PROGRAMME
Monday, 25th August 2014
12:00 – 14:00 Arrival, ice breaker, friendly hugs, Hungarian palinka, snack bar
14:00 – 14:30 Welcome speech (László Gajdos, Director); Introduction (Dr. Endre Papp, Vice Director of Zoology), opening of the conference, snack bar
14:30 – 18:00 Guided tour in Sosto Zoo
18:00 – 20:00 Dinner
Tuesday, 26th August 2014
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast
09:00 – 09:30 Captive elephants and their management in South Africa: What is a captive elephant? The South African scenario – Dr. Debbie Young (AERU)
09:40 – 10:10 Conservation of Bornean Elephant in Sabah-Malaysia – Dr. Cathrin Schröder (SOS Elephants Foundation)
10:20 – 10:40 Coffee break
10:40 – 11:10 Environmental enrichment for captive African elephants: Using elephant behavior to guide management and improve welfare – Dr. Debbie Young (AERU)
11:20 – 11:50 The African elephant’s situation in Europe – Dr. Harald Schwammer (EAZA African elephant EEP)
12:00 – 12:40 The current questions of the reproduction biology of African elephants: Captive elephant breeding - status quo – Dr. Imke Lüders (GEOlifes)
12:40 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Practical session in the African elephant house of Sosto Zoo: Ultrasound examination of an elephant cow; Application of behavioral enrichment tools in the treatment of a tusk problem; PC training of an elephant bull – Sosto Zoo Team
15:00 – 18:00 Informal discussions, Hungarian palinka, free programme
18:00 – 20:00 Dinner, surprise
Wednesday, 27th August 2014
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast
09:00 – 09:30 Means of the treatment of the elephant hoof: Common foot problems in elephants. The development of an elephant net enabling veterinary procedures - Dr. Wolfgang Zenker (Tierarztpraxis Neuwiesen)
09:40 – 10:10 The current situation of Asian elephant keeping in Europe – Martin van Wees (EAZA Asian elephant EEP)
10:20 – 10:40 Coffee break
10:40 – 11:10 Current questions of elephant feeding – Dr. Andra Fidgett (Chester Zoo)
11:20 – 11:50 The relationship of elephants and humans: 50 years take care for elephants, from enthusiast HANDS ON to professional HANDS OFF – Marjo Hoedemaker (Dierenpark Amersfoort, MHEF)
11:50 – 12:20 Handling elephants by mahouts in Sri Lanka - correct or cruelty – Marjo Hoedemaker (Dierenpark Amersfoort, MHEF)
12:20 – 12:40 Buffet
12:40 – 13:40 Practical session in the Asian elephant house of Sosto Zoo: Application of the lectures’ messages in feeding, handling protocol and hoof management – Sosto Zoo Team
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch, farewell, hugs
REGISTRATION
Registration fee:
The registration fee for the workshop period is 100€/person, including meals and buffets.
Accommodation:
We are able to provide accommodation for the period of the workshop in two hotels.
A limited number of rooms are available in our own zoo hotel – Hotel Jungle –, for the price of 40€/night with breakfast. If
apart from the two workshop nights (25 and 26 August) accommodation is required for 27 August, too, we are only able to
provide it in this hotel.
In the other hotel – Bathing House Pension, 5 minutes walk from the zoo – we are able to provide accommodation for the
two nights of 25-26 August at a price of 50€/night with breakfast, also in a limited number.
Registration and bookings to these hotels can be arranged through Sosto Zoo, please contact Eva Zagata until 30 May 2014.
Participants registering after the deadline need to find accommodation in the city individually.
Information:
Registration is only possible for professionals. The official language of the workshop is English, but we are able to provide help in German, Hungarian, Polish and Russian language on demand.
Nyíregyházi Állatpark Nonprofit Kft .
4431 Sóstófürdő, Sóstói út, Hungary
Tel.: + 36 42 479 702, Fax: +36 42 402 031
E-mail: office@sostozoo.hu
Web: www.sostozoo.hu
