Prastiti, Sharmy - Animal Curator, Taman Safari

Cisarua – Bogor

Indonesia

amicurator@tamansafari.net

I am working for fifteen years in the wild animal Indonesian endemic and exotic animal care field.

My experience jobs are:

• Manage 250 animal keepers include 10 head keepers in fiften different location
• Monitor animal husbandry such as maintain enrichment standard for animal behaviour as a part of animal welafare
• Daily routine inspects and observes animal activities and health, and coordination directly with the team of veterinarian
• Maintaining daily animal records keeping of animal activities
• Trains, coaches and briefing staff for handling and restrain wild animal
• Conduct, train and briefs 25 staff of education conservation program
• Training people from Indonesian government authority such as Department of Forestry and department of agricultural for handling, restrain and identification wild animals
• Regulary maintain animal data records such as daily, weekly, monthly and three month animal recods
• Participates in wild sumatran tiger rescue team 1994,1997, 1999, 2001 & 2003
• Correspondence and dealing for animal exchange in country and overseeas
• Maintaining animal movement and shipment
• Prepares and applies requestion for equipment and supplies of animal equipment
• Guidance special tours as required
• Editoring newsletter

Professional Experience

Taman Safari Indonesia , Cisarua, Bogor – Indonesia

1991-present

• Animal Curator 1995 to present
• International Tapir Studbook keeper 2008 to present
• Advisor education program 2005 to present
• Education officer 2001-2005
• Veterinary technician 1991-1995
• Animal hospital zookeeper 1991-1994

Education

• Bogor Agricultural University , Indonesia

Faculty of Polytechnique of Veterinary Medicine Diploma II

1991

Training and courses

• Zoo and Wildlife animal management training course, December 1991 in Taman Safari Indonesia conducting by William B. Karesh DVM and Robert J. Cock. DVM from Bronx zoo- New York
• Handling and restrain wild animal medicine training course, March 1993 in Taman Safari Indonesia conduncting by Murray J. Fowler, Morris Animal Foundation-Texas
• Handling and restrain Sumatran tiger training course in Taman Safari Indonesia and several zoos in Indonesia on 1993, 1995, 1996 conducting by Douglas L. Armstrong, Henry Doorly Zoo-Omaha, Nebraska
• Identification wild animal training course, June 1995 in Singapore zoo-Singapore conducting by South East Asian Zoological Association (SEAZA)
• Zoo’s educator training course February 2000 in Singapore zoo-Singapore conducting by Sally Walker
• Training for Population Management course 2008-Singaporeconducting by Kathy T. Holzer -CBSG

References

• Mr. Jansen Manansang – Director of Taman Safari Indonesia , President of South East Asia Zoological (SEAZA)

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