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In the month of July 2008, the PMC will be working with:

19 SSPs (African Elephant, Allen’s Swamp Monkey, Asian Elephant, Bali Mynah, Chestnut-mandibled Toucan, Chimpanzee, Diana Monkey, Guam Rail, Keel-billed Toucan, Lesser Spot-nosed Guenon, Malayan Tapir, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo, Okapi, Red-capped Mangabey, Red Wolf, Schmidt’s Red-tailed Guenon, Slender-horned Gazelle, Snow Leopard, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby)

14 PMPs (African Spoonbill, Collared Peccary, Cuvier’s Gazelle, Giant Anteater, Grey-winged Trumpeter, Milky Stork, Nile Lechwe, Red River Hog, Ringtail, Roseate Spoonbill, Soemmerring’s Gazelle, Spectacled Owl, Yellow-backed Duiker, Warthog)

6 TAGs (Felid, Gruiformes, Marine Mammal, Parrot, Small Carnivore, Turaco/Cuckoo TAGs)

Currently in review by participating institutions are Draft Breeding and Transfer Plans for
4 SSPs
8 PMPs

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Planning Meetings in August:

Giant Anteater via e-mail
Red River Hog via e-mail
Red-capped Mangabey via e-mail
Malayan Tapir at e-mail
Swamp Monkey at Lincoln Park Zoo
Diana Monkey at Lincoln Park Zoo
Patas Monkey at Lincoln Park Zoo
Schmidt’s Red-tailed Monkey at Lincoln Park Zoo
Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey at Lincoln Park Zoo

Upcoming Planning Meetings:

September: Bearded Barbet, Black-footed Ferret, African Wild Dog, Swift Fox, Blue-bellied Roller, Fennec Fox, Nile Hippo, Puerto Rican Toad, North American River Otter, Hyrax, Burrowing Owl

October: Wrinkled Hornbill, Koala, Mexican Lance-headed Rattlesnake, Tawny Frogmouth

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Since the PMC was initiated on 1 July 2000, it has:

Produced Final Breeding and Transfer Plans for
80 SSP programs - 230 reports
(71% of total AZA SSP programs)

116 PMP programs - 215 reports
(37% of total AZA PMP programs)

Assisted Taxon Advisory Groups (TAGs) with the development of
17 TAGs - 23 RCP analyses
(37% of AZA TAGs)

Validated Regional studbooks resulting in
824 Total Validations of 404 Studbooks

Distributed reports for a total of
471 Reports (SSPs, PMPs, RCPs, etc.)
216 Programs

Involvement with 517 different programs (some analyses not necessarily resulting in a final report)


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Upcoming PMC Meetings


130 Programs with SSP/PMP/TAG meetings scheduled between 23 July 2008 and December 2010:

Giant Anteater, Red River Hog, Red-capped Mangabey, Malayan Tapir, Allen’s Swamp Monkey, Patas Monkey, Lesser Spot-nosed Guenon, Diana Guenon, Schmidt’s Red-tailed Guenon, Bearded Barbet, Black-footed Ferret, North American River Otter, Swift Fox, African Wild Dog, Blue-bellied Roller, Fennec Fox, Puerto Rican Crested Toad, Nile Hippo, Rock Hyrax, Burrowing Owl, Sunda Wrinkled Hornbill, Queensland Koala, Mexican Lance-headed Rattlesnake, Tawny Frogmouth, Island Fox, Black-footed Cat, Green Pygmy Goose, African Pygmy Goose, Indian Pygmy Goose, White-winged Wood Duck, Mississippi Sandhill Crane, Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake, Bartlett’s Bleeding Heart Dove, Spur-winged Lapwing, Masked Lapwing, Yellow-breasted Ground Dove, Luzon Bleeding Heart Dove, Guam Rail, Red-billed Hornbill, Goeldi’s monkey (Callimico), Laughing Kookaburra, Common Cape Eland, Common Murre, Rhinoceros Hornbill, Southern Black Howler Monkey, Kinkajou, Great Hornbill, Greater Malayan Chevrotain, African Wild Ass, Yellow-throated Laughing Thrush, Giant Otter, Giant Elephant Shrew, Crested Oropendola, Fairy Bluebirds, Geoffroy’s marmoset, Two-toed Sloth, Hoffman’s Sloth, Saddle-billed Stork, Eastern Giant Eland, Binturong, Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake, Sarus Crane, Beautiful Fruit Dove, White-backed Vulture, Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture, Cape Griffon Vulture, Raptor TAG, Guam Rail, Inca Tern, Roan Antelope, Squirrel Monkey, African Penguin, Plains Zebra, Wolf’s Guenon, Bali Mynah, Micronesian Kingfisher, Red Bird-of-Paradise, Hooded Pitta, Wallaroo, North American River Otter, Jambu Fruit Dove, Mariana Fruit Dove, Red Kangaroo, Gentoo Penguin, Fossa, California Sea Lion, Grant’s Gazelle, Sitatunga, Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise, Harpy Eagle, Superb Bird-of-Paradise, White-cheeked Gibbon, White-handed Gibbon, Mandrill, Guinea Baboon, Hamadryas Baboon, Angolan Colobus, Guereza Colobus, Greater Flamingo, Ratite TAG, Bennett’s Wallaby, Siamang Gibbon, Southern Three Banded Armadillo, Prehensile-tailed Skink, Crested Porcupine, Boat-billed Heron, Sunbittern, Golden Conure, Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake, Malayan Argus, Western Grey Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Snowy Owl, Small Carnivore TAG, Lesser Kudu, Meerkat, Bali Mynah, White-bellied Gray Go-away Bird, Turquoise Tanager, Silver-beaked Tanager, Blue-gray Tanager, American Burying Beetle, Beluga Whale, Asian small-clawed Otter, Nile Lechwe, Pygmy Hippo, Fisher, Rock Hyrax, Burrowing Owl, Congo Peafowl, Parma Wallaby



