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NORTHERN ZOOS COOPERATION
The idea to develop cooperation between Northern zoos came as a result of several visits by Northern Forum delegates to several environmental meetings in regions where new zoos have been created in recent years, like Yakutsk in Russia and Harbin in China. Zoos in Northern regions have to cope with numerous problems linked to weather, temperatures, health and feeding the animals, not to mention the fact that, since wildlife is very abundant in these regions, locals tend to bring to the zoo baby animals they have found.
3rd meeting Sakha Republic September 3-7, 2008
The next meeting of the Zoos is scheduled for early September at the Orto-Doydu zoo near Yakutsk, in the Sakha Republic (Russia), on the theme: "The role of zoos in the prevervation of local (aboriginal) fauna and the peculiarities of keeping tropical animals in northern zoos".
The Orto-Doydu zoos will present a project on the preservation of the Siberian grouse in Russia, and will also preent its work in the field of rehabilitation and ecological education. The Zoological Garden "Priamursky" from Khabarovsk plans to present its public outreach work.
For more information, contact Vladimir Vassiliev at vladimir.vasiliev@rambler.ru.
2nd meeting St. Petersburg September 2007
The second meeting of the Working Group took place in St. Petersburg (Russia) September 20-21, 2007 with the Orto-Doydu zoo (Sakha Republic), the Ranua Zoo (Lapland) and the Harbin Northern Forest Zoo (Heilongjiang) joining their St. Petersburg colleagues. A protocol was signed to define further the elements of cooperation between zoos, and the Director of the Orto-Doydu Zoo, Luka Safonov, was elected as Project Leader of the Working Group. The next meeting is scheduled for August 20-September 10, 2008 in Yakutsk (Sakha Republic).
Protocol - 2007 Meeting (English)
1st meeting Alaska September 2006
The first meeting of the Northern Zoo Cooperation Working Group was held in Alaska, September 17-21, 2006 with participants from the following zoos:
- Orto-Doydu, Yakutsk (Sakha Republic), Russia - Roev Ruchei, Krasnoyarsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia - Leningrad Zoo, St. Petersburg, Russia - Ranua Zoo, Rovaniemi (Lapland), Finland - Northern Forest Park Zoo, Harbin (Heilongjiang), China and will be joined by Alaskan specialists from the Alaska Zoo and the Seward SeaLife Center.
The group exchanged experiences, decide on items of cooperation and visited several places in Alaska where wildlife is held in captivity (Alaska Zoo, Wildlife Conservation Center, Seward SeaLife Center). All these zoos are also working towards species conservation and rehabilitation of injured animals.
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