Providing a suitable environment under human care how EAZA standards encourage best practice

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1 Providing a suitable environment under human care how EAZA standards encourage best practice Endre Sós, DVM Veterinary and Conservation Department Head

2 Few thoughts about a zoo environment often large diversity of species (Budapest: 934) different needs regarding space, diet, ambient environmental conditions different set-ups (conservation breeding in visitor or off-show areas, educational display, research) large diversity of experts and specialists (curators, keepers, vets: constant team work)

3 Very different needs in the same institution

4 Very different needs in the same institution

5 Few thoughts about a zoo environment often large diversity of species (Budapest: 934) different needs regarding space, diet, ambient environmental conditions different set-ups (conservation breeding in visitor or off-show areas, educational display, research) large diversity of experts and specialists (curators, keepers, vets: constant team work)

6 today Development of zoos the ultimate goal is to reproduce/fulfil (or least to approach) the natural life history of the species international breeding and research programmes

7 What are the real needs?

8 Few more thoughts about a zoo environment extremely valuable specimens (frequently the value is not economic, there is no market) flock/group management (consequences: screening, treatment) regarding veterinarian care: mixing of the flock management and individual treatment of extreme values

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10 Best practise EEP/ESB guidelines and recommendations TAGs and species committees number of various experts with a different background information from field biologists and information for field programmes (two directional know-how flow) example: Southern White Rhino

11 Southern White Rhino

12 How can we use our zoo knowledge for active conservation?

13 Conservation breeding IZW, Berlin

14 Hungarian Meadow Viper telemetry

15 Good zoos and bad zoos

16 Animal welfare terminology The Five Freedom fear and distress hunger, malnutrition and thirst discomfort pain, injury, disease abnormal behaviour The zoo must provide proper nutrition enclosure social structure veterinarian care

17 EAZA Technical Assistance Committee approximately (?) 3500 EU zoos 8% EAZA zoos zoos with the highest visitor numbers, reputation and financial potential for improvement, conservation and research wide range of best experts in the EAZA community application for membership, candidate and temporary members

18 Zamosc Zoo, Poland

19 Amphibian ARK: chytrid fungus Lithobates vibicaria

20 Husbandry nutrition generally longer lifespan in zoo animals certain diseases are the consequence of unproper husbandry and nutrition knowing the biology of the species possible problems, eg.: substrate humidity social structure non-compatible species nutrition (quality and quantity)

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24 Environmental enrichment

25 the possibilities and dangers of habituation and training

26 Habituation, medical training alternative opportunity/whom, what and when

27 Habituation, medical training a lot can be achieved

28 Habituation, medical training : be aware of the limitations

29 protected contact, medical training, enrichment

30 Treatment of problem individuals

31 Medical training: treatment of chronic conditions

32 chutes: daily management

33 Special events and the suitable keeping conditions good function

34 the tiny details count

35 separation, catching and anaesthesia

36 management-related problem : if the created environment is not safe enough

37 management-related problem : if the social constitution is improper

38 protection from natural enemies

39 naive species

40 The real welfare issue: animal confiscations/wildlife rehab

41 Wildlife rehabilitations in zoos

42 Thank you for your attention! Photographs: Bagosi, Zoltán Halpern, Bálint Horváth, Márton Molnár, Viktor Sós, Endre Szűcs, Lóránd