"One World, One Zoo"
The 3rd International Congress on Zookeeping and the 36th American Association of Zoo Keepers National Conference.

(Wednesday 23rd September 2009 - Registration open from 15:00 to 16:00)

Thursday 24rd September 2009 - (Registration & Icebreaker)

Registration opens at 12.00
18:30 22:00 Icebreaker from 18:30 until 22:00 at Seattle Aquarium
Friday 25th September 2009 - (Registration open from 07:30)
08:20 08:40 Introduction - Deborah Jensen, CEO of Woodland Park Zoo
08:40 09:00 The future of zookeeping and the challenges ahead Shane Good USA
09:00 09:40 Keynote speaker - Gordon McGregor Reid, President of WAZA & Director 40 minutes UK

General Chester Zoo, UK. "One World, One Zoo, One WAZA"

09:40 10:00 Saving polar bear habitat - The role of zoo keepers Robert Buchanan USA
10:00 10:30 Tea/coffee break (provided) 30 minutes  
10:30 10:50 Utilizing dietary methods and successful husbandry techniques to maintain a thriving pair of white-bellied tree pangolins (Manis tricuspis) Robert Cisneros USA
10:50 11:10 The Zookeeping Situation at Colombian Zoos Adriana Girón South America
11:10 11:30 Creating a national park for people and wildlife  Kunene conservation region, Namibia Norm Gershenz USA
11:30 11:50 Rhino Protection Units. The Front Line for Ensuring the Survival of Indonesis'a Critically Endangered Rhinos Sectionov Indonesia
11:50 12:10 Piscine Enrichment—A Practical Application Debbie Goodrich USA
12:10 13:50 Lunch break (lunch is provided at a local restaurant) 1 hour 40 minutes
2 HOUR WORKSHOP: 13:10 -15:10 
    Weaning Juvenile Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla).     (limited to 40 people)
13:50 14:10 It’s a Natural Vision! Lynsey Jones UK "Programs with Purpose:
14:10 14:30 The Zoo Farmyard: A Resource for Conservation in Concept and Practice. Jeannette Beranger USA Goal Directed Behavioral Husbandry"
14:30 14:50 ‘Borgori-Wald’ - The new ape facility at Frankfurt Zoo Carsten Knott Germany AAZK Behavioral Husbandry Committee
14:50 15:10 Medical and behavioral implications of cataracts and cataract removal in a juvenile captive african black-footed penguin N. Finch*, Amy Vargas USA R. Kotarsky, D. Walz
15:10 15:40 Tea/coffee break (provided) 30 minutes  
15:40 16:00 Almost Famous: The Story of the Clouded Leopard Project and its Rising Star O’Keefe, Goldfarb ), Andy Goldfarb*(2), Karen Povey(3) USA 2 HOUR WORKSHOP: 15:40 - 17:40 2 HOUR WORKSHOP: 15:40 - 17:40
16:00 16:20 Why and how do we keep animals (in zoo's) Christiaan Luttenberg Netherlands   "Minimizing the energy of conflict 
16:20 16:40 Biggest Loser goes to the apes at Lincoln Park Zoo Leslie Lurz USA "ICZ Strategy planning" during physical restraint and chemical
16:40 17:00 Hochstetter’s frogs at Hamilton Zoo, New Zealand Kara Goddard New Zealand (BY INVITATION ONLY) immobilization: a conscious
17:00 17:20 Spotlight on species: keeper driven conservation education and fundraising Joy Oria Stoinski2, M A Bloomsmith1, 3, & T L Maple1 USA   approach to wildlife handling"
17:20 17:25 Dreamnight (automatic power point - 5 minutes) Sunny Blom Netherlands G. McGregor Reid, S. Good M. R. Johnson, R. Cisneros
17:25 19:00 Free time 1hour 35minutes

ICZ/AAZK/Singapore: 17:25 - 19:00

(Closed Session)

19:00 21:00 Poster Session from 19:00 until 21:00
Saturday 26th September 2009 - (Registration open from 07:30)
     
