World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity as an Aid to their Survival
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The World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity as an Aid to their Survival (WCBESCAS) is the world's first conference on Captive breeding
. Started by the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society
, due to efforts by the famous naturalist and pioneer of captive breeding Gerald Durrell
, the first conference was held in 1972 at Jersey
(on the basis that Gerald Durrell's Jersey Zoo - one of the few zoo
s of the world to practice captive breeding at that time - was located in Jersey). The conference provided a common scientific meeting ground for Captive breeding issues for the first time. The conference has been held at:
Captive breeding
Captive breedingis the process of breeding animals in human controlled environments with restricted settings, such as wildlife reserves, zoos and other conservation facilities; sometimes the process is construed to include release of individual organisms to the wild, when there is sufficient...
. Started by the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society
Fauna and Flora Preservation Society
Fauna & Flora International , formerly the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society, is an international conservation charity and non-governmental organization....
, due to efforts by the famous naturalist and pioneer of captive breeding Gerald Durrell
Gerald Durrell
Gerald "Gerry" Malcolm Durrell, OBE was a naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter...
, the first conference was held in 1972 at Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
(on the basis that Gerald Durrell's Jersey Zoo - one of the few zoo
Zoo
A zoological garden, zoological park, menagerie, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred....
s of the world to practice captive breeding at that time - was located in Jersey). The conference provided a common scientific meeting ground for Captive breeding issues for the first time. The conference has been held at:
- 1st WCBESCAS; JerseyJerseyJersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
, 1972 - 2nd WCBESCAS; LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, 1976 - 3rd WCBESCAS; San Diego, 1979
- 4th WCBESCAS; HarderwijkHarderwijk' is a municipality and a small city in the eastern Netherlands.- The history of Harderwijk :Harderwijk received city rights from Count Otto II of Guelders in 1231. A defensive wall surrounding the city was completed by the end of that century. The oldest part of the city is near where the...
, 1984 - 5th WCBESCAS; Cincinnati, 1988
- 6th WCBESCAS; JerseyJerseyJersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
, 1992, 'The Roles of Zoos in Global Conservation' - 7th WCBESCAS; Cincinnati, 1999, 'Linking Zoos and Field Research to Advance Conservation'
Proceedings of the Conference
- Robert D. Martin (ed.): Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity. Academic Press, London 1975, ISBN 0-12-474850-3
- Peter J.S. Olney (ed.): International Zoo Yearbook 1977, Vol 17, London 1977, (Section I: Proceedings of the Second World Conference of Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity)
- Peter J.S. Olney (ed.): International Zoo Yearbook 1980, Vol 20, London 1980, (Section I: Proceedings of the Third World Conference of Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity)
- Peter J.S. Olney (ed.): International Zoo Yearbook 1984/85, Vol 24/25, London 1986, (Section I: Proceedings of the Fourth World Conference of Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity)
- Betsy Lynne Dresser, R.W. Reece & Edward J. Maruska (eds.), Proceedings, 5th World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity, October 9-12, 1988, Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1988, 723 p.
- Peter J.S. Olney, Georgina M. Mace & Anna T.C. Feistner (eds.): Creative Conservation. Interactive management of wild and captive animals. Chapman & Hall, London 1994, ISBN 0-412-49570-8 (This book ist the result of the deliberations of the Sixth World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species, held in Jersey 1992. Editors and contributors have further developed the key issues tackled at the conference and the resulting chapters represent a kind of updated conference proceedings.)
- Terri L. Roth, W.F. Swanson & L.K. Blattman (eds.), Proceedings of Seventh World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species: Linking Zoos and Field Research to Advance Conservation, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 22-26 1999. Cincinnati Zoo and Botanic Garden, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1999, 349 p.