Overview of Activities

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Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei) at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. © Gerald Dick II Year of the Gorilla 2009

Gerald Dick Maria Teresa Abello Introduction Barcelona Zoo | Spain After nearly a year of preparation, 109 zoos of 52 in the SSP (keeping 370 gorillas) and of 64 zoos in the EEP During this year Barcelona zoo dis‑ Other YoG 2009 activitis were: (keeping 425 gorillas) agreed to take played special labels near the gorilla • A Catalonian Bank sponsored the part in the UN Year of the Gorilla via enclosures regarding the Year of edition of a promotional leaflet with WAZA, being the official YOG partner. Gorilla Campaign, YoG 2009, explain‑ gorilla information, radio interviews, After the formal agreement of coop‑ ing the current situation of this mag‑ gorilla games for children during eration entered into force between nificent animal. Gorilla educational a popular party in Catalunya (Su‑ WAZA and CMS on 3 December 2008 kits have been sold in our zoo shops per3), the institutional zoo website the YOG proved to become the first during this time. has been linked to the YoG website and internationally widely recognized and to the SOS Gorilla website (fun‑ joint conservation effort. A special gorilla programme was pro‑ draising for gorilla in situ conserva‑ duced by our educational department tion), publications of different maga‑ Numerous events of the zoo for school teams and different events zines about the gorilla situation. community were advertised on the such as keeper‑talks were organised • The campaign has been coordinated www.yog2009.org website and all during the week May 20th to 26th. by Mª Josep Notó, our Head of the relevant documents, including gorilla Educational Department for AIZA action plans, leaflets, WAZA projects (Asociación Ibería de Zoos and Q’s and A’s were made available Gorilla‑activities: y Acuarios). on the www.waza.org special YOG May 20th–26th • The Spanish zoos participating in page. WAZA and IZE produced the • Talks about gorillas: daily short the campaign are: Bioparc Valen‑ education manual All About Goril‑ activities conducted by the primate cia, Loro Parque, S. A., Parque de la las which has been made available keeper for the visitors explaining, at Naturaleza de Cabárceno; Parque in 4 languages and been downloaded the feeding time, amazing features Zoologico de Madrid and Parque over 600 times till September 2009 of our gorillas. Zoológico de Jerez. only from the WAZA website. • All the school groups attending zoo education programmes were While gorilla conservation will not informed about the campaign, stop after 2009, it is time to look back and encouraged to do something and to present a review of activities together. and what has been achieved during • Tell‑a‑tale gorilla activitity for chil‑ this concerted international action. dren in the open room. This is not at all a complete review, • Painting faces activities for children. but includes all the feedback the • Children were given a gorilla paper WAZA executive office has received mask as gift in order to paint and represents a nice cross‑section on their own. of different activities, globally. WAZA and all its members can be proud of being a major player in gorilla conser‑ vation and of the support our commu‑ nity provided to the implementation of the gorilla agreement under the auspices of CMS.

Being on the cusp of entering 2010 as the International UN Year of Biodiver‑ © K. Kitamura sity, this overarching theme will be Gerald Dick in Ueno Zoo. best positioned to embrace a great variety of zoo‑ and aquarium related topics and species, including goril‑ las. Amongst others, IUCN, RAMSAR, CMS and CBD are partnering for biodiversity conservation and WAZA is amidst the international conserva‑ tion community.