08:20 08:40 Methods of Recognizing and Recuperating an Underweight, M. David Quavillon USA
08:40 09:00 Building a Bright Future for Javan Rhinos Susie Ellis USA
09:00 09:20  BFR’s contribution to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy – Kenya Richard Moller Kenya
09:20 10:00 Featured speaker - Sally Walker, Director of Zoo Outreach Organization 40 minutes USA/India

"The 'Other' Zoo World and the three P's of Progress"

10:00 10:30 Tea/coffee break (provided) 30 minutes  
10:30 10:50 Lessons learned in a walk through aviary with feeding by the publicy of Ciconiiformes and related species Beth Carlyle-Askew USA 2 HOUR WORKSHOP: 10:30 - 12:30
10:50 11:10 Evaluating the effects of enrichment on the activity and visibility of Ciconiiformes and related specieson but doesn't get it "Caecilians" Tom Wall USA  
11:10 11:30 Who’s training who? Implementation of a positive reinforcement program for shifting of a large group of hooded capuchin monkeys estern lowland gorillas J. Hickman, J. Stein*2-M. Weise USA "Bushmeat crisis:  local
11:30 11:50 A fission/ fusion process and its continued progress for 4.6 wCase Study Sarah Illingworth USA perspectives, global solutions"
11:50 12:10 Fundraising for Today H.Kalka Canada  

 

12:10

13:50 Lunch break (lunch is provided at a local restaurant) 1 hour 40 minutes   R. Cisneros, A. Kamradt, P. Jolly
    ublic    
13:50 14:10 International Animal Shipping. One of the Most Daunting Zoo Experiences There Is Andrea Drost Canada
14:10 14:30 Use and effectiveness of the y-pole as a restraint tool for canidsds E. Hunt, B.McDonald,D Moriarty, S Kessler USA
14:30 14:50 Black Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus ursinus), One Aspect of Indonesian Visitor Vision at Taman Safari Indonesia Sharmy Prastiti Indonesia
14:50 15:10

PASA and Zoo Keepers: Working Together to Ensure African Sanctuary Success Sanctuary Success

Doug Cress USA
15:10 15:40 Tea/coffee break (provided) 30 minutes  
15:40 16:00 Preference For Individuals Within a Group of Asian Small-Clawed Otters Svoke, Brink nny Brink USA    
16:00 16:20 Immersion Exhibit Design at Dublin Zoo Brenden Walsh Ireland 4 HOUR WORKSHOP: 15:40 -19:40  4 HOUR WORKSHOP: 15:40 -19:40 
16:20 16:40 Greater one-horned rhinoceros, operant conditioningnd fundraising Wendy Shaffstall USA    
16:40 17:00 Management and taming of a Male Asian Elephant Calf (Elephas maximus) in captivity Dr.Nirmaljeet Singh1), Shri.Dharmendra Sharma(2) India    
17:00 17:20 Collaboration for conservationehaviors

Adam Fink, J. Willjs,A. Dallara Jackie Buckner, & Gina Stadtner

USA "Creating and Assessing "Handrearing of developing macropods
Successful Enrichment Plans" & macropod husbandry"
   
   
   
   
V. J. Hare, B. Rich, R. Ingle-Möller L. A. Staker
   
Sunday 27th September 2009 - (Registration open from 07:30)
08:20 08:40 Caregiver-Chimpanzee Interactions With Species-Specific Behaviors Mary Lee JensvoldDallara USA
08:40 09:00 The Animal Keepers Association of Africa (AKAA) - an African network for ethical and competent animal keepers & Shape-Africa working together to succeed Ingle-Mollermano South Africa
09:00 09:20 Lost in Translation and in Transition – A Romanian Zoo Assistance Project John Wright USA 
09:20 09:40 A Cooperative Approach to Captive Management of the Tasmanian Devil Jocelyn Hockley Australia
09:40 10:00 Saving the Planet with Bowling For Rhinos Patty Pearthree USA
10:00 10:30 Tea/coffee break (provided) 30 minutes  
10:30 10:50 Why should zookeepers care about social networking?ari Indonesia  Ric Brewer USA     2 HOUR WORKSHOP: 10:30 -12:30 
10:50 11:10 Action for Cheetahs in Kenya Mary Wykstra Kenya  
11:10 11:30

