AZA Archives - Species360

Attendees gather for the AZA Institutional Records Keeping and Population Management Course

To master best practices in recording and using animal data, more than two dozen individuals participated in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' (AZA) 2023 Professional Development course in Institutional Records Keeping. Attendees traveled to the course from a wide range of institutions and locations, including zoos and aquariums serving communities in North, Central, and Latin America. Species360 Training and Member Support representatives taught modules throughout the course, continuing more than 20 years of partnership supporting the AZA course.

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Species360 at CITES CoP19: Raising Awareness for Species from Songbirds to Sharks and Rays

December 14, 2022
Gavrielle Kirk-Cohen
AZA, Blog, conference, Conservation, Conservation Science Alliance, EAZA, Members, Partners, WAZA, ZIMS
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Species360 had a delegation attending CoP19 to represent Species360 members and to highlight research from the Species360 Conservation Science Alliance (CSA).

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Announcing a new way to share data with Vet Advisors

December 13, 2022
Rachel Thompson
AZA, Medical, ZIMS
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Species360 is pleased to announce a new way of securely and efficiently sharing veterinary data through the Vet Advisor Data Sharing program in the Species360 Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS).

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Community: Species360 staff participate in 2022 conferences around the world

November 2, 2022
Mary Ellen Amodeo
AFdPZ, AZA, BIAZA, Conservation Science Alliance, EAZA, WAZA
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Species360 team members participate in a wide array of conferences in 2022, taking the opportunity to meet and talk with members and partners around the world.

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ZIMS at Work: Shared data takes a central role at storied Audubon Nature Institute

March 20, 2022
Mary Ellen Amodeo
Aquatics, FEATURE, Members, Studbooks, ZIMS, ZIMS at Work
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Jo Seton, Contributing Editor This ZIMS at Work feature on Audubon Nature Institute is one of a series of stories about Species360 member institutions that record and share data to help improve animal welfare and inform species conservation. Ease of record-sharing in…

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Popular in ZIMS for Husbandry! Target Weight Range for animals at each phase of life

In fall 2020, ZSL London Zoo celebrated the arrival of five baby bushmaster snakes, watching them safely hatch over the course of three exciting days. Healthy young snakes of this species are relatively large compared with most hatchling snakes, each weighing…

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Reproductive Tools: ZIMS dashboard provides insight used to manage populations

The highest requested feature in a 2021 user survey, the new ZIMS for Studbooks dashboard provides detailed reproductive information that can be used to improve management decisions and conservation of a species.

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Supporting Animal Welfare: Species360 makes it easier to share welfare program essentials at home and with other institutions

November 30, 2021
Nannette Driver-Ruiz
Aquatics, Care and Welfare, husbandry, Product News, Product Roadmap, ZIMS
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In case you missed it! Here are recent enhancements to ZIMS for Care and Welfare. Using feedback from our members, we implemented improvements that make it easier and faster to track animal welfare, model processes for peer teams, and more quickly rollout templates designed for each species.

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Growth: Species360 community expands to 101 countries

New member in Malta extends the Species360 member community to 101 countries. As a global nonprofit, Species360 facilitates international collaboration in recording and sharing essential data on species.

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Do you keep a studbook for animals in your collection? Institutional studbooks will move to ZIMS by 2022

Now that regional associations are done migrating, we are focused on migrating member institution studbooks. Our goal is to migrate all member institution studbooks to ZIMS by end of 2021.

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