Thanks to all who have been so actively supporting the Year of the Gorilla! WAZA Members Activities III

Louise Bell Beatriz Gallego

Blackpool Zoo | UK Parque de la Naturaleza de Cabárceno | Spain

Gorilla poo throwing! It was with great enthusiasm that we An agreement was signed between received the invitation to participate the park and the Jane Goodall Insti‑ As a fun but novel way of creat‑ in the YOG. tute, by which Cabárceno will cooper‑ ing awareness of the WAZA Year of ate in some initiatives taken by the the Gorilla campaign, a Gorilla poo Cabárceno, is today an animal park Jane Goodall Institute. throwing competition was held over with an extension of 750 Hectars, and the summer at Blackpool Zoo by houses mainly big mammals in big Dr. Goodall also signed our guest the Great Ape exhibit. Visitors threw enclosures, but it was not always so. book, an this is what she wrote: fake poos at targets to gain points The area where the park is located “In my first visit to this astonishing and to win a prize. To ensure that the was an open air iron mine operated place – illustrating the resilience of conservation message was getting from the roman times until 1989, nature. The trees and plants now across, the targets were designed as when the local government recon‑ clothing the once bare ground. individual gorilla threats and points verted it into what it is today. Illustrating the good things peo‑ could be scored accordingly; poacher ple can do when they care – all the (20 points), logger (10 points), villager Cabárceno recently inaugurated its animals living in peace in a beautiful (5 points) and conservationists (-10 new gorilla facility, thanks to the help sanctuary. Indeed there is hope for points). The poacher seemed by far and support of the very proactive Go‑ the future if we join hands and hearts to be the most popular with over 100 rilla EEP. Our gorilla facility houses at around the world and work for a bet‑ visitors on target and over 300 poos present male Nicky and female Nadia, ter future for all living things. passing his way. A total of £400 was and we hope to enlarge the group in CONGRATULATIONS!” raised with more than 800 visitors the near future. and 2,400 flying gorilla poos! The In a joint initiative, the keepers of the gorilla game was enjoyed by all (in‑ We were honoured by the visit of park gave Dr. Goodall a painting as cluding the staff) but I’m not too sure Dr. Jane Goodall, as part of her role a present, made by one of the mem‑ what the gorillas made of it! as the YOG ambassador through the bers of the staff, who is also a very world. It was a big event, and there talented painter. was a press conference hosted by the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the government of Can‑ tabria, Mr. Francisco Javier López Marcano, and by the General Director of Cantur, SA, and the Park, Mr. Diego Higuera.

© Parque de Cabárceno From left to right: Federico Bogdanowicz; Executive Director Institute Jane Goodall Spain, Jane Goodall, Francisco Javier López Marcano; Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports from the Government of Cantabria, and Diego Higuera; General Director of Cantur, and the Park. IV Year of the Gorilla 2009

Yasushi Ito Ron Evans Ruth Dieckmann

Chiba Zoo | Japan Cincinnati Zoo Cologne Zoo | Germany and Botanical Garden | USA

A special event about gorillas was In 2009 we accomplished various held at Chiba Zoo during the sum‑ The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical gorilla activities in Cologne Zoo. mer months. An exhibition explained Garden (CZBG) have a long history Overall focus was the collection of old the habitat of gorillas, the situation with gorillas and have focused many mobile phones that we forwarded to of wild populations and conserva‑ resources on their in situ and ex situ a recycling company. For each mobile tion activities. The female gorilla of management. Please see the article we obtained between 50 cent and the zoo, named Momoko was lent in the February 2009 issue of the 200 Euros, depending on the type of to Ueno Zoo, Tokyo where she got WAZA news magazine detailing phone. The money was forwarded to pregnant. This was also mentioned in CZBG’s Year of the Gorilla efforts. Ad‑ a gorilla project in Northern Congo. the exhibition and the reproduction ditional activities include: of gorillas was especially highlighted. A collection box was installed at the Some panels were specially dedicated • Gorilla Tree Climb Behavior: We gorilla enclosure together with infor‑ to the Year of Gorilla and WAZA, also have added a new public engage‑ mation panels highlighting the situ‑ acknowledging the support received. ment activity during our keeper ation of gorillas in the wild and the talks, demonstrating gorilla tree threats they are facing. On 26th April climb abilities by allowing a young we celebrated a gorillla awareness visitor to give a gorilla their cue day with several infopoints, guided to climb a tree. This behavior was tours and keeper talks. Visitors that designed to accomplish a couple handed over their old mobile phones of goals. First of all, to illustrate during that day had the chance to win and open the opportunity to talk free zoo entrance tickets. about operant conditioning and other programs zoos have to better A monthly gorilla tour highlighted manage gorillas in captivity. Sec‑ the animals in the exhibits and ended ondly, to give a young guest an with a keeper talk at the enclosure. inspirational gorilla related moment that they will remember for a long Various seminars enabled the teach‑ © Chiba Zoo time and that others can experience ers to incorporate gorillas in their vicariously through watching them. school curricula. This proved to be very popular and © Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden effective. “Year of the gorilla” will end up with • “Through the Congo” fundraiser: an illustrated lecture by Thomas This year’s major fundraising event Breuer about the “M’Beli Bai‑Gorilla “Zoofari” had the theme, “Through ‑Project” in Northern Congo (8 De‑ the Congo” and focused on Year of cember). the Gorilla activities. Jomo the go‑ rilla has produced several paintings for sale. This is a huge event that connects with influential friends of CZBG. © Cologne Zoo WAZA Members Activities V

