Watch the recording: ZIMS Training webinar – Data Entry and Provisional
Catch up on the recent ZIMS training on using mobile-friendly Data Entry in ZIMS.
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Species360 Welcomes WAZA’s International Studbook Framework
The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) officially launched its new International Studbook (ISB) Framework, marking an important milestone for global population management and collaboration across regions.
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Preserving Tomorrow’s Possibilities: How Biobanking Supports Species Conservation
Blog / As conservation challenges continue to grow, so does the need to protect not only species and their habitats, but the genetic diversity that helps them adapt and survive. One tool gaining increasing attention in conservation planning is biobanking: the collection and preservation of biological materials that may one day help support research, breeding
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Help bring Madagascar’s rarest frogs into ZIMS: Sponsor Association Mitsinjo
Madagascar’s first biosecure amphibian facility working to safeguard amphibians from extinction, is ready to bring its animal records into the Species360 Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS) and we’re looking for a Species360 member to support them through our Conservation Connections program.
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New in ZIMS: Rescue Accessions Have a New Home
We’re pleased to share the latest milestone in the ongoing modernization of ZIMS. The Rescue accession type is now available exclusively in the new ZIMS platform.
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Welcome to the team Dr. Nicole Ormaza!
We’re pleased to welcome Nicole Ormaza to the Species360 team as a support advocate!
As a Support Advocate, Nicole will assist Species360 members with ZIMS questions and day-to-day support needs. A fluent speaker of both English and Spanish, she will primarily serve members across Latin America.
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Join the upcoming ZIMS Training Webinars: Data Entry, Daily Activity and Provisional
Join us in June and July for two free ZIMS training webinars covering mobile Data Entry, Daily Activity and Provisional.
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How Animal Record Keeping Systems Reduce Compliance Risk
Blog / The Compliance Landscape for Zoological Institutions Is Expanding Zoological institutions operate within a regulatory environment that has grown considerably more complex over the past two decades and shows no sign of stabilising. The obligations that institutions must meet span multiple regulatory frameworks: national wildlife legislation, CITES permits and documentation requirements for international species
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Interoperability Challenges in Animal Record Keeping Systems
Blog / The Strategic Importance of Connected Zoological Data The management of animals in professional care has become an increasingly networked activity. Institutions that once managed their collections in relative operational isolation are now participants in regional collection management plans, international studbooks, cooperative breeding programmes, and global conservation initiatives that require the regular, reliable exchange
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Ensuring Long-Term Data Preservation With Animal Record Keeping Systems
Blog / The Institutional Memory Problem in Zoological Record Keeping Zoological institutions accumulate animal records over periods that frequently span multiple decades. For long-lived species, the medical history, reproductive record, and behavioural profile of a single individual may represent forty or fifty years of continuous documentation. That record is not merely an administrative artefact; it
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