Studbooks 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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Year in Review: An update to members from Species360 CEO Jim Guenter

In a letter to members, CEO Jim Guenter recaps 2022 events and achievements at nonprofit Species360.

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Member Support: Congratulations Erika on your 10th Anniversary with Species360!

Congratulations to Erika Fronk on her 10th anniversary with Species360! As a Member Support Advocate, Erika directly supports more than 270 association and institutional members, including regional associations World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), Zoo and Aquarium Association - Australasia (ZAA), and more. In 2021, Erika handled nearly 1,800 questions and help requests from our members.

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ZIMS for Studbooks: Get new insight to the age of regional and international populations

Species360's ZIMS for Studbooks team introduces an age structure tool to view animals by age and to quickly see the number of males and females by age.

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Helping members worldwide: Species360 Member Support team exceeds goals!

The Species360 training support team once again exceeded metrics for helping members. Here's a look at the results!

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New in ZIMS for Studbooks: Global search identifies collective breeding programs by species, IUCN status, and more

January 30, 2021
Katelyn Mucha
Conservation, Product News, Studbooks, ZIMS
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Species360 releases ZIMS for Studbooks global search tool -- allowing associations, species survival programs, zoos, and aquariums to identify studbooks and managers supporting collaborative breeding programs.

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New! ZIMS supports members’ institutional studbooks

September 24, 2020
Katelyn Mucha
Blog, Studbooks, ZIMS
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Katelyn Mucha is Product Owner, ZIMS for Studbooks, Species360. She is also an Adjunct Population Biologist for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' (AZA) Population Management Center. Are you managing a head start program, a release program, or a breeding…

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AZA Workshop: ZIMS for Studbooks / Tuesday October 13

Joe Barkowski, APM Committee Vice Chair for SSPs and Studbooks, will be hosting the next ZIMS for Studbooks Workshop which will take place on Tuesday, October 13 at 2pm Eastern.

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ZIMS at Work: Netflix host Latif Nasser visits The Living Desert Zoo to ask, “What is a studbook?”

September 1, 2020
Mary Ellen Amodeo
Members, Most Read, Studbooks, ZIMS at Work
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Sarah Greeley, Field Conservation Coordinator, and Brigid Randle, Animal Registrar, Living Desert Zoo, talk with "Connected" host Latif Nasser about the role of population management programs in saving species. (Photo: Netflix, "Connected")

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ZIMS for Studbooks: Over 900 studbooks migrated to ZIMS

Every month, Species360 provides webinars focused on helping studbook keepers use ZIMS for Studbooks. Join us live for one of six upcoming virtual get togethers, or watch a previously-recorded session.

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