Fran Miglore Manfred Niekisch

Disney’s Animal Kingdom | USA Frankfurt Zoo | Germany Highlights of Activities/ Events/Achievements In June, Frankfurt Zoo hosted an international symposium to mark Hosted, on March 28, a “Passholder Celebrated The Year of the Gorilla on the UN “Year of the Gorilla”. Over Speaker Series” event highlighting August 12 by sharing fun activities 160 government officials, gorilla ‑ex the gorilla for Disney passholders at and important information about go‑ perts, corporate representatives and Disney’s Animal Kingdom. rillas with Disney’s Animal Kingdom conservationists from 20 countries guests. Measurements showed that produced the “Frankfurt Declaration”. Providing staff expertise (and fund‑ team members spoke with more than This document not only describes ing through the Disney Worldwide 1,400 guests about gorillas. the major threats to both the gorillas Conservation Fund) for the creation and their habitats, it also is a fervent of the first center in eastern Africa October 26–30, the team was hosting appeal to all stakeholders involved, (near the Tanya Nature Reserve in a Cast Member (employee) event including national governments and the Democratic Republic of Congo) celebrating the Year of the Gorilla to intergovernmental organisations, designed to rescue and rehabilitate educate Cast Members about goril‑ as well as industrial companies to young, orphaned gorillas and, ulti‑ las. The event included a cell phone reduce the threats to the remaining mately, reintroduce them back into collection and education about coltan gorilla populations in the wild. the wild. mining and its effects on gorilla habitat. Frankfurt Zoo and Frankfurt Zoologi‑ Developed an innovative training pro‑ cal Society jointly started a number cedure that enables team members of initiatives to promote the Frank‑ to monitor the heart health of our furt Declaration and to contribute gorillas at Disney’s Animal Kingdom directly to conservation. For instance by administering cardiac ultrasound a project entitled “Mobile Phones for exams on fully alert, non‑sedated the Gorillas” was initiated. This cam‑ gorillas in the gorillas’ backstage liv‑ paign is raising awareness of the rela‑ ing area. tionship between our rather thought‑ less use of electronic equipment and the most problematic effects of coltan mining on the gorilla habitat Providing our gorillas with an environment in Central Africa. Furthermore, a new that is full of enrichment is a top priority at mobile information stand has been Disney’s Animal Kingdom launched in the zoo explaining the © Disney’s Animal Kingdom complex conservation situation the gorillas are facing and all zoo events included special gorilla activities.

