Annual Report 2018

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Annual report 2018 2018 Annual Report | 1 Cover Photo: Bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) ©️ Parque das Aves Photo: Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) ©️ Zoo Wrocław

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Following the completion of a feasibility study, careful consideration and significant debate, the decision was made to relocate WAZA from Switzerland to Spain. The move itself ran over budget but by September the WAZA staff and office had successfully relocated to Barcelona.

This transition period resulted in increased travel costs, taxation and staff salaries which exceeded our capacity. The financial performance in 2018 In July, WAZA members held Nestlé to account for resulted in an operating loss of -528,905 euros. their procurement of palm oil which resulted in Once our financial position became apparent the Nestle remaining a member of the Round Table WAZA Council moved to slow losses and aim for on Sustainable Palm Oil. Another development a balanced budget in 2019. We can assure our included WAZA committing to work with the members that WAZA’s finances are now stable International Union for the Conservation of Nature and your Council remains both optimistic and Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC) to develop committed to a new beginning in Spain. and implement a Global Species Plan and Summit.

The annual conference held in Bangkok, in October The impending loss of species demands urgent showed the reach of WAZA and its affiliates. The and coordinated action and this collaboration will conference was attended by the inspiring Dr Jane demonstrate the powerful impact of cooperating Goodall who robustly challenged WAZA to consider with organisations who share the vision, mission our stance on substandard zoos. Princess Theodora and interests of WAZA. of Lichtenstein reflected on the ability of zoos and aquariums to engage with youth and inspire We thank you for your support and understanding action. Our hosts, the Zoological Park Organization in presenting what has been a difficult year and of Thailand (ZPO) and the Khao Khew Open Zoo, would like to thank WAZA Council and staff for their provided an excellent conference which included contributions and ongoing commitment. challenging discussions on the roles of a strong and effective global zoo and aquarium body.

While the year reflects the challenges of significant change of location and personnel, we believe that Dr Jenny Gray 2018 has also been a year of vision and progress. President 2018 Annual Report | 3 Photo: Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) ©️ Texas State Aquarium

4 | 2018 Annual Report About WAZA

Since 1935, the goal of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) has been to guide, encourage and support the zoos, aquariums and like‑minded organisations of the world in animal care and welfare, environmental education and global conservation. WAZA is the global alliance of regional associations, national federations, aquariums and zoos, dedicated to the care and conservation of animals and their habitats around the world.

WAZA promotes cooperation between leading zoos, aquariums, national and regional associations, as well as with leading wildlife experts, academies, and universities. WAZA provides support for species-conservation management and husbandry of animals in human care, while encouraging the highest standards in member institutions.

Vision

WAZA’s vision is a world where aquariums and zoos maximise their conservation impact. Aquariums and zoos are at the forefront of conservation efforts and comprise the largest global conservation network.

Mission

WAZA is the voice of a global community of high standard, conservation-based zoos and aquariums and a catalyst for their joint conservation action.

2018 Annual Report | 5 WAZA Council

Council Voting Members Council Non-voting Members

President: Jenny Gray Frank Carlos Camacho Melbourne Zoo/Zoos Victoria | Australia Latin American Zoo and Aquarium Association (ALPZA) | Mexico President Elect: Theo Pagel Cologne Zoo | Germany John Werth Pan-African Association of Past President: Lee Ehmke Zoos and Aquaria (PAAZA) | South Africa Houston Zoo | United States Kira Mileham Clément Lanthier IUCN Species Survival Commission | United States Calgary Zoo | Canada Kris Vehrs James Cretney Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Marwell Wildlife | United Kingdom | United States

John Frawley Myfanwy Griffith Minnesota Zoo | United States European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) | The Netherlands Mike Barclay Wildlife Reserves Singapore | Singapore Simon Tonge Paignton Zoo/Wild Planet Trust Pat Simmons | United Kingdom North Carolina Zoo | United States Tom Schmid Radosław Ratajszczak Texas State Aquarium | United States Wrocław Zoo | Poland Viet Lam Phan Thomas Kauffels South East Asian Zoos and Aquariums Opel-Zoo | Germany Association (SEAZA) | Vietnam

