INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1183, 2, '2010-04-07 08:25:52', '2010-04-07 13:25:52', 'Thank you for your interest in submitting a paper for publication <em>Animal Keepers’ Forum</em>. Please adhere to the following guidelines for manuscript submission. If a paper is submitted and does not follow these guidelines, it will be rejected for publication. Be sure to include your contact information for the editor, including e-mail address and daytime phone number if available.\r\n\r\n<h4>Submission Methods</h4>\r\nSend manuscript/photos on CD to:\r\n<pre>\r\nShane Good, AKF Editor\r\nP. O. Box 535\r\nValley City, OH 44280\r\n</pre>\r\n\r\n<strong>Or submit electronically to <a href="mailto:shane.good@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">shane.good@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a>.</strong>\r\n\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n\r\n<h4>Format</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>1. Submit manuscripts electronically in <strong>Microsoft Word only</strong> to <a href="mailto:shane.good@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">shane.good@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a>. You may also submit an article on a disk or CD in Microsoft Word only. Mailing address is listed above.</li>\r\n<li>2. Use a clear, clean typeface. Suggested type fonts are 10-point Times New Roman.</li>\r\n<li>3. Body of manuscript should be single-spaced.</li>\r\n<li>4. Do not indent paragraphs.</li>\r\n<li>5. Double space between paragraphs.</li>\r\n<li>6. Do not use computer-generated page numbering (headers/footers).</li>\r\n<li>7. Use a 1-inch margin setting on top, bottom and sides of your manuscript.</li>\r\n<li>8. Bold-face or underline sub-headings within the text (i.e. Introduction, Materials, Methods, Conclusions, etc.) Do not use all caps for these headings.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n\r\n<h4>Length</h4>\r\nThe entire paper, including graphs, charts and illustrations should be no more than ten (10) pages long.\r\n\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n\r\n<h4>Title</h4>\r\nShould be brief and descriptive. Center your title on the first page of your paper directly before you begin the introduction and text. Type size for title should be no larger than 14 point. Author information should be in 10 point type and in italics. Follow the title with your name, position, facility, city and state as shown below:\r\n<pre>\r\nBy\r\nJoe Smith, Keeper II\r\nBest Zoological Park\r\nAnywhere, Allstates\r\n</pre>\r\n\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n\r\n<h4>Tables/Graphs</h4>\r\nSubmit all tables and graphs as separate files in their native program (i.e. Word, Excel, etc.) Do not embed the tables and graphs within the manuscript. Include the explanation of the graph, chart, etc. on the page/file with the illustration. (Examples: Figure 1 Shows the average temperature of incubation….Graph 4 Illustrates the variation in duration of…..) Be certain that all such graphs, tables or charts included with your manuscript are properly referenced within the manuscript text. Graphs and charts should be no larger than 8” tall by 5” wide.\r\n\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n\r\n<h4>Illustrations/Photos</h4>\r\nSubmit photos as separate <strong>jpg</strong> or <strong>tif</strong> files, sent to the editor’s email address. Be sure to properly reference illustrations/photos within the manuscript. You may submit as many photos as you wish, but it will be up to the editor to determine how many can be used. A good average is 3-5. Photos should be high resolution (300 dpi). Photos must be at least 1200 x 1800 pixels in size (4x6 inches). Be sure to give proper photo credit for each photo submitted. You are also encouraged to submit suggested captions. Do not embed photos within the manuscript.\r\n\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n\r\n<h4>Cover Photos</h4>\r\nTo be considered for a cover, photos need to be at least 2625 x 3375 pixels in size, 300 dpi, and portrait-style (not landscape).\r\n\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n\r\n<h4>Metric System</h4>\r\nUse the twenty-four-hour clock (i.e., 0900 - 1425 hrs.) for identifying time and the continental dating system (day, month, year) when describing dates. Use the metric system for weights and measurements (standard equivalent may be noted in parenthesis).\r\n\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n\r\n<h4>Scientific Names</h4>\r\nShould be included with their common names, when first mentioned, and only the common name thereafter. When both the common and scientific name are given as a paragraph heading, put the common name first. Only currently recognized nomenclatures should be utilized. Authorship of scientific names should be included only when nomenclature problems exist.\r\n\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n\r\n<h4>Special Notes</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Identify Registered or Trademark products by &copy; or &trade; symbols respectively.</li>\r\n<li>If you have a products mentioned in the Text section, please include full name and address of the manufacturer of the product, including website or email address if available.</li>\r\n<li>Avoid footnotes.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n\r\n<h4>References</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Should be listed alphabetically at the end of the manuscript according to author’s surname. (Example: Ricter, J.W. 1984. How To be A Good Keeper. Animal Keepers’ Forum. Vol. 11, No. 6: 12-22. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1184, 2, '2010-04-07 08:25:00', '2010-04-07 13:25:00', 'Thank you for your interest in submitting a paper for publication <em>Animal Keepers’ Forum</em>. Please adhere to the following guidelines for manuscript submission.  If a paper is submitted and does not follow these guidelines, it will be rejected for publication.  Be sure to include your contact information for the editor, including e-mail address and daytime phone number if available.\n\n<strong>FORMAT:</strong>\n<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Submit manuscripts electronically in MS Word only to<a href="mailto:akfeditor@zk.kscoxmail.com"> akfeditor@zk.kscoxmail.com</a>&lt;   You may also submit a paper on a disk or CD in Microsoft Word <strong>ONLY</strong>.\n2. Use a clear, clean typeface. Suggested type fonts are 10 point Times Roman or 10 point Times.  DO NOT use unusual or showy typefaces.\n3. Body of manuscript should be single-spaced.\n4. Do not indent paragraphs.\n5. Double space between paragraphs.\n6. Do not use computer-generated page numbering (headers/footers).\n7. Use a 1-inch margin setting on top, bottom and sides of your manuscript.\n8. Bold-face or underline sub-headings within the text (i.e. Introduction, Materials, Methods, Conclusions, etc.) Do not use all caps for these headings.\n\n<strong>LENGTH</strong>:    The entire paper, including graphs, charts and illustrations should be no more than ten (10) pages long.\n\n<strong>TITLE: </strong> Should be brief and descriptive.  Center your title on the first page of your paper directly before you begin the introduction and text. Type size for title should be no larger than 14 point. Follow the title with your name, position, facility, city and state as shown below:  Author information should be in 10 point type, Italics.\n\n<em>By\nJoe Smith, Keeper II\nBest Zoological Park\nAnywhere, Allstates</em>\n\n<strong>TABLES/GRAPHS:</strong> These, along with their legends should be submitted as separate jpg or tiff files.  If you are submitting on a disk or CD, these should be separate files from the body of the manuscript text.  These must be sharp black and white only. DO NOT USE COLOR IN YOUR GRAPHS OR CHARTS.  Include the explanation of the graph, chart, etc. on the page/file with the illustration.  (Examples: Figure 1 Shows the average temperature of incubation....Graph 4 Illustrates the variation in  duration of.....)   Be certain that all such graphs, tables or charts included with your manuscript are properly referenced within the manuscript text.  Graphs and charts should be no larger than 8” tall by 5” wide.\n\n<strong>ILLUSTRATIONS/PHOTOS:</strong> Submit photos as separate jpg or tif files sent to the editor’s email address.  If you are unable to send electronic photo files, send actual photo prints to the address listed below. Be sure to properly reference illustrations/photos within the manuscript.  You may submit as many photos as you wish, but it will be up to the editor to determine how many can be used.  A good average is 3-5. Photos should be high resolution (300 dpi). Be sure to give proper photo credit for each photo submitted. You may also submit suggested captions.\n\n<strong>METRIC SYSTEM:</strong> Use the twenty-four-hour clock (i.e., 0900 - 1425 hrs.) for identifying time and the continental dating system (day, month, year) when describing dates.  Use the metric system for weights and measurements (standard equivalent may be noted in parenthesis).\n\n<strong>SCIENTIFIC NAMES:</strong> Should be included with their common names, when first mentioned, and only the common name thereafter.  When both the common and scientific name are given as a paragraph heading, put the common name first.  Only currently recognized nomenclatures should be utilized.  Authorship of scientific names should be included only when nomenclature problems exist.\n\n<strong>SPECIAL NOTES: </strong> Identify Registered or Trademark products by ® or ™ symbols respectively. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1185, 2, '2010-04-07 08:25:04', '2010-04-07 13:25:04', 'Thank you for your interest in submitting a paper for publication <em>Animal Keepers’ Forum</em>. Please adhere to the following guidelines for manuscript submission.  If a paper is submitted and does not follow these guidelines, it will be rejected for publication.  Be sure to include your contact information for the editor, including e-mail address and daytime phone number if available.\r\n\r\n<strong>FORMAT:</strong>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Submit manuscripts electronically in MS Word only to<a href="mailto:akfeditor@zk.kscoxmail.com"> akfeditor@zk.kscoxmail.com</a>&lt;   You may also submit a paper on a disk or CD in Microsoft Word <strong>ONLY</strong>.\r\n2. Use a clear, clean typeface. Suggested type fonts are 10 point Times Roman or 10 point Times.  DO NOT use unusual or showy typefaces.\r\n3. Body of manuscript should be single-spaced.\r\n4. Do not indent paragraphs.\r\n5. 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DO NOT USE COLOR IN YOUR GRAPHS OR CHARTS.  Include the explanation of the graph, chart, etc. on the page/file with the illustration.  (Examples: Figure 1 Shows the average temperature of incubation....Graph 4 Illustrates the variation in  duration of.....)   Be certain that all such graphs, tables or charts included with your manuscript are properly referenced within the manuscript text.  Graphs and charts should be no larger than 8” tall by 5” wide.\r\n\r\n<strong>ILLUSTRATIONS/PHOTOS:</strong> Submit photos as separate jpg or tif files sent to the editor’s email address.  If you are unable to send electronic photo files, send actual photo prints to the address listed below. Be sure to properly reference illustrations/photos within the manuscript.  You may submit as many photos as you wish, but it will be up to the editor to determine how many can be used.  A good average is 3-5. Photos should be high resolution (300 dpi). Be sure to give proper photo credit for each photo submitted. You may also submit suggested captions.\r\n\r\n<strong>METRIC SYSTEM:</strong> Use the twenty-four-hour clock (i.e., 0900 - 1425 hrs.) for identifying time and the continental dating system (day, month, year) when describing dates.  Use the metric system for weights and measurements (standard equivalent may be noted in parenthesis).\r\n\r\n<strong>SCIENTIFIC NAMES:</strong> Should be included with their common names, when first mentioned, and only the common name thereafter.  When both the common and scientific name are given as a paragraph heading, put the common name first.  Only currently recognized nomenclatures should be utilized.  Authorship of scientific names should be included only when nomenclature problems exist.\r\n\r\n<strong>SPECIAL NOTES: </strong> Identify Registered or Trademark products by ® or ™ symbols respectively. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1186, 2, '2010-04-07 08:25:52', '2010-04-07 13:25:52', 'Thank you for your interest in submitting a paper for publication <em>Animal Keepers’ Forum</em>. Please adhere to the following guidelines for manuscript submission.  If a paper is submitted and does not follow these guidelines, it will be rejected for publication.  Be sure to include your contact information for the editor, including e-mail address and daytime phone number if available.\r\n\r\n<strong>FORMAT:</strong>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Submit manuscripts electronically in MS Word only to<a href="mailto:akfeditor@zk.kscoxmail.com"> akfeditor@zk.kscoxmail.com</a>&lt;   You may also submit a paper on a disk or CD in Microsoft Word <strong>ONLY</strong>.\r\n2. Use a clear, clean typeface. Suggested type fonts are 10 point Times Roman or 10 point Times.  DO NOT use unusual or showy typefaces.\r\n3. Body of manuscript should be single-spaced.\r\n4. Do not indent paragraphs.\r\n5. 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DO NOT USE COLOR IN YOUR GRAPHS OR CHARTS.  Include the explanation of the graph, chart, etc. on the page/file with the illustration.  (Examples: Figure 1 Shows the average temperature of incubation....Graph 4 Illustrates the variation in  duration of.....)   Be certain that all such graphs, tables or charts included with your manuscript are properly referenced within the manuscript text.  Graphs and charts should be no larger than 8” tall by 5” wide.\r\n\r\n<strong>ILLUSTRATIONS/PHOTOS:</strong> Submit photos as separate jpg or tif files sent to the editor’s email address.  If you are unable to send electronic photo files, send actual photo prints to the address listed below. Be sure to properly reference illustrations/photos within the manuscript.  You may submit as many photos as you wish, but it will be up to the editor to determine how many can be used.  A good average is 3-5. Photos should be high resolution (300 dpi). 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1189, 2, '2009-10-01 11:48:02', '2009-10-01 16:48:02', '<h3>Conference Program Chair</h3>\r\nEd Hansen\r\n<h3>Upcoming AAZK Conferences:</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>2010:</strong> Philadelphia, PA­ Philadelphia Zoo- August 22-26, 2010.  <a href="http://www.philadelphiaaecetia.net/gws/aazk">www.philadelphiaaecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></li>\r\n	<li><strong>2011:</strong> San Diego, CA - San Diego Zoo - TBA</li>\r\n	<li><strong>2012:</strong> Syracuse, NY - Rosamond Gifford Zoo - TBA</li>\r\n</ul>', 'Annual AAZK Conferences', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '160-revision-6', '', '', '2009-10-01 11:48:02', '2009-10-01 16:48:02', '', 160, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/160-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1200, 2, '2010-04-08 09:09:03', '2010-04-08 14:09:03', 'As the need to protect and preserve our wildlife and vanishing habitats has increased, our role as educators and wildlife ambassadors has become essential. During the third week of July each year, celebrate National Zoo Keeper Week; both you and your animals deserve the recognition.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1194" title="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010-1023x148.jpg" alt="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" width="716" height="104" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Need ideas for celebrating this week or graphics. Click below.\r\n</strong><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/National Zoo Keeper Week Ideas.pdf">NZKW ideas</a>\r\n\r\nNZKW graphics (some of these files are large)\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/NZKW Press release10.doc">NZKW sample press release</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/nzkwproclamation.doc">NZKW proclamation</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<strong>NATIONAL ZOO KEEPER WEEK PROCLAMATION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>WHEREAS,</strong> worldwide animal populations are declining at an alarming rate with many facing extinction; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions have become the final hope for many endangered species recovery programs through conservation research, release programs, and by being a portal through which the general public can view and appreciate disappearing wildlife; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions are also population managers of keystone and cornerstone species, emphasizing the restoration of not just the endangered species, but a restoration of the delicate balance of nature; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers are the frontline soldiers for conservation, participating in the battle for species survival and preservation of the natural homelands of the animals they care for through public awareness, education, and exhibition; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal caretakers devoting their lives to caring for these animals; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become the spokespersons for vanishing wildlife, carrying the conservation message of habitat loss, endangered species, and preservation of nature’s threatened wildlands to the public; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal specialists, as educators, choreographers of animal behaviors through enrichment, behavior managers through operant conditioning, and reproductive specialists through improved observations and husbandry; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, to help increase public awareness about the need to preserve our precious habitats and the animals which inhabit them and to recognize the roles that zookeepers play in animal conservation and education, The American Association of Zoo Keepers invites all AAZK chapters to participate in National Zoo Keeper Week.', 'National Zoo Keeper Week', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1193-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-08 09:09:03', '2010-04-08 14:09:03', '', 1193, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1193-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1201, 2, '2010-04-08 09:15:02', '2010-04-08 14:15:02', 'As the need to protect and preserve our wildlife and vanishing habitats has increased, our role as educators and wildlife ambassadors has become essential. During the third week of July each year, celebrate National Zoo Keeper Week; both you and your animals deserve the recognition.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1194" title="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010-1023x148.jpg" alt="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" width="716" height="104" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Need ideas for celebrating this week or graphics. Click below.\r\n</strong><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/National Zoo Keeper Week Ideas.pdf">NZKW ideas</a>\r\n\r\nNZKW graphics (some of these files are large)\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.jpg">2010 logo horizontal</a> (jpg)</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.pdf">2010 logo horizontal</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo vert.jpg">2010 logo vertical</a> (jpg)</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo vert.pdf">2010 logo vertical</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/NZKW Press release10.doc">NZKW sample press release</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/nzkwproclamation.doc">NZKW proclamation</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<strong>NATIONAL ZOO KEEPER WEEK PROCLAMATION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>WHEREAS,</strong> worldwide animal populations are declining at an alarming rate with many facing extinction; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions have become the final hope for many endangered species recovery programs through conservation research, release programs, and by being a portal through which the general public can view and appreciate disappearing wildlife; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions are also population managers of keystone and cornerstone species, emphasizing the restoration of not just the endangered species, but a restoration of the delicate balance of nature; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers are the frontline soldiers for conservation, participating in the battle for species survival and preservation of the natural homelands of the animals they care for through public awareness, education, and exhibition; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal caretakers devoting their lives to caring for these animals; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become the spokespersons for vanishing wildlife, carrying the conservation message of habitat loss, endangered species, and preservation of nature’s threatened wildlands to the public; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal specialists, as educators, choreographers of animal behaviors through enrichment, behavior managers through operant conditioning, and reproductive specialists through improved observations and husbandry; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, to help increase public awareness about the need to preserve our precious habitats and the animals which inhabit them and to recognize the roles that zookeepers play in animal conservation and education, The American Association of Zoo Keepers invites all AAZK chapters to participate in National Zoo Keeper Week.', 'National Zoo Keeper Week', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1193-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-08 09:15:02', '2010-04-08 14:15:02', '', 1193, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1193-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1202, 2, '2010-04-08 09:16:06', '2010-04-08 14:16:06', 'As the need to protect and preserve our wildlife and vanishing habitats has increased, our role as educators and wildlife ambassadors has become essential. During the third week of July each year, celebrate National Zoo Keeper Week; both you and your animals deserve the recognition.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1194" title="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010-1023x148.jpg" alt="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" width="716" height="104" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Need ideas for celebrating this week or graphics. Click below.\r\n</strong><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/National Zoo Keeper Week Ideas.pdf">NZKW ideas</a>\r\n\r\nNZKW graphics (some of these files are large)\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.jpg">2010 logo horizontal</a> (jpg): For jpg right click on the graphic to save.