Takayo Takagi Brian Price Louise Gordon

Hamamatsu Jacksonville Johannesburg Municipal Zoo | Japan Zoo & Gardens | USA Zoo | South Africa

We have put up Gorilla posters in During JZG’s annual “Party for the The Johannesburg Zoo has celebrated a small exhibition in our zoo. The Planet” event, keepers utilized WAZA the Year of the Gorilla using various brochures of the Year of the Gorilla materials for Ape Awareness edu‑ opportunities. Promotional materi‑ have been translated into Japanese cational displays. Ongoing sales of als included stickers, banners and and distributed to many visitors of gorilla related merchandise, including a beaded gorilla standing about our zoo. Keepers’ talks were held to gorilla‑made “walking sticks” benefit one metre high at shoulder level. inform visitors about the need for the Zoo’s Primate Conservation Fund. We printed gorilla t‑shirts for all our conservation of gorillas in order to JZG has made financial contribu‑ staff. We have a skull of a gorilla, plus protect them from extinction, so this tions to gorilla conservation projects, hand and foot prints made from Plas‑ information is not only spread within including Partners in Conservation, ter of Paris and one set cast in fiber Africa but also outside and worldwide. Mbeli Bai Study, Cross River Gorilla glass that was used quite successfully We also produced posters of our own Project, and Ape TAG Conservation in demonstrating how large a gorilla gorillas and presented them to the Initiative. Keepers conducted regular hand or foot is. An article was placed visitors. keeper chats and gorilla training on our website and we added a ban‑ demonstrations for summer camps ner to our e‑mail signature. and behind‑the ‑scenes tours. A public © Takayo Takagi gorilla training demonstration area Posters were placed at the gorilla ex‑ will be completed by the end of 2009. hibit plus we unveiled a gorilla statue New educational graphics highlight of Max, our very famous crime‑fight‑ gorilla conservation issues, including ing gorilla, who is now deceased. This habitat destruction, the bushmeat statue has indeed turned into a very crisis, disease, and apes in the pet popular spot for visitors and presents and entertainment industries. Soli‑ the ideal opportunity for education tary silverback Quito is now exhibited on gorillas. with a group of colobus monkeys. JZG research on the effects of com‑ mercial biscuit feeding on gorilla behavior is ongoing.

Laurel Colton Sofie Meilvang

Los Angeles Limbe Zoo | USA Wildlife Centre | Cameroon

In April we participated in a garden It was an exciting week here in Every year we have workshops during show, Gardenex, featuring a wild California during “Year of the Go‑ the summer holiday. This year the flower and grass garden with the rilla” (YoG) Ambassador Ian Red‑ theme was “gorillas, research and main conservation message focused mond’s lecture tour October 3–12. conservation”. on gorillas. We displayed our beaded Ian spoke about gorilla conservation gorilla and the gorilla banners and at a number of venues including the During the workshop the participants posters. This exhibition was at‑ San Francisco Zoo, DreamWorks had several lectures about gorillas, tended by more than 10 000 people. Animation, the San Diego Zoo, two their biology and behavior and on The beaded gorilla is currently on southern California universities, the conservation and gorilla research. display in our conference venue with Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gar‑ They had to do behavior observations the Year of the Gorilla information dens, a private party in Beverly Hills, on our gorillas, they went to a for‑ leaflets received from WAZA. and an educational and philanthropic est to investigate if it was a suitable women’s organization. The San gorilla habitat and they prepared In June 2009 we arranged a primate Francisco Zoo docents raised $740 for posters about gorillas. All of it was education week, focusing on goril‑ YoG through donations and a raffle a great success! las but also including other primates at Ian’s lecture. While in L.A., Ian was such as chimpanzees, baboons, interviewed for a local radio show and We have also had a “week of the go‑ lemurs and many others as these a newspaper article. So far this year, rilla” in June, where the children from species are also faced with challenges about $20,000 has been raised in the our nature club produced a very nice to survive. We used the various hand L.A. area through various YoG events “YOG” banner and made gorilla masks. and foot prints, skulls and photos including this lecture tour. We had presentations about LWCs to educate 760 learners. During the gorillas and all over the centre we had same week, we arranged a conserva‑ information about gorillas. tion walk in the Zoo – a 5 or 10 km Ian Redmond, gorilla & cake at L.A. Zoo. route inside the Zoo and the money © Tad Motoyama raised were allocated to the conser‑ vation funds. The same walk will be repeated in December 2009. Some staff members wearing their gorilla shirts participated in a walk organ‑ ized by a local radio station – 50 000 people participated.