6 | 2018 Annual Report WAZA Standing Committees

Animal Welfare Chair: James Cretney (Marwell Wildlife)

Committee for Population Management Chair: Simon Tonge (Paignton Zoo/Wild Planet Trust)

Finance Chair: Clément Lanthier (Calgary Zoo)

Membership and Professional Ethics Chair: Thomas Kauffels (Opel-Zoo)

Nominating Chair: Lee Ehmke (Houston Zoo)

WAZA Non- Standing Committees

Associations Chair: Kris Vehrs (AZA)

Aquariums Chair: Tom Schmid (Texas State Aquarium)

Enterprise Chair: John Frawley (Minnesota Zoo)

Conservation and Environmental Sustainability Chair: Mike Barclay (Wildlife Reserves Singapore)

Palm Oil Subcommittee Chair: Bob Chastain (Cheyenne Mountain Zoo)

Sustainability Subcommittee Chair: Karen Fifield (Wellington Zoo)

2018 Annual Report | 7 Photo: Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) ©️ Berlin Zoo

“To highlight the status of the planet’s species, articulate and review the consequences of the threats that they face, and chart their future conservation.” IUCN SSC 2008 resolution

8 | 2018 Annual Report Global Species Plan

At the 73rd WAZA Annual Conference, WAZA members voted on and agreed to the Bangkok Resolution on the WAZA Global Strategy, affirming WAZA’s commitment to being a global leader in wildlife care and conservation, as well as a collective of the world’s leading and influential zoos and aquariums working to positively impact species survival at an international level.

Through the WAZA Global Strategy Resolution (RES 73.1), WAZA agreed to assume a leadership role in a Global Species Congress, develop the WAZA membership to incorporate influential global zoos and aquariums, as well as to represent the highest possible standards of animal welfare.

The Global Strategy will see WAZA working together with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC) to develop and implement a Global Species Plan and Summit, based on a 2008 resolution by the IUCN that called for an international summit “to highlight the status of the planet’s species, articulate and review the cons quences of the threats that they face, and chart their future conservation.”

2018 Annual Report | 9 WAZA Office Relocation

In 2018 WAZA embarked on a new phase in its 83-year history with the relocation of the WAZA Executive Office to Barcelona, Spain.

WAZA moved its headquarters from Gland, Switzerland where the office had been based since 2010. WAZA was originally founded as the International Association of Directors of Zoological Gardens in Basel, Switzerland, in 1935.

After a hiatus of more than a decade due to World War II, the organisation was re-established and renamed the International Union of Directors of Zoological Gardens (IUDZG) in Rotterdam in 1946. This was then later changed to the IUDZG - World Zoo Organisation (WZO) in 1992 and the IUDZG-WZO Secretariat opened in 1995 in Apple Valley at the Minnesota Zoo, in the United States three years later.

The organisation then became the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums in 2000 and a permanent WAZA Executive Office was later established in Berne,

10| 2018 Annual Report Photo: Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) with enrichment. ©️ Prague Zoo

2018 Annual Report | 11 Photo: Bee and flower ©️ Naturschutz-Tierpark Görlitz

WAZA Joins RSPO

WAZA became an official member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in 2018, emphasising the association’s commitment to sustainable solutions that protect the environment. As a member, WAZA has a say in RSPO’s decision making and voted on behalf of its members on the RSPO resolutions at RSPO’s AGM in November 2018.

When RSPO suspended food company Nestlé’s membership in 2018 for failing to meet its standards, WAZA members around the world rallied to apply pressure on one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies to re-comply with RSPO principles.

As a result of the public pressure, Nestlé submitted its time-bound action plan and promised to re-join RSPO.