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.pdf">2010 logo horizontal</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo vert.jpg">2010 logo vertical</a> (jpg)</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo vert.pdf">2010 logo vertical</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/NZKW Press release10.doc">NZKW sample press release</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/nzkwproclamation.doc">NZKW proclamation</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<strong>NATIONAL ZOO KEEPER WEEK PROCLAMATION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>WHEREAS,</strong> worldwide animal populations are declining at an alarming rate with many facing extinction; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions have become the final hope for many endangered species recovery programs through conservation research, release programs, and by being a portal through which the general public can view and appreciate disappearing wildlife; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions are also population managers of keystone and cornerstone species, emphasizing the restoration of not just the endangered species, but a restoration of the delicate balance of nature; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers are the frontline soldiers for conservation, participating in the battle for species survival and preservation of the natural homelands of the animals they care for through public awareness, education, and exhibition; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal caretakers devoting their lives to caring for these animals; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become the spokespersons for vanishing wildlife, carrying the conservation message of habitat loss, endangered species, and preservation of nature’s threatened wildlands to the public; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal specialists, as educators, choreographers of animal behaviors through enrichment, behavior managers through operant conditioning, and reproductive specialists through improved observations and husbandry; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, to help increase public awareness about the need to preserve our precious habitats and the animals which inhabit them and to recognize the roles that zookeepers play in animal conservation and education, The American Association of Zoo Keepers invites all AAZK chapters to participate in National Zoo Keeper Week.', 'National Zoo Keeper Week', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1193-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-08 09:16:06', '2010-04-08 14:16:06', '', 1193, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1193-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1203, 2, '2010-04-08 09:17:01', '2010-04-08 14:17:01', 'As the need to protect and preserve our wildlife and vanishing habitats has increased, our role as educators and wildlife ambassadors has become essential. During the third week of July each year, celebrate National Zoo Keeper Week; both you and your animals deserve the recognition.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1194" title="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010-1023x148.jpg" alt="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" width="716" height="104" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Need ideas for celebrating this week or graphics. Click below.\r\n</strong><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/National Zoo Keeper Week Ideas.pdf">NZKW ideas</a>\r\n\r\nNZKW graphics (some of these files are large)\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.jpg">2010 logo horizontal</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save once the link has opened in a new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.pdf">2010 logo horizontal</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo vert.jpg">2010 logo vertical</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save once the link has opened in a  new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo vert.pdf">2010 logo vertical</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/NZKW Press release10.doc">NZKW sample press release</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/nzkwproclamation.doc">NZKW proclamation</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<strong>NATIONAL ZOO KEEPER WEEK PROCLAMATION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>WHEREAS,</strong> worldwide animal populations are declining at an alarming rate with many facing extinction; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions have become the final hope for many endangered species recovery programs through conservation research, release programs, and by being a portal through which the general public can view and appreciate disappearing wildlife; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions are also population managers of keystone and cornerstone species, emphasizing the restoration of not just the endangered species, but a restoration of the delicate balance of nature; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers are the frontline soldiers for conservation, participating in the battle for species survival and preservation of the natural homelands of the animals they care for through public awareness, education, and exhibition; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal caretakers devoting their lives to caring for these animals; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become the spokespersons for vanishing wildlife, carrying the conservation message of habitat loss, endangered species, and preservation of nature’s threatened wildlands to the public; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal specialists, as educators, choreographers of animal behaviors through enrichment, behavior managers through operant conditioning, and reproductive specialists through improved observations and husbandry; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, to help increase public awareness about the need to preserve our precious habitats and the animals which inhabit them and to recognize the roles that zookeepers play in animal conservation and education, The American Association of Zoo Keepers invites all AAZK chapters to participate in National Zoo Keeper Week.', 'National Zoo Keeper Week', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1193-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-08 09:17:01', '2010-04-08 14:17:01', '', 1193, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1193-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1204, 2, '2010-04-08 09:17:52', '2010-04-08 14:17:52', 'As the need to protect and preserve our wildlife and vanishing habitats has increased, our role as educators and wildlife ambassadors has become essential. During the third week of July each year, celebrate National Zoo Keeper Week; both you and your animals deserve the recognition.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1194" title="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010-1023x148.jpg" alt="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" width="716" height="104" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Need ideas for celebrating this week or graphics. Click below.\r\n</strong><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/National Zoo Keeper Week Ideas.pdf">NZKW ideas</a>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/NZKW Press release10.doc">NZKW sample press release</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/nzkwproclamation.doc">NZKW proclamation</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<strong>NZKW graphics (some of these files are large)</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo  horz.jpg">2010  logo horizontal</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save  once the link has opened in a new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo  horz.pdf">2010  logo horizontal</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo  vert.jpg">2010  logo vertical</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save  once the link has opened in a  new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo  vert.pdf">2010  logo vertical</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>NATIONAL ZOO KEEPER WEEK PROCLAMATION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>WHEREAS,</strong> worldwide animal populations are declining at an alarming rate with many facing extinction; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions have become the final hope for many endangered species recovery programs through conservation research, release programs, and by being a portal through which the general public can view and appreciate disappearing wildlife; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions are also population managers of keystone and cornerstone species, emphasizing the restoration of not just the endangered species, but a restoration of the delicate balance of nature; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers are the frontline soldiers for conservation, participating in the battle for species survival and preservation of the natural homelands of the animals they care for through public awareness, education, and exhibition; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal caretakers devoting their lives to caring for these animals; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become the spokespersons for vanishing wildlife, carrying the conservation message of habitat loss, endangered species, and preservation of nature’s threatened wildlands to the public; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal specialists, as educators, choreographers of animal behaviors through enrichment, behavior managers through operant conditioning, and reproductive specialists through improved observations and husbandry; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, to help increase public awareness about the need to preserve our precious habitats and the animals which inhabit them and to recognize the roles that zookeepers play in animal conservation and education, The American Association of Zoo Keepers invites all AAZK chapters to participate in National Zoo Keeper Week.', 'National Zoo Keeper Week', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1193-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-08 09:17:52', '2010-04-08 14:17:52', '', 1193, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1193-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1205, 2, '2010-04-08 09:25:34', '2010-04-08 14:25:34', 'As the need to protect and preserve our wildlife and vanishing habitats has increased, our role as educators and wildlife ambassadors has become essential. During the third week of July each year, celebrate National Zoo Keeper Week; both you and your animals deserve the recognition.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1194" title="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010-1023x148.jpg" alt="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" width="716" height="104" />\r\n\r\n<strong>♠Need ideas for celebrating this week or graphics. Click below.\r\n</strong><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/National Zoo Keeper Week Ideas.pdf">NZKW ideas</a>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/NZKW Press release10.doc">NZKW sample press release</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/nzkwproclamation.doc">NZKW proclamation</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<strong>NZKW graphics (some of these files are large)</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo  horz.jpg">2010  logo horizontal</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save  once the link has opened in a new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo  horz.pdf">2010  logo horizontal</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo  vert.jpg">2010  logo vertical</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save  once the link has opened in a  new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo  vert.pdf">2010  logo vertical</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>NATIONAL ZOO KEEPER WEEK PROCLAMATION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>WHEREAS,</strong> worldwide animal populations are declining at an alarming rate with many facing extinction; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions have become the final hope for many endangered species recovery programs through conservation research, release programs, and by being a portal through which the general public can view and appreciate disappearing wildlife; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions are also population managers of keystone and cornerstone species, emphasizing the restoration of not just the endangered species, but a restoration of the delicate balance of nature; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers are the frontline soldiers for conservation, participating in the battle for species survival and preservation of the natural homelands of the animals they care for through public awareness, education, and exhibition; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal caretakers devoting their lives to caring for these animals; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become the spokespersons for vanishing wildlife, carrying the conservation message of habitat loss, endangered species, and preservation of nature’s threatened wildlands to the public; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal specialists, as educators, choreographers of animal behaviors through enrichment, behavior managers through operant conditioning, and reproductive specialists through improved observations and husbandry; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, to help increase public awareness about the need to preserve our precious habitats and the animals which inhabit them and to recognize the roles that zookeepers play in animal conservation and education, The American Association of Zoo Keepers invites all AAZK chapters to participate in National Zoo Keeper Week.', 'National Zoo Keeper Week', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1193-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-08 09:25:34', '2010-04-08 14:25:34', '', 1193, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1193-revision-11/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1206, 2, '2010-04-08 09:26:35', '2010-04-08 14:26:35', 'As the need to protect and preserve our wildlife and vanishing habitats has increased, our role as educators and wildlife ambassadors has become essential. During the third week of July each year, celebrate National Zoo Keeper Week; both you and your animals deserve the recognition.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1194" title="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010-1023x148.jpg" alt="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" width="716" height="104" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Need ideas for celebrating this week or graphics. Click below.\r\n</strong><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/National Zoo Keeper Week Ideas.pdf">NZKW ideas</a>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/NZKW Press release10.doc">NZKW sample press release</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/nzkwproclamation.doc">NZKW proclamation</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<strong>NZKW graphics (some of these files are large)</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.jpg">2010  logo horizontal</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save  once the link has opened in a new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo  horz.pdf">2010  logo horizontal</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo  vert.jpg">2010  logo vertical</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save  once the link has opened in a  new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo  vert.pdf">2010  logo vertical</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>NATIONAL ZOO KEEPER WEEK PROCLAMATION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>WHEREAS,</strong> worldwide animal populations are declining at an alarming rate with many facing extinction; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions have become the final hope for many endangered species recovery programs through conservation research, release programs, and by being a portal through which the general public can view and appreciate disappearing wildlife; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions are also population managers of keystone and cornerstone species, emphasizing the restoration of not just the endangered species, but a restoration of the delicate balance of nature; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers are the frontline soldiers for conservation, participating in the battle for species survival and preservation of the natural homelands of the animals they care for through public awareness, education, and exhibition; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal caretakers devoting their lives to caring for these animals; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become the spokespersons for vanishing wildlife, carrying the conservation message of habitat loss, endangered species, and preservation of nature’s threatened wildlands to the public; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal specialists, as educators, choreographers of animal behaviors through enrichment, behavior managers through operant conditioning, and reproductive specialists through improved observations and husbandry; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, to help increase public awareness about the need to preserve our precious habitats and the animals which inhabit them and to recognize the roles that zookeepers play in animal conservation and education, The American Association of Zoo Keepers invites all AAZK chapters to participate in National Zoo Keeper Week.', 'National Zoo Keeper Week', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1193-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-08 09:26:35', '2010-04-08 14:26:35', '', 1193, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1193-revision-12/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1207, 2, '2010-04-08 09:27:43', '2010-04-08 14:27:43', 'As the need to protect and preserve our wildlife and vanishing habitats has increased, our role as educators and wildlife ambassadors has become essential. During the third week of July each year, celebrate National Zoo Keeper Week; both you and your animals deserve the recognition.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1194" title="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010-1023x148.jpg" alt="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" width="716" height="104" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Need ideas for celebrating this week or graphics. Click below.\r\n</strong><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/National Zoo Keeper Week Ideas.pdf">NZKW ideas</a>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/NZKW Press release10.doc">NZKW sample press release</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/nzkwproclamation.doc">NZKW proclamation</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<strong>NZKW graphics (some of these files are large)</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.jpg">2010  logo horizontal</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save  once the link has opened in a new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.pdf">2010  logo horizontal</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo vert.jpg">2010  logo vertical</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save  once the link has opened in a  new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo vert.pdf">2010  logo vertical</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>NATIONAL ZOO KEEPER WEEK PROCLAMATION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>WHEREAS,</strong> worldwide animal populations are declining at an alarming rate with many facing extinction; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions have become the final hope for many endangered species recovery programs through conservation research, release programs, and by being a portal through which the general public can view and appreciate disappearing wildlife; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions are also population managers of keystone and cornerstone species, emphasizing the restoration of not just the endangered species, but a restoration of the delicate balance of nature; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers are the frontline soldiers for conservation, participating in the battle for species survival and preservation of the natural homelands of the animals they care for through public awareness, education, and exhibition; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal caretakers devoting their lives to caring for these animals; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become the spokespersons for vanishing wildlife, carrying the conservation message of habitat loss, endangered species, and preservation of nature’s threatened wildlands to the public; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal specialists, as educators, choreographers of animal behaviors through enrichment, behavior managers through operant conditioning, and reproductive specialists through improved observations and husbandry; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, to help increase public awareness about the need to preserve our precious habitats and the animals which inhabit them and to recognize the roles that zookeepers play in animal conservation and education, The American Association of Zoo Keepers invites all AAZK chapters to participate in National Zoo Keeper Week.', 'National Zoo Keeper Week', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1193-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-08 09:27:43', '2010-04-08 14:27:43', '', 1193, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1193-revision-13/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1208, 2, '2010-04-08 09:27:51', '2010-04-08 14:27:51', 'As the need to protect and preserve our wildlife and vanishing habitats has increased, our role as educators and wildlife ambassadors has become essential. During the third week of July each year, celebrate National Zoo Keeper Week; both you and your animals deserve the recognition.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1194" title="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010-1023x148.jpg" alt="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" width="716" height="104" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Need ideas for celebrating this week or graphics. Click below.\r\n</strong><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/National Zoo Keeper Week Ideas.pdf">NZKW ideas</a>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/NZKW Press release10.doc">NZKW sample press release</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/nzkwproclamation.doc">NZKW proclamation</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<strong>NZKW graphics (some of these files are large)</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.jpg">2010  logo horizontal</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save  once the link has opened in a new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.pdf">2010  logo horizontal</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo vert.jpg">2010  logo vertical</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save  once the link has opened in a  new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo vert.pdf">2010  logo vertical</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>NATIONAL ZOO KEEPER WEEK PROCLAMATION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>WHEREAS,</strong> worldwide animal populations are declining at an alarming rate with many facing extinction; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions have become the final hope for many endangered species recovery programs through conservation research, release programs, and by being a portal through which the general public can view and appreciate disappearing wildlife; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions are also population managers of keystone and cornerstone species, emphasizing the restoration of not just the endangered species, but a restoration of the delicate balance of nature; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers are the frontline soldiers for conservation, participating in the battle for species survival and preservation of the natural homelands of the animals they care for through public awareness, education, and exhibition; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal caretakers devoting their lives to caring for these animals; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become the spokespersons for vanishing wildlife, carrying the conservation message of habitat loss, endangered species, and preservation of nature’s threatened wildlands to the public; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal specialists, as educators, choreographers of animal behaviors through enrichment, behavior managers through operant conditioning, and reproductive specialists through improved observations and husbandry; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, to help increase public awareness about the need to preserve our precious habitats and the animals which inhabit them and to recognize the roles that zookeepers play in animal conservation and education, The American Association of Zoo Keepers invites all AAZK chapters to participate in National Zoo Keeper Week.', 'National Zoo Keeper Week', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1193-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-08 09:27:51', '2010-04-08 14:27:51', '', 1193, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1193-revision-14/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1209, 2, '2010-04-08 09:29:00', '2010-04-08 14:29:00', 'As the need to protect and preserve our wildlife and vanishing habitats has increased, our role as educators and wildlife ambassadors has become essential. During the third week of July each year, celebrate National Zoo Keeper Week; both you and your animals deserve the recognition.