Volume 38, Number 1 ~ First Quarter 2013 Magazine of the International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association Using Auditory Cues with a Visually Impaired Sound Stationing Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) ALSO IN THIS A Novel Approach to Training Phlebotomy ISSUE: of the 40th Annual IMATA Procedures in Atlantic Bottlenose Conference in Hong Kong Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) to Treat Iron Storage Disease ISSN # 1007-016X DEDICATED TO ADVANCING THE HUMANE CARE AND HANDLING OF MARINE ANIMALS BY FOSTERING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PROFESSIONALS THAT SERVE MARINE ANIMAL SCIENCE THROUGH TRAINING, PUBLIC DISPLAY, RESEARCH, HUSBANDRY, CONSERVATION, AND EDUCATION. 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Main Street, STE 202 • Akron, OH 44308 (330) 253-9000 • www.lunarcow.com SOUNDINGS HEATHER KEENAN Miami Seaquarium 2 Volume 38, Number 1 SOUNDINGS 2013 VOLUME 38, NUMBER 1 - FIRST QUARTER 2013 SOUNDINGS PUBLICATION CHIEF EDITOR HEATHER KEENAN – Miami Seaquarium EDITORIAL DIRECTOR ERIC GAGLIONE – Georgia Aquarium MAGAZINE OF THE INTERnatiOnaL MARINE ANIMAL TRAINERS’ ASSOCiatiON ASSOCIATE EDITOR SUZANNE SMITH – Louisiana Marine Mammal & Sea Turtle Resue Program BACK TO BASICS – Benjamin Schreiner ENRICHING ENVIRONMENTS – Ronnie Smith 12 OFF THE SHELF – John Widick PRODUCT PROFILE – Chris Scullion TRAINER’S FORUM – Sarah Sayre ASSOCIATE EDITOR MARTHA HILL – Sea Life Park Hawaii REGIONAL REPORTS Asia Philip Wong Australia Ryan Tate Canada Brian Sheehan Caribbean Islands Bernard Collie Europe North Central Christiane Thiere Europe Northeast Sunna Edberg Europe Northwest John-Rex Mitchell 5 Europe South Central Pablo Joury 26 Europe Southwest Monika Lechermeier Japan Haruhiko Kato Mexico Alex Mata Middle East Tommy Wilken Pacific Islands Stephanie Vlachos Russia/Ukraine Monika Lechermeier South Africa Gabby Harris South America Miguel Marques U.S. Midwest Stacey Lonski U.S. North Central John-Rex Mitchell U.S. Northeast Beth Manning U.S. Northwest Cinthia Alia-Mitchell U.S. South Central Shannon Ray U.S. Southeast Sarah Graff U.S. Southwest Brittany Harris FEATURES ASSOCIATE EDITOR 5 SOUND STATIONING: USING ERIKA STUEBING – Georgia Aquarium AUDITORY CUES WITH A WHAT’S UP DOC – Jen DeGroot VISUALLY IMPAIRED BOTTLENOSE CONSERVATION BRIEFS – Shelly Samm DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus) EDUCATION FORUM – Jason Jones INNERviews – Kevin Roberts Overcoming challenges by changing how to DEPARTMENTS NOTICES & ANNOUNCEMENTS – Haley Merritt communicate with a disabled dolphin RESEARCH BRIEFS – Beau Richter CONSERVATION BRIEFS DESIGN AFFECTS SHORT-TERM KNOWLEDGE 8 Features conservation tidbits from ASSOCIATE EDITOR 12 AND ATTITUDE OUTCOMES IN SEA LION around the world NICOLE O’DONNELL – Navy Marine Mammal Program SHOW AUDIENCES CONFERENCE COUNTDOWN – Michelle Sousa NOTICES & ANNOUNCEMENTS CONFERENCE SITE SELECTION – Shelley Wood Do species conservation message impacts differ 9 LIP SYNC – Mark Xitco between animal shows of varying designs? Information on upcoming MEMBERSHIP UPDATES – Jennifer Leach workshops, seminars, conferences, MERCHANDISE – Ann Hoedt A NOVEL APPROACH TO TRAINING and more NOMINATIONS & ELECTIONS – Shelley Wood 26 PHLEBOTOMY PROCEDURES IN PRESIDENT’S CORNER – Eric Gaglione EDUCATION FORUM REGIONAL WORKSHOP REPORTS – Shelley Wood ATLANTIC BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (Tursiops 10 truncatus) TO TREAT IRON STORAGE DISEASE The story of Bismark, the special ASSOCIATE EDITOR Treating Hemocromatosis through voluntary needs animal ambassador at NEDRA HECKER Denver Zoo FEATURE ARTICLES husbandry behavior Michael Belshaw, Marineland Antibes OFF THE SHELF Traci Belting, Seattle Aquarium 11 Linda Beverly, Indianapolis Zoo Reviews the Odyssey of KP2, by Margaret Black, Mystic Aquarium Terrie Williams Sarah Brignac, Dolphin Research Center IMATA BUSINESS Carmen Colitz DVM, Animal Eye Specialty Clinic REGIONAL REPORTS PRESIDENT'S CORNER Scott Hjerling, Coral World 4 20 Keep up on news from IMATA Andy Johnson, Monterey Bay Aquarium The continued growth of IMATA in 2013 Catherine ‘CJ’ Johnson, Knoxville Zoo members around the world Nina Lambert, Dolphin Quest Hawaii CONFERENCE WRAP-UP 16 RESEARCH BRIEFS Brett Long, Alaska SeaLife Center Memories from the 40th Annual IMATA 30 Patrick W. B. Moore, National Marine Mammal Foundation