12| 2018 Annual Report Photo: Dr Jane Goodall at the 73rd WAZA Annual Conference - ©️ WAZA

73rd WAZA Annual Conference in Bangkok

Members of the global zoo and aquarium At the conference, WAZA honoured former community gathered in Bangkok, Thailand Sedgwick County Zoo Director Mark Reed with from 21-25 October 2018 for the 73rd WAZA WAZA’s highest honour – the Heini Hediger Annual Conference, hosted by the Khao Kheow Award – an accolade given to individuals who Open Zoo and Zoological Parks Organisation of have provided outstanding service to the global Thailand (ZPO). Delegates heard from keynote zoo and aquarium community. speakers such as United Nations Messenger of Peace, Dr Jane Goodall, crane expert Dr The WAZA Conservation Award was given to George Archibald, Forest Stewardship Council Taronga Zoo in Australia, while the brand new (FSC) director Kim Carstensen, and hornbill WAZA Environmental Sustainability Award went conservationist Prof Pilai Poonswad. to Wellington Zoo in New Zealand.

2018 Annual Report | 13 Photo: Chestnut-eared aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) MoU with Forest ©️ Parque das Aves Stewardship Council (FSC)

WAZA committed its membership to the sustainable use of forests, when it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) at the 73rd WAZA Annual Conference. The MoU set out an agreement to develop a global framework of collaboration between the two organisations to promote responsible forest management as an important tool for the conservation of nature and endangered species.

In addition, the MoU set clear targets for WAZA members to source FSC certified materials in their procurement of paper and wooden products by 2023.

14| 2018 Annual Report Photo: Prague Zoo’s Family Ecoclub Nature WAZA Nature Connect project. Connect Grants ©️ Petr Hamernik /Prague Zoo

In the second year of the WAZA Nature Connect Grants Programme, which is funded by the Disney Conservation Fund and made possible with the expertise of the International Zoo Educators Association (IZE), more than €430,000 was awarded in grants to 31 projects over the course of 2018. WAZA members used the grants to develop initiatives which inspire children and their families to connect with nature and take action to support its conservation.

The programme saw a diverse range of activities take place in 25 countries Photo: Heidelberg Zoo’s My City, My Forest WAZA Nature Connect such as engaging local communities in project in Accra, Ghana. ©️ Heidelberg Zoo Madagascar to protect bamboo lemurs, immersing urban families in nature in Dublin, and involving families on the Banyak archipelago, in Indonesia, in coral reef restoration.

31 Projects 25 countries €430,000

2018 Annual Report | 15 Photo: Predator Exhibit - ©️ Two Oceans Aquarium

WAZA Welcomes New Members

WAZA welcomed six new members to its global membership base in 2018, following a one-year pause on membership applications.

WAZA is pleased to have welcomed Bergen Aquarium, Norway; Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo, South Africa; Kyoto City Zoo, Japan; Yorkshire Wildlife Park, United Kingdom and Tennessee Aquarium, United States as new institutional members, as well as Kenya Tropical Sealife Ltd, Kenya as a new corporate member.

16| 2018 Annual Report CITES Zoo and Aquarium Side Events

WAZA in partnership with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), San Diego Zoo Global and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) represented the global zoo and aquarium community at both the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) Standing Committee Meeting (SC70) in Sochi and the CITES Animal Committee (AC30) Meeting in Geneva.

The organisations held side events at each meeting, titled: “Zoos and Aquariums: Partnering of CITES-Listed Species” examining the role zoos and aquariums play in CITES. WAZA members attending the wildlife meetings were also actively involved in CITES Working Groups in preparation for the CITES 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP) in 2019.