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1194" title="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010-1023x148.jpg" alt="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" width="716" height="104" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Need ideas for celebrating this week or graphics. Click below.\r\n</strong><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/National Zoo Keeper Week Ideas.pdf">NZKW ideas</a>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/NZKW Press release10.doc">NZKW sample press release</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/nzkwproclamation.doc">NZKW proclamation</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<strong>NZKW graphics (some of these files are large)</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.jpg">2010  logo horizontal</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save  once the link has opened in a new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.pdf">2010  logo horizontal</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo vert.jpg">2010  logo vertical</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save  once the link has opened in a  new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo vert.pdf">2010  logo vertical</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul></ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>NATIONAL ZOO KEEPER WEEK PROCLAMATION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>WHEREAS,</strong> worldwide animal populations are declining at an alarming rate with many facing extinction; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions have become the final hope for many endangered species recovery programs through conservation research, release programs, and by being a portal through which the general public can view and appreciate disappearing wildlife; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions are also population managers of keystone and cornerstone species, emphasizing the restoration of not just the endangered species, but a restoration of the delicate balance of nature; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers are the frontline soldiers for conservation, participating in the battle for species survival and preservation of the natural homelands of the animals they care for through public awareness, education, and exhibition; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal caretakers devoting their lives to caring for these animals; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become the spokespersons for vanishing wildlife, carrying the conservation message of habitat loss, endangered species, and preservation of nature’s threatened wildlands to the public; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal specialists, as educators, choreographers of animal behaviors through enrichment, behavior managers through operant conditioning, and reproductive specialists through improved observations and husbandry; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, to help increase public awareness about the need to preserve our precious habitats and the animals which inhabit them and to recognize the roles that zookeepers play in animal conservation and education, The American Association of Zoo Keepers invites all AAZK chapters to participate in National Zoo Keeper Week.', 'National Zoo Keeper Week', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1193-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-08 09:29:00', '2010-04-08 14:29:00', '', 1193, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1193-revision-15/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1210, 2, '2010-04-08 09:29:11', '2010-04-08 14:29:11', 'As the need to protect and preserve our wildlife and vanishing habitats has increased, our role as educators and wildlife ambassadors has become essential. During the third week of July each year, celebrate National Zoo Keeper Week; both you and your animals deserve the recognition.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1194" title="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010-1023x148.jpg" alt="zoo-keeper-weeklogohorz-2010" width="716" height="104" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Need ideas for celebrating this week or graphics. Click below.\r\n</strong><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/National Zoo Keeper Week Ideas.pdf">NZKW ideas</a>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/NZKW Press release10.doc">NZKW sample press release</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/nzkwproclamation.doc">NZKW proclamation</a> (Word format)\r\n\r\n<strong>NZKW graphics (some of these files are large)</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.jpg">2010  logo horizontal</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save  once the link has opened in a new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo horz.pdf">2010  logo horizontal</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo vert.jpg">2010  logo vertical</a> (jpg): For jpgs right click on the graphic to save  once the link has opened in a  new window.</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/2010 logo vert.pdf">2010  logo vertical</a> (pdf)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul></ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>NATIONAL ZOO KEEPER WEEK PROCLAMATION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>WHEREAS,</strong> worldwide animal populations are declining at an alarming rate with many facing extinction; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions have become the final hope for many endangered species recovery programs through conservation research, release programs, and by being a portal through which the general public can view and appreciate disappearing wildlife; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoological institutions are also population managers of keystone and cornerstone species, emphasizing the restoration of not just the endangered species, but a restoration of the delicate balance of nature; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers are the frontline soldiers for conservation, participating in the battle for species survival and preservation of the natural homelands of the animals they care for through public awareness, education, and exhibition; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal caretakers devoting their lives to caring for these animals; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become the spokespersons for vanishing wildlife, carrying the conservation message of habitat loss, endangered species, and preservation of nature’s threatened wildlands to the public; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, zoo keepers have become animal specialists, as educators, choreographers of animal behaviors through enrichment, behavior managers through operant conditioning, and reproductive specialists through improved observations and husbandry; and\r\n\r\nWHEREAS, to help increase public awareness about the need to preserve our precious habitats and the animals which inhabit them and to recognize the roles that zookeepers play in animal conservation and education, The American Association of Zoo Keepers invites all AAZK chapters to participate in National Zoo Keeper Week.', 'National Zoo Keeper Week', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1193-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-08 09:29:11', '2010-04-08 14:29:11', '', 1193, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1193-revision-16/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1797, 2, '2010-12-01 06:33:40', '2010-12-01 11:33:40', '<strong>December 6-10, 2010 - <em>Training and Enrichment Workshop for Zoo Animals</em></strong><em> </em>- Oakland Zoo, Oakland, CA.  For information contact Active Environments, Inc. at 805-737-3700 or email Gail Laule at <a href="mailto:moonshadowe@earthlink.net">moonshadowe@earthlink.net</a> or Margaret Rousser at <a href="mailto:margaret@oaklandzoo.org">margaret@oaklandzoo.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>February 16-19, 2011  - <em>19th Annual Conference International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators</em></strong> ~ “Pittsburgh 2011: Innovation and Inspiration” Hosted by National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA USA. Papers, posters, site visits, vendors and workshops. Topics will include avian behavior, training, husbandry, conservation, education, enrichment and show presentation/production.  For more information about the conference visit <a href="http://www.IAATE.org">www.IAATE.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong><em></em></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>March 2-4, 2011 - <em>Association of Professional Wildlife Educators</em></strong>. To be held at the Frank Buck Zoo Gainesville, Texas. Watch <a href="http://www.apwe.org/">http://www.apwe.org/</a> for details as they become available.\r\n\r\n<strong>March 6-11, 2011 - <em>AZA Professional Training Course:  Animal Training Applications in Zoos and Aquariums.</em> </strong>Hosted at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Orlando, FL. Get hands-on experience in training animals! This course provides zoo and aquarium staff with a background in training theory and an understanding of the skills necessary to train animals. It includes a historical perspective of animal training as well as terminology and an overview of training techniques. Selected training concepts and skills will be taught via animal demonstrations, group activities and individual skill development opportunities.\r\nFor more information:  <a href="http://www.aza.org/professional-training/">http://www.aza.org/professional-training/</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>March 8-11, 2011 -<em> Zoos and Aquariums Committing to Conservation</em></strong>.  Hosted by the Woodland Park Zoo, at Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA, USA.  Icebreaker planned for evening of March 7th. Registration is now open at <a href="http://www.zoo.org/zacc">www.zoo.org/zacc</a>.\r\n\r\nWe are pleased to announce the ZACC 2011 Keynote Speakers!\r\n\r\nTuesday, March 8\r\n<strong>Dr. Jeff Bonner, President &amp; CEO, St. Louis Zoo</strong>\r\nDr. Bonner has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Saint Louis Zoo since 2002 and is the Chair Elect of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Under his leadership, Saint Louis Zoo’s WildCare Institute was born, with 12 Conservation Centers supporting research and conservation activities for critically endangered species and habitats across the globe. Dr. Bonner is also the author of Sailing with Noah, Stories from the World of Zoos. The book, published in 2006, is an intensely personal, behind-the-scenes look at modern zoos. In it he explores the role of zoos in today\'s society and their future as institutions of education, conservation and research.\r\n\r\nWednesday, March 9\r\n<strong>Cristina Mittermeier, Founder &amp; Executive Director, International League of Conservation Photographers</strong>\r\nAs a photographer and writer since 1996, Cristina Mittermeier has co-edited 9 books, including a series published with Conservation International and Cemex.  Cristina serves as Executive Director of the International League of Conservation Photographers, an organization she founded in 2005, while also serving on the Chairman’s Council at Conservation International, and on the Advisory Board of Nature\'s Best Magazine.\r\n\r\nThursday, March 10\r\n<strong>Jennifer Morris, Senior Vice President of the Ecosystem Finance Division, Conservation International</strong>\r\nIn her current position at Conservation International, Jennifer Morris manages two funds: the Global Conservation Fund and Verde Ventures. The Global Conservation Fund supports the creation and financing of protected areas in Conservation International’s priority countries. The Verde Ventures Fund invests in pro-conservation, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) working in key sectors of interest, providing affordable financing to coffee and cacao producers, as well as ecotourism SMEs worldwide. In prior work with Conservation International, Ms Morris played a key role in assisting local partners in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to analyze, structure, and develop community-based enterprises and credit instruments for the development of rural micro and small enterprises supporting conservation.\r\n\r\nFriday, March 11\r\n<strong>Patricia A. Conrad, DVM, PhD, Co-Director of One Health Center, University of California Global Health Institute</strong>\r\nDr. Patricia Conrad, Co-Director of the One Health Center in the University of California Global Health Institute, is a protozoologist interested in zoonotic disease transmission at the interface between wildlife, humans and domestic animals. She leads an enthusiastic research team of graduate students, staff and collaborators investigating the impact of fecal pathogen pollution in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems on wildlife and human populations. Developing new technologies for parasite detection and identification of new species is an important part of their studies.\r\n\r\nBe sure you register for ZACC 2011 today to hear each of these wonderful speakers! You’ll also be able to network with colleagues, learn the latest news from other conservation organizations, and brainstorm with fellow delegates during breakout sessions all while enjoying beautiful Seattle. For a full agenda and to register, visit <a href="http://www.zoo.org/zacc">www.zoo.org/zacc</a>.\r\nP.S. Early bird conference rate is just $185 and room rates are as low as $165/night.\r\n<strong>March 19-24 , 2011 - Save the Date!  <em>The 2011 AZA Ungulate TAG Midyear Meetings</em></strong> are being planned in conjunction with the AZA Midyear workshop in Chattanooga, TN. The exact dates of the Ungulate TAG meetings will be determined soon.  This year the meetings will include midyear/working meetings for the following AZA TAGS:  Antelope and Giraffe, Equid, Cervid, Caprid, Wild Pig and Peccary and the Cattle TAG, as well as the Annual Ungulate TAG Research Symposium.  AZA has announced that the registration rates will remain the same as the rates in 2009 and the Conference Hotel will be the Chattanooga Marriott with conference rates of $135/night.   Contact Martha Fischer at <a href="mailto:fischer@stlzoo.org">fischer@stlzoo.org</a> for more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>April 17-22, 2011 - <em>11th Annual Animal Behavior Management Alliance (ABMA)</em></strong>. In Denver, CO. The conference will kick off with our keynote speaker, Dr. Jill Mellen from Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and will culminate with an Earth Day to remember at the Denver Zoo.  See (<a href="http://www.theabma.org/">http://www.theabma.org/</a>) for further information.\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\nMay 15th-18th, 2011 - <em>2011 Rhino Keeper Workshop</em></strong>. To be held at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose, Texas. For further info contact:<a href="mailto:adam.felts@columbuszoo.org"> adam.felts@columbuszoo.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>August 8-14, 2012 - <em>The World Congress of Herpetology</em></strong> - To be held in Vancouver, Canada. For more information see <a href="http://www.worldcongressofherpetology.org/">http://www.worldcongressofherpetology.org/</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>October 6 – 9, 2011 - <em>Advancing Bear Care 2011</em></strong> – Banff, Canada\r\nBear biologists and naturalists will lead hikes into bear habitat and interpret for delegates how bears use the components of the ecosystem to express their daily and seasonal routines. We will bring this information back into workshops and apply this knowledge towards improving captive bear husbandry. Also, international bear biologists will assist us in interpreting Asian, European, and South American bear habitats.\r\n\r\n<strong>Our Hotels:</strong> We have booked a group of hotels all located in the same block right on the Bow River in Banff. The Banff Park Lodge also owns the Bow View Lodge and the Homestead Inn. Delegates will be able to book a room at one of three price points. You can stay at the Banff Park Lodge [four star hotel] for $135.00 per night - sleeps two - add $15.00 for a third person, or at the Bow View Lodge [three star hotel] for $110.00 per night – sleeps two – add $15.00 for a third person, or at the Homestead Inn [two star hotel] for $95.00 per night – sleeps two. All of the hotels offer clean, fresh rooms with various amenities, and are a two minute walk to dozens of restaurants and pubs at varying price points from McDonalds to international cuisine. Most meals will be offered at the conference but time will be set aside for delegates to experience Banff and the Rocky Mountains. All conference presentations and workshops will be held at the Banff Park Lodge. The arrangement of the hotels is reminiscent of a college campus for convenience.\r\n\r\nBanff Park Lodge <a href="http://www.banffparklodge.com/">http://www.banffparklodge.com/</a>\r\nBow View Lodge <a href="http://www.bowview.com/">http://www.bowview.com/</a>\r\nHomestead Inn <a href="http://www.homesteadinnbanff.com/">http://www.homesteadinnbanff.com/</a>\r\n\r\nThe Agenda: Breakfast is served in our private breakfast room above the hotel lobby. We will meet in the lobby early to board buses to take us out to trail heads each morning [Friday, Saturday, and Sunday] for a guided 1-2 hour hike into bear habitat interpreted by bear biologists, returning to the hotels around noon. Lunch will be served in the conference suite [except for one where delegates can try Banff cuisine]. We will meet at the conference suite for or after lunch for afternoon species-specific workshops for problem-solving sessions lead by some of our captive bear experts. Delegates are asked to bring questions, photos, and other support materials of their current enclosures and husbandry issues to share with the delegates for discussion. Workshops will cater specifically to zoos, sanctuaries, and rehabilitation facilities. Dinner will be served at the conference suite [except for two where delegates can try Banff cuisine]. We will meet after dinner in the conference suite for evening presentations given by species specific bear biologists focusing on how wild bears use their habitat. In the large lobby attached to our conference suite we will offer registration, poster presentations, the silent auction, and the Bear Book and Art Den. Delegates are asked to present their latest work in poster presentations. The Bear Care Group is beginning a new tradition of presenting awards recognizing caregivers for their presentations and hard work.\r\n\r\nPost Conference Trips: We are aware that some delegates need to be back to work after the weekend, but others can stay to sightsee. We are thrilled to announce that we will offer a three day trip into the interior of British Columbia to visit the wonderful Northern Lights Wildlife Society <a href="http://www.wildlifeshelter.com/">http://www.wildlifeshelter.com/</a> near the town of Smithers <a href="http://www.tourismsmithers.com/">http://www.tourismsmithers.com/</a>.  We will travel there from Calgary by bus or air, stay over night in Smithers, visit the rehabilitation facility for one day, and travel back to Calgary (or delegates can travel onto Vancouver or other destinations) on the third day. The Northern Lights Wildlife Society is distinguished by rehabilitating for release both American black bears and grizzly bears. Travel plans will be made as delegates express interest in the trip during conference registration. The trip is tentatively set for Tuesday, October 11th to Thursday, October 13th 20011.\r\n\r\nOn Monday, October 10th we hope to offer a full day trip to the Calgary Zoo. Arrangements are still TBA.\r\n\r\nYour Travel; Delegates should fly to the Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alberta, Canada <a href="http://www.visitcalgary.com/visitor-information">http://www.visitcalgary.com/visitor-information</a>. It is a destination airport from many US, European and Asian cities. From there delegates can purchase a round trip ticket to Banff with the Banff Airporter <a href="http://www.banffairporter.com/">http://www.banffairporter.com/</a> directly from the airport to the Banff Park Lodge. A special price likely around $100.00 will be negotiated with the company.\r\n\r\nConference Registration: You will be able to register for the conference, conference workshops, hotel, Northern Lights Wildlife Society and Calgary Zoo trips, and Banff Airporter right on this website by January 2011 at the latest.\r\n\r\nGET CONFERENCE UPDATES\r\nConference updates will always be posted on the Bearcare Yahoo Group list serv http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/bearcare/ You will be able to advertise your need for roommates, rides, conference questions etc on this list serv. To join just send an email to <a href="mailto:bearcare-subscribe@yahoogroups.ca">bearcare-subscribe@yahoogroups.ca</a>.\r\n<em><strong>Upcoming AAZK National Conferences</strong></em>\r\n\r\n2011 - San Diego, CA - August 24-28\r\n\r\n2012 - Syracuse, NY - September 23-27\r\n\r\n2013 - Asheboro, NC  - Dates TBA\r\n\r\nFor information on upcoming AAZK conferences, watch the AAZK website at <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk">www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a>.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Upcoming AZA National Conferences</strong></em>\r\n\r\nSeptember 12-17, 2011  - AZA 2011 Annual Conference - Hosted by Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta , GA\r\n\r\nSeptember 8-13, 2012 - AZA 2012 Annual Conference - Hosted by Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, AZ\r\n\r\nSeptember 7-12, 2013 - AZA 2013 Annual Conference - Hosted by the Kansas City Zoo, Kansas City , MO\r\n\r\nFor info on AZA Conferences, see <a href="http://aza.org/ConfWork/AC_Intro/index.html">http://aza.org/ConfWork/AC_Intro/index.html</a>.', 'Coming Events December 2010', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '435-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-12-01 06:33:40', '2010-12-01 11:33:40', '', 435, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/435-revision-28/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1798, 2, '2010-12-01 06:38:34', '2010-12-01 11:38:34', 'Information for Contributors\r\nFrom the Editor\r\nA Message from Polar Bears International\r\nFrom the President: <em>I Am Sasquatch, Behold My Carbon Footprint: The Second Sole Edition</em>\r\nA Climate Change Primer\r\nClimate Change: Fact and Fiction\r\nClimate Change: Pushing Species to the Brink\r\nWildlife, Warming and Whatever: The WWW Generation\r\nWhere Have All the Big Bears Gone?  Churchill’s Population First to Raise Questions\r\nScientists Estimate Human-Caused Climate Change at Root of Diminishing Water Flow in Western United States\r\nA Call to Action for Polar Bears\r\nReef Relief\r\nGlobal Warming to Seriously Affect Global Health\r\nWalruses Seeking Refuge in Alaska\r\nClimate Change and Amphibians\r\nIf Frogs Go Extinct, You’ll Notice\r\nSnow Covers the Peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania--But for How Long?