Welfare status of elephant keepers in Karnataka State, southern India

sis

Surendra Varma

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India "ICZ General Meeting - 2009"
11:30 11:50 What Big Money And A Big Project Means to A Little Zooffective tool for in-situ species recovery programs. Manning, Vogt d2, A. Ladkoo3, A. Cristinacce3, C. Kuehler1, A. Lieberman1 and C. Jones2&3. USA  
11:50 12:10

“How we do it in Africa!” An in-house certification programme to train, assess, and certify animal care staff

h management plans for more positive outcomes
Hayley Tennant South Africa  

12:10

13:50 Lunch break (lunch is provided at a local restrauant) 1 hour 40 minutes S. Good
 
 
  2 HOUR WORKSHOP: 13:10 - 15:10
    nt program for shifting of a large group of hooded capuchin monkeys      
13:50 14:10 Giraffe management and reproductive research Jason Pootoolal Canada / Germany "Job Fair - AAZK"
14:10 14:30 New enrichment protocol leads to more effective implementation and evaluation  Erin Connett USA  
14:30 14:50 The development of an African Panorama exhibit Dave White UK AAZK Board of Directors
14:50 15:10 The rise and fall of tree kangaroos (Dendrolagus spp.) in North America........can we do it again? Judie Steenberg USA S. Good
15:10 15:40 Tea/coffee break (provided) 30 minutes  
15:40 16:00 Differences in spatial preference for captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Implications for management and exhibit design  Kristin Abt, B Murphy, J Holbrook USA 2 HOUR WORKSHOP: 15:40 - 17:40
16:00 16:20 Assisting with Avian Conservation Programs in the Seychellesd Flying Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) Population: Signs to Solutions Gary Ward UK  
16:20 16:40 The Keeper View. Suspected Fluorosis Found in Grey-Headed Flying Fox Kim Mann USA "Crisis Management Task Force "
16:40 17:00 Situation of Japanese Zoo Society Takahashi, Amano Japan (Closed Session)
17:00 17:20 The Polar Bear Sustainability Alliancern India Amy Cutting USA  

 

17:20

19:00 Free time 1 hour 40 minutes   G. McGregor Reid, S. Good

 

 

19:00

21:00

Silent Auction from 19:00 until 21:00

21:00 "Meet in Red Lion Lobby at 21:00 to begin Pub Crawl"
Monday 28th September 2009  -  "Zoo Day" at Woodland Park Zoo
08:30 09:00 Hotel Pick up
09:00 09:30 Arrive at West Entrance Workshops to be held during the day:
09:30 12:00

Programs (Talks, BTS, Animal Programs, Trainings etc)

...times to be announced

2 HOUR WORKSHOP 09:30 - 11:30
 
"Fundamentals of body condition
scoring: theory and practice"
 
M. S. Edwards, R. Cisneros
12:00 12:30 Picnic Lunch (lunch provided for delegates)  
 
12:30 13:00 Conference Photo 12:30, North Meadow, (by lunch area)
2 HOUR WORKSHOP 13:00 - 15:00
   

 

 

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"Panel Discussion on, "Green", Issues"
 
       
Woodland Park Zoo "Green Team"

 

13:00

17:00

Programs (Talks, BTS, Animal Programs, Trainings etc)

...times to be announced

2 HOUR WORKSHOP 15:00 - 17:00
 
"Ten Enrichment Devices you can
make using natural materials

 

in 15 minutes or less"

 

AAZK Behavioral Husbandry Committee

 

R. Kotarsky, D. Walz
17:00 17:30 Buses back to Conference Hotel

 

17:30

19:00 Free Time 1 hours 30 minutes

 