We used education workshops and exhibits to create awareness for the Year of the Gorilla. The resource manual distributed by WAZA was extremely useful and we shared it with the educators and learners. This material was distributed to all the © Limbe Wildlife Centre Zoos on the PAAZAB member list. Limbe Nature Club, June 2009. Each educational event – we term these “Biodiversity events” such as national water week, Sasol Birdfair, Arbor day and World Environment Day focused on the Year of the Gorilla. For instance during arbor day our message was – birds need trees. But so do gorillas – save our trees and plant more where you can. VIII Year of the Gorilla 2009

David Waugh Elena Migunova Martina Raffel

The Loro Moscow Zoo | Russia Allwetter Münster Parque Fundación | Tenerife, Zoo | Germany Canary Islands, Spain The most important contribution to the YOG 2009 campaign was made German TV’s weather lady Gorilla videoconferences by lowland gorillas in Moscow zoo: supports the YoG a baby gorilla was born in April. Starting in March, and running on On August 2nd, gorilla “Gana” at a weekly basis, the daily activities of Posters, leaflets and interactive signs Münster Zoo gave birth to her third the Western lowland gorillas in Loro were prepared, guided tours and pub‑ baby. Her first daughter and the son Parque, Tenerife, Spain have been lic talks arranged about gorillas and born last year had gained notoriety: brought in real time into classrooms the YOG campaign introduced. Two years ago, “Mary Zwo” had been of schools throughout Spain. This neglected by her mother and thus educational programme for the “Year In September an art exhibition was has to be raised in the gorilla nursery of the Gorilla” is organised by the arranged in the zoo within the 3rd of Wilhelma Stuttgart. Son “Claudio” educators and biologists, and made Moscow Biennale of Contemporary grew only three months old; the pho‑ possible through videoconferences Art. The opening ceremony was tos of the mourning “Gana” guard‑ using the internet. Although the pro‑ focused on the YOG 2009, so the art ing her dead baby for a week went gramme has been focused especially community was also able to take part around the world. on schools in Spain, by connecting to in fund raising activities. the digital system Nautilus, devel‑ Having seen the photos of Claudio oped by the Loro Parque Fundación The main event – Gorilla Day – took after birth, German TV’s weather lady especially for these educational ac‑ place in October 4. There was a Claudia Kleinert fell in love with the tivities, any school in the world using “Gorilla trail”, where everyone could gorilla baby at Münster Zoo, goril‑ Spanish can participate. At the same try to answer questions about gorillas, las being her favourite animals! In time as being able to see the goril‑ recognize voices of different African the “weather show” she announced las, in Europe’s longest established animals, smell tropical plants, play her interest in adopting the gorilla, bachelor group, the children receive with the zoo gorilla toys (and learn in case it should be a girl. However, information, can ask questions and about behaviour enrichment). The can play video games distinguishing event was covered by all main TV the gorillas by their noses or finger‑ broadcasters in Moscow. © Münster Zoo prints. The programme is supported German TV‘s weather lady Claudia Klein‑ by CEPSA and Caja Mediterránea. ert with an emblematic plush gorilla is supporting the YOG since adopting the gorilla baby born at Münster Zoo.

