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A Meeting of the Minds • Spying on Wildlife • Bugged Treefrogs THIS ISSUE A Meeting of the Minds • Spying on Wildlife • Bugged Treefrogs THIS ISSUE... Winter 2 01 6 Issue No.83 SOCIETY BOARD MONTY WHITE, JR. Chair Raleigh NICOLE A. CRAWFORD Vice Chair Greensboro MARJORIE M. RANKIN he Winter 2016 issue of your Alive of the research Mr. Shupp and other Zoo Secretary magazine delves more deeply than staff have initiated to protect North Asheboro ever into the Zoo’s ever expanding Carolina’s Official State Frog, the Pine BILL CURRENS, JR. presence in wildlife conservation and Barrens Treefrog. Treasurer Tanimal welfare. We have also set aside space in this Charlotte The magazine’s lead story introduces issue of Alive to give thanks, once again, RICHARD W. CARROLL Ms. Erin Ivory, the Zoo’s new Elephant to the generous businesses, artists and Cary Manager, to discuss her approach to train - other donors who helped make this year’s MICHAEL J. FISHER ing elephants and to explore her commit - Zoo To Do a roaring success. Zoo to Do Greensboro ment to improving the welfare of animals 2015 raised $128,665 that will be used to MINOR T. HINSON living in zoos around the world. Ms. upgrade several of the Zoo’s service Charlotte Ivory expresses her commitment by trav - buildings and spaces. JIM KLINGLER eling to developing countries, especially This Alive also announces the dates for Raleigh Vietnam, to offer training in behavioral our 2016’s Veterinary and Field SCOTT E. REED Conservation camps and lists the special Winston-Salem management to animal care providers. This training, which relies exclusively on backstage pass programs that we will JOHN RUFFIN Winston-Salem using positive reinforcement to communi - offer throughout the upcoming year. These programs make excellent holiday, KENT A. VARNER cate with animals, provides zoo personnel Charlotte with a sound background for working anniversary and birthday gifts for anyone CHARLES M. WINSTON, JR. humanely with their animals and empow - who cherishes wildlife. Raleigh ers keepers to provide enrichment activi - And, last but not least, the magazine Cheryl Turner ties to these animals. says “goodbye” to former Zoo Director Executive Director Regular contributor and Associate David Jones and says “welcome” to his Assistant Secretary Curator Corinne Kendall, Ph.D., provides replacement Mrs. Pat Simmons, the for - an interesting overview of some of the mer Director of the Akron Zoo. Dr. Jones EDITORIAL BOARD technology that she and other Zoo retired from his directorship after leading wildlife researchers use to track, study the Zoo for more than 20 years. Jayne Owen Parker , Ph .D. Managing Editor and protect free-ranging animals—ele - We wish all our readers and friends a De Potter phants, gorillas, vultures and more. A joyous holiday season and a very happy Design & Layout companion article by guest contributor and successful New Year. John D. Groves and keeper supervisor Chris Shupp brings We hope to see you at the Zoo soon. Corinne Kendall, P h. D. the magazine back home to explain some Jayne Owen Parker, Ph .D., Editor Michael Loomis, DVM Mark MacAllister Tonya Miller The North Carolina Zoo is open every day of the year, except on Christmas Day. Ken Reininger Winter hours begin November 2 and extend from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Summer hours begin on April 1 and extend from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Standard admission prices are Pat Simmons $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and $11 for children. Zoo Society members and Cheryl Turner registered North Carolina school groups are admitted free. The Zoo offers free Diane Villa parking, free tram and shuttle service, picnic areas, visitor rest areas, food serv - Financial information about the NC Zoo ice and gift shops. Society and a copy of its license are Russ Williams For information, call 1-800-488-0444. available from the Charitable Angie Kahn The Zoo is a program of the N.C. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. The NC Zoo Solicitation Licensing Section at 888- Proofreader Society is the non-profit organization that supports the North Carolina Zoological Park and its 830-4989. The license is not an programs. Society offices are open Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, . endorsement by the State. Printed by Hickory Printing Solutions please call 336-879-7250 or logon to the Society’s Web page at nczoo.com TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 The Heart of Elephant Training A meeting of the minds ........................................ Erin Ivory, Guest Contributor 6 Changes at the Top New directions at the NC Zoo ...................... Gavin Johnson , Guest Contributor 7 Year End Request: Can we talk? 8 Conservation Connection: Spying from the Sky— 7 and through the Radio ................. Corinne Kendall, Ph.D., Contributing Editor 10 Field Notes: Frogs in Politics and Conservation Regarding the Pine Barrens Tree Frog ............. Chris Shupp, Guest Contributor 11 Spotted Salamanders Some breed in winter .................................... John Groves, Contributing Editor 12 Zoo To Do 2015: An Affair to Remember A huge “THANK YOU” for a huge success 14 Zoo Camps 15 Field camps, vet camps and “Shadow a Vet” 15 Holiday Gifting Chimp-mas fun, a zebra ornament and gift memberships 16 Kids’ Page: One Thing Is Not Like the Other Differences between seals and sea lions ...... Jayne Owen Parker, Ph.D., Editor BC Congrats! NC Zoo wins AZA conservation award REGULAR FEATURES 13 Travel Programs 14 Thank Yous 17 Zoo Access T T O B B A E I R E L A V ON THE COVER: 16 Tonga, Zoo Elephant C OVER INSET: Valerie Abbott VALERIE ABBOTT BIGSTOCKPHOTO.COM ERIN IVORY, ZOO ELEPHANT MANAGER lephants are dynamic, When they are awake, they bus - complex, interesting and, tle with energy. They play. They often, delightfully funny explore. They run. They poke. animals. Each one has a unique And, despite their small (rela - personality, and this personality tively speaking) size, they can shapes the individual ways that it instigate mountains of drama. reacts to people, to other elephants, For one thing, calves love to to training and to changes in its play with elephant dung. They surroundings. Learning to recog - will roll in it, kick it and stomp nize and read an elephant’s indi- through it like a human toddler viduality adds a layer of social parading through mud puddles. complexity to elephant keeping that Training youngsters begins with makes the profession more chal - cultivating the patience to lenging, gratifying and satisfying calmly and positively help them than any other job I can imagine. learn to control these bursts of Over the years, I have had the energy so that they can focus good fortune to work with more their attention on the tasks at than 40 elephants in five different hand. facilities. My work has brought me in contact with all To add to the confusion, every member of a herd feels ages of elephants—from newborns to a 60-year-old— a sense of responsibility for the safety of the calves. So, and I have worked with both cows and bulls and with when a calf gets into trouble (a common occurrence members of both the African and the Asian species. among these curious, active youngsters), its alarm calls These experiences have brought me in contact with a can set a herd on edge. And, because young calves have multitude of different elephant personalities. so much to learn, they can find lots of ways to get into trouble. Even something as simple as stretching out to The Changing Nature of Elephant Training take a nap can culminate in a family uproar. Elephants live a long time and develop slowly, so their Because even young elephants can weigh 200 pounds needs, interests and, to some extent, their temperaments or more, rising from a prone position presents its diffi - change as they mature or as they face new challenges in culties. To rise, an elephant must draw its legs alongside their environments. As these changes take place, they its body and then roll its head up and over to gain can influence the way an elephant learns and the way enough momentum to push its body into a standing trainers need to structure their training regimes. position. While this sequence always requires strength, it fails entirely if an elephant makes the mistake of Training Calves–Baby Steps: The biggest challenge stretching out on an incline with the soles of its feet fac - with calves is that they have so much to learn—from ing the upside of the hill. the basic physics of coping with their body mass to the From that position, gravity holds the elephant’s back complex psychology of fitting into elephant society. The firmly against the ground. So, when an inexperienced need to master a multitude of skills infuses calves with calf finds itself with its head downhill, it will create a bountiful energy and an unrelenting drive to learn. clamor until its mom or an aunt rushes to the rescue and 2 | ALIVE tugs it into a standing position. It only takes one or two When they enter musth, though, their attention will of these dramas to teach a calf to pay attention to the waver. The tug that testosterone has on their attention lay of the land before it lies down. can mess up their memory and their focus. Sometimes a Young elephants also have to learn the rules that gov - training session will be going along just fine, until—out ern elephant society and the complex social hierarchy of the blue—a bull in musth will just seem to forget that determines one’s status inside the herd. Until a calf everything he ever knew.
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