Exchange Yale University Elizabeth E. Bartlett Jeffrey Gural Foundation, Inc. $5,000 TO $9,999 Dennis Basso and Michael Gaines Gwathmey New York Yankees Cominotto and Rose Harvey Mr. Rodney B. Berens Heidi Nitze Elizabeth Belfer Anneliese Harstick Drs. Ralph and Jadviga Mr. and Mrs. Leon D. Black Garrick D. Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Hayes da Costa Nuñez Devon and Peter Briger Celeste and P. Cornelis Boele Gillian Hearst-Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nye Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Cohen Yamilee Bongo-Astier Marlene Hess and James H. Zirin D. Barry O’Connor Faith and Peter Coolidge Stephanie E. K. Borynack Caroline Hirsch and Andrew Fox Lisa and Ciaran O’Kelly Nancy Louise Corzine Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Breck Hilary and Steven Hirsch Patricia and Jeffrey Patterson Lucy C. Danziger Rosemary and Charles Brennan Richard L. Hirsch Jessie and >omas Paul Sharon S. and Jane and Michael Hoffman Robin and Matthew E. Perkins Christopher C. Davis Brighton Development Juliette and Mark Janssens Carroll Petrie Blair A. England and Mr. and Mrs. Garrison W. Brinton Peter H. Carlin Brooklyn Cyclones >erese Joslin Yesim and Dusty Philip Fairfield Greenwich Group Diane and Charles Brush Elizabeth and William Kahane Joanne and Paul B. Prager FxFowle Architects, PC Melva Bucksbaum and Dayssi and Paul Kanavos Kimberly and Jean Putzer James J. and Marianne B. Raymond Learsy Elizabeth and Dan Keegan Lewis Rabinowitz Lowrey Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bullen Bicky and George Kellner Denise Rich

84 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Robeco USA, Inc. >e Pfizer Foundation Stop & Stor Charitable Fund Barbara’s Bakery, Inc. Elizabeth and Bradley Robins Shell Exploration & Vestar Capital Partners Birthdaybakers Partymakers Production Company Linda Gosden Robinson and W. P. Carey & Co. Bottlenotes James D. Robinson III >e Tiffany & Co. Foundation Wilder Property Companies, Inc. Bradford Renaissance David Rockefeller Tyco International Isabella Rossellini Unocal Foundation $1,000 TO $2,999 Brooklyn Brewery Dr. Jeffrey A. Sachs American International Group Build-A-Bear Workshop® $25,000 TO $49,999 Carla Sacks and John Morris Amgen Foundation Castle Brands, Inc. Liz Claiborne Inc. Danielle Sapse and Good Tree LLC Champion Stamp Co., Inc. Anne-Marie Sapse Credit Suisse Kings Plaza Shopping Classic Harbor Line Drew and Karenna Schiff >e Walt Disney Company Center and Marina Mort Schrader Independence Community Lowepro Faith and Peter Coolidge Heidi Schuster Foundation Moritz Cadillac, Inc. Crayon, Inc. Kristen Siebecker and JPMorgan Chase Newman’s Own, Inc. Deno’s Wonder Wheel Alex Robinson Morgan Stanley Newmark & Company Donnellascloset.com Ann L. and Herbert J. Siegel Real Estate, Inc. SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Draycott Hotel Philanthropic Fund Conservation Fund Reserve Management Corporation Eos Airlines Alan B. Slifka Foundation, Inc. Sovereign Bank San Juan Hand >erapy Andrea Stern Schroder Investment Management >e Fishman Organization Raymond M. Steuert $10,000 TO $24,999 North America Inc. FIZZ Altria Group, Inc. Dana Hammond Stubgen St. Augustine Alligator Farm Inc. Folkmanis and Dr. Patrick Stubgen American Express Company Sullivan, Hayes & Quinn Forest City Ratner Companies Dr. Judith P. Sulzberger Anson Energy Corporation Veterinary Oncology and Matt and Joan Taylor Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Hematology Center, LLC Fox Entertainment Group Mr. and Mrs. Andrew >omas AXA Foundation, Inc. One anonymous donor Gervais Arts Barbara and Donald Tober >e Bank of New York Glorious Food Mary Margaret and John Trousdale Bloomberg , / Ê Italian Wine Merchants >e G. Unger Vetleson Foundation Colgate-Palmolive Company *,/ ,- IZZE Beverage Company Mr. and Mrs. John J. Veronis Ernst & Young, LLP Astroland Amusement Park Jacadi >e Guardian Life Mr. and Mrs. Gianluigi Vittadini Baby Planet JetBlue Airways Erica von Studnitz Insurance Company Bank of America K & M International Bruce and Claude Wasserstein >e H.W. Wilson Foundation Café Imports KeySpan Energy Sharon Wee and Tracy Fu HSBC Bank USA Care2.com Kid O Laurie and David I. Weiner ING Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. Consolidated Edison Company Harriett and Ronald Weintraub of New York, Inc. London Zoo Merrill Lynch & Co. Karl Wellner and Deborah Norville Coors Brewing Co. Mad Imports MetLife Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Winegar Delta Air Lines Manhattan >eatre Club Moody’s Foundation Rogih Yazgi Denos WonderWheel Mapping the World by Heart Benjamin Moore & Co. Natasha and Dirk Ziff Eaglemont Press MCC >eater New England Biolabs Foundation Zurich American Fisher-Price Medical Imaging New York Power Authority Insurance Company Fuji Photo Film USA, Inc. of Manhattan >ree anonymous donors Pzena Investment Hess Corporation Management, LLC Northern Focus Optical, Inc. Jeep >e Rockefeller Group, Inc. On >e Line Productions LTD Manhattan Beer Distributors ",*",/ Ê Sony Corporation of America PepsiCo, Inc. Montefiore Medical Center " ",- Time Warner, Inc. Placid Boatworks >e New York Daily News Toshiba America Foundation $50,000 AND ABOVE PepsiCo, Inc. Putumayo World Music BP International $6,000 TO $9,999 Pepsi-Cola Bottling Ralph Lauren Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Fidelity Investment Corporation of New York, Inc. Riverhouse Cargill, Inc. McGraw-Hill Companies Royal Caribbean International Sharp Electronics Corporation Snapple Beverages Citi TIAA-CREF Skin >eraP Consolidated Edison Company SONY Pictures Universe Kogaku America So Cozy Haircare of New York, Inc. Starbucks For Children Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund $3,000 TO $5,999 UBS Sovereign Bank Enduro India Berry & Berry Wendy’s International Exxon Mobil Foundation >e Bloomingdale’s Fund of Yellow Book Sweet Zoe Scents Goldman, Sachs & Co. the Federated Department ZenSoy Victoria Hansen Stores Foundation Mitsubishi Corporation Rachel and Janet Vinyard Foundation for the Americas Chevron Research and Vivolo >e New York Times Technology Company /- Company Foundation Happy Hollow Corporation American Girl Wyland Nordstrom Henry Schein, Inc. Astroland Amusement Park Zoocchini *deceased t8$4$POTFSWBUJPO1BUSPO ANNUAL REPORT 2007 85 7 Ê ,/ Ê ,

The Wildlife Conservation Society is pleased to Janet and Fred Hitschler Marilyn O’Brien recognize the members of the Wildlife Heritage Circle, Carroll Ann Hodges Mr. and Mrs. David Obedzinski who have demonstrated their commitment to our mission Augusta Hook Doris Ohlsen by including WCS in their estate plans or establishing Margaret Rose Hope Austin Okie life income gifts. We are grateful for their contributions, Robin Huffman >eresa and Leonard Ornstein which will provide important future support for our William Hughes PKD Trust efforts to save wildlife and wild places. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar E. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Palkovitz Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jacobs Antoinette Panico Cav. Dr. Irma B. Jaffe Jacqueline Pearlman Norma J. Abele Annette DeLuca Sonya Jensen Terry Pelster Ethel Adler Robert and Rosemarie Dieda Joan and Edward Kaplan Stacey Peters Edwina P. Ahenkora Heather-Mary Dixon Mr. and Mrs. John E. Karlin Martha Pezrow Dorothy L. Asendorf Andre and Molly Donikian Yvonne P. Kenny Lauren Pollack Betty Jane Baer Christopher Durso Lisette Kirchner Jane Cox Ponty Betty L. Barry Barbara Dzubak Edith Kopecky Mrs. Simon Poyta Rhoda Lee Bauch Marie June Eger and Nicholas and Linda Kordes Mary Jane Osborne Robert M. Preissner Beverly Bender Simah Kraus Dr. Joan Eliasoph Lauretta Prestera Mrs. Hilda A. Bender Neil W. Kurtz William T. Farrar Phil and Irene Pullen Annette Benedict Henry Lefer Joan L. Faust Robert Ramir Helen Benjamin Grace Leight Bonnie Fisher Irmgard Bennett Suzi Leonard Taryn and Howard Fisher Joan Benson Dr. Richard W. Levy Robert and Judith Foester Lucy Wilson Benson Lucy D. Lieberfeld Connie C. Frazier Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Benson Michael Lindley Christopher and Desly Susanna Berger Kathleen Lingo Movius Fryer Ann Berkman Harvey Litwin Gail Gabrelian Gisela and Daniel Berkson William B. Lloyd Margaret Garland Priscilla Blakemore Catherine Lomuscio Lois Gartlir Louis H. Blumengarten Dorcas MacClintock Evadne Gerrard Harvey and Heidi Bookman Andrew J. Main Nadine and Scott Goetz Margaret A. Borgstrand Patricia Malkin Doris Golderos Richard H. Bose Mr. and Mrs. James P. Marion, Jr. Fred Good Maggie and Walt Boyer Elizabeth S. Mark Barbara Graham Ron and Susan Briggs Mr. and Mrs. George J. Marra Margaret and Floyd Grave Randy Brook Edith McBean Carolyn Greene Marlene Bryda Linda McCauley Sharon Grelsamer Drs. Cynthia and Robert Burns Megan M. McCormick >omas M. Griffing Walter and Sylvia Button Mr. and Mrs. David Herron Meese Dr. James F. Grillo Joseph A. Calderone Charles W. Merrels Katharine Gross Michael Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Miller Cynthia E. Gubernick William H. Canfield Stella Miller Tatjana E. Gusoff Dr. Irene Cannon-Geary James F. Minter and Margaret L. Hagen Peggy Catalane David J. Schnabel Leo Carl Halpern Caroline and Dominick Celli Max Money Linda Hammond Dorothy Babcock Chapin Richard Montgomery Mary Harkness C. Diane Christensen Dan and Shirley Moreines and Jean Pierret Nancy Kay Harris Anne Marie Morris Marie Ciaiola Linda D. and Albert M. Hartig Amy J. Munich Ann Cioffi Gregory F. Hauser Drs. Martin A. Nash and Emily Clifton Peg Heath Jack Hennigan Jonathan L. Cohen Raisa Hebra Murray L. Nathan Louise G. Collins Drs. David and Deirdre Hensen Claire K. Necker Dr. and Mrs. William G. Conway Dr. Joseph Q. Heplar Larry Ness Margery Cornwell Eleanor Herman Mrs. Dorothy Newshan Rhonda Coulston Amy Hersh Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nives Dr. Susan Cropper Joan Hesterberg Ronald Nullet Mrs. Edgar M. Cullman Robert Cusick Right: Claudio Campagna directs the WCS Sea and Mrs. Charles A. Dana, Jr. Joy Darlington Sky program to protect biodiversity in the southwest- Countess Emilie de ern Atlantic. He has studied southern elephant seals in Rohan-Chandor Margaret Della Cioppa Patagonia since the late 1970s.