Advertisement for gorilla videoconferences. © Loro Parque Fundación

Gorilla quiz at the Moscow Zoo. © Moscow Zoo WAZA Members Activities IX

Richard A. Bergl Florence Perroux

North Carolina Zoo de la Palmyre | Zoo | USA France

the baby turned out to be a boy, and was named “Claudio” in her honour. Working together to save Year 2009 is definitely that of When “Gana” now had a female Africa’s most endangered ape the gorilla at La Palmyre zoo. baby again, Münster Zoo’s director Jörg Adler spontaneously offered the Since 2007 the North Carolina Zoo After the opening of its new apes ex‑ adoption of the gorilla to the weather has been collaborating with the hibit last spring, followed by the birth lady – and Claudia Kleinert agreed Wildlife Conservation Society to con‑ of a delightful baby gorilla at the end promptly! On August 17th she visited serve the critically endangered Cross of June, the zoo started its “Year of her goddaughter – also in favour of River gorilla. Most recently, the Zoo the Gorilla event” in early summer. the Year of the Gorilla which she sup‑ has developed a mobile computer/ ports with the following statement: GPS-based data collection system for Visitors were invited to take part in research and law enforcement to use a gorilla photo contest. They’ve been Three of the four gorilla subspecies to monitor the Cross River popula‑ asked a contribution of 5 euros for are listed as “Critically Endangered” tion. These ruggedized handheld each photo sent, so we could help on the IUCN Red List of Threatened devices allow field workers to quickly raising funds for the campaign. The Species, due to poaching, the bush‑ and consistently record standardized photo contest is still running till the meat trade and habitat destruction. information about the gorillas and end of August. Results and winning Therefore, the United Nations have other wildlife that is used to make pictures will be published on the zoo declared 2009 the “Year of the Go‑ conservation action more effective. website some time in September. rilla”. Everybody can contribute to the The system, which was funded by the preservation of the gentle giants of US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Participants have the opportunity the forest – not only by donations to AZA Conservation Endowment Fund, to compete in 2 different categories relevant in situ conservation projects. was deployed to multiple sites in (gorilla pictures taken in zoos or in Simple behavioural changes may help Nigeria and Cameroon in early 2008. the wild). For the moment we didn’t as well, e. g. buying garden furniture We are currently refining data collec‑ receive any photos from wild gorillas, not made from tropical wood, using tion and analysis using the system meaning probably that gorilla view‑ recycled paper, collecting old mobile with a view to have it fully operation‑ ing tourism isn’t so widespread. phones in recycling stations (like the al by the end of 2009. one in Münster Zoo) and much more. An informal stand located just in front By this means, everybody can help to of the new gorilla/apes enclosure and preserve the gorillas’ habitats. With opened 5 days a week from 2 p.m. the adoption of Claudia I also support to 7 p.m. during the whole summer, the „Year of the Gorilla“. © NCZ offered different gorilla products for North Carolina Zoo’s Rich Bergl and WCS field sale such as tee‑shirts, cuddly toys, staff testing different mobile computers in wooden gorillas from Rwanda, post‑ the Mbe Mountains, Nigeria. ers, postcards, newspapers for kids…

A giant gorilla moneybox collected more than 2,000 € for now and had great success with kids! >>>

