Table of Contents - Dedicated Polar Bear Issue – August 2007

A Note from the Editor: The August 2007 issue of Animal Keepers' Forum is a special 80-page edition dedicated to the Polar Bear. As you will see from the listing below, this issue covers many aspects concerning the polar bear - from captive husbandry to conservation efforts, to the impacts of global warming on this species. AAZK worked cooperatively with Polar Bears International in the production of this special issue. A limited number of extra copies of this special issue are available for purchase from the AAZK Administrative Office. Cost is $10.00US per copy; domestic postage is included. Overseas orders are $20.00US and include airmail delivery. If interested you may contact the Editor via email through this website under the Board of Directors link on the menu bar; or use the order form link.

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• Dive Into Something Wild - Conference 2007 Update
• Editor’s Acknowledgements
• Year of the Polar Bear - PBI President Robert Buchanan
• Great Offer from PBI for AAZK Members
• El Photo Grande (The Big Picture) - AAZK Vice President Shane Good
• Polar Bears International - What’s it all about?
• PBI’s 2008 “Zoological Tour” in Churchhill
• 2008 - Year of the Polar Bear
• Track the Bears Online
• Polar Bear Natural History
• Vanishing Ice
• Ask the Experts: Are Polar Bear Populations Increasing?
• IUCN Status Report on the Polar Bear - PDF Download
• PBI Launches Groundbreaking Study
• Dispatch from Russia
• U.S. - Russia Polar Bear Treaty
• Polar Bear Research in Zoos: An Interdisciplinary Approach
• Busy Fall on the Tundra
• Polar Bear Scientists on Film
• The Effects of Diet Change in Skin and Coat Condition of 1.1 Polar Bears
  (Ursus Maritimis) at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
• Nutrition Handbook Download
• Formulating Diets for Polar Bears in Captivity
• Roundworm Infections in Polar Bears
• Livin’ Green Helps Polar Bears and All Living Things
• Champagne Training on a Beer Budget
• The Polar Bear Population Project (Tri-P)
• Raising the Standards for Polar Bears in Zoos
• Zoos Housing Polar Bears Worldwide
• Operant Conditioning with Polar Bears - Another Form of Enrichment
• PBI’s Adventure Learning Program
• They Said It Couldn’t Be Done: Transportation of Two Polar Bears from
  Jardin Zoologique de Quebec to Sea World Australia
• Polar Bear Status Report
• Polar Bears Proposed for ESA Listing as Threatened
• Frequently Asked Questions on the Proposed ESA Listing
• Polar Bear Fast Facts