86 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Kathleen Ritch Marilyn G. Schroeder Marie Streno Teresa L. Vincent Anthony Rohr Patricia Scimeca Phyllis Strickler John and Victoria Walker Ann Rosche Dot Selinger and Michael Moskovis Patricia Stryker Marjory S. Walters Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rose Holly Shafer Dave Stutey Fanny E. Warburg Lynn Rosenfeld Barry A. Shapiro Susanne Suba-Bloch Mary E. Warters Barbara Rosenthal Norma Gudin Shaw Audrey J. Sutton Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Warwick Jacqueline Rossi Binkley and Paula Shorts Karen J. Swope Marshall Weinberg Linda Rothstein Sheila Siderman and Jerry Palin John J. Symansky Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Weiss Norma E. Rugg Fred Siemer Peggy J. Taleho Miriam Weissblum Dorothy K. Rupp Sharon Kim Siegfriedt and Fran >omas and Harry Friedman Joel Weisvogel Loretta Russo Fredric A. Silberman David B. and Muriel B. Tischler Lucille Werlinich Steven E. Sanderson Kenneth L. Smith and Mercele Trudeaux Christine Westerhoff James E. Scarff Lucia Christopher John H. Tyler, Ph.D. Adrienne P. Wickersham Peter Schaffer Greta Smith Lorraine Umek Mr. and Mrs. Phillip M. Winegar Joan Scheier Elissa Sommer Jean van Buuren Betty Winkler Karin and Patrick Schiavone Ferne Spieler Dr. Hansa van Hove Ward W. Woods, Jr. Christine Schiavone-McKeon Adrienne Statfeld Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Elizabeth M. Zapp Joanne Schiller Marilyn Steele Vasillopulos Monica E. Zullo Rena Schilsky C. Streno Charles O. Vellone >irty anonymous donors

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6 /Ê ,-* Amanda Meigher Whitney and Clarke Murphy NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Blair Metrailler Ellen Niven and Tristram Deery COUNCIL DINNER BY THE SEA Alix Peck Vanessa and Jeremy O’Friel Judith Hamilton, Co-Chair COMMITTEE Sarah Pendergast Suzanne and Craig Packer Christopher Hockett, Co-Chair Elizabeth Pyne Brian J. Heidtke, Chair Betsy and Rob Pitts John D. Goldman, Honorary Chair Ron Adee Lauren Sbordone Mimi and Lorin Reisner Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bastoni Marina Belessis-Casoria Georgina Schaeffer Amy and Hartley Rogers Michael W. Bealmear Bruce Bender Teddy Schiff Charlotte and Ottavio Serena Jayaram Bhat Dominic A. Capolongo Montserrat Serra-Janner Katherine and Dhiren Shah Ron and Susan Briggs Trudy Dolley David Slaven Mary Alice and M. David Sherrill Mary S. Boardman Peter Emerson Margot Streeter Nancy and John Sipp Mr. and Mrs. William N. Diane Fishman Jud Traphagen Kathleen and Andrew >omas Bucklin III Jerry Fishman Taylor Traut Mary Margaret and John Trousdale Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burgess Sid Gold R. Scott Zenko Kathryn and Bill Tyree C. Diane Christensen John R. Hearst, Jr. Margie and William Ughetta, Jr. Madeleine and Jerry Cohen Amy Klein EXPLORERSʼ PARTY Alexis and John Waller Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Dow Terence J. Mitchell COMMITTEE Liz and Steve Weinstein Stephanie A. Evans Joshua L. Muss Faith Coolidge, Co-Chair Alison and Dan Weiskopf Astrid Flood Howard Phipps, Jr. Juliette Janssens, Co-Chair Elizabeth and Philip B. Linda E. Gladstone Charles Russell Lorie and Paul Adams Weymouth III Mrs. William H. Hamm III David T. Schiff, ex officio Christina and Anthony Addison Charlotte and John Wickham Dr. and Mrs. Alan Harley Peter G. Schiff Jackie and Jean Francois Astier Suzy Wolden and Jon Horowitz Kathryn W. Holmes Victor E. Vientos Rhonda and Robbie Banker Adina and Woody Young Charles Knowles Ward W. Woods Barbara and Jude Barbera Annette and John Younger Monica M. Krick Mary and John Bettis William B. McClatchy CONSERVATION Celeste and P. Cornelis Boele /" Ê Zara McDonald Pamela and Scott Bowman COUNCIL "1 - Patricia McGinnis Christopher Manice, Co-Chair Devon and Peter Briger Jeff Morgan Mary Dailey Pattee, Co-Chair Noreen and Ken Buckfire Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas D. Osborne Diana Townsend- Peri and David Clark, Jr. NEW ENGLAND Anne L. Pattee Butterworth, Co-Chair Ann and Geoffrey Coley COUNCIL George D. Phipps John Achenbach Faith and Peter Coolidge Caroline H. Hall, Co-Chair Richard W. Ross Cristina Alger Elena and John Coumantaros Jodie D. Stevenson, Co-Chair Walter C. Sedgwick Halsey Anderson Ide and David Dangoor Jean-Marc Berteaux Lance Shoemaker and Lindsey Andrews Andrea de Cholnoky and Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Brown James Williams Anne and George F. Baker IV Scott C. Wilson Alexandra F. Edwards Laurie M. Smith and Elizabeth Belfer Karen and Marc de Saint Phalle Elizabeth T. Gray Stephen C. Pratt Melissa Berkelhammer Liete and Mark Eichorn Mrs. Benjamin A. Groves Dr. Marjorie Smith Gabriela Bockhaus Chrissie and Tolomy Erpf Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Hallowell Beverly Spector Stephanie E. K. Borynack Kristen and Stephen Fealy Elizabeth and Dan Harrigan Lisa Bottomley Libby and Terry Fitzgerald Brad and Beth Hildt SOUTHERN Camilla K. Bradley Lala and Porter Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Steven Hoch CONNECTICUT COUNCIL Charles R. Carson, Jr. Cozy and Joseph Friedman Ronnie Kanarek Heather Jervis, Co-Chair Nicholas Cox Linda and Charles Garnett Jennifer West Lodge Lucinda B. Watson, Co-Chair Benjamin C. de Menil Blakely and Trey Griggs Sandra L. Manzella and Tom and Kathy Ewald Cassin Donn Alex Wolf Hamblett and Richard Karoff Mr.and Mrs. Carl S. Forsythe III Mark Hamblett Carolina Dorson Mr. and Mrs. E. Lee Perry Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Getz Paige and Tripp Hardy W. Malcolm Dorson Mr. and Mrs. J. Stanley Reeve Mrs. Jean-Paul Gimon Ann and John Heidenreich Christine Elia Mr. and Mrs. J. Carry Rich Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey G. Jervis Molly B. Fahner Jackie and Keith Hennessey Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Rome Ruth Grace Jervis Fernanda K. Gilligan Ritchey and David Howe Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Scott Wayne Jervis III Colin Haynes Greenspon Sharon and William Jacob Binkley C. Shorts D. Barry O’Connor Merrill Hanley Juliette and Mark Janssens John G. Stevenson Carmiña and Ralph Roth Nicole Hanley Amanda and Glad Jones Walter G. >ompson Mrs. Deborah P. Sterling Victoria Hansen Dayssi and Paul Kanavos Natalie W. Williams John M.P. >atcher, III* Amanda Hearst Sandy and Jim Katzman Frederic Winthrop, Jr. John M.P. >atcher, IV Gillian Hearst-Shaw Beth and Clarke Keough Lydia Hearst-Shaw Serena and William Lese Tamara and Josh Leuchtenburg Elisabeth Kieselstein-Cord Right: Malagasy environmentalist and recording artist Lauren Leigh Kisner Stacey and Keith Locker Gillian Koenig Leslie and >omas Maheras Sarovy writes, sings, and teaches songs about the Joy and Charles McLendon, Jr. Harrison LeFrak environment to village youngsters in the rainforests of Helena C. Martinez Valerie and Stuart Mogul Alexander Mears Hee-Jung and John Moon Masoala and Makira, both WCS field sites.

