Page 2 - Ratel 2023 Summer

Contents

3. Editorial.
Association of British and Irish
Wild Animal Keepers By Sam Whitbread.
4. Bamboo Preference in a Pair of Captive Red Panda, Ailurus fulgens.
RATEL is published by the Association of British and By Eleanor Vize, Clare Westwood and Peter Garner.
Irish Wild Animal Keepers (Est.1974).
6. Current Zoo Science for Zoo Keepers.
“ABWAK is a membership organisation for those By Danielle Free, Animal Behaviourist at Marwell Wildlife.
interested and involved in the keeping and conservation
of wild animals, which seeks to achieve the highest 8. Book Review.
standards of excellence in animal care through 9. ABWAK’s Penguin Workshop at Woburn Safari Park.
communication, cooperation, training and development.”
By Charlotte Jones.
10. ABWAK Grant reviews.
President:
Professor David Field By Hannah Sinclaire and Elizabeth Hanson.
11. An Inside Look at Elephant Eden.
Vice President: By Connor Dennis.
Laura Gardner
16. Embracing 3D Printing as a way of Supporting Conservation, Education,
Hon.Vice Presidents: Husbandry and Sustainability.
Jonathan Barzdo By Markus Wilder.
Rick Green
Stewart Muir 18. Keeper Talk
John Ray By Sarah Bonser-Blake.
Miranda Stevenson
Roger Wheater 19. An Interview With… Darren Beasley.
Stephen Woollard By Roxy Newton.

Members of ABWAK Council: 23. Milestone Anniversaries for UK Zoos.
Co-chair …..………..…… Darren Beasley By Roxy Newton.
Co-chair, Ratel Editor…. Sam Whitbread
Vice-chair …..………….. Yianna Cooling 26. Zoo Puzzle.
Treasurer …………..…....….. Nick Davis
Secretary …………….….... Lucy Manning
Membership Secretary..…..…... Terri Hill
Maxine Bradley RATEL Article Submission
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Vicky Snook
Daniel Sutton Please ensure that permission has been granted by the copyright holder for all illustrations submitted for
publication. All illustrations should be labelled and credited. Scientific studies conducted at particular
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can take no responsibility for any remaining errors. Opinions expressed by contributors are their own
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Cover photo: African Elephant, Sutton, at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm. African elephants are currently kept
by five UK zoos - each with a very different social dynamic. At Howletts efforts continue to be directed
RATEL is printed on 100% recycled paper by towards sending the large, former breeding group to a sanctuary in Africa; a single elderly female lives in
Warracks Ltd., Bristol. (warracks.com) retirement at Blair Drummond Safari Park; a new potential breeding pair have been established at West
Midlands Safari Park (consisting of long-term Bewdley resident Five and the former breeding male Coco
from Howletts); 1.3, possibly past breeding condition, are at Colchester Zoo; and the bachelor facility at
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Noah’s Ark (reviewed later on in this edition of Ratel). Besides Howlett’s and West Midlands, both
Association of British and Irish Wild Animal Keepers.
Colchester and Knowsley Safari Park have breed this species in the past.
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