Hi everyone, I came up with this game to go alongside the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Basically, there are Species Survival Plans...
Take reptiles as an example. A lot of the education reptiles used in zoos are common household pets and aren't at much risk of being endangered...
While reading various threads on this forum, I have seen zoochatters both criticize and compliment the AZA and its role in the zoo community. I...
In the spirit of all the other threads looking to catalog animal populations in US zoos, I figured I'd start one for ungulates as they are of...
Hi everyone, I'm creating a zoo podcast and I'd like if you could listen to it! I'm having guests from zoos all across the USA and hopefully...
With the annual AZA conference just a couple of weeks away does anyone know what exhibits are in the running this year for top exhibit award?
The AZA released their white paper on the breeding and keeping of white lions and tigers (and king cheetahs) in 2011. Since that time, quite a few...
Figured I'd make a list, please contribute if possible. Also, does anyone know if I can find a full list? (Not in any particular order, and also...
With Rizzo's passing at Utah's Hogle Zoo, it led me thinking. We're not seeing many Polar Bears born is US zoos. And aren't many Polar Bears...
So I've realized that there's a fair number of really good zoos which don't offer any reciprocity for members of other AZA zoos. (I very nearly...
The Mill Mountain Zoo in Roanoke, Virginia has lost its AZA accreditation on financial grounds. It had been accredited since 1995. Mill...
See http://www.zoochat.com/2/aza-2015-exhibit-award-nominees-419252/
The recent forum on Euthanasia of healthy animals in zoos focused on an animal which was part of an EAZA controlled ex situ conservation breeding...
The announcement of the 2013 AZA awards is only 3 months away. Nominees have not yet been announced, but since when does that stop ZooChat?...
OK bettors, prognosticators, speculators and debaters: START YOUR ENGINES! The Nominees are: Cheetah Run (Busch Gardens Tampa) Ecosystems,...
The 2011 AZA awards were just announced. Exhibit Award winners can be found at...
Who do you believe will win an AZA Exhibit Award this year? Winners announced at the conference in Atlanta later this week.
I haven't seen this mentioned on Zoochat (maybe I just missed it?), but the AZA has a blog with features on assorted zoo staff around the country,...
Each year AZA presents a program of best TV ads of that year. It's not about awards...just fun. Now the past 4 years presentations are on-line...
The zoo's complete submission for the 2009 AZA Exhibit Award is available for view on line...
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