all hazards planning
What is your all hazards contingency plan?
This series of training modules is intended for any facility wanting to better understand the planning process. Participants will be introduced to best practices for planning including how to identify and assess risks to their facility, identify needs and limitations to responding safely and effectively, and write a contingency plan.
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Disease risks
Are you prepared for foreign animal diseases?
Secure Zoo Strategy (SZS) is guidance to help facilities develop business continuity plans to protect staff, animals and business models in the event of high consequence disease outbreak, and mitigate the effects should a disease occur. As a member of the Exotic Animal Industry (EAI), there is no “one plan fits all facilities” due to the diversity..
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Why ZAHP?
Identify new and evolving risks to the managed wildlife community
Connect zoos, aquariums, and the managed wildlife community with local, state, federal, and non-governmental emergency response partners
Assist facilities in preparing for disease outbreaks as well as man-made and natural disasters
Share considerations for hazard preparedness, response, and recovery
Support for ZAHP is provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
“In a zoo setting, you can’t take someone off the street and
say, ‘Go get the 500-pound lion.’ It just doesn’t work that way.”
Terry Lincoln
Director, Dakota Zoo
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Considerations for the Management of Non-Domestic Species During COVID-19
April 12, 2020
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Considerations for the Management of Non-Domestic Species During COVID-19
April 12, 2020
Updated December 21, 2021 As the COVID-19 crisis continues, the understanding of how the virus affects various animal species is still largely unknown. As of December 3rd, 2021, cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection, or evidence of exposure via serosurveillance, have been […]
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Confirmation of COVID-19 in a Canada Lynx at a Pennsylvania Zoo
December 21, 2021
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Confirmation of COVID-19 in a Canada Lynx at a Pennsylvania Zoo
December 21, 2021
On December 21, 2021, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) in a Canada lynx at a zoo in Pennsylvania. This is the first Canada lynx […]
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SARS-CoV-2 and Zoo Animals (Webinar Recording)
December 15, 2021
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SARS-CoV-2 and Zoo Animals (Webinar Recording)
December 15, 2021
This webinar took place on December 8, 2021. This webinar was presented in partnership with the One Health Federal Interagency COVID-19 Coordination Group (OH-FICC) Wildlife & Zoos Subgroup. NOTE: As a disclaimer, while this webinar was publicly broadcast and is […]
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