\r\nU.S. Peaks Also Show Effects of Global Warming\r\nTwo by Two on the AArk\r\nThe Butterfly Effect: Global Warming Changes Butterfly Habitat and Behavior\r\nCommunicating About Climate Change\r\nPlanting Trees for Polar Bears\r\n“Trees for You and Me” Program an Instant Success\r\nLearn More.....Earth’s Tipping Points\r\nTaking Action Against Climate Change (<em>Acres for the Atmosphere</em>)\r\nThe Barometer of Life\r\nInsects ‘will be climate change’s first victims’\r\nConserving the World’s Reefs Through Live and Frozen Banks\r\nThe Effects of Climate Change on Migratory Birds\r\nMelting Under Pressure: The Real Scoop on Climate Warming and Polar Bears\r\nNotes from the Climate Change Panel Discussion Held at the 2010 Association of Zoos and Aquariums Conference in Houston, Texas\r\nSpecies Abound in Arctic Reserve\r\nGlobal Warming Threatens Coastal Fishing\r\nPBI’s Arctic Ambassador Centers\r\nPatience\r\nPBI Leadership Camp\r\nLiving with the Polar Bears of Churchill During Keeper Leadership Camp\r\nFor Further Information on Climate Change (<em>Websites and Books</em>)', 'December 2010', 0, '', 'draft', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'december-2010', '', '', '2013-10-15 17:49:21', '2013-10-15 22:49:21', '', 0, 'http://aazk.org/?p=1798', 0, 'post', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1799, 2, '2010-12-01 06:37:52', '2010-12-01 11:37:52', 'Information for Contributors\nFrom the Editor\nA Message from Polar Bears International\nFrom the President: <em>I Am Sasquatch, Behold My Carbon Footprint: The Second Sole Edition</em>\nA Climate Change Primer\nClimate Change: Fact and Fiction\nClimate Change: Pushing Species to the Brink\nWildlife, Warming and Whatever: The WWW Generation\nWhere Have All the Big Bears Gone?  Churchill’s Population First to Raise Questions\nScientists Estimate Human-Caused Climate Change at Root of Diminishing Water Flow in Western United States\nA Call to Action for Polar Bears\nReef Relief\nGlobal Warming to Seriously Affect Global Health\nWalruses Seeking Refuge in Alaska\nClimate Change and Amphibians\nIf Frogs Go Extinct, You’ll Notice\nSnow Covers the Peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania--But for How Long?\nU.S. Peaks Also Show Effects of Global Warming\nTwo by Two on the AArk\nThe Butterfly Effect: Global Warming Changes Butterfly Habitat and Behavior\nCommunicating About Climate Change\nPlanting Trees for Polar Bears\n“Trees for You and Me” Program an Instant Success\nLearn More.....Earth’s Tipping Points\nTaking Action Against Climate Change (Acres for the Atmosphere)\nThe Barometer of Life\nInsects ‘will be climate change’s first victims’\nConserving the World’s Reefs Through Live and Frozen Banks\nThe Effects of Climate Change on Migratory Birds\nMelting Under Pressure: The Real Scoop on Climate\nWarming and Polar Bears\nNotes from the Climate Change Panel Discussion Held at the 2010\nAssociation of Zoos and Aquariums Conference in Houston, Texas\nSpecies Abound in Arctic Reserve\nGlobal Warming Threatens Coastal Fishing\nPBI’s Arctic Ambassador Centers\nPatience\nPBI Leadership Camp\nLiving with the Polar Bears of Churchill During Keeper Leadership Camp\nFor Further Information on Climate Change (Websites and Books)', 'December 2010', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1798-revision', '', '', '2010-12-01 06:37:52', '2010-12-01 11:37:52', '', 1798, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1798-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1800, 2, '2010-12-16 07:22:02', '2010-12-16 12:22:02', 'Information for Contributors\nFrom the Editor\nA Message from Polar Bears International\nFrom the President: <em>I Am Sasquatch, Behold My Carbon Footprint: The Second Sole Edition</em>\nA Climate Change Primer\nClimate Change: Fact and Fiction\nClimate Change: Pushing Species to the Brink\nWildlife, Warming and Whatever: The WWW Generation\nWhere Have All the Big Bears Gone?  Churchill’s Population First to Raise Questions\nScientists Estimate Human-Caused Climate Change at Root of Diminishing Water Flow in Western United States\nA Call to Action for Polar Bears\nReef Relief\nGlobal Warming to Seriously Affect Global Health\nWalruses Seeking Refuge in Alaska\nClimate Change and Amphibians\nIf Frogs Go Extinct, You’ll Notice\nSnow Covers the Peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania--But for How Long?\nU.S. Peaks Also Show Effects of Global Warming\nTwo by Two on the AArk\nThe Butterfly Effect: Global Warming Changes Butterfly Habitat and Behavior\nCommunicating About Climate Change\nPlanting Trees for Polar Bears\n“Trees for You and Me” Program an Instant Success\nLearn More.....Earth’s Tipping Points\nTaking Action Against Climate Change (<em>Acres for the Atmosphere</em>)\nThe Barometer of Life\nInsects ‘will be climate change’s first victims’\nConserving the World’s Reefs Through Live and Frozen Banks\nThe Effects of Climate Change on Migratory Birds\nMelting Under Pressure: The Real Scoop on Climate Warming and Polar Bears\nNotes from the Climate Change Panel Discussion Held at the 2010 Association of Zoos and Aquariums Conference in Houston, Texas\nSpecies Abound in Arctic Reserve\nGlobal Warming Threatens Coastal Fishing\nPBI’s Arctic Ambassador Centers\nPatience\nPBI Leadership Camp\nLiving with the Polar Bears of Churchill During Keeper Leadership Camp\nFor Further Information on Climate Change (<em>Websites and Books</em>)', 'December 2010', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1798-autosave', '', '', '2010-12-16 07:22:02', '2010-12-16 12:22:02', '', 1798, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1798-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1220, 2, '2010-03-04 11:04:23', '2010-03-04 16:04:23', '<h3>Coordinator</h3>\r\n<img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-861" title="pearthreejpg" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/pearthreejpg-150x150.jpg" alt="pearthreejpg" width="150" height="150" /> Patty Pearthree\r\n<h3>Sponsored by</h3>\r\n<a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-867" title="blue-rhino-logo" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/blue-rhino-logo.jpg" alt="blue-rhino-logo" width="216" height="92" /></a>\r\n\r\n"AAZK\'s Bowling for Rhinos-Sponsored by Blue Rhino" fund  raiser began on a small scale and is now an AAZK-sponsored North American event  raising over $300,000 annually. In 1990, we began by supporting the Lewa  Wildlife Conservancy (formerly Ngare Sergoi Rhino Sanctuary) in Kenya.\r\n\r\nAAZK realized that the zoo keepers of the world were extremely conservation oriented and wanted to help save Rhinos and their habitats, yet did not have the financial resources themselves to make any significant impact. That\'s when the idea came to start a National bowl-a-thon called Bowling For Rhinos.\r\n\r\nThe beauty of the idea is that these fundraisers are organized by volunteers, who donate their time and organizational skills to help raise money to send directly to the places in need. Since all the people involved are volunteers, <strong>100% of all donations</strong> are sent directly to these in situ rhino conservation areas!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/images/lewa/slides/blackrhinos_004.jpg"> <img src="http://aazkbfr.org/images/lewa/thumbs/blackrhinos_004.jpg" border="1" alt="" hspace="10" vspace="10" align="left" /></a> In Kenya Africa we support the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy where our donations help protect both Black and White Rhinos and most of the other species native to East Africa. The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy works as a catalyst for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat. It does this through the protection and management of species, the initiation and support of community conservation and development programs, and the education of neighboring areas in the value of wildlife.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/images/indonesia/slides/sumatranrhino.jpg"> <img src="http://aazkbfr.org/images/indonesia/thumbs/sumatranrhino.jpg" border="1" alt="" hspace="10" vspace="10" align="right" /></a> In Indonesia AAZK supports the remaining Javan Rhinos at Ujung Kulon National Park and the Samatran Rhinos in Bukit Barisan Selatan and Way Kambas National Parks.\r\n\r\nMany organizations participate in these events, and have added the Rocking For Rhinos, Rummage For Rhinos, and Recycling For Rhinos projects as other ways to raise funds for this very worthwhile project.\r\n\r\nBowling For Rhinos has broken the $3 million mark and we continue to reach for attaining our goal of $500,000/year! Together AAZK can do it. We have and we will continue to make a difference in the conservation world. Please send me your organization\'s contact person/contact info ASAP along with the date of your event. Reminder, there is a $25 registration fee for BFR events which covers administrative costs so that 100% of all donation can go directly to rhino conservation. Please  contact Patty Pearthree: <a href="mailto:patty.pearthree@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">patty.pearthree@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a>.\r\n\r\nThere is a new Yahoo groups email for Bowling For Rhino Coordinators. If you would like to be part of this email group, please email Barbie Wilson at <a href="mailto:rhinobarbie@hotmail.com">rhinobarbie@hotmail.com</a>. This will let you communicate with each other on questions about t-shirts, bowling alley prices, how to get more support from your zoo, etc. with other BFR coordinators.\r\n\r\n<a href="/about/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/lewa-safaris/">Lewa Wildlife Conservancy Safaris</a>', 'Bowling for Rhinos', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '168-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-03-04 11:04:23', '2010-03-04 16:04:23', '', 168, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/168-revision-13/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1221, 2, '2010-04-15 09:07:15', '2010-04-15 14:07:15', '<h2><span style="color: #ff0000;">Application Deadline is June 1, 2014</span></h2>\r\nThe American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.  (AAZK) is pleased to announce the call for proposals for the Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. The total amount of funds available from the 2013 events is $4784.48. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. Successful proposals will reflect AAZK values and meet award criteria in one of four categories:\r\n<strong>·    Category I - In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner.\r\n<strong>·    Category 2 - In–situ Community, Educational or Medical Programs (Africa or Asia)-</strong>\r\nCommunity education, school support or medical programs developed or administrated by an individual working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner restricted to the continents of Africa or Asia. Preference may be given to local programs established and/or administrated by LWC (Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), IRF (International Rhino Foundation) or ACK (Action for Cheetahs in Kenya) endorsed partners.\r\n<strong>·    Category 3 - In-situ Species Conservation-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on any species that shares the exact same ecosystem as: Asian, Java, Sumatran, and African Black or White rhino.\r\n<strong>·    Category 4 - Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research –</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, zoological research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner. Researcher(s) must be able to demonstrate evidence of partnership with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Eligibility</strong>\r\nAffiliation or partnership with AAZK is not required, but preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners.\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><em><strong>Applications are due no later the June 1st.</strong></em></span> Award announcements will be made on July 1.  Application information is available on the AAZK website, <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk">www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a>. Go to the About Us on the homepage, then to Bowling for Rhinos for info and an application.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/bowling-for-rhinos/bfr-grant-application-instructions/">Application instructions.</a>', 'Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Grant', 0, '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bowling-for-rhinos-conservation-resource-fund-grant', '', '', '2014-05-05 15:24:40', '2014-05-05 20:24:40', '', 168, 'http://aazk.org/?page_id=1221', 0, 'page', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4527, 1, '2013-11-06 22:35:23', '2013-11-07 03:35:23', '<h2><span style="color: #ff0000;">Application Deadline is June 1, 2013</span></h2>\r\nThe American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.  (AAZK) is pleased to announce the call for proposals for the Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. The total amount of funds available in 2012 is $3426.22. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. Successful proposals will reflect AAZK values and meet award criteria in one of four categories:\r\n<strong>·    Category I - In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner.\r\n<strong>·    Category 2 - In–situ Community, Educational or Medical Programs (Africa or Asia)-</strong>\r\nCommunity education, school support or medical programs developed or administrated by an individual working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner restricted to the continents of Africa or Asia. Preference may be given to local programs established and/or administrated by LWC (Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), IRF (International Rhino Foundation) or ACK (Action for Cheetahs in Kenya) endorsed partners.\r\n<strong>·    Category 3 - In-situ Species Conservation-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on any species that shares the exact same ecosystem as: Asian, Java, Sumatran, and African Black or White rhino.\r\n<strong>·    Category 4 - Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research –</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, zoological research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner. Researcher(s) must be able to demonstrate evidence of partnership with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Eligibility</strong>\r\nAffiliation or partnership with AAZK is not required, but preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners.\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><em><strong>Applications are due no later the June 1st.</strong></em></span> Award announcements will be made on July 1.  Application information is available on the AAZK website, <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk">www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a>. Go to the About Us on the homepage, then to Bowling for Rhinos for info and an application.\r\n\r\n<a class="thickbox" href="[homeurl]/bowling-for-rhinos/bfr-grant-application-instructions/">Application instructions.</a>', 'Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Grant', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1221-revision-v1', '', '', '2013-11-06 22:35:23', '2013-11-07 03:35:23', '', 1221, 'http://web3.gowebsolutions.com/~aazook/1221-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1222, 2, '2010-04-15 09:01:56', '2010-04-15 14:01:56', 'The American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.  (AAZK) is pleased to announce the first annual call for proposals for the Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. Successful proposals will reflect AAZK values and meet award criteria in one of four categories:\n\n<strong>·    Category I - In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research-</strong>\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner.\n<strong>·    Category 2 - In–situ Community, Educational or Medical Programs (Africa or Asia)-</strong>\nCommunity education, school support or medical programs developed or administrated by an individual working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner restricted to the continents of Africa or Asia. Preference may be given to local programs established and/or administrated by LWC (Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), IRF (International Rhino Foundation) or ACK (Action for Cheetahs in Kenya) endorsed partners.\n<strong>·    Category 3 - In-situ Species Conservation-</strong>\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on any species that shares the exact same ecosystem as: Asian, Java, Sumatran, and African Black or White rhino.\n<strong>·    Category 4 - Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research –</strong>\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, zoological research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner. Researcher(s) must be able to demonstrate evidence of partnership with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project.\n\n<strong>Eligibility</strong>\nAffiliation or partnership with AAZK is not required, but preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners.\n\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Applications are due no later the June 1 of each calendar year.</strong></span> Award announcements will be made on July 1.', 'Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund Grant', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1221-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:01:56', '2010-04-15 14:01:56', '', 1221, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1221-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1223, 2, '2010-04-15 09:02:01', '2010-04-15 14:02:01', 'The American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.  (AAZK) is pleased to announce the first annual call for proposals for the Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. Successful proposals will reflect AAZK values and meet award criteria in one of four categories:\r\n\r\n<strong>·    Category I - In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner.\r\n<strong>·    Category 2 - In–situ Community, Educational or Medical Programs (Africa or Asia)-</strong>\r\nCommunity education, school support or medical programs developed or administrated by an individual working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner restricted to the continents of Africa or Asia. Preference may be given to local programs established and/or administrated by LWC (Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), IRF (International Rhino Foundation) or ACK (Action for Cheetahs in Kenya) endorsed partners.\r\n<strong>·    Category 3 - In-situ Species Conservation-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on any species that shares the exact same ecosystem as: Asian, Java, Sumatran, and African Black or White rhino.\r\n<strong>·    Category 4 - Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research –</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, zoological research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner. Researcher(s) must be able to demonstrate evidence of partnership with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Eligibility</strong>\r\nAffiliation or partnership with AAZK is not required, but preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Applications are due no later the June 1 of each calendar year.</strong></span> Award announcements will be made on July 1.', 'Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund Grant', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1221-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:02:01', '2010-04-15 14:02:01', '', 1221, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1221-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1224, 2, '2010-04-15 09:02:42', '2010-04-15 14:02:42', 'The American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.  (AAZK) is pleased to announce the first annual call for proposals for the Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. Successful proposals will reflect AAZK values and meet award criteria in one of four categories:\r\n\r\n<strong>·    Category I - In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner.\r\n<strong>·    Category 2 - In–situ Community, Educational or Medical Programs (Africa or Asia)-</strong>\r\nCommunity education, school support or medical programs developed or administrated by an individual working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner restricted to the continents of Africa or Asia. Preference may be given to local programs established and/or administrated by LWC (Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), IRF (International Rhino Foundation) or ACK (Action for Cheetahs in Kenya) endorsed partners.\r\n<strong>·    Category 3 - In-situ Species Conservation-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on any species that shares the exact same ecosystem as: Asian, Java, Sumatran, and African Black or White rhino.\r\n<strong>·    Category 4 - Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research –</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, zoological research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner. Researcher(s) must be able to demonstrate evidence of partnership with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Eligibility</strong>\r\nAffiliation or partnership with AAZK is not required, but preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Applications are due no later the June 1 of each calendar year.</strong></span> Award announcements will be made on July 1.', 'Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund Grant', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1221-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:02:42', '2010-04-15 14:02:42', '', 1221, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1221-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1225, 2, '2012-02-11 16:46:32', '2012-02-11 21:46:32', '<h2><span style="color: #ff0000;">Application Deadline is June 1, 2012</span></h2>\nThe American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.  (AAZK) is pleased to announce the call for proposals for the Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. The total amount of funds available in 2012 is $2,300.29. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. Successful proposals will reflect AAZK values and meet award criteria in one of four categories:\n<strong>·    Category I - In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research-</strong>\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner.\n<strong>·    Category 2 - In–situ Community, Educational or Medical Programs (Africa or Asia)-</strong>\nCommunity education, school support or medical programs developed or administrated by an individual working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner restricted to the continents of Africa or Asia. Preference may be given to local programs established and/or administrated by LWC (Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), IRF (International Rhino Foundation) or ACK (Action for Cheetahs in Kenya) endorsed partners.\n<strong>·    Category 3 - In-situ Species Conservation-</strong>\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on any species that shares the exact same ecosystem as: Asian, Java, Sumatran, and African Black or White rhino.\n<strong>·    Category 4 - Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research –</strong>\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, zoological research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner. Researcher(s) must be able to demonstrate evidence of partnership with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project.\n\n<strong>Eligibility</strong>\nAffiliation or partnership with AAZK is not required, but preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners.\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><em><strong>Applications are due no later the June 1st.</strong></em></span> Award announcements will be made on July 1.  Application information is available on the AAZK website, <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk">www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a>. Go to the About Us on the homepage, then to Bowling for Rhinos for info and an application.\n\n<a class="thickbox" href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bfr-grant-application-instructions/?KeepThis=true&amp;TB_iframe=true&amp;height=400&amp;width=700">Application instructions.</a>', 'Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund Grant', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1221-autosave-v1', '', '', '2012-02-11 16:46:32', '2012-02-11 21:46:32', '', 1221, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1221-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1237, 2, '2010-04-15 09:33:35', '2010-04-15 14:33:35', 'The American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.  (AAZK) is pleased to announce the first annual call for proposals for the Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. Successful proposals will reflect AAZK values and meet award criteria in one of four categories:\r\n\r\n<strong>·    Category I - In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner.\r\n<strong>·    Category 2 - In–situ Community, Educational or Medical Programs (Africa or Asia)-</strong>\r\nCommunity education, school support or medical programs developed or administrated by an individual working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner restricted to the continents of Africa or Asia. Preference may be given to local programs established and/or administrated by LWC (Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), IRF (International Rhino Foundation) or ACK (Action for Cheetahs in Kenya) endorsed partners.\r\n<strong>·    Category 3 - In-situ Species Conservation-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on any species that shares the exact same ecosystem as: Asian, Java, Sumatran, and African Black or White rhino.\r\n<strong>·    Category 4 - Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research –</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, zoological research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner. Researcher(s) must be able to demonstrate evidence of partnership with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Eligibility</strong>\r\nAffiliation or partnership with AAZK is not required, but preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Applications are due no later the June 1 of each calendar year.</strong></span> Award announcements will be made on July 1.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bfr-grant-application-instructions/">Application instructions.</a>', 'Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund Grant', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1221-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:33:35', '2010-04-15 14:33:35', '', 1221, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1221-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1226, 2, '2010-04-15 09:21:42', '2010-04-15 14:21:42', '<strong>\r\nBOWLING FOR RHINOS\r\nCONSERVATION RESOURCE GRANT\r\n<em>Application Instructions</em></strong>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>AAZK will only consider complete proposals received no later than June 1, 2013 for funding.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<strong>A.    You must submit the following items:</strong>\r\n1.    AAZK Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Grant application form, completed in English (3 pages maximum)\r\n2.    Your resume (3 pages maximum)\r\n3.    Unless you are the executive director, a letter of recommendation from the executive director of your zoo or conservation organization, and/or a letter from an advisor if you are a student\r\n\r\n<strong>B.    Projects should meet criteria in one of the following four categories:</strong>\r\n1.    <em>In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research</em> – field research or conservation project focusing on African or Asian rhino species\r\n2.    <em>In-situ Community, Educational, or Medical Program</em> – community education, school support or medical programs in Africa or Asia\r\n3.   <em> In-situ Species Conservation</em> – field research or conservation project that focuses on any species sharing the same ecosystem with Javan, Sumatran, Black, or White Rhino\r\n4.    <em>Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research</em> – zoological research project on a rhino species that partners with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa, combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project\r\n\r\n<strong>C.    You need not be an AAZK member or affiliated with AAZK in order to apply, however preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners. </strong>\r\n<strong>\r\nD.    Award announcements will be made on July 1st.</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>E.    The amount of funding requested must be equal to or less than $3426.22 US dollars.  The amount available is based on a percentage of the annual Bowling for Rhinos funds raised. </strong>\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><em><strong>\r\nSend all application material to:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="mailto:amanda.kamradt@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">amanda.kamradt@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a>\r\nor\r\nAmanda Kamradt\r\nStone Zoo\r\n149 Pond St.\r\nStoneham, MA 02180\r\n\r\n<a target="_blank" href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bfr_grant_app_2013.doc"><i class="icon-download"></i>Download</a> the application in Word format.\r\n\r\n<a target="_blank" href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bfr_grant_app_2013.pdf"><i class="icon-download"></i>Download</a> the application in Adobe pdf format.', 'BFR Grant Application Instructions', 0, '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bfr-grant-application-instructions', '', '', '2013-11-06 22:37:23', '2013-11-07 03:37:23', '', 168, 'http://aazk.org/?page_id=1226', 0, 'page', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1227, 2, '2010-04-15 09:20:13', '2010-04-15 14:20:13', '<strong>\nBOWLING FOR RHINOS\nCONSERVATION RESOURCE GRANT\n<em>Application Instructions</em></strong>\n\nAAZK will only consider complete proposals received no later than June 1st for funding.\n<strong>\nA.    You must submit the following items:</strong>\n1.    AAZK Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Grant application form, completed in English (5 pages maximum)\n2.    Your resume (3 pages maximum)\n3.    Unless you are the executive director, a letter of recommendation from the executive director of your zoo or conservation organization, and/or a letter from an advisor if you are a student\n<strong>\nB.    Projects should meet criteria in one of the following four categories:</strong>\n1.    In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research – field research or conservation project focusing on African or Asian rhino species\n2.    In-situ Community, Educational, or Medical Program – community education, school support or medical programs in Africa or Asia\n3.    In-situ Species Conservation – field research or conservation project that focuses on any species sharing the same ecosystem with Javan, Sumatran, Black, or White Rhino\n4.    Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research – zoological research project on a rhino species that partners with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa, combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project\n\nC.    You need not be an AAZK member or affiliated with AAZK in order to apply, however preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners.\n\nD.    Award announcements will be made on July 1st.\n\nE.    The amount of funding requested must be equal to or less than 1,835.71 US dollars.  The amount available is based on a percentage of the annual Bowling for Rhinos funds raised.\n<strong>\nSend all application material to:</strong>\namanda.kamradt@aecetia.net/gws/aazk\nor\nAmanda Kamradt\nHooves and Horns\nFranklin Park Zoo\n1 Franklin Park Road\nBoston, MA 02121', 'BFR Grant Application Instructions', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1226-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:20:13', '2010-04-15 14:20:13', '', 1226, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1226-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1228, 2, '2010-04-15 09:20:55', '2010-04-15 14:20:55', '<strong>\r\nBOWLING FOR RHINOS\r\nCONSERVATION RESOURCE GRANT\r\n<em>Application Instructions</em></strong>\r\n\r\nAAZK will only consider complete proposals received no later than June 1st for funding.\r\n<strong>\r\nA.    You must submit the following items:</strong>\r\n1.    AAZK Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Grant application form, completed in English (5 pages maximum)\r\n2.    Your resume (3 pages maximum)\r\n3.    Unless you are the executive director, a letter of recommendation from the executive director of your zoo or conservation organization, and/or a letter from an advisor if you are a student\r\n<strong>\r\nB.    Projects should meet criteria in one of the following four categories:</strong>\r\n1.    In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research – field research or conservation project focusing on African or Asian rhino species\r\n2.    In-situ Community, Educational, or Medical Program – community education, school support or medical programs in Africa or Asia\r\n3.    In-situ Species Conservation – field research or conservation project that focuses on any species sharing the same ecosystem with Javan, Sumatran, Black, or White Rhino\r\n4.    Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research – zoological research project on a rhino species that partners with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa, combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project\r\n<strong>\r\nC.    You need not be an AAZK member or affiliated with AAZK in order to apply, however preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners. </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>D.    Award announcements will be made on July 1st.</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>E.    The amount of funding requested must be equal to or less than 1,835.71 US dollars.  The amount available is based on a percentage of the annual Bowling for Rhinos funds raised. </strong>\r\n<strong>\r\nSend all application material to:</strong>\r\namanda.kamradt@aecetia.net/gws/aazk\r\nor\r\nAmanda Kamradt\r\nHooves and Horns\r\nFranklin Park Zoo\r\n1 Franklin Park Road\r\nBoston, MA 02121', 'BFR Grant Application Instructions', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1226-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:20:55', '2010-04-15 14:20:55', '', 1226, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1226-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1229, 2, '2010-04-15 09:21:13', '2010-04-15 14:21:13', '<strong>\nBOWLING FOR RHINOS\nCONSERVATION RESOURCE GRANT\n<em>Application Instructions</em></strong>\n\nAAZK will only consider complete proposals received no later than June 1st for funding.\n<strong>\nA.    You must submit the following items:</strong>\n1.    AAZK Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Grant application form, completed in English (5 pages maximum)\n2.    Your resume (3 pages maximum)\n3.    Unless you are the executive director, a letter of recommendation from the executive director of your zoo or conservation organization, and/or a letter from an advisor if you are a student\n<strong>\nB.    Projects should meet criteria in one of the following four categories:</strong>\n1.    In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research – field research or conservation project focusing on African or Asian rhino species\n2.    In-situ Community, Educational, or Medical Program – community education, school support or medical programs in Africa or Asia\n3.    In-situ Species Conservation – field research or conservation project that focuses on any species sharing the same ecosystem with Javan, Sumatran, Black, or White Rhino\n4.    Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research – zoological research project on a rhino species that partners with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa, combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project\n<strong>\nC.    You need not be an AAZK member or affiliated with AAZK in order to apply, however preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners. </strong>\n\n<strong>D.    Award announcements will be made on July 1st.</strong>\n\n<strong>E.    The amount of funding requested must be equal to or less than 1,835.71 US dollars.  The amount available is based on a percentage of the annual Bowling for Rhinos funds raised. </strong>\n<strong>\nSend all application material to:</strong>\namanda.kamradt@aecetia.net/gws/aazk\nor\nAmanda Kamradt\nHooves and Horns\nFranklin Park Zoo\n1 Franklin Park Road\nBoston, MA 02121', 'BFR Grant Application Instructions', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1226-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:21:13', '2010-04-15 14:21:13', '', 1226, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1226-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1230, 2, '2013-03-20 06:46:48', '2013-03-20 11:46:48', '<strong>\nBOWLING FOR RHINOS\nCONSERVATION RESOURCE GRANT\n<em>Application Instructions</em></strong>\n\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>AAZK will only consider complete proposals received no later than June 1, 2013 for funding.</strong></span>\n\n<strong>A.    You must submit the following items:</strong>\n1.    AAZK Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Grant application form, completed in English (3 pages maximum)\n2.    Your resume (3 pages maximum)\n3.    Unless you are the executive director, a letter of recommendation from the executive director of your zoo or conservation organization, and/or a letter from an advisor if you are a student\n\n<strong>B.    Projects should meet criteria in one of the following four categories:</strong>\n1.    <em>In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research</em> – field research or conservation project focusing on African or Asian rhino species\n2.    <em>In-situ Community, Educational, or Medical Program</em> – community education, school support or medical programs in Africa or Asia\n3.   <em> In-situ Species Conservation</em> – field research or conservation project that focuses on any species sharing the same ecosystem with Javan, Sumatran, Black, or White Rhino\n4.    <em>Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research</em> – zoological research project on a rhino species that partners with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa, combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project\n\n<strong>C.    You need not be an AAZK member or affiliated with AAZK in order to apply, however preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners. </strong>\n<strong>\nD.    Award announcements will be made on July 1st.</strong>\n\n<strong>E.    The amount of funding requested must be equal to or less than $3426.22 US dollars.  The amount available is based on a percentage of the annual Bowling for Rhinos funds raised. </strong>\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><em><strong>\nSend all application material to:</strong></em></span>\n<a href="mailto:amanda.kamradt@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">amanda.kamradt@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a>\nor\nAmanda Kamradt\nStone Zoo\n149 Pond St.\nStoneham, MA 02180\n\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bfr_grant_app_2013.doc">Download</a> the application in Word format.\n\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bfr_grant_app_2013.pdf">Download</a> the application in Adobe pdf format.', 'BFR Grant Application Instructions', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1226-autosave-v1', '', '', '2013-03-20 06:46:48', '2013-03-20 11:46:48', '', 1226, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1226-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1235, 2, '2010-04-15 09:32:16', '2010-04-15 14:32:16', 'The American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.  (AAZK) is pleased to announce the first annual call for proposals for the Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. Successful proposals will reflect AAZK values and meet award criteria in one of four categories:\r\n\r\n<strong>·    Category I - In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner.\r\n<strong>·    Category 2 - In–situ Community, Educational or Medical Programs (Africa or Asia)-</strong>\r\nCommunity education, school support or medical programs developed or administrated by an individual working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner restricted to the continents of Africa or Asia. Preference may be given to local programs established and/or administrated by LWC (Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), IRF (International Rhino Foundation) or ACK (Action for Cheetahs in Kenya) endorsed partners.\r\n<strong>·    Category 3 - In-situ Species Conservation-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on any species that shares the exact same ecosystem as: Asian, Java, Sumatran, and African Black or White rhino.\r\n<strong>·    Category 4 - Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research –</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, zoological research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner. Researcher(s) must be able to demonstrate evidence of partnership with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Eligibility</strong>\r\nAffiliation or partnership with AAZK is not required, but preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Applications are due no later the June 1 of each calendar year.</strong></span> Award announcements will be made on July 1.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bfr-grant-application-instructions/?KeepThis=true&amp;TB_iframe=true&amp;height=400&amp;width=700">Application instructions.</a>', 'Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund Grant', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1221-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:32:16', '2010-04-15 14:32:16', '', 1221, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1221-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1231, 2, '2010-04-15 09:21:42', '2010-04-15 14:21:42', '<strong>\r\nBOWLING FOR RHINOS\r\nCONSERVATION RESOURCE GRANT\r\n<em>Application Instructions</em></strong>\r\n\r\nAAZK will only consider complete proposals received no later than June 1st for funding.\r\n<strong>\r\nA.    You must submit the following items:</strong>\r\n1.    AAZK Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Grant application form, completed in English (5 pages maximum)\r\n2.    Your resume (3 pages maximum)\r\n3.    Unless you are the executive director, a letter of recommendation from the executive director of your zoo or conservation organization, and/or a letter from an advisor if you are a student\r\n<strong>\r\nB.    Projects should meet criteria in one of the following four categories:</strong>\r\n1.    In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research – field research or conservation project focusing on African or Asian rhino species\r\n2.    In-situ Community, Educational, or Medical Program – community education, school support or medical programs in Africa or Asia\r\n3.    In-situ Species Conservation – field research or conservation project that focuses on any species sharing the same ecosystem with Javan, Sumatran, Black, or White Rhino\r\n4.    Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research – zoological research project on a rhino species that partners with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa, combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project\r\n<strong>\r\nC.    You need not be an AAZK member or affiliated with AAZK in order to apply, however preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners. </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>D.    Award announcements will be made on July 1st.</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>E.    The amount of funding requested must be equal to or less than 1,835.71 US dollars.  The amount available is based on a percentage of the annual Bowling for Rhinos funds raised. </strong>\r\n<strong>\r\nSend all application material to:</strong>\r\namanda.kamradt@aecetia.net/gws/aazk\r\nor\r\nAmanda Kamradt\r\nHooves and Horns\r\nFranklin Park Zoo\r\n1 Franklin Park Road\r\nBoston, MA 02121', 'BFR Grant Application Instructions', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1226-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:21:42', '2010-04-15 14:21:42', '', 1226, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1226-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1232, 2, '2010-04-15 09:28:52', '2010-04-15 14:28:52', '<strong>\r\nBOWLING FOR RHINOS\r\nCONSERVATION RESOURCE GRANT\r\n<em>Application Instructions</em></strong>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>AAZK will only consider complete proposals received no later than June 1st for funding.</strong></span>\r\n<strong>\r\nA.    You must submit the following items:</strong>\r\n1.    AAZK Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Grant application form, completed in English (5 pages maximum)\r\n2.    Your resume (3 pages maximum)\r\n3.    Unless you are the executive director, a letter of recommendation from the executive director of your zoo or conservation organization, and/or a letter from an advisor if you are a student\r\n<strong>\r\nB.    Projects should meet criteria in one of the following four categories:</strong>\r\n1.    In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research – field research or conservation project focusing on African or Asian rhino species\r\n2.    In-situ Community, Educational, or Medical Program – community education, school support or medical programs in Africa or Asia\r\n3.    In-situ Species Conservation – field research or conservation project that focuses on any species sharing the same ecosystem with Javan, Sumatran, Black, or White Rhino\r\n4.    Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research – zoological research project on a rhino species that partners with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa, combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project\r\n<strong>\r\nC.    You need not be an AAZK member or affiliated with AAZK in order to apply, however preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners. </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>D.    Award announcements will be made on July 1st.</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>E.    The amount of funding requested must be equal to or less than 1,835.71 US dollars.  The amount available is based on a percentage of the annual Bowling for Rhinos funds raised. </strong>\r\n<strong>\r\nSend all application material to:</strong>\r\namanda.kamradt@aecetia.net/gws/aazk\r\nor\r\nAmanda Kamradt\r\nHooves and Horns\r\nFranklin Park Zoo\r\n1 Franklin Park Road\r\nBoston, MA 02121', 'BFR Grant Application Instructions', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1226-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:28:52', '2010-04-15 14:28:52', '', 1226, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1226-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1233, 2, '2010-04-15 09:30:49', '2010-04-15 14:30:49', '<strong>\r\nBOWLING FOR RHINOS\r\nCONSERVATION RESOURCE GRANT\r\n<em>Application Instructions</em></strong>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>AAZK will only consider complete proposals received no later than June 1st for funding.</strong></span>\r\n<strong>\r\nA.    You must submit the following items:</strong>\r\n1.    AAZK Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Grant application form, completed in English (5 pages maximum)\r\n2.    Your resume (3 pages maximum)\r\n3.    Unless you are the executive director, a letter of recommendation from the executive director of your zoo or conservation organization, and/or a letter from an advisor if you are a student\r\n<strong>\r\nB.    Projects should meet criteria in one of the following four categories:</strong>\r\n1.    In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research – field research or conservation project focusing on African or Asian rhino species\r\n2.    In-situ Community, Educational, or Medical Program – community education, school support or medical programs in Africa or Asia\r\n3.    In-situ Species Conservation – field research or conservation project that focuses on any species sharing the same ecosystem with Javan, Sumatran, Black, or White Rhino\r\n4.    Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research – zoological research project on a rhino species that partners with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa, combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project\r\n<strong>\r\nC.    You need not be an AAZK member or affiliated with AAZK in order to apply, however preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners. </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>D.    Award announcements will be made on July 1st.</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>E.    