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EditorialFor 2009 it is the first time that WAZA publishes a brief Annual Report in addition to the comprehensive reports, which are available in the proceedings of the 64th Annual Conference, which took place in St Louis, 4–8 October 2009. Here only the most important facts such as the financial report, changes in the composition of committees and the WAZA Council and other activities of public interest are highlighted.For more information please consult the WAZA website: www.waza.org

Gerald Dick, WAZA Executive Director

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WAZA StructureWAZA Council (till October 2009)

• President: Gordon McGregor Reid | Chester Zoo, UK

• President-elect: Mark Penning | uShaka Sea World, South Africa

• Jeffrey Bonner | St. Louis Zoo, USA• Jerry Borin | Colombus Zoo, USA• Jo Gipps | Bristol Zoo, UK• Jörg Junhold | Zoo Leipzig, Germany• Ryszard Topola | Zoo Łodz, Poland• Sally Walker | SAZARC• Chris West | Zoos South Australia• Observers: Kris Vehrs | AZA,

Lesley Dickie | EAZA, Dave Morgan | PAAZAB

WAZA Council (after October 2009)

• President: Mark Penning | uShaka Sea World, South Africa

• President-elect: Jörg Junhold | Zoo Leipzig, Germany

• Lee Ehmke | Minnesota Zoological Gardens, USA

• Rick Barongi | Houston Zoo, USA• Joanne Lalumière |

Granby Zoo, Canada• Jo Gipps | Bristol Zoo, UK• Ryszard Topola | Zoo Łodz, Poland• Cesare Avesani |

Parco Natura Viva, Italy• Chris West | Zoos South Australia• Co-opted members: Kris Vehrs | AZA,

Lesley Dickie | EAZA, Sally Walker | SAZARC, Dave Morgan | PAAZAB

WAZA Standing Committees

Membership Committee• Chair: Jerry Borin | Colombus Zoo,

USA (till Oct 2009)

Lee Ehmke | Minnesota Zoological Gardens, USA (since Oct 2009)

• Brad Andrews | Sea World Orlando, USA (till Oct 2009)

• Rick Barongi | Houston Zoo, USA (since Oct 2009)

• Fanny Lai | Singapore Zoological Gardens

• Cesare Avesani | Parco Natura Viva, Italy

• Kenichi Kitamura | JAZA, Japan• Maria Clara Dominguez | ALPZA,

Colombia (till Oct 2009)

• Patrick Garratt | Two Oceans Aquar-ium, South Africa (since Oct 2009)

• Wolfgang Gettmann | Aquazoo Düsseldorf, Germany

Nominating Committee• Chair: Karen Sausman |

Palm Desert, USA (till Oct 2009)

Gordon McGregor Reid | Chester Zoo, UK (since Oct 2009)

• Chris West | Zoos South Australia• Alex Rübel | Zoo Zürich, Switzerland• Sally Walker | SAZARC, India• Mark Reed | Sedgwick

County Zoo, USA

Ethics and Animal Welfare Committee

• Chair: Chris West | Zoos South Australia

• David Jones | North Carolina Zoo, USA

• Theo Pagel | Kölner Zoo, Cologne, Germany

• Amy Camacho | Africam Safari, Puebla, Mexico

• Clifford Nxomani | National Zoo, Pretoria, South Africa

• Hideyuki Takahashi | Ueno Zoo, Japan

• Fanny Lai | Singapore Zoological Gardens

Finance Committee• Chair: Jerry Borin | Columbus Zoo,

USA (till October 2009)

Jörg Junhold | Zoo Leipzig, Germany (since Oct 2009)

• Jörg Junhold | Zoo Leipzig, Germany (till Oct 2009)

• Oliver Pagan | Zoo Basel, Switzerland

• Joanne Lalumière | Granby Zoo, Canada (since Oct 2009)

• David Field | ZSL, UK (since Oct 2009)

Chairs of other committees• Marketing

Jörg Junhold | Zoo Leipzig, Germany

• Conservation and Sustainability Jo Gipps | Bristol Zoo, UK

• Population Management (CPM) Dave Morgan | PAAZAB

• Aquarium Mark Penning | uShaka Sea World, South Africa (till Oct 2009), Heather Koldewey | ZSL, UK (since Oct 2009)

• Programme Jeffrey Bonner | St Louis Zoo, USA (till Oct 2009), Theo Pagel | Kölner Zoo, Germany (since Oct 2009)

• Education (WAZA/IZE) Jeffrey Bonner | St Louis Zoo, USA (till Oct 2009), Joanne Lalumière | Granby Zoo, Canada (since Oct 2009)

• Science and Veterinary Heribert Hofer | Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung (IZW), Berlin, Germany

• Associations Sally Walker | SAZARC (since Oct 2009)

Executive Office Staff• Executive director: Gerald Dick• Office management: Sabine Gyger

(till April 2009), Natasha Jackson (since April 2009)

• Marketing and communication: Ulrike Fox (since May 2009)

• IZE liaison and web: Silvia Geser• International studbook coordinator:

Thomas AlthausAs of October 2009 the office consists of 3.9 full time working equivalents.

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WAZA in 2009Office Management

• Optimising workflows and cost mini-mising for various services, like mail

• Establishment of new working con-tracts, job descriptions and apprais-al interviews for all staff members

• Preparation of office move to Gland at IUCN headquarters

WAZA Membership• Associations ...............................24• Institutions ............................. 248• Affiliates ..................................... 13• Corporates .................................. 5• Life & Honorary ........................ 95See membership graph (top right).

Publications/website• Establishment of Corporate Design• Outsourcing of layout and print, as

well as reduction of printed materials• Design and establishment of new

website with major parts in 3 lan-guages, all publications made avail-able on website

• WAZA News feature also articles of associations and partners

See table about website use (top right).