Ivan Rehák Udo Nagel

Prague Zoo | Rostock Zoo | Germany Czech Republic

>>> Several large panels installed Exhibition in the YOG & near the stand allowed people to get By generating income for conserva‑ fund‑raising campaign for informed about the Year of the Gorilla tion from entrance fees, we focused new ape construction campaign, as well as learn more about on Eastern Lowland gorilla conserva‑ the 4 gorilla subspecies, the threats tion in the Kahuzi‑Biega National In the Year of the Gorilla Zoo Rostock they face in the wild and the different Park in the Democratic Republic arranged an open‑air exhibition with ways of acting for protecting them. of Congo (rebuilding surveillance the title “Welcome in the year of the Many people stopped and read the and monitoring). gorilla“. The exhibition shows the cur‑ panels, which is really positive as we rent situation of the gorillas and their all know how difficult it is to encour‑ The donation of 6,000 € was handed threatened environment. All visitors age people reading signs in zoos! over to the director of the National showed a high interest in the exhibi‑ Park, Mr. Radar Nishuli during the tion which still can be visited until the Globally, visitors showed a clear inter‑ international gorilla symposium, end of the year. est for gorilla conservation issues which was held on 9/10 June 2009 and we hope they’ll keep doing well at Frankfurt zoo. At the same time Zoo Rostock used after such a good start, committing the YOG for its own fund‑raising themselves in associations, support‑ campaign for a new ape construction. ing in situ programs and changing 1,000,000 € will be collected in 2009 their consumption patterns. for the Darwineum with a new ape construction. The laying of the foun‑ The Zoo collected finally 13.000 € dation stone will be at the end of 2010 and could support community‑based © Ivan Rehák and the opening of the Darwineum anti‑poaching activities in the Mbe is planned for 2012. Zoo Rostock Prague Zoo donation handed over Mountains, in Nigeria and Cameroon at International Gorilla Symposium, is counting on the slogan in favour of Cross River gorilla con‑ Frankfurt, left to right: Manfred Niekisch, “2012 Together we reach the goal – servation. Radar Nishuli, Sandra‑Maria Meier, let´s work for the apes”. Petr Fejk, Lutz Laemmerhold.

Christan Baumer Rachael Woodward Teruyuki Komiya

Sedgwick Taronga Zoo | Ueno Australia Zoological Gardens | Japan County Zoo | USA

Taronga Conservation Society Aus‑ The banner with the YOG logo Sedgwick County Zoo held an ape tralia (TCSA) has joined the “Year of was printed and has been posted awareness event during August 2009. the Gorilla” initiative, by launching at the front gate of the zoo since Keepers, docents and volunteers the program They’re Calling on You, February 2009. educated our guests through chats a mobile phone recycling campaign. and activities. Topics included apes in This program is designed to make it Quiz rally of gorilla entertainment, bushmeat, orangutan easy for people to contribute to pri‑ Visitors had to answer quizzes while conservation, palm oil, the Year of mate conservation simply by donat‑ observing gorillas. It took place at the the Gorilla, the Jane Goodall Institute, ing their old mobile phones. gorilla's exhibition space on 16 May, and the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund when about 200 people participated. International. The event generated Zoo visitors are encouraged to col‑ Lectures were given by a wild gorilla's more than $1000 selling bookmarks, lect postage paid recycling satchels; specialist, the theme being “What buttons, magnets, small ape paint‑ during keeper talks from the Gorilla gorilla taught in the forest in Africa”, ings and t‑shirts. Each bookmark and Chimpanzee enclosures, the the lecture was held in the big zoo had a conservation message with Zoo’s entrance, or visit the Taronga hall on 29 April when about 150 peo‑ an image and information about our Zoo website at www.taronga.org to ple participated. gorilla, chimpanzee or orangutan download postage‑paid labels. With For elementary school children, group. Favorite activities included the the satchels or labels, visitors can classes were organised: During gorilla docent made gorilla, chimpanzee and send their old mobile phones away observation opportunity, keepers ex‑ orangutan pajamas for visitors to try for recycling. Corporate and school plained about biology etc. The classes on for size comparison, two foraging donations are encouraged and a free were held from 22 to 25 July, and activities where visitors foraged for courier service has been arranged to about 80 children in total participated a prize, and the opportunity to iden‑ collect large donations of phones. in groups of 20 each. tify the zoo’s gorillas by matching their “nose print”. Before guests left This recycling program supports the Special gorilla exhibition the area, they were asked, “Are they Year of the Gorilla initiative by All gorillas of Ueno zoo were intro‑ Endangered?” for each ape species. • Diverting phones from landfill duced by photos individually, the ex‑ • Raising money to support the Jane hibition was shown on the show floor Goodall Institute’s primate conser‑ in the zoo from 16 June to 4 October, vation work in Africa through the the total number of visitors were sale of refurbished phones and about 15,000 people. • Lessening the demand for coltan The elementary school children and mining by providing the coltan adults drew a picture letter while ob‑ coated capacitor in old mobile serving gorillas. It was done on 12 Sep‑ phone a second life. tember and 40 people participated.