3rd Joint TAGs Chairs Meeting

The third edition of the Joint Taxon Advisory TAGs can play in the International Union for Groups (TAGs) Chairs meeting, took place the Conservation of Nature Species Survival from 30 April - 4 May, in Budapest, Hungary. Commission (IUCN SSC) Assess-Plan-Act The meeting, hosted by the Budapest Zoo & conservation framework, and how the TAGs can Botanical Gardens, welcomed more than 170 increase their contributions by collaborating delegates from over 30 countries world-wide. with the IUCN Red List assessment process and CITES. WAZA, AZA and EAZA extended The meeting programme was developed by the travel grants to support the attendance of 33 WAZA Committee for Population Management participants. (CPM) and delved into topics such as the role

18| 2018 Annual Report Photo: Greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) Conservation ©️ Chester Zoo Science Alliance

WAZA is proud to have supported the Species360 Conservation Science Alliance in 2018 – a research initiative that transforms global wildlife data into species conservation actions. The alliance bridges vast gaps in species knowledge to deliver research and results that can help shape conservation strategies and save species from extinction.

2018 Annual Report | 19 WAZA Membership

WAZA Membership as of 31 December 2018 Members displayed by membership category, name of member and region/country.

Associations Corporations Association Française des Parcs Zoologiques (AFdPZ) France Cairns Marine Australia Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) United States CLR Design, Inc. United States Asociacion de Zoologicos, Criaderos y Acuarios de Mexico AC dan pearlman Erlebnisarchitektur GmbH Germany (AZCARM) Mexico Dynasty Marine Associates Inc. United States Association of Zoos and Aquariums of Brazil (AZAB), known as Gradlyn - G.K. Airfreight Service GmbH Germany Sociedade de Zoológicos e Aquários do Brasil (SZB) in 2018 Brazil British & Irish Association of Zoos & Aquariums (BIAZA) Kenya Tropical Sealife Ltd. Kenya United Kingdom MIG | Portico United States Canada’s Accredited Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA) Canada Pangea Rocks Denmark Central Zoo Authority (CZA) India PGAV Destinations United States Colombian Association of Zoos and Aquariums (ACOPAZOA) PJA Architects + Landscape Architects, p.s. United States Colombia Rasbach Architekten Germany Danish Zoological Gardens & Aquaria (DAZA) Denmark Ray Hole Architects United Kingdom Deutsche Tierpark-Gesellschaft e.V. (DTG) Germany Studio Hanson/Roberts United States Deutscher-Wildgehege-Verband e.V., Tiergarten Sababurg (DWV) Torre Design Consortium, Ltd., A Professional Architecture Germany Corporation United States Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos & Aquariums (EARAZA) Russia European Association of Zoos & Aquaria (EAZA) The Netherlands Wild Republic, K&M International, Inc. United States Iberian Association of Zoos & Aquaria (AIZA) Spain zoOceanarium Group LLC United States Italian Association of Zoos and Aquaria (UIZA) Italy Japanese Association of Zoos & Aquariums (JAZA) Japan Institutions Latin American Zoo & Aquarium Association (ALPZA) Chile Aalborg Zoo Denmark Mesoamerican & Caribbean Zoos & Aquaria Association (AMACZOO) Adelaide Zoo (Royal Zoological Society of South Australia) Australia Costa Rica Africam Safari Puebla Mexico Pan-African Association of Zoos & Aquaria (PAAZA) South Africa South East Asian Zoo Association (SEAZA) Vietnam African Lion Safari Canada Swedish Association of Zoological Parks & Aquaria (SAZA-SDF) African Safari Wildlife Park United States Sweden Akron Zoological Park United States Union of Czech and Slovak Zoos (UCSZOO) Czech Republic Al Ain Zoo United Arab Emirates Verband der Zoologischen Gärten (VdZ) Germany Al Bustan Zoological Centre United Arab Emirates Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia (ZAA) Australia Albuquerque Biological Park United States Allwetterzoo Münster GmbH Germany Affiliates Almaty Zoological Park Kazakhstan American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV) United States Alpenzoo Innsbruck Austria Berufsverband der Zootierpfleger e.V. Germany Apenheul Primate Park The Netherlands European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians (EAZWV) Aquamarine Fukushima Japan United Kingdom Aquazoo Düsseldorf Germany International Congress of Zookeepers (ICZ) Australia International Zoo Educators Association (IZE) Hong Kong Artis Zoo - Amsterdam The Netherlands Leibniz Institute for Zoo & Wildlife Research (IZW) Germany Assam State Zoo Cum Botanical Garden (ASZBG) India Species360 United States Auckland Zoo New Zealand Verband deutschsprachiger Zoopädagogen e.V. (VZP) Germany

