BIAZA Mammal Working Group 16th - 17th October 2019
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BIAZA Mammal Working Group
16th – 17th October 2019
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
Tuesday 15th October - Icebreaker
Open entry to Whipsnade Zoo, registration and tea and coffee icebreaker, optional evening
meal and drinks at local pub
Day 1 - Wednesday 16th October
Bus transfer from main accommodation provider The Holiday Inn to Whipsnade Zoo
First day of conference, mixture of mammalian presentations with keynote speakers, 10-
minute talks, poster presentations and tours of the mammal sections.
Bus transfer available from Whipsnade Zoo to The Holiday Inn
Evening event at main accommodation provider The Holiday Inn, A5, Dunstable, food and
some drinks included plus entertainment.
Day 2 - Thursday 17th October
Bus transfer from main accommodation provider The Holiday Inn to Whipsnade Zoo
Second day of conference, mixture of mammalian presentations, 10-minute talks, poster
presentations, keynote speakers and tours of the mammal sections. As well as a mammalian
training symposium showcasing a range of modern training methods and behavioural
management.
Bus transfer available from Whipsnade Zoo to The Holiday Inn
Day 1 – Wednesday 16th October
8:00 Registration / Tea & Coffee
8:45 Welcome and introduction to the MWG and Subgroups Matthew Webb
House keeping Lawrence Bates
9:00 Jaguar Reintroduction (Post-breeding) Ian Jones
Paradise Wildlife Park
9:30 Preparation and planning – The key to success of moving Phillipa Dobbs
14 chimps into a new habitat Twycross Zoo
10:00 How wild animals deal with toxic plants; what can we Louise Jacobson
learn? ZSL London Zoo
10:30 Training to aid husbandry for 2.3 pygmy marmosets Amy Denny
(Cebuella pygmaea) following introduction to a new Marwell Wildlife
tropical house exhibit at Marwell Zoo.
11:00 Tea Break
11:30 ‘Just because your bear behaves like a well-trained dog, Kim Wilkins
does not mean it has a high level of welfare!’ Yorkshire Wildlife Park
12:00 Status & Husbandry of the EAZA Meerkat Suricata suricata Jessie Boylan
Population Paradise Wildlife Park
12:30 Behavioural research and hand-rearing in Owston’s civet Dave Rich & Kathy Baker
(Chrotogale owstoni) Newquay Zoo
13:00 Developing scientifically robust behavioural data collection Katie Macdonald
methods by patrol keepers West Midlands Safari Park
13:10 Lunch
13:45 Whipsnade Zoo Animal Section Tours Whipsnade Zoo Team Leaders
14:45 10 Minute Talks
Crush conditioning a herd of Bactrian camel Leah Drury – Longleat
Rwandan Rhino Release Hedd & Fay – Flamingo Land
Wildcats Sally Holt - Wildwood Trust
15:15 MWG Subgroup Conservation Grants
Last Year’s Winner – Small Mammal Subgroup: Save Conservation Grant Awards
Vietnams Wildlife Sponsored by JCS Livestock
Elephant Subgroup – MWG Subgroups
Hoofstock Subgroup –
Carnivore Subgroup –
Primate Subgroup -
16:15 Keynote Speaker Save the Rhino
16:45 Best Presentation Award & Raffle MWG Committee
17:15 End
19:00 Evening Event Holiday Inn – Luton South
Food, Drink, Fun, Music but no dodgy discoDay 2 – Thursday 17th October
8:30 Registration / Tea & Coffee
8:45 Welcome Matthew Webb
Lawrence Bates
9:00 Moving the Elephants two by two – Pre-export testing and Phillipa Dobbs
transfer training Twycross Zoo
9:30 Brown Bear Care Post Rescue – From Japan to A Brazilian Heather Featherstone
Yorkshire Wildlife Park
10.00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Robert Hermes
Rhino Birthing Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife
Research (IZW)
10:30 Tea Break
Mammal Training Symposium
11:00 TBC Animal
11:30 TBC Behaviour
12:00 TBC Working
12:30 TBC Group
13:00 Lunch
13:45 Whipsnade Zoo Animal Section Tours Whipsnade Zoo Team Leaders
14.45 BIAZA Welfare Toolkit Jessica Harley
BIAZA Research Committee
15.05 10 Minute Talks
The more you know: value of long-term endocrine John O’Hanlon – Chester Zoo
monitoring
Blood draw training from a Sloth bear Sarah Mcgregor –Whipsnade Zoo
The weight monitoring of Pied tamarin Siobhan Ward – Chester Zoo
Deer and Antelope conditioning at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo Gracie & Molly – Whipsnade Zoo
Evaluating the behaviour of Asiatic lions (Panthera leo Kat Finch – Chester Zoo
persica)
Saki Monkey Training Thomas Maunders – Whipsnade Zoo
16:05 Best Presentation, Best Poster Awards, Silent Auction & MWG Committee
Raffle
17:00 EndAccommodation We recommend using Holiday Inn® - Luton South M1 J9 as your accommodation for the conference. The hotel will be the site for the main evening event on the 16th, has plenty of rooms for all and transport will be provided two and from the zoo to this hotel (and of course it has a bar!) Holiday Inn® - Luton South M1 J9 London Road, Markyate, St Albans AL3 8HH Bed & Breakfast single occupancy - £60.00 Bed & Breakfast double / twin occupancy - £80.00 80 rooms have been reserved for the conference - 40 twins/ 40 double (they have no single bed rooms) Please call – 01582 449988 and quote the code: ZSL151019 you will be asked for a credit card in order to guarantee the booking. Guests will also be entitled to make use of the leisure facilities as well. Check in is any time after 2.00 pm and check out is midday. Please book into the hotel ASAP - The rooms will be held up until 1 month prior to arrival for conference delegates to book, after which they will be released and anyone wanting a room will be able to book subject to availability. Holiday Inn Luton South For anyone looking to spend less or splash out on other accommodation please use the common booking sites like so: Booking.Com - Whipsnade 15th-17th October
Travel https://www.zsl.org/zsl-whipsnade-zoo/visitor-information/directions By plane Nearest airport is London Luton. Onward travel by bus or taxi (A2Z Taxi Dunstable, 01582 650650) By bus From London Luton airport -Catch Arriva bus (https://www.arrivabus.co.uk) from bus bay 8 - Bus 31, Bus Z, Bus A to Dunstable Quadrant. From Luton Town train station, Luton Station Interchange, stand 10 – Arriva Bus 31, Bus Z, Bus A to Dunstable Quadrant. ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is served by Centrebus route 40 from Quadrant bus stop. For more information contact 0844 351 1120, help@centrebus.com or visit the Centrebus website (https://www.centrebus.info/) By train The nearest stations are Luton Town and Hemel Hempstead (both about 10 miles away from the Park). Thameslink train services run from St Pancras to Luton with an average journey time of 30 minutes. London Northwestern Railway runs services from London Euston to Hemel Hempstead and Tring also with an average journey time of 30 minutes. For information on timetables and fares please call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50 or visit www.nationalrail.co.uk From the railway station, ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is approximately a twenty-minute taxi ride. There are taxi ranks at both stations. By car Only 20 minutes from the M25 (junction 21), ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is signposted from the M1 (junction 9 and junction 12) and all major roads - just follow the elephant on the above map.
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