July 2018

AZA Animal Programs: Tip-of-the-Month

The June 2018 Sustainability Designations list for AZA Animal Programs is now available! Please visit the Animal Programs Resources section of the AZA website to download the full listing.

Elephant TAG Seeks Veterinary Advisor

The AZA Elephant TAG/SSP is seeking a Veterinary Advisor. Those interested in applying for this Advisor vacancy should submit a letter of interest and full CV to Martha Fischer, Elephant TAG/SSP Chair.

Two New SAFE Species Announced

AZA SAFE is excited to announce two new SAFE Species: the Eastern Indigo Snake and the African Lion. AZA extends their many thanks to the program teams that have come together to save these animals from extinction!

Eastern Indigo Snake

The Eastern Indigo Snake program, the first SAFE program established to benefit a snake, will be led by Michelle Hoffman from Central Florida Zoological Park. In addition to Central Florida, the original AZA program partners include ZooTampa at Lowry Park and the Birmingham Zoo.

African Lion

The African Lion program will be led by Hollie Colahan from the Denver Zoo. Other original AZA program partners include the Los Angeles Zoo and Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium.

AZA SAFE now has 18 species programs that you and your institution can help support. To learn more, visit the website. If you are interested in becoming a Program Partner, contact SAFE.

AZA Calendar

Please visit the AZA calendar to find the current list of workshops, meetings, and training opportunities that are of interest to Animal Program participants and other zoo and aquarium professionals. To add to this list, please email conservation@aza.org.

Funding and Award Opportunities

National Geographic Society Grant Programs

Until July 10, 2018, NGS is accepting applications for several grant programs, including: Species Recovery, Big Cats Conservation, Participatory Science, Early Career Grants, and several others!

The Species Recovery program, with its focus on IUCN Action Plan implementation, complements AZA's SAFE program well and will fund projects around $30,000, with potential up to $50,000, while the program on Reducing Marine Plastic Pollution may allow some of the plastic reduction efforts at AZA members to be taken to a larger geographic scale.  

If you have questions about the grant program, feel free to contact Kira Mileham. Learn more on the National Geographic Website.

Visit AZA's Other Conservation Funding Sources page for information about grants provided by AZA-accredited institutions as well as external sources. Please email any other funding opportunities to conservation@aza.org for posting on the website.

New Program Leaders

SSP Coordinator and Studbook Keeper

WALLAROO, COMMON
Beth Carlyle-Askew, Woodland Park Zoo

Studbook Keeper

PECCARY, CHACOAN
Ashley Roberts, San Diego Zoo

WOLF, RED
Natalie Davis, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

Candidate Program Leader

TOPMINNOW, BARRENS
Matt Hamilton, Tennessee Aquarium

New Program Leader Vacancies

Find applications and instructions regarding vacancies in the Animal Program Handbooks.  Applications are due August 1, 2018, unless otherwise noted. For a full list of available Program Leader positions, visit the Current Program Leader Vacancies page.

SSP Coordinator and Studbook Keeper

ANTEATER, GIANT
Please send application materials to Lindsay Sears, Pangolin, Aardvark, and Xenarthra TAG Chair.

CRANE, SARUS
Please send application materials to Mike Taylor, Gruiformes TAG Chair.

MONGOOSE, BANDED
Please send application materials to Dusty Lombardi, Small Carnivore TAG Chair.

MONKEY, SOUTHERN BLACK HOWLER
Please send application materials to Keith Lovett, New World Primate TAG Chair.

PELICAN, PINK-BACKED
Please send application materials to Diane Olsen, Pelecaniformes TAG Chair.

New Publications

Please note that all documents are available for download on the Program's page found by logging in and searching the Animal Programs Database.

Want to contribute to the Update?

All announcements for the monthly Animal Programs Update should be submitted to the AZA Conservation, Management & Welfare Sciences Department at conservation@aza.org by the 25th of the prior month.