IRKA - Rhino Workshops - 2009 Busch Gardens

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7th Rhino Keeper Workshop

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

Glen Rose, Texas

15 May 2011 – 18 May 2011

2011 Rhino Keeper Workshop Survey Results

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Sunday, May 15 2011
Three Rivers Restaurant, Glen Rose Texas
Open Registration 3:00 - 7:30
Icebreaker 6:00 - 9:00

Monday 16th May

TIME	SPEAKER	PRESENTATION	ORGANISATION
8:00-8:35	Dr. Pat Condy and Kelley Snodgrass	Welcome, Introduction and History of Fossil Rim Wildlife Center	Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
8:40-9:25	Dr. Susie Ellis	Status of rhino populations and conservation efforts	International Rhino Foundation
9:30-9:50	Jade Tuttle	All best intentions: one institution’s attempt to build a successful breeding program for southern white rhinoceros	North Carolina Zoo
9:55-10:15	Christopher Tubbs	Potential role of dietary phytoestrogens in the reproductive failure of captive-born female southern white rhinoceros	Postdoctoral Associate – SDZ – CRRPD
10:15-10:25	BREAK
10:25-10:45	Sarah Beck	Training and foot care in Chester Zoo’s Greater one horned rhinoceros	Chester Zoo
10:50-11:30	Dr. Lara Metrione	A study of nulliparous southern white rhinoceros that exhibit ovulatory cycles but have higher average coricosterone levels than parous females	Southeast Zoo Alliance for Reproduction and Conservation
11:30-11:55	Dr. Monica Stoops	Artificial insemination in greater one-horned rhinoceros	Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden – CREW
12:00-1:00	LUNCH
1:00- 1:20	Jonnie Capiro	Management Practices, Behavior, and Glucocorticoid Activity in the Indian Rhino	San Diego Safari Park
1:25 - 1:45	Kim Preston	Milking a white rhino dam to feed a calf born temporarily blind	Hamilton Zoo, New Zealand
1:45-2:30	Marty McPhee	Laying the foundation to formulate an effective keeper talk	Disney’s Animal Kingdom
2:30-2:45	BREAK (Sponsored by Trich Zaitoon Fossil Rim Volunteer)
2:45- 4:15	Working group to develop and present keeper talks
4:15-5:00	Presentation of keeper talks for each species
6:30	DINNER (Sponsored by Columbus Zoo)

Tuesday 17th May

TIME	SPEAKER	PRESENTATION	ORGANISATION
8:00-8:45	Dr. Friederike von Houwald	Indian rhinos – What zoos can do to protect this species ex-situ and in-situ	Zoo Basel - EAZA Rhino TAG Chair - Member of the IUCN AsRSG
8:45-9:30	Dr. Don Paglia	Captivity-induced iron-storage disease in rhinos and other exotic wildlife	UCLA Hematology Research Lab
9:30-10:15	Dr. Benn Bryant	Rinoceros Conservation at Taronga Western Plains Zoo	Taronga Western Plains Zoo
10:15-10:30	BREAK (Sponsored by Tom Purgason and Luat Nguyen)
10:30-10:55	Sara Wunder	Nutrition of the southern white rhinoceros: managed care versus wild population	Bush Gardens
10:55-11:20	Helen Massey	Rhino Mixing at the Chester Zoo	Chester Zoo
11:20-11:45	Cassandra Sampson	Designing for rhinos: the building of a new black rhino facility at Great Plains Zoo	Great Plains Zoo
12:00-1:00	LUNCH (Sponsored by H & S Valve)
1:00- 1:30	Dr. Elizabeth Berkeley	Sex Allocation Theory Applied To Rhinoceros Small Population Management	Victoria University of Wellington
1:35 - 2:00	Dr. Jim Oosterhuis	Eosynophylic Granulomas and their Treatment in Captive Black Rhinos – A Collaboration Treatment Plan	San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park
2:00 - 2:15	BREAK (Sponsored by A toZ Girls & Cruise Planners)
2:15 - 4:00	Working group on rhinoceros immobilization preparation and procedures
4:15 - 5:00	Summary of information garnered from each working group

Wednesday 18th May

TIME	SPEAKER	PRESENTATION	ORGANISATION
8:00 - 8:45	Dr. Richard Emslie	Status, trends, and challenges facing African Rhino in the wild	IUCN African Rhino Specialist Group
8:45 - 9:30	Dr. Barney Long	Saving Rhinos in the Wild; Anti-Poaching, Anti-Trafficking, Rhino Monitoring and Translocations	World Wildlife Fund
9:30-9:55	Cydney Peterson Alissa Gottfreid	Reproductive cues in the black rhinoceros: a case study at the Racine Zoo	Racine Zoo
10:00-10:15	BREAK (Sponsored by Texas Vein Center & Hawk Steel Industries)
10:15 - 10:35	Lisa Smith	Black Rhino Skin Issues: current husbandry and treatments	Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History
10:35 - 10:50	Adam Eyres	AZA Rhino TAG update	Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
10:50 -11:20	Adam Felts	Annual Membership Meeting	IRKA President
11:30	Board buses for Fossil Rim
12:00-1:00	LUNCH (Sponsored by Fossil Rim Wildlife Center)
1:00- ?	Tour Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
4:00-5:00	Closed Board of Directors meetings, RKW wrap up
5:30 - ?	DINNER (Sponsored by Fossil Rim Wildlife Center) and Silent Auction

POSTER PRESENTATIONS (Poster Q and A will be May 17th)

Apple Sims, Elephant Keeper (Fort Worth Zoo),
Correlation of male and female Asian rhino behavior with urinary and progesterone

Rhishja Larson, Founder and Program Director (Saving Rhinos LLC)
Raising Public Awareness About Illegal Trade in Rhino Horn
A Unique Opportunity for Zoos and Wildlife Parks

Laura Weiner, Rhino Keeper (San Diego Zoo)
The Back Stage Pass and Husbandry Benefits for Two Greater One Horned Rhinoceros

Jennifer Minichino, Rhino Keeper (San Diego’s Wild Animal Park)
Southern Whites in the Wide Open