*deceased 88 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT 2007 89 WCS Staff Ê>`ÊÃÃV>ÌiÃ

*, - / Pathology Dex Ott, Director, Design David Powell, Assistant Steven E. Sanderson, President D McAloose, Department Head Management Curator, Hoofstock and Chief Executive Officer Carlos E. Rodriguez, Julie White, Walter Deichmann, Creative Rebecca Chapnick, Office Manager Gail Sheldon, Chief of Staff Associate Pathologists Director, Exhibits Marietta Kalk, Claudia Wilson, Alfred Ngbokoli, Laboratory Shane LeClair, Senior Collection Managers Project Designer 7 Ê " - ,6/" Ê Supervisor Bryan Robidas, Supervisor -//1/ Daniel Friedman, Histotechnician Nanette Gran, E. Stephen Melley, Glenn Fergason, Michael Gormaley, Brian Morrissey, Project Managers Kent H. Redford, Vice Patricia Walsh, Pathology Brenda Kramer, Nicole Rella, President and Director Technician Sara Tsiropinas, Junior Jason Rowe, Assistant Supervisors Architectural Designer Eva Fearn, Assistant Director Melissa Czajikowski, WCS/ Robert Terracuso, Kris >eis, Cornell Resident Tonya Edwards, Jennifer Lee, Primary Wild Animal Keepers John Fraser, Director, Public Senior Landscape Designers Research and Evaluation Program Ralph Aversa, Michelle Blatz, Field Veterinary Program Margaret Kinnaird, Senior Exhibit Production Kitty Dolan, Gilbert Gordian, Conservation Ecologist William Karesh, Director and Jr., Loraine Hershonik, Vanessa Chief of Party of GAINS Gary Smith, Assistant Director Jones, Florence Klecha, Kathleen Jessica Sickler, Research Associate Angela Yang, Program Manager Matthew Aarvold, MacLaughlin, Douglas Mase, Catherine Grippo, Assistant Supervisor Joan McCabe-Parodi, Jeffrey Program Assistant Colin Woodward, Technician/ Munson, Karen Napolitano, Logistics Coordinator Derek Haffar, Senior Exhibit Specialist Phillip Reiser, Gerard Stark, Helen Lee, Program Coordinator 6 Ê -//1/" - Lauren Anker, Christian John Jose Vasquez, Martin Zybura, Erika Alandia, Erik Eulert, Dallett, Brian Donnelly, Senior Wild Animal Keepers LIVING INSTITUTIONS Community Outreach Carolyn Fuchs, Katherine Avril Armstrong, Adele Barone, Veterinarians ADMINISTRATION McLeod, Deborah Simon, Anthony Buffill, Wendy Canino, Africa: Ken Cameron, Alain Lacy Clifford, Katherine Robert A. Cook, Senior Vice Exhibit Specialists Ondzie, Field Veterinarians; D’Andrea, Emily Davidson, President and General Director Ruth Marshall, Exhibit Sculptor Michael D. Kock, Associate Field Dawn Davis, Robert Dempsey, James J. Breheny, Vice President Veterinarian; Patricia E. Reed, Interpretive Programs Brian DiGirolamo, Juliet Elkins, and Director, Bronx Zoo Assistant Field Veterinarian; David Fernandez, Carlos Flores, Sonal Bhatt, Assistant Director John A. Gwynne, Vice President Baudelaire Zorine Nkouantsi, Joel Forgione, Mary Gentile, and Chief Creative Officer Wildlife Health Specialist; Issa Jessica Bicknell, Exhibit Developer Amy Golden, Mary Gremler, Denise McClean, Assistant Bedjabaga, Lab Technician Sarah Werner, Media Coordinator Daphne Guzman, Carol Director, Administration Asia: Martin Gilbert, Assistant Field & Exhibit Developer Henger, Danielle Hessel, Lauren of City Zoos Veterinarian, Stephane Ostrowksi, Hinson, Cindy Maur, Joanne Ecosystem Health Manager Graphic Design McGillycuddy, Kate McMahon, Marion Merlino, Michelle Medina, Elizabeth Executive Assistant Latin America: Carolina Marull, and Production Sarah Hezel, Assistant Director Metzger, Elizabeth Mills, Katie Michelle Midea, Beverly Wildlife Health Fellow; Rodolfo Mokkosian, Brandon Moore, Moss, Secretaries Nallar Gutierrez, Marcela M. Zipora Fried, Kimio Honda, Douglas Morea, Keri Nugent, Uhart, Field Veterinarians Sharon Kramer Loew, Creative Rebecca Pearce, Jonathan Perez, Project Development Scott Newman, Wildlife Directors, Graphics Noel Perriello, Hope Pinckney, >ea Feldman, Creative Writer Health Advisor, UN FAO Richard Orlosky, Senior Brian Putman, Nancy Rogers, Steven Osofsky, Senior Policy Graphic Designer Amy Ryan, Chris Salemi, Sabrina Bronx Zoo Library Advisor, Wildlife Health Nancy Fischer, Vanah Harris, Adi Squillari, Monika Stroeber, Steve Johnson, Manager Damien Joly, Senior Science Mendler, Joshua Weitzman, Anneke van Renesse, Heather Robert Olley, Information Advisor, Epidemiology Graphic Designers Tassler, Nate >ompson, Patricia- Ann Vierling, Cathy Vitale, Kelly Services Librarian GAINS: Kristine Smith, Field Andrae Cezair, Sue Cha, Jennifer Dolland, Junior Wallis, Mike Wrubel, Rebecca Veterinarian; Barbara Perez- Zenowich, Wild Animal Keepers WILDLIFE HEALTH SCIENCES Reid, Program Assistant; Eric Graphic Designers Paul Calle, Acting Director, Hively, GIS/Data Coordinator; Paul Heyer, Manager, Matthew Vara, Supervising Zoological Health Programs Miklos Takacs, Website Exhibit Production Park Maintainer Joanne Valletta, Office Manager Coordinator; Jessica Grillo, Nelson >en, Manager, James Musano, Park Maintainer Susan Cardillo, Lisa Eidlin, Program Manager; Darin Collins, Graphic Production and Ornithology Hospital Supervisors Asia Field Veterinarian; Robert Computer Systems >omson, Asia Bird Specialist Deborah F. Harris, Pathology & Kim Wagner, Production Christine Sheppard, Curator Clinical Records Secretary EXHIBITION DESIGN AND Coordinator Nancy Clum, Assistant Curator GRAPHIC ARTS (EGAD) Christopher Maune, Supervisor, Mary Evans, Departmental Clinical Care Graphic Production Assistant Paul Calle, Stephanie B. John Gwynne, Vice President and Chief Creative Officer George Oberhofer, William Marcia Arland, Collection Manager James, Bonnie Raphael, Rios, Graphic Specialists Senior Veterinarians Susan Chin, Director, Mark Hofling, Mary Iorizzo, Assistant Supervisors Robert Moore, Associate Planning and Design Global Design Clinical Veterinarian Eileen Cruz-Minnis, Assistant Chad Seewagen, Katherine Lemcke, Project Ornithology Intern Heidi Zurawka, WCS Director, EGAD Administration Coordinator Clinical Resident Rumit Mehta, Program Patricia Cooper, Gigi Giacomara, Administrator BRONX ZOO Nancy Gonzalez, Susan Leiter, Tim Georoff, WCS/Cornell Alana O’Sullivan, Yvetta Pokorny, Clinical Resident Patricia White, Executive Assistant James J. Breheny, Vice President and Director Jeremy Sanders, Emily Stevinson, Pamela Manning Torres, Veterinary Anne Rice, Project Assistant Brian Tierney, Paul Zabarauskas, Technician Supervisor Denise Delgado, Linda Wied, Executive Assistant Senior Wild Animal Keepers Karen Ingerman, Justin X. Department Assistant Bronx Zoo Animal Programs Alisa Behar, Kristi Bruce, Jeannine Nowowiejski, Donna Stringer, Matilda Mora, Office Clerk Patrick R. >omas, General Curator Correa, Margaret Deeney, Myra Veterinary Technicians Dremeaux, James, Gottleib, Dolores Sanginito, Architecture, Exhibit Mammalogy Shanna Hall, Tasha Hook, Clinical Secretary Design Production Colleen McCann, Curator, Primates Michael Houlihan, Ken Huth,