20| 2018 Annual Report Audubon Zoo United States Gladys Porter Zoo United States Bannerghatta Biological Park India Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum United States Belfast Zoological Gardens Northern Ireland Hai Park Kiryat Motzkin Israel Bergen Aquarium Norway Haifa Educational Zoo and Biological Institute Israel Binder Park Zoo United States Hanwha Marine Biology Research Center- Hanwha Hotels & Resorts Bioparc de Doué la Fontaine France Co., Ltd. South Korea Borås Djurpark Sweden Haus des Meeres - Aqua Terra Zoo GmbH Austria Bristol Zoo Gardens United Kingdom Helsinki Zoo Finland Bronx Zoo United States Henry Vilas Zoo United States Brookfield Zoo (Chicago Zoological Society)United States Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens Hong Kong Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden Hungary Houston Zoo United States Busch Gardens Tampa Bay United States Indianapolis Zoological Society, Inc. United States Caldwell Zoo United States Istanbul Akvaryum Turizm Ticaret Limited Sirketi, Turkey Calgary Zoo Canada Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens United States Cameron Park Zoo United States Jardin Zoológico de Lisboa Portugal Cango Wildlife Ranch South Africa Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo South Africa Central Park Zoo - New York City Zoos United States John G. Shedd Aquarium United States Chester Zoo United Kingdom Kansas City Zoo United States Cheyenne Mountain Zoo United States Khao Kheow Open Zoo Thailand Chiang Mai Night Safari Thailand Kolmårdens Djurpark Sweden Chiang Mai Zoo Thailand Kristiansand Dyrepark AS Norway Chiba Zoological Park Japan Kyoto City Zoo Japan Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden United States Lehigh Valley Zoo United States Cleveland Metroparks Zoo United States Lincoln Park Zoo United States Colchester Zoo United Kingdom Loro Parque Spain Columbus Zoo and Aquarium United States Los Angeles Zoo United States Copenhagen Zoo Denmark Marwell Wildlife United Kingdom Dallas World Aquarium United States Memphis Zoo and Aquarium United States Dallas Zoo United States Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny w Łodzi Sp. z o.o.(Lodz Zoo) Poland Denver Zoo United States Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny w Warszawie, Warsaw Zoological Garden Detroit Zoological Society United States Poland Disney’s Animal Kingdom United States Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny Wybrzeza w Gdańsku Oliwie Poland Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo United Arab Emirates Miejski Park i Ogród Zoologiczny Poland Dublin Zoo Ireland Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens United States Ecoparque de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires Argentina Minnesota Zoological Garden United States EUFORES S.A. (Bioparque M’bopicuá) Uruguay Monterey Bay Aquarium United States Everland Zoological Gardens South Korea Moscow Zoo Russia Flamingo Land United Kingdom Nagoya Higashiyama Zoo Japan Fondazione Bioparco di Roma Italy Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo Thailand Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo United States Nandankanan Zoological Park India Fort Worth Zoo United States Nashville Zoo United States Fresno Chaffee ZooUnited States National Aquarium Denmark Denmark Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo Brazil National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium Taiwan Fundación Temaikèn Argentina National Zoological Gardens Dehiwala Sri Lanka Fundación Zoológica de Cali Colombia National Zoological Gardens of South Africa South Africa Gan-Garoo Park Australia-Israel Israel National Zoological Park New Delhi India Georgia Aquarium United States Natur- und Tierpark Goldau Switzerland Givskud Zoo - ZOOTOPIA Denmark Naturschutz-Tierpark Görlitz Germany Naturzoo Rheine Germany

