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Volume 8 Pages 1 - 47 (February 1993)

Citation: Foster-Turley, P. (1993) Co-operative Captive Management Programs: Exchange of Information. IUCN Otter Spec. Group Bull. 8: 43 - 44

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Co-operative Captive Management Programs: Exchange of Information

Pat Foster-Turley

Marine World Foundation Marine World Parkway Vallejo. CA 94589 USA

Cooperative programs for management and breeding of captive otter populations are increasingly becoming an international effort. At present two species of otters, Lutra lutra and Aonyx cinerea, are being managed by studbooks which record the birth, breeding and mortality information on all individuals maintained in zoos and other cooperating captive animals facilities. If you are maintaining either of these species, and have not already done so, please provide information on all your otters to these studbook keepers:

Aonyx cinereus
International Studbook
Susan Engfer
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Colorado Springs, CO 80901
USA
United Kingdom Region
John Wheeler
London Zoo, Regent's Park
London NW1 4RY
UK
Lutra lutra
Paul Vogt
Krefelder Zoo
Uerdinger Strasse 377
D-4160 Krefeld 1
Germany

In addition, otters are included in more generalized regional captive conservation programs for small carnivores, the Taxon Advisory Groups (TAGs). Two TAGs now exist for small carnivores, one in the United Kingdom, and one in the United States. These cooperative programs aim toward increased coordination of captive field conservation programs for targeted species found in a number of zoos. For more information about these TAGs, contact their chairmen:

European Small Carnivore TAG
Paul Robinson
Southport Zoo
Princes Pork
Southport
Merseyside PR8 1RX
UK
North American Small Carnivore TAG
John Camio
Metro Toronto Zoo
P O Box 280, West Hill
Ontario M1E 4H5
Canada
or Pat Foster-Turley
Marine World Foundation
Marine World Parkway
Vallejo, CA 94589
USA

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