90 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Tim Mohl, Trina Puglia, Juan Patricia Ortiz, Kim Smith, Luke Bronx Zoo Security Cushin, Joseph Corry, Lawrence Romero, Ramsay >om, Debra Torres, Wild Animal Keepers Edward Cooney, Manager, Security D’Erasmo, Robert Gonzalez, Wolfe, Beth Wetherhold, Alfred Hart, John Illenye, Raynor Mattson, Assistant Manager Wild Animal Keepers Animal Management Services Gregory Kalmanowitz, Jose Nilda Ferrer, Curator and Registrar Jeff Grahn, Kennedy Martinez, Ramon Mendoza, Herpetology Samuels, Supervisors Alison Modeste, Tarique Helen Basic, Anne Rockmore, Jennifer Pramuk, Curator Luis Barreto, Steven Carr, Steven Mohammed, Winston Newton, Animal Records Specialists Nicholas Perrone, Nelson Gail Bonsignore, Pippa, Gregory Upshaw, James Mariluz Vazquez, Data and Williams, Park Maintainers Prado, Robert Santarelli, Supervising Secretary Technical Support Assistant Renzo Scarazzini, Edward Haseeb Baksh, Jimmy Barreto, William Holmstrom, Carmen Guzman, Animal Scholler, Nathaniel Torres, Collection Manager Ivonne Collazo, Weston Carlos Year, Park Maintainers Shipping Coordinator Hill, Barbara Laureano, Noel Paul Kmiotek, Senior Martinez, Ceaser Montenegro, Maintenance Wild Animal Keeper Pest Control Bernardo Nelson, Jesus Padilla, Frank Suarino, Assistant Director Joseph Abene, Alyssa Borek, Anthony Boodoo, Manager, Maribel Perez, Robert Rosario, Brandon Casey, Melissa Mohring, Pest Control Donald >ompson, Alexandre Winston Williams, Manager Wild Animal Keepers Azaad Gaffar, Pest Control Vazquez, Ralph Zamboli, Wayne Harris, Park Foreman Assistant Manager Assistant Park Maintainers Johnnie Ferreira, Supervising Special Animal Exhibits: Park Attendant Sergio Rivera, Joseph White, Construction Childrenʼs Zoo, Butterfly Pest Control Applicator Anthony Corvino, Supervising Garden, Animal Rides, Kenneth Hutchinson, Director Park Maintainers Tractable Animals Animal Commissary Jon Dohlin, Paul Skarbowski, Raquel Camacho, Craig Gibbs, Curatorial Joseph Briller, Manager Project Managers Administrative Assistant Science Fellow Moruf Egbo, Michael Marano, Nora Ramos, Operations Juan Semidei, Jr., John Tralongo, John Scarola, Operations Supervisor Senior Wild Animal Keepers Administrator Zoo Park Maintainers Ruth Iannuzzi, Diana Alfredo Hernandez, Michael Operations Rafael Adorno, Joel, Tancredi, Supervisors Cruz, Wild Animal Keepers Annuziato, William Castro, John Duke, Assistant Director Diana Belich, James Dauterman, John Andrew King, Jr., Orlando Figueroa, Stephanie Derkasch, Shakira Park Maintainer Michael Santomaso, Manager Gabriel Gomez, Santos Gonzalez, Othniel Gulley, Mary Martin, Paula, Assistant Supervisors Quincy Banks, Guillermo Laurel Toscano, Administrative Jose Raul Rivera, Michael Guzzman, Assistant Assistant, Operations Shops Mary Bynon, Margaret Deeny, Sbarbori, Justin Smith, Melanie Lumba, Jennifer Oi, Park Maintainers Parmanand Kesraj, Anthony Laino, >omas Reilly, Louis Assistant Park Maintainers Scandole, Michael Scott, Sanjev Maria Maldonado, Seodas, Marconi St. Hill, Robert Senior Attendant Jennifer Pramuk was named Curator of Herpetology Stillwell, Nathaniel Torres, John Bruno, Jr., Migdalia Cordero, at the Bronx Zoo. Her specialty is amphibians, particu - Supervising Park Maintainers Maria Estrada, Roberto Figueroa, Walter Almodovar, James Byrne, Jose A. Garcia, Jeanette Goines, larly Latin American frogs. Benedetto Cardillo, Francis Gilbert Green, Porfirio Gutierrez,

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 91 Keith Harris, Demond Jones, Rosenthal, Park Maintainers Pamela Haynes, Melissa Petersen, Cangley, Supervisors, Sonia Kalmanowitz, Louis Kevin Bermeo, Ivonne Lopez, Lloyd Laboratory Technicians Buildings and Grounds Landi, Carmen Montalvo, Pearson, Premchad Ramgoriah, Patricia Toledo, Assistant Robert Caraballo, Frances Cantone, Manuel Moura, Mildonia Assistant Park Maintainers Laboratory Technician Derrick Coleman, José Gonzalez, Nunez, Jose Palacios, Gerard Mary Messing, Administrative Jarod Hagan, Peter Inesti, Tonya Palinkas, Raymond Quaglia, NEW YORK AQUARIUM Assistant, Librarian Johnson, Ed Lebron, Henry Niurka Ramos, Maria Ramos, Cynthia Reich, Deputy Director Dick Blankfein, Dive Safety Lighty, Alicia Shannon, Stanley Marta Rivera, Victor Rodriguez, Joan Shovlin, Rebecca Williams, Oﬃcer, Volunteer Dive Wasserman, Attendants Pedro Velez, Eduardo Vidal, Project Assistants Program; Animal Husbandry Janis Robinson, Raymond Zelenka, Attendants Volunteer Coordinator Administrative Assistant Manuel Garcia, Supervising Animal Programs Tonya >omas, Clerk Motor Vehicle Operator David DeNardo, General Operations and Maintenance George Izquierdo, Luigi Curator and Director of Dennis Ethier, Director, Security Marricco, Ralph Maston, Animal Operations Operations, Facilities, and Sal DeFeo, Security Manager Motor Vehicle Operators Paul Sieswerda, Aquarium Curator Exhibit Fabrication Joseph Knowles III, Melvin Pettit, Manager, Facilities Assistant Manager Cogeneration Paul Loiselle, Curator, Freshwater Fishes John Moore, Kenneth Prichett, Carlos Martinez, Supervisor Michael Henry, Manager, Martha Hiatt, Supervisor, Ralph Ramos, William Sheehan, Samuel Black, Owen Mayhew, Electric Services David Sheurich, Michael Tine, Behavioral Husbandry Kenton Spence, Park Maintainers Alfred Jensen, Supervisor Supervising Park Maintainers Guenter Skammel, Senior Trainer Michael Antonelli, Diana Barreto, Mark Anderson, Dave Bailey, Michael Budney, Richard Bullen, Janeen Gleason, Kristin Richard Jarus, Louis Parker, Richard DiStefano, Raul Farouk Baksh, Hervan Brown, Gragnano, Joanne Sottile, Domenech, John Dougherty, Michael Wallace, Hector Weir, Roopnarine Maharaj, Edwin Nick Visscher, Trainers Assistant Park Maintainers Otero, Keith Reynolds, Alfred Escalera, Michael Michael Morgano, Hans Park Maintainers Facciolo, Winstrol Hosein, Admissions and Parking Walters, Supervisors Timothy Magee, Fitz-Albert Horticulture JoAnne Basinger, Frank Reynolds, Tony Vargas, Woodrow Joseph Minieri, Manager Ray Oladapo-Johnson, Curator Greco, Leslie Leﬄer, Wayne Weir, Park Maintainers Joeanne Dudley, Supervisor Stempler, Senior Keepers Wayne Bourdette, Manager Patti Blydenburgh, Joyce Florence Goldberg, Ticket Agent Nicole Ethier, Stephanie Mitchell, Gregory Smith, Supervisor Paul Moylett, Lora Murphy, James Coelho, Stuart Goldstein, Nicole Pisciotta, Sal Puglia, Robert Herkommer, David Hyde, Ellen Spencer, Jessica Trantham, Below: Assistant Park Maintainer Premchand Ramgoria Juan Albert Peralta, Gardeners >omas Wippenbeck, Keepers and Gardener David Hyde help install new plantings James Burns, Paul Fialkovic, Catherine McClave, Anthony Quaglia, David Laboratory Manager for the June opening of the Bronx Zooʼs Astor Court.