2018 Annual Report | 21 New York Aquarium United States Royal Rotterdam Zoological & Bot. Gardens (Rotterdam Zoo/ Nordens Ark Sweden Diergaarde Blijdorp) The Netherlands Nikolaev Zoo, Municipal Institution of Nikolaev-City Council Ukraine Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp Belgium Nordens Ark Sweden Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Edinburgh Zoo United Kingdom North Carolina Zoological Park United States RWS-S.E.A. Aquarium Singapore Oakland Zoo United States RWS-Dolphin Island Singapore Ocean Park Corporation Hong Kong SAAMBR (South African Association for Marine Biological Research) Oceanário de Lisboa Portugal South Africa Ogród Zoologiczny w Poznaniu Poland Safari de Peaugres France Oklahoma City Zoological Park United States Saigon Zoo Vietnam Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium United States Saint Louis Zoo United States Opel-Zoo (Von Opel Hessische Zoostiftung) Germany San Antonio Zoological Gardens & Aquarium United States Opole Zoo Poland San Diego Zoo Global United States Orana Wildlife Trust New Zealand San Francisco Zoological Gardens United States Oregon Zoo United States Santa Barbara Zoological Gardens United States Osaka Municipal Tennoji Zoological Gardens Japan SeaWorld Orlando United States Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park India Sedgwick County Zoo United States Paignton Zoo Environmental Park United Kingdom Seoul Grand Park Zoo South Korea Pairi Daiza Belgium Skansen Foundation Sweden Papiliorama Foundation Switzerland Skansen-Akvariet Sweden Paradise Wildlife Park United Kingdom Smithsonian National Zoological Park United States Parque das Aves Brazil Songkhla Zoo Thailand Parc des Oiseaux France Sóstó Zoo - Nyíregyházi Állatpark Nonprofit Kft.Hungary Parc Zoològic de Barcelona Spain South Carolina Aquarium United States Parc Zoologique de la Palmyre France Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens India Parc Zoologique de Lille France Taipei Zoo Taiwan Parc Zoologique de Paris France Tallinn Zoo Estonia Parc Zoologique de Thoiry France Tama Zoological Park Japan Parco Natura Viva, Garda Zoological Park Italy Taman Safari Indonesia Indonesia Parco Zoo Punta Verde Italy Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo United States Parken Zoo i Eskilstuna AB Sweden Taronga Zoo, Taronga Conservation Society Australia Australia Parque Zoológico Buin Zoo Chile Tennessee Aquarium United States Parque Zoológico Huachipa Peru Texas State Aquarium United States Parque Zoologique CERZA France The Deep United Kingdom Perth Zoo Australia The Living Desert United States Philadelphia Zoo United States The Phoenix Zoo United States Plock Zoological Gardens (Plock Zoo) Poland The Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in Jerusalem - The Biblical Zoo Podkrušnohorský zoopark Chomutov, příspěvková organizace Israel Czech Republic Tiergarten der Stadt Nürnberg Germany Point Defiance Zoo & AquariumUnited States Tiergarten Heidelberg Germany Ragunan Zoological Park Indonesia Tiergarten Schönbrunn Austria Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park & Wildlife Reserch Centre India Tiergarten Straubing Germany Randers Regnskov, Tropical Zoo Denmark Tierpark Berlin-Friedrichsfelde GmbH Germany Riverbanks Zoo & Garden United States Tierpark Bern Switzerland Rostislav Shilo Novosibirsk zoo Russia Tierpark Hagenbeck GGmbH Germany Royal Burgers’ Zoo The Netherlands Tierpark Hellabrunn Germany Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens Australia Tierpark Nordhorn Germany Tierwelt Herberstein - Steirischer Landestiergarten GmbH Austria

