Species360 member announcements in February 2019.
More than 400 studbooks for wildlife species have been migrated to ZIMS for Studbooks, providing associations and Studbook Keepers better insight to ex situ species populations in their regions. Each studbook is integrated with corresponding records across more than 1,100…
When Species360 member uShaka Sea World stepped up to care for 253 Lesser Flamingo chicks rescued from drought-stricken Kamfers Dam in Southern Africa, staff veterinarians, keepers, and volunteers worked around the clock to help the fragile group survive. To help future teams…
Association Française des Parcs Zoologiques (AFdPZ), Species360 members, and project sponsor St Laurent help to advance ZIMS translation. St Laurent sponsors the Species360 community program to translate ZIMS in French. On behalf of the Species360 community, we would like to…
More than 124 species of butterflies are found in the forests of Bannerghatta Biological Park. India's Bannerghatta Biological Park and Nandankanan Zoological Park have joined Species360 as institutional members, continuing memberships that began as part of the 10-year Central Zoo…
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums Institutional Records Keeping course this week shared best practices in capturing -- and using - information critical to caring for individual animals and groups of species. Participants included curators, registrars, keepers, and veterinarians, from zoos…
Researchers at University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Hamilton College, United States, have joined the Species360 community as part of the Research Partner program, which provides insights from the world's largest set of wildlife data. The research teams at each…
Begawan Foundation and the Bali Starling Conservation Project has received a Species360 membership grant to support its work with critically endangered #BaliStarlings at the Bali Starling Conservation Project in Indonesia. The species conservation project is among the first to successfully…
Species360 members, which include nearly 1,200 aquatic, zoo, and conservation organizations worldwide, have elected Moscow Zoo CEO Svetlana Akulova, The Florida Aquarium CEO Roger Germann, and California Academy of Sciences - Steinhart Aquarium senior director Bart Shepard to the Species360 Board of Trustees. "This is a critical time…