Tufts Annual Wildlife Symposium
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Sponsored by W.A.Z.E. and V.G.S.
Updated 4/22/05 7:25 AM
Topic: "Populations"
Fred Beall, General Curator, Franklin Park Zoo, “Zoo Management Policies”
Fred began his career in Wildlife Conservation in 1966 at the Baltimore Zoo, initially in an entry level animal keeper position, advancing his way to the position of Curator of Birds. During his 26 year tenure at the Baltimore Zoo he gained knowledge and expertise in captive management of cranes, penguins, waterfowl, and ratites (large running birds i.e. ostrich/rhea/emu). He has been a Professional Fellow member of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) since 1975. He actively participates, and serves on several AZA avian committees. He currently serves as a member of the penguin, crane, waterfowl, and parrot Taxon Advisory Groups (TAG). He has established and maintains both regional and International studbooks. He currently serves as the International Studbook Keeper for the threatened Wattled Crane and is its North America population Species Survival Plan (SSP) coordinator. Additionally he maintains the North American Regional
Studbook for the endangered Hyacinth Macaw. Fred serves as the Population
Management Plan (PMP) coordinator for the species in North America. Through
Fred's leadership the Baltimore Zoo has been recognized for his aviculture
contribution by receiving two AZA awards. The first being a Significant
Achievement Award for breeding the Double-wattled Cassowary, and second the
Gold Propagators Award for the long term captive breeding of African
Penguins. He received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the
International Wild Waterfowl Association, for dedication to both public and
private aviculture, as well as from the American Federation of Aviculture.
In December 1992 Fred joined the staff of Zoo New England (ZNE) as Curator
of Birds/Reptiles. Currently he holds the position of General Curator,
responsible for the management of all animal taxa at Franklin Park and
Walter D. Stone Memorial Zoos. Contact him at Zoo New England, One Franklin Park Road, Boston, MA 02121, ph 617-989-2052, fax 617-989-2685, fbeall@zoonewengland.com.
Janine L. Brown, PhD, Research Physiologist,
Smithsonian National Zoo, Conservation & Research Center, "Conserving Elephants Through Basic and Applied Research"
Janine Brown received her Ph.D. in Animal Sciences at the
Washington State University in 1984 and did a post-doctoral fellowship in the
Obstetrics and Gynecology department at the Uniformed Services University in
Maryland. She joined the National Zoological Park (NZP) in 1991 to Co-Head
the Endocrine Research Laboratory at the Conservation & Research Center (CRC)
and now Heads the zoo's Elephant Reproduction Program. Dr. Brown's
research interests focus on increasing knowledge that will lead to better
management and conservation of endangered species. She coordinates one of
the world's largest and most productive endocrinology laboratories that
benefits wildlife species. It also serves as a reproduction service
laboratory for other zoological institutions from the USA and abroad.
Research efforts are connected to the scientific disciplines of behavior,
reproductive endocrinology and stress management. Specific research areas
include studying reproductive and behavioral relationships in felids (e.g.,
cheetah and clouded leopard among others) and rhinoceroses (e.g., African
white, African black and Indian one-horned). She also is a world authority
on elephant reproductive biology. Her laboratory plays a key role in ex situ
management plans for Asian and African elephants in the U.S. and in range
countries like Thailand and Sri Lanka. Dr. Brown collaborated in the
development of a successful artificial insemination technique for elephants,
and consistently works with other institutions interested in understanding and
overcoming infertility problems in ex situ elephant populations. She also
oversaw the development of non-invasive techniques for monitoring gonadal and
adrenal activity through the analysis of steroids excreted in urine, feces and
saliva. As a result, she now has amassed an extensive database for more than
two dozen species demonstrating the diversity of estrous cycle dynamics,
seasonal activity and ovulatory mechanisms. This methodology has also proven
invaluable for assessing ovarian responses to ovulation induction procedures,
leading to improved assisted breeding protocols, such as those used with
artificial insemination. Finally, fecal corticoid analysis is proving
instrumental in assessing the impact of management and husbandry practices on
stress and well-being in captive animals. Dr. Brown's projects often are
linked to her relationships with the Species Survival Plans (SSP) of the
American Zoo and Aquarium Association. She is a Reproductive Advisor to the
Felid Taxon Advisory Group (TAG), Rhinoceros Taxon Advisory Group and the
Elephant SSP/TAG, providing advice and direct research assistance to improve
breeding management. Dr. Brown practices capacity building through training
of graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and interns who will carry on this
important, multidisciplinary work in the future. She coordinates training
workshops in endocrine techniques as part of university courses in the U.S.
and technology transfer efforts in countries like Thailand and China. Dr.
Brown has more than 120 publications in the peer-reviewed literature,
including several book chapters and review articles. She is a frequent
invited lecturer at national and international scientific conferences, and
serves on the Editorial Board of Zoo Biology. Contact her at: Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Conservation & Research Center, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA 22630, 540-635-6586 (ph), 540-635-6506 (fax), jbrown@crc.si.edu.