92 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Science Programs Assistant Park Maintainers Barbara Fung, Ira Goldman, Leslie Schneider, Coordinator, Diana Reiss, Senior Research Sonia Colon, Joanna Kittler, Susan Makower, David Morales, Friends of the Zoo Scientist, Marine Mammal Sookiah Maharaj, Celvis Rock, Samaly Pastor, James Putnam- Ilyssa Gillman, Manager, Program Research Program Ticket Agents/Cashiers Efthimiou, Mark Quadrozzi, Erin Development and Instruction Rosebrock, >omas Seals, Andrea Ronald Griffith, Senior Instructor CENTRAL PARK ZOO PROSPECT PARK ZOO White, Wild Animal Keepers Kathryn Atkins, Secondary Patricia Cole, Assistant Nina Palmer-Sweeney, Luz M. Diaz, Administrative Instructor Assistant Director/Curator Veterinary Technician Francesca Cristofaro, Ami Dobelle, Beverly Moss, Secretary Betty Allen, Senior Secretary Operations and Maintenance Katie Doherty, Gabrielle Noemi Medina, Receptionist Animal Programs Bob Gavlik, Director, City Kushner, Christopher MacKay, Elementary Instructors Animal Programs Dominick Dorsa, Supervisor Zoos Operations Jeffrey Blatz, Assistant Manager Erin Prada, Distance Jeffrey Sailer, Curator Nicole Shelmidine, Learning Instructor Yula Kapetanakos, Assistant Curator Assistant Supervisor Rafael Genao, Bo Yang Tian, Eugene Texeira, Park Maintainer Kathleen LaMattina, Education Bruce Foster, Collection Manager Katie Boyce, Jennifer Skelley, Programs Liaison Leslie Steele, Frances Verna, Anthony Brownie, Supervisor Orlando Colon, Assistant Senior Wild Animal Keepers Park Maintainer Cayra Carroll, Divisional Charles Braun, Heather Administrative Assistant Gwen Cruz, Crystal Dimiceli, Carol White, Supervising Attendant Gordon, Robert Gramzay, Victoria DiPaolo, Hulya Israfil, Patricia Berry, Administrative Kristine Keating, Senior Krishna Dookran, Myriam Astra Kalodukas, Dennis Assistant Wild Animal Keepers Martinez, Johanny Salcedo, Maroulas, Atu Marshall, Fran Yvonne Morgan, Program Registrar Celia Ackerman, Michelle Acosta, Carlos Valentin, Attendants Moghab, Denielle Muoio, Jeanine Silversmith, Project Richard Camilli, Priyangani De Wild Animal Keepers Soyza, Tumeca Gittens, Alexander Horticulture Advisor, Teens for Planet Earth Karen Wone, Veterinary Technician Humphreys, Luis Jimenez, Todd J. Comstock, Manager Judith Unis, Project Coordinator, Teens for Planet Earth Raymond Maguire, Melissa Operations and Maintenance John McBride, Assistant Mason, Amaury Quiñones, Ann Robinson, Program Bob Gavlik, Director, City Horticulturist John Roderick, Gretchen Coordinator, SPARKS Zoos Operations Stoddard, Wild Animal Keepers Security and Admissions across America Tom McGrath, Manager David Autry, Life Support Vince Capobianco, Manager Stephen O’Shea, Assistant Manager NEW YORK AQUARIUM Systems Technician Jose Rosado, Assistant Manager Evelyn Alexander, Secretary EDUCATION Bernadine Leahy, Senior Paul Gerasimczyk, Supervisor Veterinary Technician Oscar Ceron, Reginald Merryl Kafka, Curator Paul Fairall, Giovanni Franco, McKenzie, Norbett Wescott, Lisa Mielke, Assistant Curator Operations and Maintenance Park Maintainers Leonard Golino, Anthony Mark, Garfield McEachron, Carlton Robert Cummings, Bob Gavlik, Director, City Wayne Peters, Supervising Zoos Operations Nelson, Rafael Nieves, William Senior Instructor Attendant Rosado, Dhandeo Shankar, Allan Igor Labutov, Manager Kimberly Acevedo, Selwyn Ramnaidu, Chaitram Taylor, Assistant Park Maintainers Volunteer Coordinator Mong Lee, Assistant Manager, Singh, Assistant Park Maintainers Tina Anderson, Joanne Crespo, City Zoos Systems Specialist Melissa Carp, Corey Elizabeth Chotalal, Luis Cruz, Angustella Zeko, Ticket Agents Neiderhauser, Instructors Edwina Jackson, Secretary Stacey Cummings, Donell Gatling, Eisha Johnson, Desiree DeToy, Coordinator, Michael Nedd, Marlon Ragbir, Outreach Services Supervising Park Maintainers Ernesto Ortiz, Attendants 6," /Ê 1 /" Ê Maria Zampella, Secretary Arkady Gutman, Alistair Horticulture Johnson, Alvin Sookoo, Jose Sara Hobel, Vice President Polly Catanzaro, Reservationist Torres, Park Maintainers Todd J. Comstock, Manager BRONX ZOO EDUCATION CENTRAL PARK ZOO Wayne Martin, Supervising Security and Admissions Attendant Ken Norris, Manager Donald C. Lisowy, Curator EDUCATION Santa Alequin, Joshua Doval, Joanne Carrillo, Supervisor Mary DeRosa, Manager, Robert Sikora, Curator Support Services Crystal Kinlaw, Audrey Wilbert Barton, Lemmuel Jonathan Ellers, Senior Instructor, McAllister, Nixon Nedd, Brummell, Milton Cameron, M. Kathryn Langworthy, Divisional >eater Coordinator Nimia Ortiz, Geraldo Peralta, Harold Davis, Paul DeJesus, Manager, Administration Nicole Greevy, Bonnie Bromberg, Tyrone Pinkney, Lakisha Terry, Rogelio Dickens, Michael General Audience and School Performing Instructors, Karnen Veerapen, Attendants Fazzino, Vincent Ferguson, Group Programs, Graduate Onsite Coordinators; Alison Patrick Osagie, Romualdo Internships, Teacher Training, Saltz, Performing Instructor, Horticulture Vasquez, Milton Williams, and Curriculum Development Offsite Coordinator Todd J. Comstock, Manager, Assistant Park Maintainers Jane Donnelly, Volunteer City Zoos Horticulture >omas Naiman, Director, Lola Chung, Jennifer Soto, Curriculum Development and Coordinator Ingrida Knets, Assistant Suheilee Vasquez, Ticket Agents International Education Programs Julia Jelassi, Secretary and Registrar Horticulturist Jennell Ives, Assistant Director, QUEENS ZOO PROSPECT PARK ZOO Security and Admissions National Programs Scott Silver, Assistant EDUCATION Stephen Carey, Manager Director/Curator Sydell Schein, Manager, Program Services Karen Tingley, Curator Frank Cangiarella, John Geist, Animal Programs Assistant Managers Lee Livney, Manager, Audrey Lucas, Community Paulette Soto, Administrative Outreach Coordinator Fitzroy Neufville, Park Maintainer Federal Grants & Distance Assistant Learning Program John Bohan, Felito Cuevas, Carlton QUEENS ZOO EDUCATION Donna-Mae Graffam, Supervisor Ana Laborde, Nalini Mohan, Davidson, Alberto Gonzalez, Mark Hall, Assistant Supervisor >omas Hurtubise, Curator John Joseph, Marilyn Maldonado, International Teacher Trainers/ Frederic k Miller, Nestor Morera, Marcy Farley, Marcos Garcia, Curriculum Specialists Monica Negron, Secretary Jaime Pagan, Everton Pearson, Dana Vasquez, Raul Vasquez, Tom Frankie, Nancy and Registrar Rob Sutherland, Christopher Senior Wild Animal Keepers Schwartz, Shellye Valauskas, Jessica Lissow, Community Todd, Ramanen Veerapen, Heath Bruscato, Kelly Carman, Teacher Trainers Outreach Coordinator