Strategic Partnerships Development

• Formalised working agreements were set up with IUCN, the Ram-sar Convention on wetlands and the Convention on the Conserva-tion of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

• Conferences and meetings were attended of ZACC, PAAZAB, ALPZA, SAZA, EAZA, JAZA, CITES

Strategies• Finalisation of WAZA Vision and

Corporate Strategy Towards 2020, adopted at 64th Annual Conference

• Finalisation and launch of WAZA Aquarium Strategy for Conservation and Sustainability (Turning the Tide) adopted at 64th Annual Conference

• Establishment of a joint CBSG/WAZA Climate Change Task Force, chaired by Paul Pearce-Kelly (ZSL)

• WAZA climate change petition, ask-ing for a reduction of atmospheric CO2 to the safe level of < 350 ppm was sent to UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon, just before the Copenhagen UN conference on Cli-mate Change (7–18 December 2009). The petition included 788 signa-tures from senior management of 249 WAZA member organisations.

Amphibian Ark• On 17th June 2009 the petition

for amphibian conservation was handed over to Dr Jane Smart, Head of IUCN Species Programme. A total of 75 196 signatures have been col-lected as well as 43,742.80 CHF via WAZA for Amphibian Ark work.

Year of the Gorilla 2009

• Participation in this UNEP led campaign, as partner. 109 zoos took part and used the provided information material (leaflets, posters, pins, stickers) as well as announced their activities on the campaign website. WAZA and IZE produced a resource manual (All about Gorillas) in 4 languages.

• Publication of a special edition of WAZA magazine about gorilla conservation, launched at the Inter-national Gorilla Symposium, held at Frankfurt Zoo, 9–10 June 2009. A summary of activities of the year was published as a supplement of WAZA News 4/09.

www.waza.org Statisticsyear visitors visits pages hits bandwidth2003 14.006 20.725 94.224 720.213 2.97 GB2004 36.205 50.001 191.590 1.727.621 8.80 GB2005 61.495 84.119 333.374 3.072.273 20.47 GB2006 114.484 154.328 651.678 5.933.091 46.94 GB2007 291.762 384.969 1.343.013 12.772.234 161.04 GB2008 345.115 506.758 1.732.967 14.659.627 252.79 GB2009 358.043 519.522 1.740.556 14.755.427 397.95 GB

WAZA Membership Statistics

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© Gerald Dick

Jointly looking into WAZA’s future:

immediate past president, Gordon McGregor

Reid (left) and president Mark Penning (right).

Editor:

Gerald Dick WAZA Executive Office, IUCN Conservation Centre, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland Layout & typesetting: michal@sky.czPrint: Agentura NP, Staré Město, Czech Republic

Printed on FSC paper © WAZA 2010

ISSN: 1662-7733

auditor’s report is subject to approval by 65th Annual Conference, October 2010 | all in Swiss Francs (CHF) | 1 CHF = 0,6883 € = 0,9437 $ as of 15 March 2010Balance as per December 31,

2009as per December 31,

2008AssetsUBS Account 420’272.48 57’985.42Post Account 18’090.88 10’657.09Call Investment 0.00 200’000.00Securities / Time Deposit Investment 531’569.00 605’903.65Withholding Tax (35%) 839.45 7’495.25Prepaid Expenses 8’438.25 24’353.98

979’210.06 906’395.39LiabilitiesDeferred Income 268’139.55 80’539.41Capital Resources:Balance 01.01.2009 825’855.98Deficit 2009 -114’785.47 711’070.51 825’855.98

979’210.06 906’395.39

Profit and Loss Account 2009 2008ReceiptsMembership 686’884.79 628’251.59Membership 2008 13’953.88 0.00Sales and Services 19’283.40 68.30EAZWV 0.00 6’311.43Zoo Schweiz 120.08 12’000.00Credit Interest 26’434.88 14’655.94

746’677.03 661’287.26ExpensesSalaries and Benefits 439’479.28 593’497.60Travel 33’422.32 37’610.68Subcontracts, Grants, etc. 70’346.16 109’939.11Training, Meetings, Committees 6’749.13 9’714.79Equipment and Premises 43’712.85 36’937.42Maintenance, Publications, etc 74’648.40 95’083.25Marketing 13’280.29 49’789.34Bank Charges, Taxes 6’863.04 951.15Sub Total 688’501.47 933’523.34Recruitment 15’127.76 0.00Contigency for Council 157’833.27 0.00Sub Total 172’961.03 0.00Total 861’462.50 933’523.34Total Receipts 746’677.03 661’287.26Total Expenses 861’462.50 933’523.34Deficit -114’785.47 -272’236.08

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UN Year of Biodiversity 2010• Evaluation of WAZA branded con-

servation projects (published in the International Zoo Yearbook 2010).

• Preparation of the first WAZA book on biodiversity conservation.

• Establishment of partnerships in order to produce promotional material

• Donor search for support of biodiversity work within WAZA.

See the graph below.

WAZA Training Grant 2009 13,200 € was spent for 7th Annual Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) Veterinary Workshop, Kenya and the capacity building workshops on animal care and management in the ALPZA region.

Heini Hediger Award 2009Karen Sausman of Living Desert, Palm Desert, USA was granted WAZA’s highest honour, having been a zoo director, artist, author, natural-ist and conservationist all at once. Karen served as WAZA president from 2006 to 2007.

WAZA Branded Conservation Projects Statistics

Development of the number of WAZA branded conservation projects, carried out by WAZA members and partners, since inception of the scheme in 2003 (end 2009: 165 projects)

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