22| 2018 Annual Report Toledo Zoo United States Zoo Negara Malaysia Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center United States Zoo Osnabrück Germany Toronto Zoo Canada Zoo Salzburg Gemeinnützige GmbH Austria Tulsa Zoo United States Zoo Schmiding Austria Twycross Zoo - East Midland Zoological Society United Kingdom ZOO Wroclaw, Sp. z o.o. Poland Ueno Zoological Gardens Japan Zoo Zürich Switzerland Uganda Wildlife Education Centre Uganda Zoo-Aquarium Madrid Spain Universeum AB Sweden Zoological Center Tel-Aviv-Ramat-Gan Israel Utah’s Hogle Zoo United States Zoological Garden of Zagreb Croatia Vancouver Aquarium Canada Zoological Society of East Anglia - Banham Zoo United Kingdom Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation (VAMSC) Zoologická záhrada Bojnice Slovakia United States Zoologická záhrada Děčín - Pastýřská stěna, p.o. Czech Republic Virginia Zoological Park United States Zoologická záhrada hl.m. Prahy, příspěvková organizace Vogelpark Marlow Germany Czech Republic Wellington Zoo Trust New Zealand Zoologická záhrada Jihlava, příspěvková organizace Czech Republic Welsh Mountain Zoo - National Zoo of Wales, National Zoological Zoologicka zahrada Kosice Slovakia Society of Wales United Kingdom Zoologická záhrada Liberec Czech Republic Weltvogelpark Walsrode - Vogelpark Walsrode GmbH Germany Zoologická záhrada města Brna Czech Republic Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen The Netherlands Zoologická záhrada Olomouc Czech Republic Wildlife Reserves Singapore Singapore Zoologická záhrada Ostrava, p.o. Czech Republic Wilhelma Zoologisch-Botanischer Garten Germany Zoologická záhrada Ústí nad Labem, příspěvková organizace Woodland Park Zoological Gardens United States Czech Republic Xiamen Zoological Park China Zoológico Nacional, Parque Metropolitano de Santiago Chile Yokohama Greenery Foundation Japan Zoologischer Garten Augsburg GmbH Germany Yorkshire Wildlife Park United Kingdom Zoologischer Garten Basel AG Switzerland ZOO a zámek Zlín - Lešná, příspěvková organizace Czech Republic Zoologischer Garten Berlin Germany Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven GmbH Germany Zoologischer Garten Frankfurt Germany Zoo Atlanta United States Zoologischer Garten Karlsruhe Germany Zoo Brno a stanice zájmových činností, příspěvková organizace Zoologischer Garten Köln Germany Czech Republic Zoologischer Garten Magdeburg Germany Zoo d’Amnéville France Zoologischer Garten Rostock GmbH Germany Zoo de Granby Canada Zoologischer Garten Wuppertal Germany Zoo de Mulhouse France ZOOM Erlebniswelt - ZOOM Adventureworld Germany Zoo de Servion Switzerland Zooparc de Beauval France Zoo Dortmund Germany ZSL London Zoo United Kingdom Zoo Dresden GmbH Germany Zoo Duisburg Germany Zoo Hannover GmbH Germany Zoo Hluboká Czech Republic Zoo Krefeld GmbH Germany Zoo Landau in der Pfalz Germany Zoo Leipzig Germany Zoo Ljubljana, Živalski vrt Ljubljana Slovenia Zoo Miami United States

24| 2018 Annual Report Chair of the Finance Committee’s Letter

Saying that WAZA’s 2018 financial year was challenging is an understatement. WAZA’s profit and loss statement for the year shows a loss of over 500,000 euros. This was the result of lower than budgeted revenues and significant expense overruns.

