Introduction & report on some activities
Joint TAG chairs meeting 2016, Omaha
Dr. Jens-Ove Heckel Zoo Landau in der Pfalz, Germany EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG chair antelopes@landau.de EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG • Antelope & Giraffe TAG continues as one of the largest and most complex TAGs representing 50 species (and approximately 90 taxa) in EAZA zoos
• our remit: try to retain as many species as possible in healthy populations in EAZA collections
• currently the TAG holds 11 EEPs and 11 ESBs; 4 species are part of ISBs; the remaining species are monitored (Mon-P, Mon-TAG).
Chair Jens-Ove Heckel Landau Vice chair Sander Hofman Antwerp Vice chair (till 11.2015) Tania Gilbert Marwell Vice chair (since 12.2015) Kim Skalborg Simonsen Givskud
Sub-group Okapi & Giraffe SG Sander Hofman Antwerp Sub-group Woodland antelope SG Kim Skalborg Simonsen Givskud Sub-group Savannah antelope SG Catrin Hammer Goerlitz Sub-group Aridlands antelope SG Ian Goodwin Marwell (Sub-group) (Mini antelope SG) (Klaus Müller-Schilling) (Hanover)
Studbook keepers/Program managers EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG meeting 2015, Wroclaw
Coordinator Conservation Tania Gilbert Marwell Coordinator Research Eulalia Moreno Almeria
Advisor Veterinary Sven Hammer Goerlitz Advisor Genetics Rob Ogden Edinburgh Advisor Population management Laurie Bingaman Lackey USA Advisor Nutrition Marcus Clauss Zuerich Advisor Husbandry n.n. Advisor Education n.n.
Regular support and advice also provided by: Exec. Coordinator - Collect. Coordin. & Conserv. Merel Zimmermann EPMAG / Population Management Kristin Leus Population Biologist - Collect. Coordin. & Conserv. Kristine Schad
Good links to: IUCN SSC Antelope SG, IUCN Giraffe & Okapi SG/Giraffe Conservation Fdn., other EAZA Ungulate TAGs, BIAZA Hoof stock focus group, AZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG, Sahara Conservation Fund/SSIG etc. EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG
Okapi & Giraffe SG - Sander Hofman, Antwerp, BE
• Okapi (EEP) - Sander Hofman, Antwerp, BE • Giraffe (EEP) - Jörg Jebram, Gelsenkirchen, DE
Woodland antelope SG - Kim Skalborg Simonsen, Givskud, DK
• Eastern Bongo (EEP) - Nick Davis, Chester, UK • Roan antelope (EEP) - Klaus Müller-Schilling, Hanover, DE • Sable antelope (ESB) - Kim Skalborg Simonsen, Givskud, DK • Lowland nyala (ESB) - Susana Nolasco, Lisbon, PT • Lesser kudu (ESB) - Beatrice Steck, Basel, CH • Greater kudu (ESB) - Jörg Jebram, Gelsenkirchen, DE • Western sitatunga (ESB) - Peter Zwanzger, Cologne, DE • Red duiker (ESB) - Ruben Holland, Leipzig, DE • Blue duiker (Mon) - Kim Van de Put, Arnhem, NL EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG
Savannah antelope SG - Catrin Hammer, Goerlitz, DE
• Nile lechwe (EEP) - Nick Lindsay, Whipsnade, UK • Kafue lechwe (ESB, prop. EEP) - John McLaughlin, Fota, IE • Springbok (ESB) - Bas Martens, Kerkrade, NL • Blesbok (ESB) - Sonia Freeman, Chessington, UK • Thomson’s gazelle (ESB) - Klaus Müller-Schilling, Hanover, DE • Kirk’s dikdik (ESB) - Klaus Müller-Schilling, Hanover, DE • Black-faced impala (ISB) - Arlete Sogorb, Lisbon, PT • Waterbuck (Mon) - Miroslaw Piasecki, Wroclaw, PL • Black wildebeest (Mon) - (Catrin Hammer) , Goerlitz, DE • Impala (Mon) Klaus Müller-Schilling , Hanover, DE • Gemsbok (Mon) TAG - (Catrin Hammer) , Goerlitz, DE • Beisa oryx (Mon) TAG - (Catrin Hammer) , Goerlitz, DE • Persian goitered gazelle (Mon) - Clemens Becker, Karlsruhe, DE EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG
Aridlands antelope SG - Ian Goodwin, Marwell, UK
• Addax (EEP) - Fabian Krause, Hanover, DE • Scimitar-horned oryx (EEP, ISB) - Tania Gilbert, Marwell, UK • Arabian oryx (EEP, ISB) - Matthias Papies, Antwerp, BE - Michel Saint Jalme Paris, FR • Dama gazelle (EEP) - Gerado Espeso, Almeria, ES • Cuvier’s gazelle (EEP) - Eulalia Moreno, Almeria, ES • Saharawi dorcas gazelle (EEP) - Teresa Abaigar, Almeria, ES • Slender-horned gazelle (Mon, ISB) - Matthias Papies, Antwerp, BE
• EAZA A&G TAG members meet twice per year (mid-year meetings, EAZA annual meeting)
• next EAZA A&G TAG meeting will be held 27. – 29. April 2016, at Dvur Kralove, Czech Rep. EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG
• work of the programs is based on the content of the 'EAZA Population Management Manual‘
• established a new reporting system for SG leaders • aims: • make their work easier and • give a better insight in the functioning of the programs • created a template for the presentation format for species programs to ensure consistency across all the programs