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 93 " Ê " - ,6/" Additional Staff: Steve Blake, Nadya Raharitsimba Heritiana, China John Robinson, Executive Vice Cartagena, Christina Connolly, Christopher Holmes, Jean Yan Xie, Langhua Du, Youcai President for Conservation and Fiona Maisels, David Moyer, Guy Jacques Jaozandry, James Du, Youmei Du, Aili Kang, Science, Joan O. L. Tweedy Picton-Phillips, Monica Wrobel MacKinnon, Cesaire Eve Li, Lishu Li, Shengbiao Chair in Conservation Strategy Ramilison, Andriambololona Li, Donna Xiao, Zirong Li, Cameroon Nirina Randimby, Luccianie Wei Wang, Xiang Zhou Josh Ginsberg, Vice President, Jackson Betty Amouko, Marc Raonison, Vanessa Aliniaina Conservation Operations Billong, Albert Ekinde, Bernard Rasoamampianina, Nirina India Matthew Hatchwell, Fosso, Roger Fotso, Marie Odile Oliva Rasoamandimby, Ullas Karanth, Arjun Gopalaswamy, European Coordinator Kabeyene, Adimana Kilanga, Andriamandimbisoa Jagkish Krishnaswamy, Ajith Senior Conservationists: Cynthia Lai, Hyacinth Mboh, Razafimpahanana Kumar, Samba Kumar William Conway, Maurice Anthony Nchanji Chifu, Comfort Hornocker, Bill Weber Ndah Ndom, Mbalnoudji Nigeria Indonesia Additional Staff: Sandra Ngodjo Ndodjim, Aaron Jonas Attah, Andrew Dunn, Harry Alexander, Noviar Andayani, Comte, Kate Mastro, Todd Nicholas, David Nzouango, Inaoyom Imong, Paul Mbia, Aslan, Nick Brickle, Bonie Olson, Amy Pokempner Jean Bosco Pouomegne Ernest Mkpe, Michael Dewantara, Edison, David Moki, Louis Nkonyu, Program Development: Gaveau, Donny Gunaryadi, Iwan Central Africa Republic John Oates, Mark Otu Hunowu, Leswarawati, Dwi Susan Tressler, Associate Andrea Turkalo Director, Rachel Vinyard Rwanda Nugroho, Meyner Nusalawo, Frida Mindasari Saanin, Stephen Foundations of Success: Richard Republic of Congo Nsengiyunva Barakabuye, Siwu, John Tasirin, Hariyo Margoluis, Nick Salafsky, Shane Abeare, Jim Beck, Connie Rubayita Claude, Mulindahabi Wibisono, Prianto Wibowo Directors; Marcia Brown, Clark, Bryan Curran, Paul Felix, Ian Munanura, Sentama Janice Davis, Caroline Stem, Elkan, Sarah Elkan, Joy Ferrante, Vedaste, Hakizimana Vincent Lao PDR Vinaya Swaminathan Norbert Gami, Mark Gately, Tanzania Chris Hallam, Troy Hansel, Species Survival Commission, Richard Malonga, Nazaire Michael Hedemark, Arlyne IUCN: Holly Dublin, Chair Massamba, Germaine Mavah, Peter Coppolillo, Nuhu Daniel, Johnson, Jim Johnston, Alex Vincent Medjibe, Jerome Tim Davenport, Daniela de McWilliam, Souvany Oumany, LIVING LANDSCAPES Mokoko, David Morgan, Luca, Sarah Durant, Charles Bounthavi Phommachanh, Eric Sanderson, David Genevieve Ondongo Ndinga, Foley, Lara Foley, Sylvanus Akchousanh Rasphone, Wilkie, Directors Colby Prevost, John Poulsen, Kimiti, Ersato Lameck, Sophy Santi Saypanya, Phonevanh Jane Carter Ingram, Leticia Hugo Rainey, Crickette Sanz, Machaga, Bakari Mbano, Noah Sinthammavong, Kelly Orti, Assistant Directors Emma Stokes, Paul Telfer, Hilde Mpunga, Ayubu Msago, Linus Spence, Renae Stenhouse, Munishi, Haruna Sauko, Festo Additional Staff: Tim Bean, Van Leeuwe, Moise Zoniaba Soumalie Sygnavong, Soulisak Semanini, Sammuel Sikombe Scott Bergen, Gosia Bryja, Vannalath, Duangphet Democratic Republic Vannavong, Venevongphet Karl Didier, Jessica Forrest, Uganda Karen Minkowski, Erika Of Congo Sam Ayebare, Scovia Kobusingye, Reuter, Samantha Strindberg Fidele Amsini, Ellen Brown, Malaysia Leonard Chihenguza, Floribert Alastair McNeilage, Simon Shiek Leng Boon, Cynthia SCIENCE AND Bujo Dhego, John Hart, Nampindo, Grace Nangendo, Chin, Melvin Gumal, Jason Benjamin Ntumba Kaciela, William Olupot, Isaiah Hon, Norhayani Jalaweh, John EXPLORATION Owiunji, Andrew J Plumptre George Schaller, Vice President, Emmanuel Kayumba, Deo Mathai, Michael Meredith, Kujirakwinja, Guy Mbayma, Ella Milbank Foshay Chair Zambia Wegess Midok, Nural Azura in Wildlife Conservation Jean-Remy Makana, Jacob Mohd Naim, Sylvia Ng, Madidi, Boni Nyembo, Raymond Whyteson Daka, Dale Lewis, Kelawing Jok Ngau, Joshua Alan Rabinowitz, Paluku, Baraka Othep, Robert Makando Kabila, Mike Pandong, June Rubis, Jephte Executive Director Mwinyihali, Richard Tshombe Matokwani, Malambo Sompud, Nurulhuda Zakaria Additional Staff: Ricardo Boulhosa, Moonga, Handsen Mseteka, Kathleen Conforti, Michael Fay, Gabon Ruth Nabuyanda, Charles Mongolia Bart Harmsen, Andrea Heydlauff, Kate Abernethy, Bruno Baert, Ngoma, John Nyirenda,James Amanda Fine, Losolmaa Jambal, Luke Hunter, Leonardo Maffei, Romain Calaque, Nerissa Phiri, Bennett Siachoone, Ochirkhuyag Lkhamjav, Katherine Marieb, Tim O’Brien, Chao, Eric Chehoski, Josie Nemiah Tembo Odonchimeg Nyamtseren, John Polisar, Scott Silver, John Demmer, Julian Easton, Angela ASIA Chimedtseren Oldokh, >orbjarnarson, Nicole Williams Formia, Georges de Gersigny, Kirk Olson, Bolortsetseg Kath Jeffrey, Louise Hurst, Colin Poole, Director Sanjaa, Agizul Sosor, Susann CONSERVATION POLICY Olly Hymas, Tomo Nishihara, Peter Clyne, Peter Zahler, Townsend, Ann Winters Linda Krueger, Director Isabelle Orbell, Nigel Orbell, Assistant Directors Ray Victurine, Associate Rich Parnell, Malcolm Starkey, Additional Staff: Nawang Eden, Myanmar Director, Finance Ruth Starkey, Matt Steil, Paul Rose King, Lisa Yook Daw Bibiana Chit, Will Elizabeth Bennett, Director, Telfer, Jean-Pierre van de Weghe, Duckworth, Daw San San Htay, Hunting & Wildlife Trade; Lee White, Alden Whittaker Afghanistan U Saw Htun, U Win Ko Ko, U Additional Staff: Scott Roberton, Inayat Ali, Alex Dehgan, Peter Kyaw >inn Latt, U >an Myint, Vietnam, Lauren Terwilliger Ivory Coast Bowles, Zabihullah Ejlasi, Daw Khin Myo Myo, Daw Myint Bushmeat Crisis Task Force: Akoi Kouadio Inayatullah Farahmand, Myint Oo, U Saw Htoo >a Po, Shafiq Fedayee, Stephane U Htun Shaung, Daw Myint Heather Eves, Director, Natalie Kenya Bailey, Assistant Director Ostrowski, Haqiq Rahmani, >ida, U Zaw Win, U >an Zaw Stephanie Dolrenry, Steven Qais Sahar, Kara Stevens TRAINING AND Ekwanga, Laurence Frank, Pakistan Cambodia CAPACITY-BUILDING Leela Hazzah, Anthony ole Mayoor Khan Kasanga, Seamus Maclennan, Hong Chamnan, Song Will Banham, Associate Director Alayne Mathieson, James ole Chansocheat, Tom Clements, Papua New Guinea Additional Staff: Romina Capelli, Putanoi, Rosie Woodroffe Tom Evans, Ashish John, Nhem Frank Clarke, Banak Gamui, Lynn Duda, Kate Mastro Sok Heng, Long Kheng, Pet Paul Igag, Jephat Kol, Anna Madagascar Phaktra, Khiev Rithy Phoin, Koki, Leo Legra, Andrew Mack, AFRICA Lantoniaina Andriamampianina, Edward Pollard, Heng Sambath, Miriam Supuma, Debra Wright James Deutsch, Director Aristide Andrianarimisa, Tao Sarath, Tan Setha, Men Graeme Patterson, Kirstin Rahary Olga Andriantsoa, Soriyun, Heng Sovannara, Martin Russia Siex, Assistant Directors Nicolas Blondel, Norolalaina Tyson, Sun Visal, Joe Walston John Goodrich, Natalia Karp,

94 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Senior Veterinarian Bonnie Raphael, field scientist Eric Eulert, Leticia Faldín, Carolyn Miller, América Amanda García, Ingrid Gironda, Rodríguez, Victor Hugo Rosie Woodroffe, and General Curator Patrick Thomas Kantuta Lara, Oscar Loayza, Ramos, Julieta Carrión De administer canine distemper vaccine to a wild dog. Alfonso Llobet, Leo Maffei, Samudio, Rafael Samudio Guido Miranda, Rossy Montaño, Rodolfo Nallar, Andrew Noss, Peru Lilian Painter, Michael Painter, Miguel Antunez, Richard Bodmer, Nikolai Kazakov, Alexei Kostyria, Argentina Omar Rocha, Linda Rosas, Roxana Pezo, Pablo Puertas Trond Lovdal, Vladimir Damián Rumiz, Elvira Salinas, Felicity Arengo, Ricardo Baldi, Venezuela Melnikov, Dale Miquelle, Dee Boersma, Maria José Bolgeri, Teddy Siles, Robert Wallace John Paczkowski, Tanya José Ignacio Bonaccorso, Claudio Isaac Goldstein, Félix Daza, Chile Perova, Nikolai Reebin, Ivan Campagna, Silvia Chalukian, Carolina Bertsch Serodkin, Svetlana Soutryina Rodolfo Alarcón, Cristóbal Briceño, Valeria Falabella, Esteban Frere, MARINE Martin Funes, Ana Carla Galli, Mauricio Chacón, Luis Escalona, Thailand Patricia Gandini, Alejandro Paola Etchegaray, Javier Gómez, Cheri Recchia, Director Lamthai Arsanork, >ongbai Gonzalez, Graham Harris, Roberto Medina, Custodio Liz Lauck, Assistant Director Charoendong, Manat Inchum, Patricia Harris, Luis Jacome, Millán, Claudio Moraga, Additional Staff: Barbara Pornkamol Jomburom, Nont Santiago Krapovickas, Juan Anthony Muñoz, Ricardo Muza, Newman, Sarah Pacyna Keawwan, Petch Manopawitr, Masello, Patricia Marconi, Bárbara Saavedra, Juan Sotomayor Panomporn Patithus, Puntipa Rob McGill, Andrés Novaro, Global/Regional Pattanakaew, Anak Pattanavibool, Flavio Quintana, Adrian Colombia Andrew Baker, Salvatore Cerchio, Yossawadee Rakpongpan, Schiavini, Alejandro Vila, Susan Darío Correa, Carolina Tim Collins, Charlotte de Jiraporn Teampanpong, Walker, Pablo Yorio, Carolina Gómez, Gustavo Kattan, Fontaubert, Daniel Erickson, Mayuree Umponjan, Zambruno, Victoria Zavattieri Carolina Murcia, Vladimir Rachel Graham, Tim Kwanchai Waitanyakarn Rojas, Carlos Valderrama McClanahan, Nyawira Muthiga, Brazil Howard Rosenbaum, Brian Smith Regional Ana Rita Alves, Martha Argel, Ecuador Bangladesh Etienne Delattre, Simon Hedges, Ricardo Boulhosa, Sandra Adriana Burbano, Mauricio Antony Lynam, Madhu Rao Cavalcanti, Valéria Guimarães, Castillo, Gloria Figueiredo, Benazir Ahmed, M. Abdullah Alexine Keuroghlian, Fernanda Erika Olmedo, Esteban Abu Diyan, Elisabeth Anne LATIN AMERICA Marques, Claudia Pereira de Suárez, Victor Utreras, Fahrni Mansur, Rubaiyat AND CARIBBEAN Deus, Helder Queiroz, Fabio Mansur Mowgli Rohe, Eduardo Venticinque Mesoamerica Avecita Chicchón, Director Mario Boza, Archie Carr III, Belize Anton Seimon, Mariana Bolivia Eduardo Carrillo, Bayron Charles Acosta, Suzanne Arnold, Varese, Assistant Directors Alejandro Arambiza, Guido Ayala, Castellanos, Peter Feinsinger, Jose Cab, Archie Carr III, Martha Additional Staff: Romina Capelli, Rosario Arispe, Oscar Castillo, Rony García, Rosario Guerra, Casimiro, Dan Castellanos, Philip Zachery Feris, Alexandra Rojas Erika Cuéllar, Rosa Leny Cuéllar, Roan McNab, Bruce Miller, Castillo, Cordelia Che, Robin

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 95 Coleman, Annick Cros, Janet Simeon Daple, Fraser Hartley, Albert Corvino, Director, Restricted Ileana Figueroa, Maureen Garvey, Gibson, Roy Herrera, Sergio Maunoa Karo, Roselyn Fund and Government Grants Administrative Assistants Hoare, Rita Leslie, Randolph Koi, John Tagai Kuange, Lori Bueti, Executive Secretary Restaurants Nunez, Apolonio Olivas, Roy Rachael Lahari, Tau Morove, Talia Ann Aliberti, Payroll Manager Niko Radjenovic, Director Polonio, Rozinell Rodriquez, Helen Perks, John Vegala Joan Jones, Accounts Enric Sala, Edward Solomon, Joe Yenalevitch, Assistant NORTH AMERICA Payable Manager Robert Steneck, Fagan Villanueva, Director, Culinary Services Howard Forbes, Manager, Benjamin Wainwright, Danny Jodi Hilty, Assistant Director Lysa Roseborough, Assistant Additional Staff: Shirley Atkinson, Cashroom, Guest Wesby, Sandra Zelaya Services Accounting Director, Bronx Zoo Kevin Gorman, Shannon Roberts, Angella Modeste, Manager, Fiji Darren Long, Melissa Richey Linda Asbaty, Supervising Accountant Bronx Zoo Akanisi Caginitoba, Sirilo Greater Yellowstone Jacklyn Bui, Alicia Wyatt, John Lipari, Kitchen Dulunaqio, Alice Heffernan, Kini Ecosystem Manager, Bronx Zoo Kotomailautoka, Wayne Houng Senior Accountants Rob Ament, Jon Beckmann, Joel Michael Regan, Accountant Tarik Castro, Celenia Garcia, Lee, Waisea Naisilisili, Alexander Melanie Otero, Rodney Patrick, Ingrid Quaqua, Etika Berger, Kim Berger, Brent Brock, Donna M. Marano, Michelle Jeff Burrell, Cecily Costello, Rollins, Victorina Sierra, Rupeni, Betani Salusalu, Loraini Mora, Isobel Onorato, Dolores Molly Cross, Bebe Crouse, Craig Supervisors, Bronx Zoo Sivo, Alipate Tavainaqara, Moala Papaleo, Supervisors Groves, Kris Inman, Bob Inman, Brenda Williams, Cache Tokataa, >omas Richard Tui, Ernesto Banaag, Buenafe Chris Jenkins, Louise Lasley, Rodriquez, Virgin Colon, Kathy Walls, Naushad Yakub Manongdo, Sonya Meltzer, Unit Managers, Bronx Zoo Darren Long, Tony McCue, Maureen Salvatto, Senior Clerks Indonesia Mark Packila, Meghan Quinn, Tony Uricco, Storekeeper, Jesse Newby, Melissa Richey, Patricia Espinoza, Rose Gilberti, Bronx Zoo Rizya Ardiwijaya, Stuart Campbell, Jean McNally, Annabelle Olmeda, Yudi Herdiana, Yulianto Shannon Roberts, Toni Ruth, Ray Jackson, Cook, Bronx Zoo Andra Toivola, Leigh Work Niurka Garcia, Jacqueline Irfan, Tasrif Kartawijaya, Susy Sgueglia, Clerks Jimmy Coleman, Oliver Morton, ACE Specialists, Bronx Zoo Mawarwati, Ahmad Mukminin, Pacific West and Alaska Julienne Hollingworth, Sinta Pardede, Rian Prasetia, Kerry Farris, Joe Liebezeit, Sean Senior Cashier Angela Christenson, Manager, Ripanto, Fakhrizal Setiawan NY Aquarium Matthews, Katy Wang, Steve Zack Irene Martinez, Vivian Chantal Robinson, Supervisor, Kenya Villa, Cashiers Adirondacks NY Aquarium Caroline Abunge, Mebrahtu Angie Cook, Michale Glennon, INTERNATIONAL Rocco Turco, Unit Manager, Ateweberhan, Josh Cinner, Jerry Jenkins, Leslie Karasin, NY Aquarium Christina Hicks, Joan Kawaka, SERVICE CENTER Heidi Kretser, Amy Sauer, Cynthia Browne, Assistant Unit Kitema, Joseph Maina, James Robert Calamo, Director Nina Schoch, Zoë Smith Manager, NY Aquarium Mariara, Patrick Mutisya, Carlos Hornillos-Dalisme, Moses Mwambogo, Johnstone Metropolitan Peggy O’Shaughnessy, Merchandise Conservation Alliance Assistant Directors Omkoto, Andrew Wamukoto Mike Casella, Director Michael Klemens, Danielle Linda Percy, Africa Finance Madagascar Coordination Rosanne Pignatelli, Labruna, Kevin Ryan, Amy Sauer Merchandise Manager Setra Andriamanaitra, Norbert Lillian Bonilla, Raquel Díaz, Laura Andrianarivelo, Gaston Dera, Canada Perozo, Finance Managers Valerie McKee, Assistant Raoul Olivier Jaonazandry, Biz Agnew, Jenni McDermid, Director, Bronx Zoo Jean Makoa, José Maro, Justina Ray, Don Reid, John HUMAN RESOURCES Margaret Murphy, Raharilala Mathieu, Francisco Weaver, Gillian Woolmer Miriam Benitez, Vice President Manager, Bronx Zoo Ramananjatovo, Eva Lovaniaina Charles Braithwaite, Manager, Dispersed Research Zulma Rivera, Director Ramino, Herilala Randriamahazo, Rich Sowinski, Safety Director Bronx Zoo Warehouse Bemahafaly Randriamanantsoa, Bill McShea, Adrian Treves Garnet Vaccaro, Assistant Denise Guzman, Oneika Lewis, Rivo Josue Randriantsaha, Director of Benefits Supervisors, Bronx Zoo Yvette Razafindrakoto -/,/6 Ê Ê Pamela Watim, International James Lo, Storekeeper, Myanmar Ê- ,6 - HR Rep. Bronx Zoo Warehouse Patricia Calabrese, Executive Vice Patricia Peters, Maria Ortega ACE Aung Myo Chit Zellee Jones, Seasonal Manager President for Administration Specialists, Bronx Zoo Warehouse & Chief Financial Officer Sandra Gonzalez, David Nicaragua Meyers Recruiters Albert Martinez, Margarita Dalma Crisostomo-Ward, Miranda, Laura Moret, James Andrew Anderson, Waldimar Izzy Harris, Assistant Manager Brooks, Henry Burton, Ralf Executive Assistant Vazquez, Senior Associates, Monique Santiago, Assistant Cambalan, Cathi Campbell, Brenda Burbach, Environmental Bronx Zoo Warehouse Alma Carlos, Rodolfo Chang, Compliance Specialist Sue Vargas, Coordinator Carol Johnston, Manager, Lorna Churnside, Cecil Clark, Gerard Tibbs, Evan Vanessa Pinkney, Receptionist/ Central Park Zoo Victoria Cordi, Margarit Downs, Randolf, Mailroom HR Clerk Olga Rivera, Supervisor, Carson Garth, Sonia Gautreau, Rexford Osei, Receptionist Central Park Zoo Lindon Hebberth, Margie BUDGET AND FINANCIAL Russell Crawley, Manager, Hing, Roy Hodgson, Victor PLANNING BUSINESS SERVICES NY Aquarium Huertas, Patrick Humphreys, Sarah Gillman, Vice President Robert A. Moskovitz, Robert Larot, Supervisor, José Humphries,Rubin Julio, Regina Burke, Director Vice President NY Aquarium Cynthia Lagueux, Harry Laury, Cecile Koehler, Assistant Director John Chopey, Assistant Director, Derrik Clarke, ACE Specialist, Finance & Administration Mitchel McCoy, William Kelly Cavanaugh, Maria NY Aquarium McCoy, Aida Morris, >elia Corvino, Managers Randi Winter, Assistant Narcisso, Ermicinda Pong, Director, Guest Programming Guest Services Rodrigo Renales, Edgar Accounting & Creative Services Sean McAllister, Director >eodore, Francela >omas Robert Calamo, Vice President Robert DiCesare, Manager, Systems Phyllis Fritz, Assistant Director, Panama and Comptroller Danielle Scire, Manager, Bronx Zoo Admissions & Parking Presentation & Promotion Inocencio Castillo, Anne Ronald Ventarola, Assistant Chris Filomio, Assistant Director, Comptroller Dave Della Fave, Manager, Bronx Zoo Ride Operations Meylan, Peter Meylan Gwendolyn Cleary, Loss Prevention Joe Minieri, Manager, Bronx Papua New Guinea Chief Accountant Audra Browne, Jacqui Dauphinais, Zoo Admissions & Parking

