BIAZA Mammal Working Group 16th – 17th October 2019 ZSL Whipsnade Zoo Tuesday 15th October - Icebreaker Open entry to Whipsnade Zoo, registration and tea and coffee icebreaker, optional evening meal and drinks at local pub Day 1 - Wednesday 16th October Bus transfer from main accommodation provider The Holiday Inn to Whipsnade Zoo First day of conference, mixture of mammalian presentations with keynote speakers, 10- minute talks, poster presentations and tours of the mammal sections. Bus transfer available from Whipsnade Zoo to The Holiday Inn Evening event at main accommodation provider The Holiday Inn, A5, Dunstable, food and some drinks included plus entertainment. Day 2 - Thursday 17th October Bus transfer from main accommodation provider The Holiday Inn to Whipsnade Zoo Second day of conference, mixture of mammalian presentations, 10-minute talks, poster presentations, keynote speakers and tours of the mammal sections. As well as a mammalian training symposium showcasing a range of modern training methods and behavioural management. Bus transfer available from Whipsnade Zoo to The Holiday Inn th Day 1 – Wednesday 16 October 8:00 Registration / Tea & Coffee 8:45 Welcome and introduction to the MWG and Subgroups Matthew Webb House keeping Lawrence Bates 9:00 Jaguar Reintroduction (Post-breeding) Ian Jones Paradise Wildlife Park 9:30 Preparation and planning – The key to success of moving Phillipa Dobbs 14 chimps into a new habitat Twycross Zoo 10:00 How wild animals deal with toxic plants; what can we Louise Jacobson learn? ZSL London Zoo 10:30 Training to aid husbandry for 2.3 pygmy marmosets Amy Denny (Cebuella pygmaea) following introduction to a new Marwell Wildlife tropical house exhibit at Marwell Zoo. 11:00 Tea Break 11:30 ‘Just because your bear behaves like a well-trained dog, Kim Wilkins does not mean it has a high level of welfare!’ Yorkshire Wildlife Park 12:00 Status & Husbandry of the EAZA Meerkat Suricata suricata Jessie Boylan Population Paradise Wildlife Park 12:30 Behavioural research and hand-rearing in Owston’s civet Dave Rich & Kathy Baker (Chrotogale owstoni) Newquay Zoo 13:00 Developing scientifically robust behavioural data collection Katie Macdonald methods by patrol keepers West Midlands Safari Park 13:10 Lunch 13:45 Whipsnade Zoo Animal Section Tours Whipsnade Zoo Team Leaders 14:45 10 Minute Talks Crush conditioning a herd of Bactrian camel Leah Drury – Longleat Rwandan Rhino Release Hedd & Fay – Flamingo Land Wildcats Sally Holt - Wildwood Trust 15:15 MWG Subgroup Conservation Grants Last Year’s Winner – Small Mammal Subgroup: Save Conservation Grant Awards Vietnams Wildlife Sponsored by JCS Livestock Elephant Subgroup – MWG Subgroups Hoofstock Subgroup – Carnivore Subgroup – Primate Subgroup - 16:15 Keynote Speaker Save the Rhino 16:45 Best Presentation Award & Raffle MWG Committee 17:15 End 19:00 Evening Event Holiday Inn – Luton South Food, Drink, Fun, Music but no dodgy disco Day 2 – Thursday 17th October 8:30 Registration / Tea & Coffee 8:45 Welcome Matthew Webb Lawrence Bates 9:00 Moving the Elephants two by two – Pre-export testing and Phillipa Dobbs transfer training Twycross Zoo 9:30 Brown Bear Care Post Rescue – From Japan to A Brazilian Heather Featherstone Yorkshire Wildlife Park 10.00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Robert Hermes Rhino Birthing Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) 10:30 Tea Break Mammal Training Symposium 11:00 TBC Animal 11:30 TBC Behaviour 12:00 TBC Working 12:30 TBC Group 13:00 Lunch 13:45 Whipsnade Zoo Animal Section Tours Whipsnade Zoo Team Leaders 14.45 BIAZA Welfare Toolkit Jessica Harley BIAZA Research Committee 15.05 10 Minute Talks The more you know: value of long-term endocrine John O’Hanlon – Chester Zoo monitoring Blood draw training from a Sloth bear Sarah Mcgregor –Whipsnade Zoo The weight monitoring of Pied tamarin Siobhan Ward – Chester Zoo Deer and Antelope conditioning at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo Gracie & Molly – Whipsnade Zoo Evaluating the behaviour of Asiatic lions (Panthera leo Kat Finch – Chester Zoo persica) Saki Monkey Training Thomas Maunders – Whipsnade Zoo 16:05 Best Presentation, Best Poster Awards, Silent Auction & MWG Committee Raffle 17:00 End Accommodation We recommend using Holiday Inn® - Luton South M1 J9 as your accommodation for the conference. The hotel will be the site for the main evening event on the 16th, has plenty of rooms for all and transport will be provided two and from the zoo to this hotel (and of course it has a bar!) Holiday Inn® - Luton South M1 J9 London Road, Markyate, St Albans AL3 8HH Bed & Breakfast single occupancy - £60.00 Bed & Breakfast double / twin occupancy - £80.00 80 rooms have been reserved for the conference - 40 twins/ 40 double (they have no single bed rooms) Please call – 01582 449988 and quote the code: ZSL151019 you will be asked for a credit card in order to guarantee the booking. Guests will also be entitled to make use of the leisure facilities as well. Check in is any time after 2.00 pm and check out is midday. Please book into the hotel ASAP - The rooms will be held up until 1 month prior to arrival for conference delegates to book, after which they will be released and anyone wanting a room will be able to book subject to availability. Holiday Inn Luton South For anyone looking to spend less or splash out on other accommodation please use the common booking sites like so: Booking.Com - Whipsnade 15th-17th October Travel https://www.zsl.org/zsl-whipsnade-zoo/visitor-information/directions By plane Nearest airport is London Luton. Onward travel by bus or taxi (A2Z Taxi Dunstable, 01582 650650) By bus From London Luton airport -Catch Arriva bus (https://www.arrivabus.co.uk) from bus bay 8 - Bus 31, Bus Z, Bus A to Dunstable Quadrant. From Luton Town train station, Luton Station Interchange, stand 10 – Arriva Bus 31, Bus Z, Bus A to Dunstable Quadrant. ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is served by Centrebus route 40 from Quadrant bus stop. For more information contact 0844 351 1120, [email protected] or visit the Centrebus website (https://www.centrebus.info/) By train The nearest stations are Luton Town and Hemel Hempstead (both about 10 miles away from the Park). Thameslink train services run from St Pancras to Luton with an average journey time of 30 minutes. London Northwestern Railway runs services from London Euston to Hemel Hempstead and Tring also with an average journey time of 30 minutes. For information on timetables and fares please call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50 or visit www.nationalrail.co.uk From the railway station, ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is approximately a twenty-minute taxi ride. There are taxi ranks at both stations. By car Only 20 minutes from the M25 (junction 21), ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is signposted from the M1 (junction 9 and junction 12) and all major roads - just follow the elephant on the above map. .