Reading the statement, you will notice that 2018 revenue from membership fees was down by 52,000 euros from budget. Regarding the Disney Nature Connect Grants, it is important to understand that Unfortunately, the information provided by grant funding was flowing through our profit and loss management was far from being accurate. The statement and has minimal impact on the overall ongoing inability of management to answer basic financial performance of WAZA. Unfortunately, the financial questions and to clearly document financial co-mingling of the Disney funds and the operating impacts of operational decisions raised concerns. account created a misleading picture of the Immediately upon becoming aware of the financial organisation’s financial health. The managing costs situation in early 2019, WAZA Council acted swiftly to such as bank charges and staff salaries are recognised rebalance the operations in 2019. Expense reductions independently in the general administrative charge of were imposed, including personnel retrenchments and the association. a drastic reduction in travel costs. Regular, rigorous

financial controls have been implemented where The year’s financial performance was substantially detailed monthly reports are produced and scrutinised driven by expenditures that were simply not foreseen, by the Executive Committee. neither were they adequately tracked and controlled. Salaries and Benefits were up 37% from 2017. Travel As a result, WAZA’s 2019 operating budget will be expenses up 76% from the previous year, 147,000 balanced. We are confident that the reporting systems euro over budget. Unanticipated taxes were 86,000 now in place and the current personnel responsible euro and unbudgeted Legal and Accounting costs were for managing the organisation’s finances have 91,000 euro. Furthermore, the Council has written-off corrected the serious lack of financial accountability long-standing unpaid membership dues from prior demonstrated by the previous executive. years totalling 93,000 euro.

Members should be aware that the financial report presented to Council and the General Assembly at our October 2018 meeting indicated that the association’s finances were tracking as originally budgeted. Dr Clément Lanthier Chair of the finance committee

2018 Annual Report | 25 Balance sheet

DataData in Euros 31/12 Switzerland 31/12 Spain

2017 2018

A) Non-current assets 9,483 12,600 II. Tangible assets 6,800 V. Long-term ﬁnancial investments 9,483 5,800 B) Current Assets 1,259,481 676,101 I. Trade receivables 139,829 688 III. Trade and other accounts receivables 3,204 V. Short-term ﬁnancial investments 187,026 VI. Short-term deferred expenses 17,052 VII. Cash and cash equivalents 932,626 655,157 TOTAL ASSETS (A + B) 1,268,964 688,700

A) NET WORTH 775,700 527,526 A-1) Equity 775,700 -490,505 I. Capital 716,505 V. Gains and Losses carried forward 54,158 VII. Result of the year 5,037 -490,505 A-3) Subsidies, grants and legacies received 1,018,030 C) CURRENT LIABILITIES 493,264 161,175 III. Short-term accounts payable 1,342

1. Payables with credit entities 1,625 3. Other short-term accounts payable with credit entities -283 V. Trade accounts payable 16,984 159,833 VI. Short-term deferred income 476,280 TOTAL NET WORTH AND LIABILITIES (A+B+C) 1,268,964 688,700

26| 2018 Annual Report Profit and Loss Account

Data in Euros Actual 2017 Actual 2018 2017 Vs. 2018

INCOME Membership Fees 855,341 759,071 -96,269 Sponsorship & donations 8,582 8,582 Disney Nature Connect 133,464 513,417 379,953 Total 988,805 1,281,070 292,266

EXPENDITURE

Salaries & Benefits 472,914 647,072 174,158 Travel 111,197 195,439 84,242 Disney Grants 133,464 508,505 375,041 WAZA Grants 132,636 94,793 -37,843 Expendable Goods 12,225 12,225 Office Rent 29,773 26,616 -3,158 Marketing 21,755 21,755 Legal & Accounting 41,959 91,721 49,762 Office Expenses 37,320 26,118 -11,201 Bank Charges 9,654 6,401 6,401 Taxes 86,156 86,156 Debtors 14,851 93,174 78,324 Total 983,768 1,809,975 826,207

Balance 5,037 -528,905 -533,942

2018 Annual Report | 27 WAZA – World Association of Zoos and Aquariums | Annual report 2018 Edited by Gavrielle Kirk-Cohen | Design and layout Butterhalfsix. Printed in Spain on FSC certified paper. Contact the WAZA Executive Office [email protected] waza.org 28| 2018 Annual Report