AZA Antelope and TAG Midyear Update AZA Midyear Workshop March 22, 2015 TAG leadership

• Chair - Martha Fischer, Saint Louis Zoo • Vice Chairs • Sharon Joseph, Houston Zoo, Vice-Chair, Forest/Woodland Antelope • Jeff Holland, , Vice-Chair, Small Antelope • Dan Beetem, The Wilds, Vice-Chair, • Randy Rieches, SDZSP, Vice-Chair, Waterbuck • Adam Eyres, Fossil Rim, Vice-Chair, Aridland Antelope, , • Elected Committee • Sam Berner, Disney’s Kingdom Amy Roberts, Brookfield Zoo • Andrea DeMuth, Brookgreen Gardens Lisa Smith, Great Plains Zoo, • Joanne Kelly, Como Park Zoo Secretary • Andi Kornak, Tracy Thessing, Cheyenne Mtn • Amy Phelps, Oakland Zoo Terry Webb, Zoo Miami TAG advisors

• Leanne White, Greenville Zoo, Education • Steve Monfort, NZP-CRC, Research • Linda Penfold, SEZARC, Reproduction • Barb Wolfe, The Wilds, Vet • Erin Kendrick, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Nutrition • Roxanna Breitigan, Michelle Hatwood and Brent Huffman, Ungulate TAGs Marketing Regional Collection Plan

•6th edition of the Regional Collection Plan was approved by WCMC in 2014! 2011 - 1995 1997 1999 2005 2009 2013 2014 2012 SSP 3 6 10 8 8 -- -- - Green SSP ------1 1 1 PMP 42 42 36 33 31 -- -- - Yellow SSP ------29 26 26 Red 19 ------8 (added 8 19 programs in 2013) Studbooks 36 36 43 43 DERP (display, -- 11 2 8 11 11 0 0 education, research) P/I (phase in) -- -- 0 1 0 0 0 0

P/O 13 11 36 18 15 15 12 12 (phase out) NPR (no program ------2 2 2 recommended)

ISF (in situ ------20 19 19 19 19 focus) We need your spaces, please!

• Only one of the Antelope & Giraffe TAG’s programs is sustainable using AZA’s definitions (Retic/Roth Giraffe Green SSP)

• Sustainability not possible without space and resources

• Decline in overall future space for antelope (and actually ALL ungulates) is greatly concerning

• Additional effort to promote the TAG’s important conservation programs is needed Program updates

Completed in 2014-15 •0 Green SSP Plan •10 Yellow SSP Plans •5 Red Plans •17 NA Regional Studbooks •1 International Studbook •THANK YOU Program Leaders and PMC Biologists and Adjuncts!

Available on www.aza.org Program updates

• 36 different individuals from 25 AZA facilities serve as Antelope and Giraffe TAG Program Leaders

• Your commitment is appreciated! Thank you retiring program champions! Ann Petric Laurie Bingaman-Lackey 15+ Years 20+ Years Program updates

• Filled 10 studbook and 10 SSP vacancies in 2014-15 Recent program leader changes • Generic Giraffe Green SSP – Lanny Brown, Nashville Zoo • Masai Giraffe Yellow SSP – Sheri Horiszny, Santa Barbara Zoo • Giraffe NA Regional Studbook – Erin Cantwell, Maryland Zoo • Addra Gazelle NA Regional Studbook and SSP – Tim Their, Saint Louis Zoo • Bongo NA Regional Studbook – Courtney Janney, Memphis Zoo • Gazelle NA Regional Studbook and SSP – Steve Shurter, White Oak Species sheets

• Thank you to the 17 program leaders who helped completed a profile for their species! • And thanks to the Marketing team who continues to make the profiles possible Who’s funding what?

• Could use your help identifying field programs to recommend Sustainability surveys

• AZA is developing new tools for population sustainability with funding from IMLS grant • Quantitative info from Breeding and Transfer Plans, Population Viability Analyses, etc., with qualitative info on husbandry, exhibit design, etc. • Advertisements, collection planning tools, and population management aids. • Don Moore and Lauren Wilson SAFE

• Nominations due 31 March 2015 • Working with program leaders to submit nomination applications for endangered antelope species Field support

• 2011 – provided support for the Northern Rangelands Trust Recovery Program

• Hirola in protected area are thriving and reproducing

Field support

Tim Wacher/ZSL • 2014 – Provided supported to SCF to survey two populations of gazelle in Chad Antelope Specialist Group

To download, go to www.iucn.org Coming soon

• International Ungulate Day – June 7, 2014 • World Giraffe Day – June 21, 2014 • Giraffe Indaba III – 23-28 August 2015 (South Africa) • Giraffe Care Workshop – 5-9 October 2015 (Cheyenne Mountain Zoo) • Giraffe Resource Group – 6-9 May 2016 (Brookfield Zoo) SSIG/SCF annual meeting

• Information available from Bill Houston or John Newby

ThankThank you!you!