The TCSA hopes to run this campaign Fundraising Campaign throughout 2009, and if successful, to protect wild gorillas into the future. The fund‑raising box was set up in the special exhibition hall and volunteers assisted by asking guests for donations while explaining about gorilla conservation. Funds amount‑ ing to 195,787 yen were collected by 26 September.

Jean‑Pascal Guery John Linehan Rachel Lowry

La Vallée Zoo New England Zoos Victoria | (mostly Franklin Australia des Singes | France Park Zoo) | USA

List of YOG activities They’re Calling on You, a mobile We organized “Gorilla weekends” at phone recycling program created which time we installed booths at • Biofact table for Ape Awareness by Melbourne Zoo in partnership various points throughout the zoo in week (February School Vacation). with Aussie Recycling Program and order to inform our visitors about the • Advertising in both kiosks (YoG Jane Goodall Institute Australia has gorillas as well as our everyday life poster). now been embraced by more than habits which contribute to deforesta‑ • Increased primate and gorilla 13 ARAZPA institutions across the tion and its consequences. member programming – Primate Australasian region. Behavior for 8–10 year olds (once in Visitors had the opportunity to learn February and twice in July), Gorillas The program is designed to help something about gorillas within each Up Close for 3–4 year olds (twice in lessen the demand for coltan, a min‑ primate territory (in addition to the July), and Gorillas in Our Midst for eral mined within gorilla habitat, species presented there). All visitors 5–7 year olds (twice in August). whilst raising funds for primate con‑ were invited to place their hand print • Breakfasts with the Gorillas (twice servation. More than 13,500 phones on a big gorilla silhouette, to sym‑ in April, 1 scheduled for October). have been refurbished to date, and bolize visitors’ commitment in their • Lecture by Dr. Marc Hauser on proceeds generated from the sale daily lives to decrease their individual “Ape Economics” in conjunction with of refurbished phones have been impact on gorilla environmental Harvard Museum of Natural History utilised by the Jane Goodall Institute destruction. (HMNH) in October. Australia in partnership with the Dian • Gorilla family program with HMNH Fossey Gorilla Fund International (DF‑ We collected more than 1,000 col‑ in October. GFI) to increase anti-poaching efforts oured handprints made during the • Gorilla biofact table for Kiki and within Maiko National Park (DRC). course of the weekend. We were also Kira’s birthday celebration (August). very proud to see one of our three • YoG information posting in TF in The campaign has prompted the female gorillas, on a stamp issued by September and being made avail‑ Australian Mobile Telecommunica‑ the French Postal service. able to teachers through website for tions Assosciation (AMTA) to engage field trips. in this debate and was recently We informed and educated 180,000 awarded Best Corporation Contribu‑ people and 5,000 people have made tion to the Environment at the 2009 a commitment to change something Melbourne Awards. in their daily lives for the conserva‑ tion of gorillas. With more than 100 media articles generated across the region, the coltan mining crisis has now reached a mainstream audience. They’re Calling on You is fast confirming that Zoos, Parks and Aquaria can work in collobaration to empower communi‑ ty conservation action. See for details www.zoo.org.au/Calling_on_You Museka on official French postal stamp. © La Vallée des Singes Going Ape was the theme for Fingerprints on gorilla silhouette. Melbourne Zoos April School Holiday © La Vallée des Singes period. A range of interactive experiences were set-up to help visi‑ Editor: tors connect with, Gerald Dick understand and act WAZA Executive Office, to conserve these Lindenrain 3, CH-3012 Bern, precious primates. Switzerland Layout & typesetting: [email protected] Print: Agentura NP, Staré Město, Czech Republic