Achievements of Banteng, Anoa and Babirusa Gsmps

Achievements of Banteng, Anoa and Babirusa GSMPs

James Burton Chair, IUCN SSC Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group & Vice Chair, EAZA Cattle and Camelid TAG and Corinne Bailey Programme Officer, IUCN SSC Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group Vision and Goals

• Vision: Safe and stable in situ and ex situ populations of banteng, anoa and babirusa

• Four main goals: 1. To reach a demographically and genetically healthy global ex situ population 2. To raise awareness among zoo visitors 3. To use zoo expertise to help in situ conservation 4. To prioritise and support in situ projects Key Activities

Increasing population Improving husbandry Raising awareness Assessing status of and improving genetic skills and animal living about lesser known wild populations diversity conditions threatened species Five year progress: Increasing populations and improving genetic diversity in Indonesian zoo

• Two cycles of breeding and transfer recommendations

• Births following breeding recommendations: • 18 banteng • 8 anoa • 4 babirusa Raising awareness about lesser known threatened species

• 2 Action Indonesia Days to raise global awareness about anoa, banteng and babirusa with 53 zoos participating • 67 practitioners from Indonesian zoos and other conservation institutions have been trained in conservation education • Toolkit of education resources developed to help raise awareness: https://www.actionindonesiagsmp.org/ educate Improving husbandry skills and animal living conditions

190 practitioners from Indonesian zoos and other conservation institutions have been trained in husbandry and transportation

In 2020, we held 10 virtual husbandry training sessions for Indonesian zoo staff. Experts from AZA presented on topics and provided advice to participants from over 33 institutions. Assessing the status of wild populations

• Project set up to monitor banteng populations through camera- trapping in Alas Purwo National Park, East Java • And support to rescue of anoa and babirusa in Sulawesi How you can become involved

• Holding these species in your institution

• Contribute skills in husbandry or education

• Provide funding support for anoa and babirusa monitoring in Sulawesi or banteng monitoring in Alas Purwo National Park

• Join Action Indonesia Day! on 15th August 2021 More information Contact us: [email protected] Telena Welsh, Steve Metzler, Joe Forys or Jeff Holland Thanks for your support: