Cervid (Deer) TAG

Chair- Michelle Hatwood Vet advisor- Tracy Clippinger, DVM Curator-Audubon Species Survival Center (FMASSC) [email protected] [email protected] w. 504.398.3153 Research & Reproduction advisor- c. 352.281.0394 Buddha Pukazhenthi Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute Vice Chair- Stephen Castillo [email protected] Curator- Disney's Animal Kingdom [email protected] Nutrition advisor- Jaap Wensvoort w. 407.938.2335 Toronto Zoo [email protected]

Education advisors- Brian Ogle [email protected]

Population Management- Kevin Willis Minnesota Zoological Garden [email protected] Cervid (Deer) TAG

Chair- Michelle Hatwood Curator-Audubon Species Survival Center (FMASSC) Steering Committee [email protected] w. 504.398.3153 Tony Fisher- Minnesota Zoo c. 352.281.0394 Buddha Pukazhenthi- SCBI Vice Chair- Stephen Castillo Andrea DeMuth- Brookgreen Gardens Curator- Disney's Animal Kingdom [email protected] Allison Case- Northwest Trek Wildlife w. 407.938.2335 Terry Lincoln- Dakota Zoo Randy Rieches- San Diego Zoo Safari Park Dan Beetem- The Wilds Scott Stainback- Caldwell Zoo

2 openings- see me if you are interested Current Programs

 YELLOW PROGRAMS  RED SSP or PROGRAM . Tufted Deer  Moose . Eld’s Deer  Mexican Red Brocket Deer . Pere David’s Deer  White-lipped Deer . Reeves’ Muntjac  Chilean Pudu  Greater Malayan Chevrotain  Barasingha

 CANDIDATE or MONITORED PROGRAMS  Bactrian Wapiti  Siberian Musk Deer  Barbary Stag  Calamian Deer Publications

1st Reeves’ Muntjac Studbook!! 50.54.1 (105) at 40 Institutions

YELLOW SSP

Great job! Jen Web, Zoo Atlanta What you can you do?

 Know your Chronic Wasting Disease State import regulations  Talk to your State vet about CWD regulations for exotics  Monitor current cervid collection animals for CWD

Add Deer to your collection plan!! Publications

 Studbooks Buck Up (pub. 2014)  Barasingha 2018 An Educator's Guide  Eld’s Deer 2019 to Cervids  Mexican Red Brocket 2019  Pere David’s Deer 2018  Tufted Deer 2018  White-Lipped Deer 2018  Reeves’ Muntjac 2019 (current thru 2017)

 SSP Breeding & Transfer Plans  Moose 2018  Barasingha 2019  Greater Malayan Chevrotain 2019  Tufted Deer 2019  Chilean Pudu 2019 Publications

 Regional Collection Plan (RCP)  Last updated 2014

Next RCP due 2019!!

Meeting Wednesday 1:00-5:00 Sonoran Sky 1 Program Leaders

 Vacant

Moose Program Leader . Thank you to Tony Fisher and the Minnesota Zoological Gardens for managing this program

Applications due May 1st In situ Conservation

 Palawan Deer Research and Conservation Program- pending

Balabac Mouse Deer Tragulus nigricans (IUCN: Endangered)

Calamian Deer Axis calamianensis (IUCN: Endangered) In situ Conservation

Location: Cambodia Contact: Tom Gray Eld’s Deer Funding and support needed Rucervus eldii (IUCN: Endangered) Indochinese hog deer Axis porcinus (IUCN: Endangered)

Photo by Brent Huffman In situ Conservation

 Large antlered muntjac Muntiacus vuquangensis (IUCN: Critically Endangered) Location: Vietnam, Laos

Contact:

Michelle Hatwood, [email protected]

Andrew Tilker, [email protected]

Jeff Holland, [email protected]

Funding and support needed!!

If you have Reeves’ Muntjac, I will be contacting you! In situ Conservation

 Southern Pudu (Pudu puda) Location: Chile

Contact:

Michelle Hatwood, [email protected]

Partnering Institutions Needed! Research

Eld’s Deer Rucervus eldii (IUCN: Endangered) Location: Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute Researcher: PIs Pierre Comizzoli Contact: Buddha Pukazhenthi, [email protected] Details: On-going research on in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer in Eld’s deer

Location: Zoological Park Organization, Thailand Researcher: Boripat Siriaroonrat Contact: Buddha Pukazhenthi, [email protected] Details: On-going research on in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer in captive Eld’s deer Take- Away

 Know your Cervid import regulations!!

 Cervid RCP meeting Wednesday 1-5pm

 Add Deer to your Collection Planning!!