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Tapir Conservation
The Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group
Number 7, October 1997


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Tapir Specialist Group

1997-1999 Triennium

Rick Barongi
General Mgr/Animal Operations
Disney's Animal Kingdom
P.O. Box 10,000
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-1000
Phone (407) 939-2452
Fax (407) 939-6386 rbarongi@aol.com

Daniel M. Brooks
Ecotropix
IUCN Tapir Action Plan
Coordinator/Co-Editor
1537 Marshall, Suite #1
Houston, TX 77006 USA
Ecotropix@aol.com

Lorena Calvo
2924 University Meadows Dr. #535
St. Louis, MO 63121 USA
s996968@umslvma.umsl.edu

Silvia Chalukian
Assistant Professor
Panamerican Agriculture School
(ZAMORANO)
P.O. Box 93
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
silvia@ns.zamorano.edu.hn

Craig C. Downer
Andean Tapir Fund
P.O. Box 456
Minden, NV 89423 USA

John Eisenberg, PhD
Katharine Ordway Professor of
Ecosystem Conservation
Florida Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 117800
Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 USA

Karl Kranz
Vice President/Animal Mgt.
Philadelphia Zoological Gardens
3400 W. Girard Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

Ignacio March Mifsut
Senior Researcher
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Apartado Postal #63
29 290 San Cristobal de las Casas
Chiapas, México
imarch@master.sclc.ecosur.mx

Leonel Marineros
Biologist
c/o Proyecto Rescate Cultural
Ecologico
IHAH-PNUD
Col. el Sauce 3a
Calle 1A Etapa No. 302
Apartado Postal #651
La Ceiba, Atlantida, Honduras
Phone 43 2139

Sharon Matola
Chair
IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group
Belize Zoo and Tropical Education
Center

P.O. Box 1787
Belize City, Belize
Central America
Phone 501-081-3004
Fax 501-081-3004
BelizeZoo@btl.net

Edward Ramsay, DVM
Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dept. of Comparative Medicine
P.O. Box 1071
Knoxville, TN 37919-1071 USA
ERamsay@UTK.edu

Oliver Ryder, PhD
Geneticist
Center for Reproduction of
Endangered Species (CRES)
Zoological Society of San Diego
P.O. Box 551
San Diego, CA 92112-0551 USA
oryder@ucsd.edu

Sheryl Todd
Deputy Chair
IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group
Tapir Preservation Fund
P.O. Box 1432
Palisade, CO 81526 USA
Phone (970) 464-0321
Fax (970) 464-0377
tapir@tapirback.com

Nico Van Strien, PhD
Julianaweg 2
3g41 DM Doorn
Netherlands
strien@indo.net.id
We encourage members to supply additional contact information such as e-mail address, fax and phone numbers if available.


Organizations and Programs

AZA Tapir Taxon Advisory Group (TAG)
Rick Barongi, TAG Chair
Disney's Animal Kingdom
P.O. Box 10,000
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-1000
Phone (407) 939-2452
Fax (407) 939-6386
rbarongi@aol.com


EEP Taxon Advisory Group (TAG) for Hippos and Tapirs
Sian S. Waters, Chair, has left to return to Vietnam; no successor has been named as of publication date.

IUCN/SCC Tapir Specialist Group
Sharon Matola, Chair
Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center
P.O. Box 1787
Belize City, Belize
Central America
Phone (970) 464-0321
Fax (970) 464-0377
BelizeZoo@btl.net


Sociedade de Zoologicos do Brasil
Adauto Luis Veloso Nunes
President/Conservation Coordinator
Rua Theodoro Kaisel
883 CEP 18021-020 Sorocaba-SP
Sao Paulo, Brazil
sorozool@fpsp.fapesp.br

Publishes annual census which includes tapirs.

Tapir Europaisches Erhaltungszucht Programme (EEP)
Dr Peter Mühling
Tiergarten Nürnberg
Am Tiergarten 30, D-8500
Nürnberg 30, Germany


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