<em><strong>Dedicated double issue of AKF on Ungulate Husbandry, Training, Enrichment and Conservation.  This special edition will encompass the regular July and August issues of AKF and AAZK anticipates mailing it to the membership by the second week of August.  For an idea of what will be in this special issue, check out the listing of papers that will be included below.</strong></em>

1.    Animal Management Support of Wild Equid Research at The Wilds
By Arin Moore, Animal Management Specialist, The Wilds, Cumberland, OH

2.    Practical Considerations for Restraint of Hoofed Mammals in a Small Zoo
By Hoofed Mammal Team, Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park, Syracuse, NY

3.    Inventing the Wheels: Hand-Rearing a Single Babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa)
By Nicole Piepers, Nursery Keeper, Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles, CA

4.    Zoo Atlanta’s Hoofstock Enrichment Program
By Nicole Bouwens, Senior Keeper, Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

5.    Managing Ungulates in Mixed Species Exhibits at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
By Steve Metzler, Assistant Animal Operations Manager (Assistant Curator),
Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, FL

6.    The Way Home: Moving a Herd of 1.6 Reticulated Giraffe into a New Facility
By Aimee S. Fannon, Head Giraffe Keeper, Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, Fort Wayne, IN

7.    Managing a Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) with Allergies
By Melaina Wallace, Keeper II and Kristin Wolfe, Zoological Manager
Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, FL

8.    Porcine Perfection: Red River Hogs in Mixed Species Exhibits
By Lindsey Kirkman, Animal Keeper III, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, FL

9.    Easy Bison Enrichment in a Cash-Strapped Economy
By Phil Coleman, Lead Keeper, Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown, PA

10.    Goat Lab – Evolution of a Training Class
By Elizabeth Abram, Keeper II, Oakland Zoo, Oakland, CA

11.    Moving Onward and Upward: Building a Contemporary Giraffe Facility
By Amber Eagleson, Area Manager – African Journey, Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, Ft. Wayne, IN

12.    Creating New Tools to Reduce Fearful Behavior with Three Ungulate Species at the Oakland Zoo
By  Amy Phelps, Primary Giraffe Keeper/Keeper II, and Lisa Clifton-Bumpass, Oakland Zoo, Oakland, CA

13.    Walking a Mile in Their Hooves: Managing Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis Canadensis Mexicana) in Natural Exhibits
By Devorah Young, Senior Keeper, Hoofstock Trail, Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, AZ

14.    Caring for African Ungulates in a Winter Climate
By Maureen Miller, Large Mammal Keeper, The Toledo Zoo, Toledo, OH

15.    Candid Camera: Using Camera Traps to Monitor Animal Behavior
By Becky Richendollar, Watani Grasslands Keeper, North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, NC

16.    Ungulate TAG Meetings and Conferences: We Want You!
By Matthew Ardaiolo, Lead Hoofstock Keeper, Potawatomi Zoo, South Bend, IN

17.    Managing Moose in Captivity
By Roxanna Breitigan, Animal Care Manager, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs, CO

18.    Training Przewalski’s Horses in a Facility with Limited Resources, Using Protected Contact
By Amanda Faliano, TITLE, Denver Zoo, Denver, CO

19.    Elevating Warthog Care Through Training
By Morgan Lashley, Animal Care Specialist and Christy Layton, Associate Animal Care Specialist, Busch Gardens, Tampa, FL

20.    Tactiles – The Transition from a Behavior to a Reinforcer: A Case Study of 1.0 Grant’s Zebra (Equus burchelli) at the Oakland Zoo
By Julie Hartell-DeNardo, former Zoological Manager and Leesa Whittlef, Keeper I, Oakland Zoo, Oakland, CA

21.    Hoof Management of Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
By Vickie Shaw, Animal Keeper, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge®, Lake Buena Vista, FL

22.    Ungulate TAGs Connecting Keepers: An Update
By Christy Poelker, Senior Keeper/Ungulates, Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, MO

23.    The Tapir Paper
By Kim Jansen, Hoofstock Keeper, Nashville Zoo at Grassmere, Nashville, TN

24.    Ruminant Browser Nutrition Workshop – Synopsis
By Debra A. Schmidt, PhD, Nutritionist Saint Louis Zoo; Erin L. Kendrick, MS, Associate Nutritionist Saint Louis Zoo; Elizabeth A. Koutsos, PhD, Research Nutritionist, Mazuri, PMI International;  and Michael L. Schlegel, PhD, Nutritionist, San Diego Zoo Global

25.    Here There Be Dragons: Okapi Conservation in Africa’s Equatorial Forest
Steve Shurter, Director of Conservation, White Oak Conservation Center

26.    Training the “untrainable”: Using Natural Behavior and Positive Reinforcement to Train Husbandry Behaviors in a Gerenuk (Litacranius walleri)
Christina Seely, Large Mammal Keeper, Denver Zoo, Denver, CO

27.    Managing a Research Population of an Extremely Flighty Ungulate Species at Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI)
By Dolores Reed, Mammal Keeper-Hoofstock, Center for Species Survival, SCBI, Front Royal, VA

28.    What’s This Ungulate Care Workshop I’ve Been Hearing So Much About?
By Adam Eyres, Hoofstock Supervisor, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, White Rhino SSP® Coordinator

29.    Rearing Antelope: Three Thriving Examples at the Saint Louis Zoo
By Christy Poelker, Senior Keeper/Ungulates, Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, MO

30.    Freezing Browse for Year-round Feeding of Giraffe and Other Hoofstock
Pearl Z. Yusuf, Curator, Hooves and Horns, Zoo New England, Boston, MA

31.    “A Voice for Captive Prey Species”
By Allyson O’Neill, Mammal Keeper – Hoofstock/Cheetahs, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal VA

32.    Teaching Your Young Giraffe Old Tricks: Changing Learned Behaviors in a Herd of Captive Giraffe
Ashleigh Kandrac, Assistant Curator, Lion County Safari, Loxahatchee, FL

33.    Rhinoceros Enrichment
By Wendy Shaffstall, Sr. Ungulate Keeper, Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, OH and Adam Felts, Head Keeper Asian Domain, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell, OH

34.    Striving for Sustainability: the Ungulate Manager’s Toolbox
By Bill Houston, Assistant Curator, St. Louis Zoo; David Powell, Assistant Curator of Mammals, Bronx Zoo; and Brent Huffman, Keeper III, Toronto Zoo

35.    Bongo Calf Splaying and Coxofemoral Luxation
By Lydia F. Bosley, Bongo International Studbook Keeper and Dr. Tom de Maar, Bongo SP Vet Advisor

36.    Benefits of Goal-Based Behavioral Husbandry for Captive Bovid and Cervid Species
By Angela Cecil Binney, DAK and Julie Hartell-DeNardo, St. Louis Zoo

37.    Welcome to the Ungulate Tag Herd!
By Martha Fischer, AZA Antelope and Giraffe TAG Chair

38.    TAG – You’re It!
By Martha Fischer, AZA Antelope and Giraffe TAG Chair