The amount of funding requested must be equal to or less than 1,835.71 US dollars.  The amount available is based on a percentage of the annual Bowling for Rhinos funds raised. </strong>\r\n<strong>\r\nSend all application material to:</strong>\r\namanda.kamradt@aecetia.net/gws/aazk\r\nor\r\nAmanda Kamradt\r\nHooves and Horns\r\nFranklin Park Zoo\r\n1 Franklin Park Road\r\nBoston, MA 02121\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bfr_grant_app.doc">Download</a> the application in Word format.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bfr_grant_app.pdf">Download</a> the application in Adobe pdf format.', 'BFR Grant Application Instructions', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1226-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:30:49', '2010-04-15 14:30:49', '', 1226, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1226-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1234, 2, '2010-04-15 09:07:15', '2010-04-15 14:07:15', 'The American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.  (AAZK) is pleased to announce the first annual call for proposals for the Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. Successful proposals will reflect AAZK values and meet award criteria in one of four categories:\r\n\r\n<strong>·    Category I - In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner.\r\n<strong>·    Category 2 - In–situ Community, Educational or Medical Programs (Africa or Asia)-</strong>\r\nCommunity education, school support or medical programs developed or administrated by an individual working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner restricted to the continents of Africa or Asia. Preference may be given to local programs established and/or administrated by LWC (Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), IRF (International Rhino Foundation) or ACK (Action for Cheetahs in Kenya) endorsed partners.\r\n<strong>·    Category 3 - In-situ Species Conservation-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on any species that shares the exact same ecosystem as: Asian, Java, Sumatran, and African Black or White rhino.\r\n<strong>·    Category 4 - Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research –</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, zoological research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner. Researcher(s) must be able to demonstrate evidence of partnership with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Eligibility</strong>\r\nAffiliation or partnership with AAZK is not required, but preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Applications are due no later the June 1 of each calendar year.</strong></span> Award announcements will be made on July 1.\r\n\r\nApplication instructions.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bfr_grant_app.doc">Download</a> the application in Word format.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bfr_grant_app.pdf">Download</a> the application in Adobe pdf format.', 'Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund Grant', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1221-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:07:15', '2010-04-15 14:07:15', '', 1221, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1221-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1236, 2, '2010-04-15 09:32:44', '2010-04-15 14:32:44', 'The American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.  (AAZK) is pleased to announce the first annual call for proposals for the Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. Successful proposals will reflect AAZK values and meet award criteria in one of four categories:\r\n\r\n<strong>·    Category I - In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner.\r\n<strong>·    Category 2 - In–situ Community, Educational or Medical Programs (Africa or Asia)-</strong>\r\nCommunity education, school support or medical programs developed or administrated by an individual working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner restricted to the continents of Africa or Asia. Preference may be given to local programs established and/or administrated by LWC (Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), IRF (International Rhino Foundation) or ACK (Action for Cheetahs in Kenya) endorsed partners.\r\n<strong>·    Category 3 - In-situ Species Conservation-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on any species that shares the exact same ecosystem as: Asian, Java, Sumatran, and African Black or White rhino.\r\n<strong>·    Category 4 - Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research –</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, zoological research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner. Researcher(s) must be able to demonstrate evidence of partnership with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Eligibility</strong>\r\nAffiliation or partnership with AAZK is not required, but preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Applications are due no later the June 1 of each calendar year.</strong></span> Award announcements will be made on July 1.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bfr-grant-application-instructions/?KeepThis=true&amp;TB_iframe=true&amp;height=400&amp;width=700">Application instructions.</a>', 'Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund Grant', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1221-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:32:44', '2010-04-15 14:32:44', '', 1221, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1221-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1238, 2, '2010-04-15 09:31:02', '2010-04-15 14:31:02', '<strong>\r\nBOWLING FOR RHINOS\r\nCONSERVATION RESOURCE GRANT\r\n<em>Application Instructions</em></strong>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>AAZK will only consider complete proposals received no later than June 1st for funding.</strong></span>\r\n<strong>\r\nA.    You must submit the following items:</strong>\r\n1.    AAZK Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Grant application form, completed in English (5 pages maximum)\r\n2.    Your resume (3 pages maximum)\r\n3.    Unless you are the executive director, a letter of recommendation from the executive director of your zoo or conservation organization, and/or a letter from an advisor if you are a student\r\n<strong>\r\nB.    Projects should meet criteria in one of the following four categories:</strong>\r\n1.    In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research – field research or conservation project focusing on African or Asian rhino species\r\n2.    In-situ Community, Educational, or Medical Program – community education, school support or medical programs in Africa or Asia\r\n3.    In-situ Species Conservation – field research or conservation project that focuses on any species sharing the same ecosystem with Javan, Sumatran, Black, or White Rhino\r\n4.    Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research – zoological research project on a rhino species that partners with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa, combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project\r\n<strong>\r\nC.    You need not be an AAZK member or affiliated with AAZK in order to apply, however preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners. </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>D.    Award announcements will be made on July 1st.</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>E.    The amount of funding requested must be equal to or less than 1,835.71 US dollars.  The amount available is based on a percentage of the annual Bowling for Rhinos funds raised. </strong>\r\n<strong>\r\nSend all application material to:</strong>\r\namanda.kamradt@aecetia.net/gws/aazk\r\nor\r\nAmanda Kamradt\r\nHooves and Horns\r\nFranklin Park Zoo\r\n1 Franklin Park Road\r\nBoston, MA 02121\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bfr_grant_app.doc">Download</a> the application in Word format.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bfr_grant_app.pdf">Download</a> the application in Adobe pdf format.', 'BFR Grant Application Instructions', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1226-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:31:02', '2010-04-15 14:31:02', '', 1226, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1226-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1239, 2, '2010-04-15 09:38:30', '2010-04-15 14:38:30', 'The American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.  (AAZK) is pleased to announce the first annual call for proposals for the Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. Successful proposals will reflect AAZK values and meet award criteria in one of four categories:\r\n\r\n<strong>·    Category I - In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner.\r\n<strong>·    Category 2 - In–situ Community, Educational or Medical Programs (Africa or Asia)-</strong>\r\nCommunity education, school support or medical programs developed or administrated by an individual working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner restricted to the continents of Africa or Asia. Preference may be given to local programs established and/or administrated by LWC (Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), IRF (International Rhino Foundation) or ACK (Action for Cheetahs in Kenya) endorsed partners.\r\n<strong>·    Category 3 - In-situ Species Conservation-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on any species that shares the exact same ecosystem as: Asian, Java, Sumatran, and African Black or White rhino.\r\n<strong>·    Category 4 - Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research –</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, zoological research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner. Researcher(s) must be able to demonstrate evidence of partnership with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Eligibility</strong>\r\nAffiliation or partnership with AAZK is not required, but preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Applications are due no later the June 1 of each calendar year.</strong></span> Award announcements will be made on July 1.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bfr-grant-application-instructions/">Application instructions.</a>', 'Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund Grant', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1221-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:38:30', '2010-04-15 14:38:30', '', 1221, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1221-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1240, 2, '2010-04-15 09:40:18', '2010-04-15 14:40:18', 'The American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.  (AAZK) is pleased to announce the first annual call for proposals for the Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund. This competitive grant is designed to fund projects focused on rhino conservation and research. Successful proposals will reflect AAZK values and meet award criteria in one of four categories:\r\n\r\n<strong>·    Category I - In-situ Rhino Conservation and Research-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner.\r\n<strong>·    Category 2 - In–situ Community, Educational or Medical Programs (Africa or Asia)-</strong>\r\nCommunity education, school support or medical programs developed or administrated by an individual working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner restricted to the continents of Africa or Asia. Preference may be given to local programs established and/or administrated by LWC (Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), IRF (International Rhino Foundation) or ACK (Action for Cheetahs in Kenya) endorsed partners.\r\n<strong>·    Category 3 - In-situ Species Conservation-</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, field research projects on any species that shares the exact same ecosystem as: Asian, Java, Sumatran, and African Black or White rhino.\r\n<strong>·    Category 4 - Ex-situ Rhino Conservation and Research –</strong>\r\nShort-term (less than one year), specific, zoological research projects on African or Asian rhino species conducted by an individual or organized group of individuals working under the auspices of a zoological facility, educational entity or AAZK Conservation Partner. Researcher(s) must be able to demonstrate evidence of partnership with a rhino conservation entity operating in Asia or Africa combined with a tangible benefit to an in-situ conservation project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Eligibility</strong>\r\nAffiliation or partnership with AAZK is not required, but preference may be given to AAZK Members or Conservation Partners.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Applications are due no later the June 1 of each calendar year.</strong></span> Award announcements will be made on July 1.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bfr-grant-application-instructions/">Application instructions.</a>', 'Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund Grant', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1221-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 09:40:18', '2010-04-15 14:40:18', '', 1221, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1221-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1433, 2, '2010-04-23 16:04:47', '2010-04-23 21:04:47', 'The following links are relevant to the Bowling for Rhinos program.\r\n\r\nAAZK Inc. makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, value, integrity, completeness or authenticity of the information or opinions contained in the web sites below, and any link to another web site shall not in any manner be construed as an endorsement by AAZK Inc. of the web site or the products or services described therein.\r\n\r\nThese links might lead to web sites containing links that display offensive and objectionable content or which may contain dangerous computer viruses. You assume, and AAZK Inc. hereby disclaims, all responsibility for any of the content on other sites or for any damage sustained by users of these sites.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/BRWEB/Company-Info/Save-the-Rhinos.aspx"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-867" title="blue-rhino-logo" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/blue-rhino-logo.jpg" alt="blue-rhino-logo" width="216" height="92" /></a> <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/BRWEB/Company-Info/Save-the-Rhinos.aspx">Blue Rhino</a>\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-984" title="lewa" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/lewa.gif" alt="lewa" width="85" height="85" /> <a href="http://www.lewa.org">Lewa Wildlife Conservancy</a>\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-986" title="irflogosm" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/irflogosm.jpg" alt="irflogosm" width="150" height="98" /> <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">International Rhino Foundation</a>\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-987" title="acklogosm" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/acklogosm.jpg" alt="acklogosm" width="144" height="150" /> <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/">Action for Cheetahs in Kenya</a>', 'BFR Links', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '885-revision-8', '', '', '2010-04-23 16:04:47', '2010-04-23 21:04:47', '', 885, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/885-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1241, 2, '2010-04-15 08:57:41', '2010-04-15 13:57:41', '<h2>AAZK, Inc. announces "Bowling for Rhinos Conservation Resource Fund  Grant"</h2>\r\n<h3></h3>\r\n<h3>Coordinator</h3>\r\n<img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-861" title="pearthreejpg" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/pearthreejpg-150x150.jpg" alt="pearthreejpg" width="150" height="150" /> Patty Pearthree\r\n<h3>Sponsored by</h3>\r\n<a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-867" title="blue-rhino-logo" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/blue-rhino-logo.jpg" alt="blue-rhino-logo" width="216" height="92" /></a>\r\n\r\n"AAZK\'s Bowling for Rhinos-Sponsored by Blue Rhino" fund  raiser began on a small scale and is now an AAZK-sponsored North American event  raising over $300,000 annually. In 1990, we began by supporting the Lewa  Wildlife Conservancy (formerly Ngare Sergoi Rhino Sanctuary) in Kenya.\r\n\r\nAAZK realized that the zoo keepers of the world were extremely conservation oriented and wanted to help save Rhinos and their habitats, yet did not have the financial resources themselves to make any significant impact. That\'s when the idea came to start a National bowl-a-thon called Bowling For Rhinos.\r\n\r\nThe beauty of the idea is that these fundraisers are organized by volunteers, who donate their time and organizational skills to help raise money to send directly to the places in need. Since all the people involved are volunteers, <strong>100% of all donations</strong> are sent directly to these in situ rhino conservation areas!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/images/lewa/slides/blackrhinos_004.jpg"> <img src="http://aazkbfr.org/images/lewa/thumbs/blackrhinos_004.jpg" border="1" alt="" hspace="10" vspace="10" align="left" /></a> In Kenya Africa we support the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy where our donations help protect both Black and White Rhinos and most of the other species native to East Africa. The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy works as a catalyst for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat. It does this through the protection and management of species, the initiation and support of community conservation and development programs, and the education of neighboring areas in the value of wildlife.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/images/indonesia/slides/sumatranrhino.jpg"> <img src="http://aazkbfr.org/images/indonesia/thumbs/sumatranrhino.jpg" border="1" alt="" hspace="10" vspace="10" align="right" /></a> In Indonesia AAZK supports the remaining Javan Rhinos at Ujung Kulon National Park and the Samatran Rhinos in Bukit Barisan Selatan and Way Kambas National Parks.\r\n\r\nMany organizations participate in these events, and have added the Rocking For Rhinos, Rummage For Rhinos, and Recycling For Rhinos projects as other ways to raise funds for this very worthwhile project.\r\n\r\nBowling For Rhinos has broken the $3 million mark and we continue to reach for attaining our goal of $500,000/year! Together AAZK can do it. We have and we will continue to make a difference in the conservation world. Please send me your organization\'s contact person/contact info ASAP along with the date of your event. Reminder, there is a $25 registration fee for BFR events which covers administrative costs so that 100% of all donation can go directly to rhino conservation. Please  contact Patty Pearthree: <a href="mailto:patty.pearthree@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">patty.pearthree@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a>.\r\n\r\nThere is a new Yahoo groups email for Bowling For Rhino Coordinators. If you would like to be part of this email group, please email Barbie Wilson at <a href="mailto:rhinobarbie@hotmail.com">rhinobarbie@hotmail.com</a>. This will let you communicate with each other on questions about t-shirts, bowling alley prices, how to get more support from your zoo, etc. with other BFR coordinators.\r\n\r\n<a href="/about/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/lewa-safaris/">Lewa Wildlife Conservancy Safaris</a>', 'Bowling for Rhinos', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '168-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-15 08:57:41', '2010-04-15 13:57:41', '', 168, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/168-revision-14/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1801, 2, '2010-12-01 06:45:30', '2010-12-01 11:45:30', '<em>By Kevin Zippel, Program Director\r\nAmphibian Ark, Apple Valley, MN</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Amphibians Matter</strong>\r\nAmphibians are an important component of the global ecosystem. In New York State, the biomass of one diminutive salamander species alone is equal to that of all the white-tailed deer. If you think that is impressive, that same salamander species in Virginia has a biomass 7x as great, another salamander species in Japan has a biomass 50x as great, and a frog species in Puerto Rico has a biomass 150x as great. For those of us living in white-tailed deer country, try to imagine 150x as many deer running around and you will start to have some comprehension of the keystone role just one single amphibian species can have in its ecosystem. All of those amphibians can serve as food for predators in their community, and current research is documenting that in areas of the world where amphibians are disappearing, so too are their specialist predators (Karen Lips, pers. com.). Amphibians are also voracious predators themselves, with a single population of cricket frogs, for example, able to consume 5 million invertebrates in one year (Bruce and Christiansen 1976). Many of those invertebrates are pests of our crops and vectors of human disease. Clearly, amphibians play a vital role in nature.\r\n\r\nAmphibians are also important indicators of environmental health. The same thin skin that helps them to drink and to breathe also makes them susceptible to pollutants, more so than other tetrapods. For example, consider Atrazine, the most widely used herbicide in the US and probably the world, and a potent endocrine disruptor. At low concentrations of Atrazine--lower than those the USDA says is safe in drinking water and lower than those found at the tap in millions of American homes--male clawed frogs can be chemically sterilized or even turned into females (Hayes et al. 2010). Because of their generally conspicuous presence in the environment and chemical sensitivity relative to other tetrapods, amphibians can be a considered a canary in the coalmine, valuable sentinels for human health concerns.\r\n\r\nAnd amphibians are important contributors to human medicine. All amphibians have poison glands, with species-specific poisons of various potency and structure. Many of those poisons can be refined for use in human medicine. For example, a South American frog has yielded an analgesic that is 200x more potent than morphine without any of the addictive side effects (Spande et al. 1992), and an Australian treefrog produces a peptide that blocks the transmission of HIV across mucous membranes in humans (VanCompernolle 2005). Every time an amphibian species goes extinct, potential treatments to human ailments disappear as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>Amphibians Are in Trouble</strong>\r\nAn ongoing Global Amphibian Assessment reveals that as many as 158 amphibian species are believed recently extinct, nearly one in three remaining species is currently threatened with extinction, and one in four is so poorly known that they can only be called Data Deficient (IUCN et al. 2010). Amphibians have a higher number of globally threatened species than any other group of organisms except flowering plants and a higher percentage of threatened species than any other group except gymnosperms. Moreover, the rate at which amphibian species are going extinct is now hundreds or thousands of times higher than historic levels (McCallum, 2007; Roelants et al., 2007). This crisis represents the greatest extinction event in the history of amphibians and perhaps the greatest taxon-specific conservation challenge in the history of humanity.