Zoo Outreach Organization &
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  ZOO/WILD's Activities 2013


Walker attends Annual CBSG & WAZA Meetings

In October 2013, Sally R. Walker, Zoo Outreach Organization’s Founder and Mg. Trustee attended a series of zoo and conservation meetings in Disney Resort facilities in Orlando Florida. These annual  .....

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PHVA workshop for the Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens), 26-29 Nov 2013 at Siliguri, West Bengal

A Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA) Workshop for the Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) in India was held from 26-29 November 2013 at Siliguri, West Bengal. This PHVA incorporated elements  .....

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ZOO Education Officer attends 4th AZEC in Fukuoka, Japan

The Asian Zoo Educators gather every two years in a conference to share and discuss the recent zoo education developments in Asian Region. The first conference was held at Singapore in 2007 and .....

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India’s 59th Wildlife Week - ZOO offered free education kits

ZOO’s Educator Network ZEN provided 7 kinds of 10,000 free educational materials for celebrating wildlife week celebrations to 50 organizations. The theme of the materials were: The Western Ghats (Sahyadri) .....

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ZOO’s Wildlife awareness programmes for Coimbatore corporation schools

ZOO took an initiative to teach wildlife conservation to the Coimbatore Corporation school students to create awareness amongst young minds with the motto involve them in wildlife conservation from a young age  .....

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SAZARC Director visits CZA Delhi and Central Zoo Nepal

Sally Walker recently visited Delhi and Nepal with Dr. Caroline Lees, the CBSG Network Chair for Australasia. In Delhi Sally discussed the upcoming Red Panda PHVA with B.S. Bonal and Brij Gupta. In Nepal Sally .....

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WWF supports National Zoo Association

World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) organised a workshop to support the formulation of a National Zoo Association in Pakistan. The workshop .....

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Refresher Course on Getting along with Elephants HECx - Karunya University, Coimbatore

Two days refresher course for the USFWS sponsored HECx workshops selected participants of Rajapalayam, Ooty and Krishnagiri was held at Karunya Guest House, Coimbatore on 14-15 June .....

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Conservation Beyond Research: Invertebrate Pollinator Conservation & Edu. Training Workshop

The IUCN SSC South Asian Invertebrate Specialist Group SAsISG & Zoo Outreach Organization in partnership with the Dept. of Agri. Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural Univ., Coimbatore & The Xerces Society .....

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To catch the African Catfish! at Periyar Lake and Stream System (PLSS) in PTR, Kerala

The first ever attempt to remove the invasive (non-native) African Catfish Clarias gariepinnus from a canal of the Periyar Lake and Stream System (PLSS) in the Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala .....

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Getting along with Elephants HECx (Human Elephant Coexistence), Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu

The third workshop of the USFWS sponsored HECx - Educator Skills Training Workshop was conducted at Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu from 11-13 April 2013. This workshop covered Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri .....

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Evaluation of the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) on the amphibians of the Western Ghats.

The Western Ghats, is a stretch of forests parallel to the west Coast of India. It is among the 34 biodiversity hotspots of the world owing of its high diversity .....

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Miranda Stevenson - Friend of Zoo Outreach Organization retires and gets a surprise party

Many of our readers have also attended some of our SAZARC meetings and had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Miranda Stevenson, a long time zoo employee in Great Britain, from keeper to curator to director and .....

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CBSG Regional Networks Meeting

For the first time in several years the Chair and all Staff of IUCN SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, CBSG, as well as Convenors and representatives of the Regional Networks gathered on 1-3 March in .....

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The Sahyadri Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation Education Training Workshop, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. 25-27 February 2013

A three-day trainers training on Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation Education was conducted by WILD/ZOO at Coimbatore inviting selected educators from five States (Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa and .....

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