46 Programs waiting to get scheduled for SSP/PMP/TAG meetings:

Bats, Crested Capuchin, Tufted Capuchin, White-throated Capuchin, Parrot TAG, Turaco/Cuckoo TAG, Lion-tailed Macaque, Sun Bear, Warthog, Bongo, Polar Bear, Bornean Bearded Pig, Blue Crane, Humboldt Penguin, Elegant Crested Tinamou, Hooded Crane, Fantastic Leaf-tailed Gecko, Henkle’s Leaf-tailed Gecko, Lichenose Leaf-tailed Gecko, Lined Flat-tailed Gecko, Malagasy Leaf-tailed Gecko, Spearpoint Leaf-tailed Gecko, Spiny Leaf-tailed Gecko, Blue Duiker, White Stork, Black-crowned Crane, Sloth Bear, Lowland Anoa, Slender-horned Gazelle, Cuvier’s Gazelle, Soemmerring’s Gazelle, Micronesian Kingfisher, Geoffroy’s Marmoset, White-lipped Deer, Harbor Seal, Red-crowned Cane, Red-crested Turaco, White-naped Crane, Fairy Bluebird, Golden-crested Mynah, Japanese Macaque, Grey Seal, Panamanian Golden Frogs, Chilean Flamingo, Coquerel’s Sifaka, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby



Last Updated: 4 August 2008

 


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Lincoln Park Zoo hosts the Population Management Center (PMC) in partnership with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Established in June 2000, the center provides assistance to zoo professionals across the country by conducting demographic and genetic analyses and preparing breeding and transfer plans for Species Survival Plan® (SSP) and Population Management Plan (PMP) species. Operational support for the center is provided by the AZA, Rice Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Lincoln Park Zoo.

In their management of captive animals, zoos and aquariums focus on the long-term maintenance of healthy populations in conjunction with education and conservation goals. Cooperative, scientific population management is critical to the long-term sustainability of most zoo and some aquarium animal collections. Science-based population management ensures that zoo and aquarium collections meet the following standards:

  • They’re maintained at the sizes necessary to meet the conservation and education missions of each species
  • They retain the highest possible levels of genetic diversity
  • They will not grow beyond the zoo and aquarium community's ability to care for them. 

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The PMC employs three full-time staff: Senior Population Biologist Sarah Long directs daily operations and supervises Associate Population Biologist Louise Bier and Studbook Analyst Kristine Schad. Steven D. Thompson, Ph.D., vice president and Emily and John Alexander Chair of Conservation and Science at Lincoln Park Zoo, provides administrative and financial oversight for the center. Former PMC staffer Colleen Lynch serves as consulting population biologist.

Working closely with staff from the zoo’s Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology and the Alexander Center for Applied Population Biology, the PMC staff participates in the development and evaluation of population management software, evaluates disease risks and/or reproductive status, and models the impact of potential management strategies on population size and structure.

To schedule planning assistance for an AZA TAG, SSP or PMP, please contact Studbook Analyst Kristine Schad.

For information on PMC financial and administrative oversight, please contact Steven D. Thompson, Ph.D.


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