Association of Zoos and Aquariums

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2007 Regional Meeting Proceedings

March 28-31
Denver, CO

Solving the captive vulture crisis using the Cape griffon vulture (Gyps coprotheres) as a model
Gennifer Anderson, Assistant Bird and Mammal Curator
St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park
Multiple Players: One Team – A successful multi-departmental approach to an educational volunteer program that both enhances the visitor experience and meets institutional goals
Laura Klopfer, Program Supervisor, Friends of the National Zoo and David S. Kessler, Biologist, Small Mammal Unit, Smithsonian's National Zoological Park
Keeper-Animal Relationship Facilitates Computer Use by Western Lowland Gorillas
Carla Estocsin, Animal Keeper, Great Ape House
Smithsonian's National Zoological Park

April 23-26
Des Moines, IA

Allie's Story: The Road to Recovery
A Six Year History of a Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) with a Neurological Disease
Rhonda Pietsch and Cindy Gunther, Animal Keepers, Denver Zoological Gardens
Peter Clay, Andy Antilla and Tine Geurts, Animal Care Staff, Great Ape Trust of Iowa

2007 Annual Conference Proceedings

September 16-21
Philadelphia, PA

To LEED or not to LEED: Gold is Good, Green is Better
Jim Maxwell, Capital Improvement Manager
Woodland Park Zoo
Preen gland impaction in captive penguins: Behavioral aspects and implications for husbandry and exhibit design
Gina M. Ferrie, Animal Keeper
Bergen County Zoo, Paramus, New Jersey
Training a shrimp, a whale sized challenge
Tarah Jacobs, Conservation Education Specialist
Santa Fe Community College Teaching Zoo
Learning at the Zoo: Message Communication Through Docent-Visitor Interactions
Preethi R.S. Mony, Ph.D.
Searching For The Seventy Mile Per Hour Cheetah: A Case For Accurate Signage In Zoos
Terrance L. Steele, Associate Professor of Psychology
Cardinal Stritch University
Commercial Filming and Photography at the Zoo
Shanna Young, Executive Director Marketing and Communications
Toronto Zoo
Working To Conserve Mongolia's Natural Heritage
Richard P. Reading*, Sukhiin Amgalanbaatar [Mongolian Academy of Sciences], James D. Murdoch [Oxford University], Ganchimeg Wingard [Denver Zoological Foundation], and David Kenny [Denver Zoological Foundation]
*Corresponding Author: 2300 Steele St., Denver, CO 80205
Is a Video Worth a Thousand Glances of the Real Thing?
Judy Tasse, Exhibit Developer, National Zoological Park
Nette Pletcher, Education Specialist, Friends of the National Zoo
Insights into Reproductive Aging from Zoo Populations
Sue Margulis, PhD, Curator of Primates, Lincoln Park Zoo
Sylvia Atsalis, PhD, Research Associate, Lincoln Park Zoo
Eating Green – Building Green: St. Louis Orthwein Animal Nutrition Center
Ellen S. Dierenfeld, PhD, CNS, Nutritionist, Saint Louis Zoo
John D Berendzen AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Fox Architects
Affective Transformation: Fostering emotional connections between people, animals and nature
Lisa-Anne DeGregoria Kelly, Doctoral Candidate, Science Education, Washington University
Sharon Kassing, Center for Inquiry in Science Teaching and Learning (CISTL) Liaison, Saint Louis Zoo
Louise Bradshaw, Director of Education, Saint Louis Zoo
Who Owns the Ark? and Why Does it Matter?
Cathi Lehn, Biodiversity Alliance Conservation Program Coordinator, c/o Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Rebecah Bryning, Senior Systems Analyst, Zoological Society of San Diego
Rob DeSalle, Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History
Richard Cahoon, Executive Director, Cornell Center for Technology, Enterprise, and Commercialization