Tapir Talk Archives

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May 1997

• 1 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 1) - First edition; Welcome, Brazil zoo question, Goudot
  
• 2 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 2) - Latin American zoos, media, collaring T. terrestris
  
• 3 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 3) - T. terrestris holdings in Brazil, Venezuelan zoos, funding, collaring
  
• 4 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 4) - Conservation orgs, spelling of bairdii, FAQ and archives, S.A. governments, ISIS site
  
• 5 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 5) - Latin American zoos, S.F. Baird, C.H. Merriam, Smithsonian, conservation orgs, PN Chico Mendes, IUCN position, studbooks
  
• 6 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 6) - Eco-Trust: Ecologism, corridors, surplus animals, geographic origin, domestication, nomenclature of T. bairdii, re-introduction
  
• 7 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 7) - Venezuelan contacts, early Tapirus distribution, domestication
  
• 8 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 8) - Venezuelan contacts, fossil tapir distribution
  
• 9 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 9) - No issue, but a number was accidentally assigned
  
• 10 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 10) - Intro. Sharon Matola, public awareness / fundraising, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group Newsletter, T. bairdii in Nicaraguan zoos?, Lorena Calvo contact info?, fossil tapirs, feeding in zoos - tropical vs. non-tropical
  
• 11 May 1997 - No issue
  
• 12 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 11) - Fossil tapirs as markers, fundraising for tapir projects, captive diets
  
• 13 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 12) - Captive diets
  
• 14 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 13) - Media coverage - National Geographic, tapirs in Colombian zoos
  
• 15 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 14) - Media coverage, "Spirits of the Jaguar," captive tapirs in Colombia
  
• 16 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 15) - Armadillo and tapir movements (separate topics, sort of)
  
• 17 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 16) - Intro: Andy Markley, press release available re: recent tapir fund donations, range changes - mountain tapir in Colombia, Tapir Talk archives online
  
• 19 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 17) - Animals moving northward, tapir fire-stomping behavior
  
• 20 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 18) - Intro: Eduardo J. Naranjo, publications available, tapir project in Chiapas
  
• 29 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 19) - Tapirs in Spanish
  
• 30 May 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 20) - Tapirs in Spanish part II, the last mountain tapir in Europe, mountain tapirs in captivity, fire-stomping rare
  

June 1997

• 2 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 21) - Tapirs in Portuguese, spelling of "bairdii/bairdi"
  
• 3 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 22) - Tapir genders in Portuguese, spelling of "bairdii/bairdi", tapir posters in Colombia and Belize
  
• 4 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 23) - Patricia Medici intro, trapping tapirs in Brazil, max weight of T. terrestris?
  
• 5 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 24) - Anesthetic protocol, pitfall traps, capturing tapirs with dogs
  
• 6 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 25) - Anesthetic protocol / tranquilizing with darts, pitfall traps, weight of T. terrestris, use of Detomidine and Yoimbine with tapirs
  
• 7 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 26) - Anesthetic protocol
  
• 10 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 27) - Tapir + ? = ??, SHREW TALK Digest, other animal- and ecology-related e-groups
  
• 13 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 28) - With Patricia Medici in Brazil: traps, anesthetics, collars and more; tapir trap in Museum of Natural History, New York
  
• 16 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 29) - Drugs for tapirs, tapir dentistry, Do jaguars kill tapirs?
  
• 17 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 30) - Tapir has root canal
  
• 18 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 31) - Anesthetics, root canals, pitfalls that worked - sort of!, the vigil continues in Brazil, tapirs and big cats
  
• 19 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 32) - Tapirs and big cats, more tapirs and big cats
  
• 20 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 33) - Patricia's tapir project in Brazil, black lion tamarin project in Brazil, kill traps for tapirs in Brazil, tapirs . . . "over the rainbow"
  
• 23 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 34) - Tapir trap, comments on field work, Ruben Nuņez' conservation work, archives are up
  
• 25 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 35) - PATRICIA CAPTURES A TAPIR, notes on capture, procedures and release, three new Belizean ecology/conservation web sites, skinning alive with the nose!
  
