Transcript Zoo exercise

Zoo exercise
Chap 16
The Zoo & Garden as “Ark” Concept
Cranes
Objectives of zoos
• Supporting the conservation of populations of
endangered species in situ and ex situ, and
through these conserving natural ecosystems
• Promoting research to increase scientific
knowledge that will benefit conservation of
endangered species and ecosystems
• Increasing education efforts to promote public
and political awareness of the necessity for
conservation of natural resources.
A new zoo for Viet Nam!
Seven Positions
• The Wildlife Center Director: You want to
keep the wildlife center financially solvent and
will push for species that attract large crowds.
You have begun negotiations with a wildlife
orphanage in South Africa to bring over a baby
giraffe and you are looking for a source for
penguins and giant pandas.
A new zoo for Viet Nam!
Seven Positions
• The Curator of Invertebrates: You are
particularly interested in the endemic
butterflies and moths.
A new zoo for Viet Nam!
Seven Positions
• The Curator of Vertebrates: You are interested
in Viet Nam’s recently discovered mammals,
including the saola and the muntjacs, and in
rare birds, particularly the pheasants.
A new zoo for Viet Nam!
Seven Positions
• The Chair of the Research
Department: You are interested in
the endemic animals and the
recently discovered species because
you know it is easier to publish
articles about these species. You are
also very interested in the
herpetofauna, as their numbers are
dwindling in the wild due to high
levels of trade.
A new zoo for Viet Nam!
Seven Positions
• The Chair of the Education
Department: You would like to have
representatives from as many
different families as possible in order
to provide visual examples for your
lessons on the variety of life on earth.
You are very interested in
invertebrates, particularly butterflies,
for your program on the stages of life
in insects. Finally you want species
about which much is known so that
you can more easily produce
outreach programs.
A new zoo for Viet Nam!
Seven Positions
• The Veterinarian: You want the group to
choose species that will be easy to maintain
with respect to their long-term psychological
and physical welfare.
A new zoo for Viet Nam!
Seven Positions
• The Field Biologist: In reality, you think that
the money spent on this wildlife center should
be spent on conservation of species in the
wild. Secondarily, you will argue that the
wildlife center should focus on well-known
species, which have adequate field studies,
rather than species that are rare and poorly
known.
Financial constraints!
• 4,650 million dong start-up (constructing the
exhibits and sleeping quarters, etc.)
• 350 million dong maintenance (veterinary
care, keeper salaries, animal food, exhibit
maintenance, etc.).
Options
How to proceed
• 5-6 small zoos
• Choose a position
• Debate among your group the composition of the
“collection”
• Do not deviate from the 4,650 / 350 million dong
baseline
• Make sure all staff expectations met as well as
zoo mission
• Zoo Directors report back after 45 mins