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Why Animal Records?

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Why Animal Records?

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Modern animal management is based on sound records. The live animals in your collections are the unique resource that attracts your visitors. Management of this living collection resource requires information. Animal management decisions should be driven by basic information on the animals being managed. Also, increasing international and national regulations on animal transactions require sound and credible records. Increasing international cooperation among zoos and among zoo regions also requires sound and credible records. Whether seen in dollar terms or other ways, your live collection of animals is your key resource. Records tell you what you have. Animals without records, like paintings or other valuable objects, are increasingly likely to be worth less, or worthless. Quality animal records are the basis for the most modern zoo programs, such as cooperative breeding programs. These programs are based on studbooks. The studbooks trace each specimen back to the wild, through as ma

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