Charles J. Innis, VMD, Associate Veterinarian, New England Aquarium
Dr. Charles Innis received a B.A. in biology from Cornell University in 1990 and veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. He was in private practice for eleven years prior to recently accepting a position at the New England Aquarium. Dr. Innis has been a reptile keeper for most of his life and is particularly interested in chelonians. He is an active member of the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, and served as President of the organization for 2001-2002. He serves as Peer Review Editor for several scientific journals and teaches at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and Mount Ida College. Dr. Innis has been an invited speaker at many scientific conferences and he has published numerous articles and text chapters. He is co-author and co-editor of the text “Veterinary Management of Tortoises and Turtles”, published in 2004. His current interest is focused on biology and diseases of endangered southeast Asian chelonians. He is team leader for the Taxon Management groups of the IUCN/SSP/TSA for the Sulawesi Forest Turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi) and the Impressed tortoise (Manouria impressa). He has successfully bred eight chelonian species in captivity, including the recent, first captive-breeding of the Sulawesi forest turtle. Contact him at cinnis@neaq.org.
Marc Johnson, Foster Parrots
Marc was the proprietor of a small craft pottery studio in 1989 when he purchased "Wally", a 50+ year old blue and gold. On that very same day he "rescued" his very first parrot, a mitred conure named "Bill". During the next 10 years many parrots were "re-homed" as people learned of "the bird man" who would help them in finding a new home for their unwanted parrot. In 1999 Foster Parrots was born and established as a non profit, tax exempt parrot rescue and since then nearly 1000 birds have either found new homes or are now living at Foster Parrots awaiting placement. Foster Parrots now acts as an alternative voice to that of the breeding industry and pet trade in the hopes that people will indeed look before taking the leap into parrot guardianship. Contact him at marc@fosterparrots.com.
Dr. Louise Maranda, Tufts Dept. of Environmental & Population Health
Hayley Weston Murphy, DVM, Franklin Park Zoo, Head Veterinarian, “Zoo Management Policies”
Graduated Cornell vet school 1992. Student externships at: Rosamund Gifford Zoo, Syracuse, NY., Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, NE and Pittsburgh Zoo, Pittsburgh, PA. Worked in an equine/ small animal practice in Seekonk, MA from 1992-1995. While there- did part time work at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence RI and Capron Park Zoo in Attleboro, MA. In 1995 did internship at Commonwealth Zoological Corporation (now known as Zoo New England). Hired as associate vet there in 1996. Now Director of Veterinary Services at Zoo New England, which is a private corporation that runs two AZA accredited zoos in MA- the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, MA and the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, MA. We employee three veterinarians and 4 veterinary technicians. Adjunct professor at Tufts vet school- comparative medicine class on primate medicine and veterinary advisor for the baboon SSP. Special interests are running the National Gorilla Cardiac Database, retrovirus research in non-human primates in zoos, and chair of the AAZV PR committee. Married to a small animal vet and have two kids- Grace (5) and Peter (3).
Dr. James "Buddy" Powell, Director of Aquatic Programs at Wildlife Trust, “Asian Elephant Conservation”
Dr. Powell is Director of Aquatic Programs at Wildlife
Trust, and is author of the book, Manatees: A Natural History. He also wrote the guide to the world's sirenians published by the Audubon Society. Before coming to Wildlife Trust, Buddy was director of Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation for the state of Florida. He received his doctorate from Cambridge, where his dissertation was on the ecology of African forest elephants. He has directed projects around the world, including West
Africa, Latin America, and Florida, and he is winner of the prestigious Pew Fellowship in Marine Biology. His email is powell@wildlifetrust.org.
Peter Rabinowitz, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Yale Univ School of Medicine, and Director of Clinical Services, Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program
I am also principal investigator on a project funded by the National
Library of Medicine to assemble an online database of studies of animals as
sentinels of human environmental health hazards. Consequently, my talk is titled "Animals as Sentinels of Human Environmental Health Hazards". My first exposure to medicine came when I was working as an apprentice zookeeper in Australia, and was asked to take care of the sick animals and the nursery. Suitably humbled by this experience, I got my MD at University of Washington, then completed a residency in family medicine (UCSF), and fellowships (and Master in Public Health) in general preventive medicine and occupational and environmental medicine (both at Yale). My research interest focuses on the interplay of host factors and environmental factors in health and disease. Have developed interest in the intersection of animal health and human health, and what human health professionals can learn from disease events occurring in non-human animal populations.
Karen A. Terio, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP, Zoological Pathology Program
University of Illinois, "Pathology and Ecosystem Health: Beyond the Microscope"
I am a Tufts V'96 (classmate & friend of Annelisa's), I
received my PhD from UCDavis in 2000 and was the first resident in the
joint UCDavis-Zoological Society of San Diego anatomic pathology
residency program. I am a diplomate of the American College of
Veterinary Pathologists. After completing my residency & PhD I was a
lecturer for Zoo and Wildlife Pathology at UCDavis School of Veterinary
Medicine. For the past year I have been on faculty at the University of
Illinois in the Zoological Pathology Program based in Chicago. The
Zoological Pathology Program is a collaborative program providing
pathology services to the John G Shedd Aquarium, Lincoln Park Zoo and
Chicago Zoological Societies Brookfield Zoo as well as local wildlife
agencies. http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/faculty/vdl/kterio.html. Contact her at Zoological Pathology Program, University of Illinois, LUMC Bldg 101, Rm 0745, 2160 S First St, Maywood, IL 60153, Ph. (708) 216-6183, Fax (708) 216-5934, kterio@lumc.edu.