19:00

21:00 Workshops at Conference Hotel 2 HOUR WORKSHOP: 19:00 - 21:00
(limited to 40 people)
"Animal Training Workshop:
 Back to the Basics"
AAZK Behavioral Husbandry Committee
C. Vine, A. Emberton
Concurrent experiences on "Zoo Day" - 
Open House Experiences: 1. Bears/Goats, 2. Snow Leopard, 3. Giraffe Barn, 4. Trail of Adaptations, 5. Day/Night House, 6. Gorillas, 7. Elephants, 8. Orangutans, 9. Commissary
Front Of House Keeper Talks: 1. Elephants, 2. Snow Leopards, 3. Raptors, 4. Gorillas, 5. Ostrich Overlook, 6. Tapirs, 7. Hippos, 8. Wolves, 9. Grizzly, 10. Flamingos (by docent)
Training Talks: (sign up required): 1. Raptors, 2. Orangutans
Cultural Interpreters: Penguins and African Village
Animal "live" Program Present Areas: Zoomazium (Armadillo), Beech Grove (Ferrets), Bug World (Anthropods), North Meadow (Owl –during lunch )
Other Activities: Giraffe Feeding, Willawong – Feed Stick, Upapi (African cultural program), Carousel Rides
20% off ZooStore & Concession 
Tuesday 29th September 2009 - (Registration open from 07:30)
08:20 08:40 Manning of a non-releasable adult golden eagle for public presentationssentations J. Pfau USA
08:40 09:00 Development of Quality Control Protocols for the Oregon Silverspot Butterfly en template DNA extracted from rusa and sika deer species Erin Sullivan 2*, Jothi.M. Panandam2, Siti.S. Siraj3 and A.A. Maheran2 USA
09:00 09:20 Croc in a Box – Crate Training a Gharial for Transport Heidi Hellmuth USA
09:20 10:00 Featured speaker - Tom McCarthy 40 minutes USA
Executive Director, Snow Leopard Network
10:00 10:30 Tea/coffee break (provided) 30 minutes  
10:30 10:50 Shift, Pee, Squeeze: Managing a Diabetic Golden-headed Lion Tamarinon Tamarin Desiree Haneman USA
10:50 11:10 Multiple versus Massed Meal Frequency and African Elephant Behavior U S Anderson USA
11:10 11:30 Hand rearing: One Alternative for Animal Living in Taman Safari Indonesia Sharmy Prastiti Indonesia    
11:30 11:50 Pregnancy Diagnosis in Exotic Animals Using Hormone Analysisal of a Negative Impact Joan E. Bauman USA
11:50 12:10 Artificial propagation and neonatal care of passerines as an effective tool for in-situ species recovery programs. R. Switzer USA/UK/Mauritius
12:10 12:30 The evolution of infant care at woodland park zoo, utilizing birth management plans for more positive outcomesand Competition with Fishermen in Lake Victoria, Kenya Harmony Frazier USA
12:30 14:30 AAZK Awards Banquet Lunch 2 hours  
14:30 14:50 Population Management in Ungulates with Fertility Control Kimberly Frank USA 2 HOUR WORKSHOP: 14:30 - 16:30
14:50 15:10 Research or enrichment?? studying cognitive abilities in primates T. Larson, J.White, M. Bonnan USA  
15:10 15:30 The role of Sanctuaries, a case study for Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda ates Lilly Ajarova, (presented by Andrew Seguya) 2, M. Bonnan3 Uganda "Australasian Workshop 2009"
15:30 15:50 Veterinary Intervention for a trapped Chimpanzee in Rwenshama Forest, Karujubu Masindiest, Karujubu Masindi Dr. Andrew Seguya Uganda  
15:50 16:10 Extreme Makeover – Cuttlefish Heidi HellmuthDenny Vogt USA  
16:10 16:30 Keeper Communication Skills Rosalie Rust USA J. Blessington
16:30  16:35 Sum Up and Close - Shane Good  5 mins?
16:35 18:00 Free time 1 hour 25 minutes
18:00 23:00
Banquet Dinner at the Sheraton Hotel from 18:00 until 23:00