96 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Kevin Franqui, Manager, Bronx Gale Page, Director, Membership Supervisors, Site Sales Lillian Valentin, Manager, CPZ Zoo Ride Operations Lauren Rabin, Director, Operations Eliza Lazo, Kendra Rae Whitmore, Alicia Sells, Associate Manager CPZ Chris Papaleo, Manager, Tiffany Reiser-Jacobson, Assistant Supervisors, Site Sales Group Ticketing Services Director, Campaign Dorothy Moura, Group Sales Stephanie Bailey, Georgia Burke, Communications and Events Assistant Coordinator, Sandra Matthews, Manager Ivelisse Velasquez, Supervisors/ Olivia van Melle Kamp, Membership Services Timothy Kirk, Cynthia Bronx Zoo Admissions & Parking Director, National Councils Villanueva, Erik Weinberg, Jim Fitzgerald, Sandra Nino- and Travel Program *1 Ê,- Account Executives Franqui, Joe Power, Maryann John Calvelli, Senior Vice President Ruberto, Supervisors, Bronx Senior Development Officers Media Production Center Zoo Ride Operations Lynette Ardis, Conservation Patrons Denise Browne, Executive Assistant Karen Spiak, Creative Director Nellie Cruz, Supervisor, Susan Cooper, Information Systems Jan Kaderly, Director Julie Maher, Manager. 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98 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY 71, no. 3: 955-63. 2006. Ruminant-mediated seed Õ>Ê V}Þ F. Maisels, and P. Elkan. 2006. dispersal of an economically Can taxation contribute to valuable tree in Indian dry Bennett, Elizabeth L., Eric sustainable management of the Karanth, K. U., J. D. Nichols, Blencowe, Katrina Brandon, N. S. Kumar, and J. E. Hines. forests. Biotropica 38, no. 5: bushmeat trade? Evidence from 679-82. David Brown, Robert W. Burn, Gabon and Cameroon. Journal 2006. Assessing tiger population Guy Cowlishaw, Glyn Davies, dynamics using photographic of International Wildlife Law and Holly Dublin, John E. Fa, E. Policy 9 , no. 4: 335-49. capture-recapture sampling. Rawson, B., T. Clements, and J. Milner-Gulland, John G. Ecology 87: 2925-37. N. M. Hor. 2007. Status and Robinson, J. Marcus Rowcliffe, conservation of yellow-cheeked Fiona M. Underwood, and Kattan, Gustavo H., Padu Franco, crested gibbons ( Nomascus David S. Wilkie. 2007. Hunting *«Õ>ÌÊL}ÞÊ Carlos A. 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ANNUAL REPORT 2007 99 Ü>À`Ã J. Michael Fay ’s unique brand of technolo- Society for Conservation Biology meeting gy-driven field science, including his “Mega- for graduate student presentations. transect” and “Megaflyover” explorations, Erika Cuéllar , with WCS-Latin America, earned him the 2007 Lindbergh Award from received the Whitley Fund for Nature 2007 the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation. “Whitley Award,” donated by Sting and Trudie Styler. Cuéllar will use the funds George. B. Schaller received the first to train parabiologists for the the guanaco National Geographic Adventure Lifetime population recovery project in Bolivia and Achievement Award, and the Lifetime Paraguay. >Ê iÃÕÃ Achievement Award of the International Bronx Zoo Central Park Zoo Wildlife Film Festival. Cláudia Pereira de Deus , from INPA/Insti- tuto Piagaçu in Peru, was selected to receive Mammals Mammals Alan Rabinowitz was elected to the Men’s a two-year Overbrook Conservation Fel- 2,491 animals of 133 663 animals of 22 Journal Hall of Fame as one of the “toughest lowship from the Center for Environmental species 1,430 births species and most inventive environmental enforcers Research and Conservation (CERC). and entrepreneurs that you have never heard Birds 3 births of.” Ed Miller , President of Gas TransBoliviano, 817 animals of 182 Birds received the CABI “Sombra Grande” award species 306 birds of 66 species Rabinowitz also was given >e Kaplan in recognition of his continued support over 67 hatchings 32 hatchings Lifetime Achievement Award for Cat Con- ten years of co-administration of Bolivia’s Reptile and Amphibians Reptiles and Amphibians servation for 2006. Kaa-Iya Park in the Gran Chaco, and his ef- 1,058 animals of 150 809 of 49 species K. Ullas Karanth , Director of WCS-India, forts to conserve the Kaa-Iya protected area species Fish received the 2007 J. Paul Getty Award for and the welfare of the Guaraní people. 441 births and 38 animals of 6 species Conservation Leadership from the World Bayron Castellanos , Executive Director of hatchings Invertebrates Wildlife Fund. >e award will be used Asociacion Balam and Technical Director Fish 10,120 animals of 19 to establish a fellowship program named of WCS-Guatemala was awarded an Over- 356 animals of 29 species in Karanth’s honor to support graduate species students in conservation-related fields at a brook Conservation Fellowship, $20,000 Queens Zoo university of his choice. over two years to strengthen the activities of Invertebrates the Mirador-Rio Azul Roundtable. 11,375 animals of 26 Mammals Karanth also received >e Earthcare Award species 82 animals of 24 for 2007. It is the Sierra Club’s highest in- WCS-China SFDFJWFEB4&&t5/$BXBSE species ternational award and honors an individual, for Amur Tiger Anti-Poaching Public Edu- cation & Participatory Conservation Pro- Special Animal Exhibits, 3 births organization, or agency making a unique Bronx Zoo contribution to international environmental gram. >e SEE Ecological Award is the first Birds protection and conservation. Former win- ecological and environmental award spon- Mammals 203 animals of 37 ners include Nobel Prize recipient Wangari sored by a civil organization in mainland 230 animals of 38 species Maathai, former Norway Prime Minister China. Launched by ALXA SEE Ecological species 11 hatchings Gro Harlem Brundtland, and former Presi- Association, the award was co-sponsored this 16 births Reptiles dent of Venezuela Andre Perez. year by >e Nature Conservancy. Birds 37 animals of 3 species Sanjay Gubbi , Policy and Outreach WCS-Adirondacks staff were named “Con- 138 animals of 36 Program Manager with WCS-India, was servationists of the Year” by the Adirondack species Prospect Park Zoo awarded the Maurice Swingland Prize by Council. 18 hatchings Mammals Reptile and Amphibians DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation Seamus Ehrhard , Intern in Herpetology, 124 animals of 23 and Ecology) at the University of Kent 187 animals of 36 received an Earthwatch grant to observe species Canterbury echidnas and monitor lizards on Kangaroo species 14 births Gubbi also won first prize at the 2007 Island, Australia. 5 births Birds Fish 73 animals of 35 76 animals of 8 species species // Ê/Ê7 -Ê / - Invertebrates 6 hatchings Bronx Zoo 1,926,954 205 animals of 3 Reptiles and Amphibians Congo Gorilla Forest 698,904 species 240 animals of 53 Children’s Zoo 366,665 species Zoo Shuttle 284,335 New York Aquarium 30 births and Monorail 421,260 Mammals hatchings Skyfari 451,755 20 animals of 8 species Fish Butterfly Garden 365,316 1 birth 190 animals of 21 Carousel 415,130 Birds species New York Aquarium 765,961 13 animals of 1 species Invertebrates Central Park Zoo 1,012,408 Reptile and Amphibians 2,261 animals of 9 Prospect Park Zoo 233,917 24 animals of 9 species species Queens Zoo 208,667 Fish Total WCS Attendance 4,147,907 3,234 animals of 251 Total WCS Census species ,-*Ê Ê < Invertebrates 17,875 animals of 1,210 species Members 89,945 8,011 animals of 109 Wildlife Conservation circulation 102,722 species

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PHOTO CREDITS: front cover: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; back cover: WCS; inside RECOMMENDED FORM OF BEQUEST front cover: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; pages 2–3: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 4: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 5: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 6: Julie Larsen The Trustees of the Wildlife Conservation Society recom- Maher/WCS; page 7: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 8: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page mend that, for estate planning purposes, members and friends 9: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 11: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 12: WCS; page consider the following language for use in their wills: “To the 13: Jason Green Photography, Julie Larsen Maher/WCS, Jason Green Photography; page 14: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS, Jason Green Photography, Julie Larsen Maher/ Wildlife Conservation Society (”WCS”), a not-for-proﬁt, tax- WCS; page 15: Monika Graff, Julie Larsen Maher/WCS (2); pages 16–17: Julie Larsen exempt organization incorporated in the State of New York in Maher/WCS; page 18: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 19: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 20: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 21: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 22: Julie 1895, having as its principal address 2300 Southern Boule- Larsen Maher/WCS; page 23: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS (2); page 24: Julie Larsen vard, Bronx, New York 10460, I hereby give and bequeath Maher/WCS; page 25: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 26: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; ______to be used as determined by WCS for the page 27: William Karesh; page 29: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; pages 30–31: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 32: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 33: Suzanne Bolduc/WCS general purposes of WCS.” (2); page 34: WCS (2); page 35: Ilyssa Gillman; page 36: WCS; page 37: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 38: Nicole Greevey; pages 40–41: Luke Hunter; page 42: Anthony In order to help WCS avoid future administration costs, it is O’ Toole; page 44: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 47: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 49: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 50: Zhaxi Duojie; page 53: A. Chicchon; page suggested that the following paragraph be added to any restric- 54: Brian D. Smith; page 56: GillianWoomer; page 57: Luke Hunter; page 59: Julie tions that are imposed on a bequest: “If at some future time, in Larsen Maher/WCS; page 60: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 61: Julie Larsen Maher/ WCS; page 62: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 63: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 68: the judgment of the Trustees of the Wildlife Conservation Soci- Julie Larsen Maher/WCS (2); Patrick McMullan (2); page 69: Mary Hilliard (2); Julie ety, it is no longer practical to use the income and/or principal Larsen Maher/WCS (2); Patrick McMullan; page 70: Patrick McMullan (4); page 71: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS (4); page 72: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS (4); page 73: Suzanne of this bequest for the purposes intended, the Trustees have the Bolduc/WCS, Jason Green Photography; page 74: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS (3); page right to use the income and/or principal for whatever purposes 75: Kent Redford; page 76: Mary Hilliard; page 79: Mary Hilliard; page 81: Patrick they deem necessary and most closely in accord with the intent McMullan; page 82: Patrick McMullan; pages 86–87: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 89: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 91: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 92: Julie Larsen described herein.” Maher/WCS; page 95: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 100: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; inside back cover: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS If you wish to discuss the language of your bequest with a member of the WCS staff, please be in touch with the Planned Giving Ofﬁce at 718-220-5090.

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