• 27 June 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 36) - Anesthetics and tapirs in Corcovado
  

July 1997

• 7 July 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 38) - Housing question re: Malayan tapirs
  
• 20 July 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 42) - Response to jaguar letter, tapir paddock in Newquay Zoo, UK, response re: jaguar rehab
  
• 22 July 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 43) - Jaguar relocation / rehab, more questions regarding same, response re: jaguar rehab intro: Gina - and mountain tapirs at Cheyenne Mtn. Zoo, mats and bleeding feet, better research needed on tapirs as prey for big cats, response to Newquay zoo paddock description: Water in the face and coloration of T. terrestris, genetics work needed
  
• 25 July 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 45) - Jaguar translocations, involving the police in mountain tapir conservation
  

August 1997

• 11 August 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 51) - Anyone in the field want help?
  
• 23 August 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 53) - Update on Patricia Medici's project, jaguar kills a tapir?, questions: data collection, fundraising
  

September 1997

• 4 September 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 55) - Publication notice: Fragoso, Geographic puts tapir on holiday cards, question on gene pool, March Mifsut article online, mountain tapir educator needs professional contacts, sources for tapir information in Paraguay, job opening in Brazil, CLIMATE-L e-list to start
  
• 9 September 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 57) - Grant availability, making leaves smell like bananas
  
• 11 September 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 58) - Grant availability - additional info., banana chips as tapir bait, questions: banana flavoring for tapirs
  
• 12 September 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 59) - Attracting tapirs
  
• 14 September 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 60) - Attracting tapirs - banana flavoring
  
• 24 September 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 62) - Malayan tapir studbook, Europe?, radio-collaring question: this time it's wombats!
  

October 1997

• 1 October 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 63) - Thank you: re: Malayan tapir studbook, new publication by Fragoso
  
• 2 October 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 64) - New baby in Corcovado!
  
• 6 October 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 65) - Request for tapir skin
  
• 9 October 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 66) - Kevin Flesher: Report from Brazil
  
• 11 October 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 67) - Malayan tapir introductions, Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Malayan tapir diet, Taronga Zoo, housing and vegetation, T. terrestris, Biodome de Montreal
  
• 14 October 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 68) - Re: Housing and vegetation, T. terrestris, Biodome de Montreal
  
• 17 October 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 69) - Andean bears, Andean tapirs, mixed exhibit at Houston Zoo, life tables for tapirs?
  
• 21 October 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 70) - Tapirs and capybaras, contact, Andean tapir: northern distribution, errors in CBSG document
  
• 22 October 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 71) - New member from Argentina, distribution of T. pinchaque, Colombia/Venezuela, distribution of T. bairdii, Venezuela?
  
• 24 October 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 72) - Field volunteer available, monkeys and humans, viewing incidence of adult tapirs with newborns?, range of tapir species
  
• 25 October 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 73) - Intro: Tracy Poitra / Behavioral studies on T. indicus?, new e-list: Environmental Scientist, intro: Ed Colijn / Indonesian Nature Conservation Database, note from Silvia Chalukian, Tapir Talk membership / how many and where
  
• 27 October 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 74) - Mixing tapirs and other species, tapir behavior article, more on tapirs and capybaras (reference)
  
• 29 October 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 80) - Intro: Miguel Padilla, mammalian Species review of T. pinchaque, range of T. pinchaque, von Richter article, contact in Spanish, mountain tapirs, spectacled bears - sympatric and not, Andean mammal distribution
  

November 1997

• 19 November 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 76) - Request for serum and liver samples re: copper, correction of Tapir Talk numbering
  

December 1997

• 1 December 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 77) - Tapirs in mixed exhibits: maned wolves, giant anteaters, IUCN/SSC TSG Newsletter will be online soon
  
• 4 December 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 78) - Tapirs and giant anteaters, update on Tapir Preservation Fund
  
• 11 December 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 79) - Tapirs, giant anteaters and other critters, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group web site and newsletter
  
• 23 December 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 81) - Better husbandry for pygmy hippos in Jakarta?, use of tapir parts in traditional medicine
  
• 27 December 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 82) - Foersters returning to Corcovado, use of tapir parts in traditional medicine, Belize, Ruben Nuņez's mountain tapir project, Ecuador, proposals online
  

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