• established a new reporting format for EEP coordinators and ESB keepers to the SG leaders • this new format makes reporting and follow-up easier and guarantee that coordinators and SGs leader reporting will be in sufficient detail • SG leaders only need to add short overall conclusion/comments to the coordinator’s reports they gathered and send to the TAG chairs
• future aim is to get a report from the SG leaders twice a year, ahead of the meetings EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG
EEP Evaluations
• EEP evaluations conducted on a regular basis
QPA’s
• all species were analyzed (thanks to Laurie Bingaman Lackey) and reviewed by Kristine Schad
Best Practice Guidelines
• we need to get an overview of husbandry guidelines and what date they were produced • based on this we will decide on further actions • combining different species in one Best Practice Guideline could be one of the options
Education
• the ‘education component’ in our TAG is one of the fields we want and need to do more about; be it an ‘education coordinator’ or liaise with the education committee. But we need to be clearer of what we expect to happen in this field. The chair of the education committee (Sarah Thomas) will be contacted for advice. EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG
Regional Collection Plan (RCP)
• producing an ‘EAZA Population Overview Report’ in ZIMS was completed • to have this organized by SG leaders in the future probably makes the most sense • BUT: we have to watch the workload, e.g. the Savannah sub-group is huge already; we are very well aware of this (!) and it will be necessary to find ways to get the workload shared among more people
• the draft of the ‘RCP decision tree’ was finalized • it has been forwarded to the SG leaders to be tested on examples • SG leaders run all their species through the decision tree and give feedback
• the RCP document will follow the basic structure as outlined by EAZA
• in the near future every antelope species within EAZA will/should at least be monitored by person (Mon-P) EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG
Regional Collection Plan (RCP)
• Challenges: how to incorporate Future EAZA Population Management Structure; considering the IUCN guidelines philosophy; select programs with and without conservation role; define the roles and goals
• AIMs: to finalize a RCP draft for discussion during a mid-year meeting 2016; final editing and finalized collection plan is to be published and presented during EAZA conference 2016 EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG
Projects
• several projects have been and still are initiated or supported by institutions, which are represented in our TAG
Conservation Database (Merel Zimmemann)
• an overview of conservation projects which are currently registered in the EAZA Conservation Database and are relevant for the Antelope and Giraffe TAG can be found under: www.eazaconservation.org
• first tab includes projects for which contributions in 2014 (or later) are registered • the second tab includes all projects which are relevant for the TAG
• she has been working with a student to enter the information from the majority of the projects and reintroduction research (thank you Merel !), but not all details are always available
• but we need to enter more of missing data! EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG
Obituaries
• Mar Cano passed away in June 2015: Mar worked at the Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA) - Instituto del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Almeria, Spain. She was one of SCF’s founding members and a tireless champion for Saharan wildlife. EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG
Obituaries
• Peter Luptak passed away through a tragic accident in December 2015: He was the zoological director of Bojnice Zoo, Slovakia. Peter was particularly well known and respected for his authority on large African mammals and his passion for phylogeny and taxonomy of African ungulates also documented by many excellent publications. During several trips to Africa and other parts of the world, he documented the world’s biodiversity with brilliant photos and films, many of which can be admired on his web pages (such as: www.wildafrica.sk or on our TAG’s webpage www.antelopes.eu, which he created) EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG
TAG’s website (www.antelopes.eu); created & formally administrated by Peter Luptak, Zoo Bojnice EAZA Antelope & Giraffe TAG Thank you and keep in touch!