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Old 24-03-2007

ARAZPA has a new web-site, check it out guys. the artiodactyl tag still nominates the importation of Philipine Spotted Deer as a regional priority? maybe this is a typo...
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Yes the new site does look good, surely they are not going to import more deer when we really need some new bloodlines for our Bongos and other hoof stock we alreadly have here.??.
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god who knows. i thought it was interesting the intensive level of management that has been allocated to species like palm squirrels with a high reproduction rate.
actually, these squirrels represent a good display candidate with the res tof the miscellaneous animals TAG in virtual collapse...
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Old 26-03-2007

the new site is great, a big improvement - its got some nice artwork in the factsheet section....
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Old 26-03-2007

Yep, it's a vast improvement on the old site. Patrick, I thought I recognised the style in the sketches!
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oi pat, went to send u a private message mate about congrats on the nice art, and ya message boz if full, so u carnt recive any more messages, just a note to say empty it so we can send ya private messages lol

btw nice artwork lol
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AdelaideNow... High praise for our city's zoos

on arazpa, the accrediatation (similar to that of aza- american zoological association), has started in south australia with nboth monarto and adelaide reciving full - accreditation

over the next 5 years, it is hoped all zoos will achive acceditation
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Old 02-04-2007

Hmmm, sorry to put a damper on the enthusaism, but the wording is a bit misleading in the article. Only Adelaide Zoo was accredited, and not Monarto (Monarto hasn't had an accreditation visit yet).

There was a second zoo accredited recently - Symbio Wildlife Park in Stanwell Tops, NSW.
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thnx zoopro, so do you knwo anthing about this pocedure of acreditation, and whats zoos will be done soon
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Old 02-04-2007

There's a good summary of the accreditation procedure here:

ARAZPA - Accreditation

It looks like all ARAZPA institutions will go through the accreditation process within the next five years, and be re-accreditated every five years after that. From what I've heard, somezoo are requesting to be accredited sooner rather than later, and some zoos want to wait for a little while
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Old 03-03-2008

Symbio were actually the first to be accredited.
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Old 03-03-2008

Is this the first time that ARAZPA has begun accreditation on zoos? The AZA in North America has approximately 216 members and has been accrediting zoos and aquariums for at least a couple of decades, and there is the standard 5 year "stamp of approval". So my question is this: who has been monitoring zoological collections in the Australiasia region? No one?
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Old 04-03-2008

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Symbio were actually the first to be accredited.
Sorry to correct you Faraji, but Symbio was the second institution to be accredited - Adelaide Zoo was the first.
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Old 04-03-2008

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i thought it was interesting the intensive level of management that has been allocated to species like palm squirrels with a high reproduction rate.
actually, these squirrels represent a good display candidate with the res tof the miscellaneous animals TAG in virtual collapse...
I'd love to see Numbats at more zoos, especially here in NZ..! IMO, much better than Emus and Lorikeets...

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Symbio was the second institution to be accredited - Adelaide Zoo was the first.
If I've learnt one thing in my time here is that if ZooPro says it, its right...
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Old 07-03-2008

Not meaning to be picky, but since I have been corrected, I was just wondering how you know this. (I'm trying not to sound nasty, just curious as I was directly involved).
 


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