\r\n<strong><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1802" title="green_tree_frog" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/green_tree_frog-300x200.jpg" alt="green_tree_frog" width="300" height="200" /> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Green Tree Frog</strong> (<em>Hyla cinerea</em>)\r\n<em>(Photo: Tim Krynak)</em> <strong>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Climate Change Among the Threats</strong>\r\nAmphibians face a variety of threats, including, like every other species on the planet, climate change. Climate change is an enigmatic threat for any taxon. Although we know enough about it that we should be seriously concerned, we simply do not know exactly how, when, and to what extent it will manifest, let alone how species might respond. As such, there is inconsistency in how climate change is considered as a threat among experts, although most do now recognize that it is on track to become one of the greatest threats to all life on earth. Compare climate change to a more ‘traditional’ and tangible threat like habitat modification: IUCN Red List assessors consider various forms of habitat modification a threat for 3766 of 6284 amphibian species. On the other hand, only 397 species are currently considered to face the threat “climate change and extreme weather”. By comparison, amphibian chytridiomycosis, for all the attention it has received, is only known to have affected 350 species to date (Fisher et al. 2009, Skerratt et al. 2007). Climate change is something of an enigma and consequently does not receive the attention it deserves, from politicians or amphibian biologists.\r\n\r\nClearly though, some amphibian species are already being impacted. Reproductive activities, in particular, seem dependant on…………\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Want to read the rest of this important and informative article? For this and many more fascinating articles every month, see Animal Keepers’ Forum.  AKF is available only by being a member of AAZK. <a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/join/">JOIN NOW!</a></strong></em>', 'Climate Change and Amphibians', 0, '', 'draft', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'climate-change-and-amphibians', '', '', '2013-10-15 17:49:21', '2013-10-15 22:49:21', '', 0, 'http://aazk.org/?p=1801', 0, 'post', '', 0) ; 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1252, 2, '2009-11-18 06:33:38', '2009-11-18 11:33:38', '<div class="committee">\r\n<h3><a href="/committee/international-outreach-committee/">International Outreach Committee</a></h3>\r\n<div class="chairman">\r\n<div class="name"><img class="size-full wp-image-843 alignnone" title="shane" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/shane.jpg" alt="shane" width="145" height="157" /></div>\r\n<div class="name">Shane Good</div>\r\n<div class="title">Acting Chair</div>\r\n<div class="email"><a href="mailto:shane.good@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">shane.good@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="committee">\r\n<h3><a href="/committee/membership-resources/">Membership Resources</a></h3>\r\n<div class="chairman">\r\n<div class="name">Jacque Blessington</div>\r\n<div class="affiliated_zoo">Kansas City Zoo</div>\r\n<div class="email"><a href="mailto:jacque.blessington@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">jacque.blessington@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="committee">\r\n<h3><a href="/committee/annual-aazk-conferences/">Annual AAZK Conferences</a></h3>\r\n<div class="chairman">\r\n<div class="name">Ed Hansen</div>\r\n<div class="title">Conference Program Chair</div>\r\n<div class="email"><a href="mailto:ed.hansen@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">ed.hansen@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="committee">\r\n<h3><a href="/committee/grants-committee/">Grants Committee</a></h3>\r\n<div class="chairman">\r\n<div class="name">Shelly Roach</div>\r\n<div class="title">Chair</div>\r\n<div class="affiliated_zoo">Columbus Zoo</div>\r\n<div class="email"><a href="mailto:shelly.roach@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">shelly.roach@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="committee">\r\n<h3><a href="/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/">Bowling for Rhinos</a></h3>\r\n<div class="chairman">\r\n<div class="name"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-861" title="pearthreejpg" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/pearthreejpg-150x150.jpg" alt="pearthreejpg" width="150" height="150" /></div>\r\n<div class="name">Patty Pearthree</div>\r\n<div class="title">Coordinator</div>\r\n<div class="email"><a href="mailto:patty.pearthree@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">patty.pearthree@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="committee">\r\n<h3><a href="/committee/ethics-committee/">Ethics Committee</a></h3>\r\n<div class="chairman">\r\n<div class="name"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-845" title="bob-mug2" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bob-mug2-150x150.jpg" alt="bob-mug2" width="150" height="150" /></div>\r\n<div class="name">Bob Cisneros</div>\r\n<div class="title">Chair</div>\r\n<div class="affiliated_zoo">San Diego Zoo</div>\r\n<div class="email"><a href="mailto:bob.cisneros@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">bob.cisneros@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="committee">\r\n<h3><a href="/committee/bylaws-committee/">Bylaws Committee</a></h3>\r\n<div class="chairman">\r\n<div class="name"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-874" title="wiggins" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/wiggins-150x150.jpg" alt="wiggins" width="150" height="150" /></div>\r\n<div class="name">Gisela Wiggins</div>\r\n<div class="title">Chair</div>\r\n<div class="title">North Carolina Zoo</div>\r\n<div class="title"><a href="mailto:gisela.wiggins@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">gisela.wiggins@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="committee">\r\n<h3><a href="/committee/behavioral-husbandry/">Behavioral Husbandry</a></h3>\r\n<div class="chairman">\r\n<div class="name"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-871" title="walz" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/walz-150x150.jpg" 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1734, 2, '2010-04-16 18:22:00', '2010-04-16 23:22:00', '<h3><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1132" title="pdc_color_logo" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/pdc_color_logo-155x300.jpg" alt="pdc_color_logo" width="155" height="300" /></h3>\r\n<h3>Chair</h3>\r\n<img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1260" title="melaina" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/melaina-150x150.jpg" alt="melaina" width="150" height="150" /> Melaina Wallace - <em>Disney\'s Animal Kingdom</em>\r\n<h3>Purpose</h3>\r\nThe Professional Development Committee\'s Mission is to provide continual resources for professional growth through leadership  and educational opportunities for all National AAZK members.\r\n\r\n<strong>2009</strong>\r\nThis past year the Professional Development Committee put together two workshops for the 2009 AAZK National Conference/ICZ in Seattle, WA.  The Body Condition Scoring Workshop and the Capture and Restraint Workshop.\r\n\r\nThe Body Condition Scoring (BCS) Workshop took place on Zoo Day at Woodland Park Zoo.  Dr. Mark Edwards, from California Polytechnic State University instructed the course and took keepers out into the “field” where they were able to assess animals at Woodland Park Zoo with their new found BCS skills.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-890" title="bcs_scoring" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bcs_scoring.jpg" alt="bcs_scoring" width="768" height="577" />\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Class participants utilize their classroom knowledge with a Sicilian donkey\r\nPhoto by Kelly Wilson</em></strong>\r\n\r\nThe Capture and Restraint Workshop was instructed by Dr. Mark Johnson and Bob Cisneros from the San Diego Zoo.  Dr. Johnson taught workshop attendees how to be an effective participant in any form of animal restraint, while Bob Cisneros went over basic fundamentals on restraining various forms of animal species.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-891" title="capture_restraint_workshop" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/capture_restraint_workshop.jpg" alt="capture_restraint_workshop" width="604" height="454" />\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dr. Mark Johnson and Bob Cisneros go over restraint techniques\r\nPhoto by Kelly Wilson</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<strong>The Future</strong>\r\nWe are currently working with the conference committee at Philadelphia AAZK to finalize the workshops for the 2010 National Conference in Philadelphia.  We continue to search out experts to bring conference delegates the most current technologies and innovations in animal care. The Professional Development Committee is also working with the Board of Directors and members of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums on a keeper certification process.\r\n\r\n<strong>Want to Help?</strong>\r\nThe Professional Development Committee is currently seeking new members!  We want to continue to provide to the highest quality workshops possible and we need your help!  If you are interested in joining the Professional Development team please contact Melaina Wallace at <a href="mailto:melaina.g.wallace@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">Melaina.G.Wallace@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a>.\r\n<strong>\r\n2009 Professional Development Committee Members</strong>\r\n\r\nMelaina Wallace – Chair\r\nDisney’s Animal Kingdom\r\n\r\nBob Cisneros- Liaison to Board\r\nSan Diego Zoo\r\n\r\nKelly Wilson\r\nDetroit Zoo\r\n\r\nVictor Alm\r\nOakland Zoo\r\n\r\nBandy Hicks\r\nBoat Club Road Animal Hospital Whitetail Veterinary Services\r\n\r\nLeanne Blinco\r\nDisney’s Animal Kingdom\r\n\r\nMike Murray\r\nDenver Zoo\r\n\r\nAaron Jesue\r\nNorth Carolina Zoo\r\n\r\nAmanda Hall\r\nScovill Zoo\r\n\r\nEunice Hui\r\nCoyote Point Museum\r\n\r\nDawn Sohr\r\nBrookfield Zoo\r\n\r\nAndrew Rowan\r\nDenver Zoo\r\n\r\nEllen Vossekuil\r\nUtah\'s Hogle Zoo', 'Professional Development Committee', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '178-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-16 18:22:00', '2010-04-16 23:22:00', '', 178, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/178-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1267, 2, '2010-04-16 18:10:34', '2010-04-16 23:10:34', '<h3><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1132" title="pdc_color_logo" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/pdc_color_logo-155x300.jpg" alt="pdc_color_logo" width="155" height="300" /></h3>\r\n<h3>Chair</h3>\r\n<img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1260" title="melaina" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/melaina-150x150.jpg" alt="melaina" width="150" height="150" /> Melaina Wallace - <em>Disney\'s Animal Kingdom</em>\r\n<h3>Purpose</h3>\r\nThe Professional Development Committee\'s Mission is to provide continual resources for professional growth through leadership  and educational opportunities for all National AAZK members.\r\n\r\n<strong>2009</strong>\r\nThis past year the Professional Development Committee put together two workshops for the 2009 AAZK National Conference/ICZ in Seattle, WA.  The Body Condition Scoring Workshop and the Capture and Restraint Workshop.\r\n\r\nThe Body Condition Scoring (BCS) Workshop took place on Zoo Day at Woodland Park Zoo.  Dr. Mark Edwards, from California Polytechnic State University instructed the course and took keepers out into the “field” where they were able to assess animals at Woodland Park Zoo with their new found BCS skills.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-890" title="bcs_scoring" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bcs_scoring.jpg" alt="bcs_scoring" width="768" height="577" />\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Class participants utilize their classroom knowledge with a Sicilian donkey\r\nPhoto by Kelly Wilson</em></strong>\r\n\r\nThe Capture and Restraint Workshop was instructed by Dr. Mark Johnson and Bob Cisneros from the San Diego Zoo.  Dr. Johnson taught workshop attendees how to be an effective participant in any form of animal restraint, while Bob Cisneros went over basic fundamentals on restraining various forms of animal species.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-891" title="capture_restraint_workshop" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/capture_restraint_workshop.jpg" alt="capture_restraint_workshop" width="604" height="454" />\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dr. Mark Johnson and Bob Cisneros go over restraint techniques\r\nPhoto by Kelly Wilson</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<strong>The Future</strong>\r\nWe are currently working with the conference committee at Philadelphia AAZK to finalize the workshops for the 2010 National Conference in Philadelphia.  We continue to search out experts to bring conference delegates the most current technologies and innovations in animal care. The Professional Development Committee is also working with the Board of Directors and members of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums on a keeper certification process.\r\n\r\n<strong>Want to Help?</strong>\r\nThe Professional Development Committee is currently seeking new members!  We want to continue to provide to the highest quality workshops possible and we need your help!  If you are interested in joining the Professional Development team please contact Melaina Wallace at <a href="mailto:melaina.g.wallace@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">Melaina.G.Wallace@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a>.\r\n<strong>\r\n2009 Professional Development Committee Members</strong>\r\n\r\nMelaina Wallace – Chair\r\nDisney’s Animal Kingdom\r\n\r\nBob Cisneros- Liaison to Board\r\nSan Diego Zoo\r\n\r\nKelly Wilson\r\nDetroit Zoo\r\n\r\nVictor Alm\r\nOakland Zoo\r\n\r\nBandy Hicks\r\nBoat Club Road Animal Hospital Whitetail Veterinary Services\r\n\r\nLeanne Blinco\r\nDisney’s Animal Kingdom\r\n\r\nMike Murray\r\nDenver Zoo\r\n\r\nAaron Jesue\r\nNorth Carolina Zoo\r\n\r\nAmanda Hall\r\nScovill Zoo\r\n\r\nEunice Hui\r\nCoyote Point Museum\r\n\r\nDawn Sohr\r\nBrookfield Zoo\r\n\r\nAndrew Rowan\r\nDenver Zoo\r\n\r\nEllen Vossekuil\r\nUtah\'s Hogle Zoo', 'Professional Development Committee', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '178-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-16 18:10:34', '2010-04-16 23:10:34', '', 178, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/178-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1268, 2, '2009-11-27 14:36:47', '2009-11-27 19:36:47', '<div class="bod first">\r\n<div class="identity">\r\n<div class="name"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-843" title="shane" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/shane.jpg" alt="shane" width="145" height="157" /></div>\r\n<div class="name">Shane Good</div>\r\n<div class="title">President</div>\r\n<div class="email"><a href="mailto:shane.good@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">shane.good@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="info">\r\n<div class="affiliated_zoo">Cleveland Metroparks Zoo</div>\r\n<div class="affiliated_zoo_location">Cleveland, OH</div>\r\n<ul class="committees">\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.iczoo.org">International Congress on Zookeeping</a>,</li>\r\n	<li>Professional association liaisons</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="bod">\r\n<div class="identity">\r\n<div class="name"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-845" title="bob-mug2" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bob-mug2-150x150.jpg" alt="bob-mug2" width="150" height="150" /></div>\r\n<div class="name">Bob Cisneros</div>\r\n<div class="title">Vice President</div>\r\n<a href="mailto:bob.cisneros@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">bob.cisneros@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n<div class="info">\r\n<div class="affiliated_zoo">San Diego Zoo</div>\r\n<div class="affiliated_zoo_location">San Diego, CA</div>\r\n<ul class="committees">\r\n	<li><a href="/committee/bylaws-committee/">Bylaws</a>,</li>\r\n	<li><a href="/committee/ethics-committee/">Ethics</a>,</li>\r\n	<li><a href="/committee/professional-development-committee/">Professional Development</a>,</li>\r\n	<li>Media</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="bod">\r\n<div class="identity">\r\n<div class="name"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-934" title="tammy" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/tammy-150x150.jpg" alt="tammy" width="150" height="150" /></div>\r\n<div class="name">Tammy Root</div>\r\n<div class="title">Board Member</div>\r\n<div class="email"><a href="mailto:tammy.root@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">tammy.root@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="info">\r\n<div class="affiliated_zoo">Indianapolis Zoo</div>\r\n<div class="affiliated_zoo_location">Indianapolis, IN</div>\r\n<ul class="committees">\r\n	<li><a href="/committee/behavioral-husbandry/">Behavioral Husbandry</a>,</li>\r\n	<li>Husbandry liaisons</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="bod">\r\n<div class="identity">\r\n<div class="name"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-846" title="penny" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/penny-150x150.jpg" alt="penny" width="150" height="150" /></div>\r\n<div class="name">Penny Jolly</div>\r\n<div class="title">Board Member</div>\r\n<div class="email"><a href="mailto:penny.jolly@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">penny.jolly@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="info">\r\n<div class="affiliated_zoo">Disney\'s Animal Kingdom</div>\r\n<div class="affiliated_zoo_location">Orlando, FL</div>\r\n<ul class="committees">\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/">Bowling for Rhinos</a>,<a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/">\r\n</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href="/committee/conservation-committee/">Conservation Committee</a>,</li>\r\n	<li>Conservation Partners liaisons</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="bod">\r\n<div class="identity">\r\n<div class="name"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-874" title="wiggins" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/wiggins-150x150.jpg" alt="wiggins" width="150" height="150" /></div>\r\n<div class="name">Gisela Wiggins</div>\r\n<div class="title">Board Member</div>\r\n<div class="email"><a href="mailto:gisela.wiggins@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">gisela.wiggins@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="info">\r\n<div class="affiliated_zoo">North Carolina Zoo</div>\r\n<div class="affiliated_zoo_location">Asheboro, NC</div>\r\n<ul class="committees">\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/awards-committee/">Awards</a>,</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/grants-committee/">Grants</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="bod">\r\n<div class="identity">\r\n<div class="name">Ed Hansen</div>\r\n<div class="title">Executive Director</div>\r\n<div class="email"><a href="mailto:ed.hansen@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">ed.hansen@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="info">\r\n<div class="department">AAZK Inc. - Topeka, KS</div>\r\n<ul class="committees">\r\n	<li><a href="/committee/annual-aazk-conferences/">Conferences</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="bod">\r\n<div class="identity">\r\n<div class="name"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-882" title="barbara" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/barbara-150x150.jpg" alt="barbara" width="150" height="150" /></div>\r\n<div class="name">Barbara Manspeaker</div>\r\n<div class="title">Administrative Secretary</div>\r\n<div class="email"><a href="mailto:barbara.manspeaker@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">barbara.manspeaker@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="info">\r\n<div class="department">AAZK Inc. - Topeka, KS</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="bod">\r\n<div class="identity">\r\n<div class="name"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-883" title="chan" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/chan-150x150.jpg" alt="chan" width="150" height="150" /></div>\r\n<div class="name">Susan Chan</div>\r\n<div class="title">Managing Editor AKF</div>\r\n<div class="email"><a href="mailto:susan.chan@aecetia.net/gws/aazk">susan.chan@aecetia.net/gws/aazk</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class="info">\r\n<div class="department">AAZK Inc. - Topeka, KS</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>', 'Board of Directors', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '395-revision-v1', '', '', '2009-11-27 14:36:47', '2009-11-27 19:36:47', '', 395, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/395-revision-14/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1269, 2, '2010-04-23 16:05:55', '2010-04-23 21:05:55', '<h4>Member Resources</h4>\r\nResources for AAZK Members and Chapters are located in the <strong>Member Only</strong> section of the website. Please login using your Username and Password to find additional member information and helpful Event resources under the <strong>Committee and Programs</strong> Tab.\r\n<h4>What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</h4>\r\n<img class="alignleft" src="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/bfr_logo_497x497-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="90" height="90" /> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK) sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR). Over 60 AAZK chapters participate throughout the US and Canada raising between $200,000- $300,000 annually. But our goal is raise $500,000 annually. BFR funds support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in Sumatra. These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire ecosystems!\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>Why save Rhinos?</h4>\r\n<img class="alignright" title="extinct_rhino" src="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/extinct_rhino-300x200.jpg" alt="extinct_rhino" width="150" /> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species. All 5 species- the white, black, greater one-horned, Sumatran and Javan are endangered. Only the white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from extinction. In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only 2,500 remain in isolated populations. On the Asian continent, the greater one-horned population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran species numbers around 200 and the Javan species has fewer than 60 animals.\r\n\r\nThe black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our bald eagle is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go extinct what message would we give our children? The rhino is a large, flagship species. By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of habitat. By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered species, not just the rhino.\r\n\r\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50 million years but it can not survive guns and man. The rhino is killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and as symbolic dagger handles. So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC and the Indonesian parks. "BFR" money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuaries/parks, purchase trip cameras for censusing, and salaries for anti-poaching security guards to name a few.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft" title="aazk-color-logo-c2a8" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/aazk-color-logo-c2a8.jpg" alt="aazk-color-logo-c2a8" width="56" height="68" />The black rhino is AAZK National\'s symbol and we believe we have an obligation to save it and the other rhino species from extinction. Through our efforts, we feel we can save valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe havens for future generations to enjoy.\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</h4>\r\n<img class="size-medium wp-image-1443 alignleft" title="img_5337" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/img_5337-300x200.jpg" alt="img_5337" width="150" /> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ conservation projects, conserving four species of rhino, their habitats, and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve the black and white rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran rhino in Indonesia.\r\n\r\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon. This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth! Ujung Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds, many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile, amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of the globes land surface!