Agenda

Captive animal management: level 4

SAQUA: 48435.

· Feedback on training.

é As soon as we figured out how the workplace went we felt more comfortable.

é Students don’t use their black berries but seem to remember what we teach them.

é Putting the theory & practical together helps them absorb the information.

é This 1^st week has been a slow start; the 1^st years have been timid.

é Help 1^st years by:

é Trust them more with tasks.

é Give them more responsibility.

é Get a chance to do feedback in the afternoon.

é Informing them before the tour that they cannot correct us on the tours. However can add to the information. Check their knowledge and give them certain enclosures to do on the tour.

· Feedback on research project.

¶ Aardvark project:

¶ Answers to all my questions.

¶ Research on the animal itself & interesting facts.

¶ Sighting data base.

¶ Reception information book.

¶ Game drive answering sheet.

¶ Get prices for night vision camera.

¶ Get a date & permission to have an aardvark stake out.

¶ Find out from Claas/Mabula where the aardvark is mostly seen.

¶ Find out if I can have an aardvark game drive/walk.

¶ Find out if I can get trap cage.

· Presentation of assignments(s).

« Completed the roll out: completed the roster

« What have I done in this assignment (module 1 Q 1)?

« Done research on the relevant acts & roll players &placed it in a power point.

« Did the mind maps of wildlife & non wild life laws.

« Did all unpacking (Mind maps).

· Handout & discussion of new assignments.

§ Document your understanding of the legislative terms.

o Find out what protocols you have to follow when receiving a new animal (Karen).

o Breeding & transport (Monica).

o Selling & swapping. Create a flowchart or list.

§ Breeding & transport.

· Research for new assignments.

{ Wikipedia dictionary terminology.

{ Ask about steps from Sieg / Arno from EWT. Game capture company (Thaba Manzi) Julian. Kobus from Nature conservation department.

{ 2^nd year project: Research on enrichment for cats in WLC.

Roll out for Captive animal management. 20/07/2011

Workbook 1: Legislation.

1 Define the various Acts and describe their application. Describe the functions of the applicable role-players.

2 Document your understanding of the legislative terms

3 Draw flow charts to represent a road map for provincial legislation

4 Collect relevant permit application forms, and describe the information these forms need, and the route certain of these forms follow. Determine which permits your facility should carry and why these apply.

5 Define the history and role of CITES. Explain aspects of CITES permits

6 Determine the practical requirements of physical animal security and explain the ethics to securing the facilities before issuing a permit. Choose two species in your facility and show the time-line and process by which the facility was made ready according to the applicable requirements.

7 Describe the permit system and relevant elements such as animal transportation, sale and donation. Include other elements that are of relevance to your facility.

8 Research a representative each of 1) ordinary game; 2) protected game and 3) specially protected game, in terms of which interests should be protected before issuing a permit, e.g. economic and cultural importance.

Captive animal management level 4!!

Hallo everyone!! In the next 6 months I will be doing my Captive Animal management course!!

Here on Sondela all the 2nd years got a chance to do this course at the Wildlife center for the first time. This course is all about the management of captive animals, like in the Wildlife center. I will be doing my theory & practical in the workplace, doing feeding, cleaning, behavior of the animals, enrichment of cages, spending time with all the awesome animals & in the process gaining knowledge & experience of different
animals!!



I am also a junior manager, so i will be managing the 1st years and making different & harder decisions than last year... I will be doing night duty where I feed baby animals that has to be fed constantly & do routine checks on all the animals every few hours to make sure every one is still alive & kicking.. This is a new challenge for me and I cant wait to work hard & accomplish my goals!! This is really my passion in life, and like they say if you do something you love you don't have to work a day in you're life!!!