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Sifakas in Madagascar!  The Challenges and Triumphs of Animal Management

Sifakas in Madagascar!  The Challenges and Triumphs of Animal Management. Photo: Julie Larsen Maher. Madagascar!. Lion House. Coquerel’s Sifaka. What Species?. Charismatic Represent Landscape Conservation Value. Crowned Lemur Eulemur coronatus.

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Sifakas in Madagascar!  The Challenges and Triumphs of Animal Management

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  1. Sifakas in Madagascar!  The Challenges and Triumphs of Animal Management Photo: Julie Larsen Maher

  2. Madagascar! Lion House

  3. Coquerel’s Sifaka What Species? • Charismatic • Represent Landscape • Conservation Value Crowned LemurEulemur coronatus Coquerel’s SifakaPropithecus verreauxi coquereli

  4. Population of Coquerel’s Sifakain North America___________________________ • Total = 48 • 31 males; 17 females • Only 8 Institutions

  5. Conservation Status of Coquerel’s Sifaka • Endangered • Only 2 protected areas • Only few captive collections

  6. Acquisition- Domestic • Cooperative program recommendation • Animal Management Committee approval • Pre-shipment requirements- within permit period • Airline that accepts non-human primates • Int’l Air Transport Assoc. regulations • USDA Animal Welfare Act requirements • Quarantine- minimum 30 days

  7. Acquisition- Importation • CITES Appendix 1 • ESA Restrictions • Export Permit • Import Permit • CDC Restrictions • Dedicated pallet • Quarantine- extended CDC • TB testing, Ebola testing Photo: R.A. Cook

  8. Sifaka SSP Program • Duke Lemur Center • Approve receiving institution • Training of BZ staff • Follow husbandry protocols • Diet and Housing • Infant Monitoring • separate male • infant handling • Increased infant survival!

  9. Sifaka Pair for the Bronx • SSP Coordinator to recommend a pair for the Bronx Zoo • Female from Duke Lemur Center • Male from Philadelphia Zoo X

  10. Sifaka Pair for the Bronx:Part 2 • Duke recommends exchanging males

  11. Sifaka Tactile Training

  12. Sifaka Tactile Training

  13. I’ll Work for Peanuts!

  14. 1st Offspring BornApril 20, 2008

  15. 2nd Offspring Born February 14, 2009

  16. Physical Exam on Day 1 • Male • Weighing 105 g

  17. Monitoring Nursing Bouts

  18. Monitoring Development

  19. Becoming a Folivore

  20. Venturing on Exhibit

  21. To Be Continued…

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