AKF Special Issue Table of Contents - November/December 2007
Crisis Management in Zoos

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- Acknowledgements
Susan D. Chan, Managing Editor, Animal Keepers’ Forum - Preface
Ed Hansen, Executive Director, AAZK, Inc. - Forward
Kris Vehrs, Executive Director, Association of Zoos & Aquariums - Introduction
W.K. Baker, Jr., Director, Abilene Zoological Gardens, Abilene, TX - Crisis Management Planning in Zoological Institutions
Geoff Underwood, Stirling, South Australia - Disease Risk Communication and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Robyn Barbiers, D.V.M., Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL - Developing a Weapons Team for Dangerous Animal Emergencies: Organization and Training
Norm Piwonka, Departmental Technical Analyst and
Ken Kaemmerer, Curator of Mammals, Dallas Zoo, Dallas, TX - Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Dealing with a long-term, high-profile animal escape
Jennifer Barnett, Director of Wildlife Management, Binder Park Zoo, Battle Creek, MI - Chemical Restraint of Exotic Animals in an Emergency Situation
Marilynn M. Baeyens, DVM, Veterinarian, Little Rock Zoo, Little Rock, AR - The Veterinary Role as First Responders to a Medical Emergency in a Crisis Management Situation
W.K. Baker, Jr., Director, Abilene Zoological Gardens, Abilene, TX - Critical Incident Stress Management: A Proven Tool for Addressing Staff Needs After a Traumatic Event
Lisa Fitzgerald and Gary Sanchez, Dallas Zoo, Dallas, TX
and Jay Pratte, Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, GA - Developing a Program for Dangerous Animal Emergencies: Procedures for Animal Escape, Unauthorized Person in with Dangerous Animals, and Unified Command System
Ken Kaemmerer, Curator of Mammals, and
Norm Piwonka, Departmental Technical Analyst, Dallas Zoo, Dallas, TX - Dive Safety in Zoos and Aquariums
Gil Falcone, Senior Dive Safety Officer, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA - Wildlfire! One Facility’s Response and Lessons Learned
Chuck Brinkman IV, Professor, Moorpark College, the Staff of America’s Teaching Zoo
and the Students from the Classes of 2004 and 2005 - Keep Communication Equipment Powered in an Emergency, Part 1 What to Put in Your Emergency Power Kit
Thomas Shaddack, TechSoup.com - Keep Communication Equipment Powered in an Emergency, Part 2 How to Convert Your Devices to Run Off Batteries
Thomas Shaddack, TechSoup.com - The Terrorist Threat to Zoological Institutions
W.K. Baker, Jr., Director, Abilene Zoological Gardens, Abilene, TX and
Commander W.S. Graves, U.S. Navy, Retired - Hurricane Preparedness: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
Elizabeth E. Hammond, DVM, Lion Country Safari, Loxahatchee, FL and
Daniel K. Maloney, General Curator/Life Sciences, Zoos Victoria, Parkville, VIC, Australia - Training Dangerous Animals Safely is No Accident
Gary M. Priest, Curator-Applied Animal Behavior, San Diego Zoo/San Diego Wild Animal Park Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA - Firearms Use and Training in AZA Institutions
Dan Beetem, Director of Animal Management, The Wilds, Cumberland, OH - Aspects of a Safety Program for Zoos and Aquarium Facilities in the United States
Ed Hansen, Risk Management Coordinator, City of Tucson, Tucson, AZ - Emergency Contact Information/Notes
- Editors’ Biographies