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6th Rhino Keeper Workshop

Busch Gardens - Tampa Florida

18 May 2009– 21 May 2007

 

2009 Rhino Keeper Workshop Survey results

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Click on the presenters in the tables below to veiw their presentations in one of the formats listed here.

 

Sunday, May 17 2009
Embassy Suites Tampa
Open Registration 3:00 - 7:30
Icebreaker 6:00 - 9:00

 

Monday 18th May

TIME
SPEAKER
PRESENTATION
ORGANISATION
8:00-8:10 Glenn Young Welcome to Busch Gardens Tampa - President of Zoo Operations Busch Gardens
8:15-8:30 Adam Felts Welcome to 2009 Rhino Keepers Workshop IRKA President
8:30-9:30 Susie Ellis, Ph.D. State of the Rhino-2009 International Rhino Foundation
9:30-10:00 Janno Weerman Foot Problems in Indian Rhinos Rotterdam Zoo
10:00-10:30
Morning Break
10:30-11:30 Alex Droma The role of conservation education in the rhino re-introduction program in Uganda Uganda Wildlife Education Center
11:30-12:00 Vickie Steele Serum Cortisol and serum progesterone in a herd of Southern White Rhino White Oak Conservation Center
12:00-1:00
LUNCH
1:00- 1:30 Mark Cleave    
1:30 - 2:30 Dr. Kees Rookmakker Clara and other rhinos. - The story of the first rhinos in captivity, and five species of rhinos in the last 50 years Rhino Resource Center
2:30 - 3:00
Afternoon Break
3:00- 4:30

Nutrition, Training and Enrichment Roundtable Discussions

Black Rhino - Kristin Forker, Moderator - Busch Gardens Tampa
White Rhino -Derek Weatherford, Moderator - Busch Gardens Tampa
Greater One Horned and Sumatran Rhino - Vickie Steele, Moderator - White Oak Conservation Center

 

Tuesday 19th May
Day at Lowry Park Zoo

 

Wednesday 20th May
Day at Bush Gardens

 

Thursday 21st May

TIME
SPEAKER
PRESENTATION
ORGANISATION
8:30-9:30 Arief Rubianto Rhino Protection Units-The frontline for ensuring the survival of Indonesia’s
Rhinos		 Indonesian Rhino Foundation
9:30-10:00 Jonnie Capiro Thinking outside the chute: Training a Southern White Rhinoceros for
Voluntary ultrasonography		 The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
10:00-10:30
Morning Break
10:30-11:00 Janice Tomlian, Annie McFadden,
and Dr. Tara Myers Harrison DVM,
MPVM, Diplomate ACVM.		 Positive reinforcement training on a lame Black Rhinoceros Potter Park Zoo
11:00-11:30 Lucy Manning The Success of a webcam for Zoo publicity and increasing visitor
Numbers		 Paignton Zoo Devon, UK
11:30-12:00 Wendy Shaffstall Greater One Horned Rhino operant conditioning for artificial inseminination
Program: “a recipe” for success		 The Cincinnati Zoo
12:00 - 1:00
LUNCH
1:00-2:30

Rhino knockdown roundtable Dr. Ray Ball, and the Busch Gardens Rhino Staff

Rhinoceros Nutritional Projects-Update
Sedation and Anesthesia in Rhinoceros

2:30-2:50 Vitiligo in an Eastern Black Rhinoceros “a keepers perspective Kansas City Zoo and
The St. Louis Zoo
2:50-3:05
Afternoon Break
3:05-3:30 Lara Metrione Effects of captive environment on the social development, and reproductive
Success of adolescent and adult female Southern White Rhinoceros		 The Ohio State University
3:30-4:30   IRKA Annual Meeting  
6:30-????
Closing Banquet, and Silent Auction