\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1445" title="sumatranrhino" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/sumatranrhino-300x199.jpg" alt="sumatranrhino" width="150" /> In 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within this park. $25,000/ year is needed at BBSNP to provide additional patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti- poaching skills.\r\n\r\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching teams in Way Kambas.\r\n\r\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy(LWC). 50% of the monies raised over that amount are sent to the International Rhino Foundation to help fund their Indonesian programs. 40% of the monies over $160,000 are sent to LWC and 8% is sent to Action for Cheetah in Kenya. The final 2% of monies raised over the $160,000 mark are then set aside for fund the <a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bowling-for-rhinos-conservation-resource-fund-grant/">BFR Conservation Resource Fund Grant</a> administered by the AAZK.\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax deductible?</h4>\r\nYes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501 (c)(3) organization. Also, remember to check with your employer to see if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your donation.\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>How can I help?</h4>\r\nYou can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser or by donating to someone who is. <a href="../../find-chapters/">Click here</a> to locate a chapter nearest you. You can then contact that chapter to see if they are hosting an event.\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</h4>\r\n<strong>No.</strong> Anyone can join the bowl-a-thon and have fun.\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>How many chapters participate?</h4>\r\nApproximately 60 chapters participate each year with about 55 events (some bowl together) in U.S. and Canada.\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>Why not bowl for a different animal each year?</h4>\r\nIt takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah, Grevy\'s zebra, Sumatran tigers, Malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan gibbons and the coral reefs, just to name a few.\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>Want to Host a Bowling for Rhinos Event in Your Community?</h4>\r\nContact Patty Pearthree at ppear3atgmail.com\r\n\r\nor:\r\n\r\nPatty Pearthree\r\n318 Montibello Drive\r\nCary, NC 27513\r\n(919) 678-0449\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>Where can I get more information?</h4>\r\nHopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/contact/">let us know</a>. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.lewa.org" target="_blank">www.lewa.org</a>, <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/" target="_blank">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/" target="_blank">www.actionforcheetahs.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bowling-for-rhinos-faq', '', '', '2014-07-28 14:50:57', '2014-07-28 19:50:57', '', 168, 'http://aazk.org/?page_id=1269', 0, 'page', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4448, 1, '2013-11-05 16:54:10', '2013-11-05 21:54:10', '<h4>What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</h4>\r\n<img class="alignleft" alt="" src="[homeurl]/wp-content/uploads/bfr_logo_497x497-150x150.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK) sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR). Over 60 AAZK chapters participate throughout the US and Canada raising between $200,000- $300,000 annually. But our goal is raise $500,000 annually. BFR funds support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in Sumatra. These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire ecosystems!\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>Why save Rhinos?</h4>\r\n<img class="alignright" title="extinct_rhino" alt="extinct_rhino" src="[homeurl]/wp-content/uploads/extinct_rhino-300x200.jpg" width="150" /> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species. All 5 species- the white, black, greater one-horned, Sumatran and Javan are endangered. Only the white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from extinction. In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only 2,500 remain in isolated populations. On the Asian continent, the greater one-horned population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran species numbers around 200 and the Javan species has fewer than 60 animals.\r\n\r\nThe black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our bald eagle is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go extinct what message would we give our children? The rhino is a large, flagship species. By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of habitat. By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered species, not just the rhino.\r\n\r\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50 million years but it can not survive guns and man. The rhino is killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and as symbolic dagger handles. So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC and the Indonesian parks. "BFR" money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuaries/parks, purchase trip cameras for censusing, and salaries for anti-poaching security guards to name a few.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft" title="aazk-color-logo-c2a8" alt="aazk-color-logo-c2a8" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/aazk-color-logo-c2a8.jpg" width="56" height="68" />The black rhino is AAZK National\'s symbol and we believe we have an obligation to save it and the other rhino species from extinction. Through our efforts, we feel we can save valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe havens for future generations to enjoy.\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</h4>\r\n<img class="size-medium wp-image-1443 alignleft" title="img_5337" alt="img_5337" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/img_5337-300x200.jpg" width="150" /> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ conservation projects, conserving four species of rhino, their habitats, and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve the black and white rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran rhino in Indonesia.\r\n\r\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon. This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth! Ujung Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds, many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile, amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of the globes land surface!\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1445" title="sumatranrhino" alt="sumatranrhino" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/sumatranrhino-300x199.jpg" width="150" /> In 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within this park. $25,000/ year is needed at BBSNP to provide additional patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti- poaching skills.\r\n\r\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching teams in Way Kambas.\r\n\r\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy(LWC). 50% of the monies raised over that amount are sent to the International Rhino Foundation to help fund their Indonesian programs. 40% of the monies over $160,000 are sent to LWC and 8% is sent to Action for Cheetah in Kenya. The final 2% of monies raised over the $160,000 mark are then set aside for fund the <a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bowling-for-rhinos-conservation-resource-fund-grant/">BFR Conservation Resource Fund Grant</a> administered by the AAZK.\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax deductible?</h4>\r\nYes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501 (c)(3) organization. Also, remember to check with your employer to see if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your donation.\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>How can I help?</h4>\r\nYou can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser or by donating to someone who is. <a href="find-chapters/">Click here</a> to locate a chapter nearest you. You can then contact that chapter to see if they are hosting an event.\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</h4>\r\n<strong>No.</strong> Anyone can join the bowl-a-thon and have fun.\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>How many chapters participate?</h4>\r\nApproximately 60 chapters participate each year with about 55 events (some bowl together) in U.S. and Canada.\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>Why not bowl for a different animal each year?</h4>\r\nIt takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah, Grevy\'s zebra, Sumatran tigers, Malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan gibbons and the coral reefs, just to name a few.\r\n<div class="hr"></div>\r\n<h4>Where can I get more information?</h4>\r\nHopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please <a href="[homeurl]/contact/">let us know</a>. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.lewa.org" target="_blank">www.lewa.org</a>, <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/" target="_blank">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/" target="_blank">www.actionforcheetahs.org</a>.\r\n<div id="inner-links"></div>', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2013-11-05 16:54:10', '2013-11-05 21:54:10', '', 1269, 'http://web3.gowebsolutions.com/~aazook/1269-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1307, 2, '2010-04-22 14:32:08', '2010-04-22 19:32:08', '<a href="#q1">What is "Bowling For  Rhinos"?</a>\n<a href="#q2">Why save Rhinos?</a>\n<a href="#q3">Where do Bowling For Rhinos  Funds go?</a>\n<a href="#q4">Are donations to Bowling  For Rhinos tax deductible?</a>\n<a href="#q5">How can I help?</a>\n<a href="#q6">Do you need to be an AAZK  member to bowl?</a>\n<a href="#q7">How many chapters  participate?</a>\n<a href="#q10">Why not bowl for a  different animal each year?</a>\n<a href="#q11">We noticed the name of the  event was changed, why is that?</a>\n<a href="#q12">Where can I get more  information?</a>\n\n<hr /><strong><a name="q1"><big>Q: What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</big></a></strong>\n<strong><big>A:</big></strong> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK)  sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).  Over 60 AAZK chapters participate  throughout the US and Canada raising between $200,000- $300,000 annually. But our goal is raise $500,000 annually. BFR funds support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi  rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia  and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in  Sumatra.  These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire  ecosystems!\n\n<a name="q2"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q2"><big>Q: Why save Rhinos?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they  survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of  rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species.  All 5 species-  The White, Black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan are endangered.  Only the  white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from  extinction.  In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only  2,500 remain in isolated populations.  On the Asian continent, the  Indian population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran species numbers around 200 and the Javan species has only 47 animals.\n\nThe black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our bald eagle  is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go extinct what message would we give our children?  The rhino is a large, flagship species.  By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of habitat.  By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered  species, not just the rhino.\n\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50  million years but it can not survive machine guns and man.  The rhino is  killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and as symbolic dagger handles.  So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC and the Indonesian parks.  "BFR"  money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuary, purchase trip cameras for censusing, and salaries for anti-poaching security guards to name a few.\n\nThe black rhino is AAZK\'s National symbol and we believe we have an  obligation to save it and the other rhino species from extinction.  Through our efforts, we feel we can save valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe havens for future generations to enjoy.\n\n<a name="q3"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q3"><big>Q: Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ  conservation projects, conserving four species of rhino, their habitats,  and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve  the black and white Rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran Rhino in  Indonesia.\n\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon.  This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java  (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth!  Ujung  Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few  discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds,  many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In  fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile,  amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of  the globes land surface!\n\nIn 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit  Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km  protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian  elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a  substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within  this park. $25,000 / year is needed at BBSNP  to provide additional  patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti-  poaching skills.\n\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that  includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow  funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to  conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused  funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these  top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include  such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population  of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of  Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival  and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest  need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching  teams in Way Kambas.\n\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to LWC. 50% of the monies raised over that amount are sent to the International Rhino Foundation to help fund their Indonesian programs. 40% of the monies over $160,000 are sent to LWC and 8% is sent to Action for Cheetah in Kenya. The final 2% of monies raised over the $160,000 mark are then set aside for fund the <a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bowling-for-rhinos-conservation-resource-fund-grant/">BFR Conservation Resource Fund Grant </a>administered by the AAZK.\n\n<a name="q4"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q4"><big>Q: Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax  deductible?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501  (c)(3) organization.  Also, remember to check with your employer to see  if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your  donation.\n\n<a name="q5"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q5"><big>Q: How can I help?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> You can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s  Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser or by donating to someone who is. <a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/links/aazk-local-chapters">Click  here</a> to locate a chapter nearest you. You can then contact that chapter to see if they are hosting an event.\n\n<a name="q6"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q6"><big>Q: Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> No. Anyone can join the Bowl-A-Thon and have fun.\n\n<a name="q7"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q7"><big>Q: How many chapters participate?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Approximately 60 chapters participate each year with about  55 events (some bowl together) in U.S. and Canada.\n\n<a name="q8"> </a>\n\n<a name="q10"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q10"><big>Q: Why not bowl for a different animal each  year?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> It takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold  where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name  the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids  to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya  has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah,  Grevy\'s zebra, Sumatran tigers, Malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan  gibbons and the coral reefs,  just to name a few.\n\n<a name="q11"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q11"><big>Q: We noticed the name of the event was  changed, why is that?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, the official name is now "American Association of Zoo  Keepers Bowling For Rhinos, sponsored by Blue Rhino<sup>®</sup>". We now have an  official corporate sponsor, the good people at <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/">Blue Rhino</a>. Blue Rhino<sup>® </sup> had been  looking for a way to support conservation of their namesake, the rhino,  and chose to contribute to our fundraising efforts. Part of our  agreement was to add their name as our sponsor, update our fundraising  documentation to include their name and logo, and in turn they\'ll donate  significant funds to the program.\n\n<a name="q12"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q12"><big>Q: Where can I get more information?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Hopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on  our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please let  us know. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the  programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.lewa.org">www.lewa.org</a>,  <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/">www.actionforcheetahs.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-22 14:32:08', '2010-04-22 19:32:08', '', 1269, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1269-revision-18/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1280, 2, '2010-04-21 08:17:16', '2010-04-21 13:17:16', '<a href="#q1">What is "Bowling For  Rhinos"?</a>\n<a href="#q2">Why save Rhinos?</a>\n<a href="#q3">Where do Bowling For Rhinos  Funds go?</a>\n<a href="#q4">Are donations to Bowling  For Rhinos tax deductible?</a>\n<a href="#q5">How can I help?</a>\n<a href="#q6">Do you need to be an AAZK  member to bowl?</a>\n<a href="#q7">How many chapters  participate?</a>\n<a href="#q10">Why not bowl for a  different animal each year?</a>\n<a href="#q11">We noticed the name of the  event was changed, why is that?</a>\n<a href="#q12">Where can I get more  information?</a>\n\n<hr /><a name="q1"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q1"><big>Q: What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</big></a></strong>\n<strong><big>A:</big></strong> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK)  sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).  Over 60 AAZK chapters participate  throughout the US and Canada raising between $200,000- $300,000 annually. But our goal is raise $500,000 annually. BFR funds support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi  rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia  and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in  Sumatra.  These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire  ecosystems!\n\n<a name="q2"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q2"><big>Q: Why save Rhinos?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they  survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of  rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species.  All 5 species-  The White, Black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan are endangered.  Only the  white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from  extinction.  In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only  2,500 remain in isolated populations.  On the Asian continent, the  Indian population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran species numbers around 200 and the Javan species has only 47 animals.\n\nThe black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our bald eagle  is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go extinct what message would we give our children?  The rhino is a large, flagship species.  By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of habitat.  By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered  species, not just the rhino.\n\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50  million years but it can not survive machine guns and man.  The rhino is  killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and as symbolic dagger handles.  So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC and the Indonesian parks.  "BFR"  money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuary, purchase trip cameras for censusing, and salaries for anti-poaching security guards to name a few.\n\nThe black rhino is AAZK\'s National symbol and we believe we have an  obligation to save it and the other rhino species from extinction.  Through our efforts, we feel we can save valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe havens for future generations to enjoy.\n\n<a name="q3"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q3"><big>Q: Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ  conservation projects, conserving four species of rhino, their habitats,  and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve  the black and white Rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran Rhino in  Indonesia.\n\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon.  This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java  (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth!  Ujung  Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few  discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds,  many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In  fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile,  amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of  the globes land surface!\n\nIn 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit  Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km  protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian  elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a  substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within  this park. $25,000 / year is needed at BBSNP  to provide additional  patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti-  poaching skills.\n\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that  includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow  funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to  conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused  funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these  top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include  such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population  of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of  Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival  and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest  need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching  teams in Way Kambas.\n\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to LWC. 50% of the monies raised over that amount are sent to the International Rhino Foundation to help fund their Indonesian programs. 40% of the monies over $160,000 are sent to LWC and 8% is sent to Action for Cheetah in Kenya. The final 2% of monies raised over the $160,000 mark are then set aside for fund the <a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bowling-for-rhinos-conservation-resource-fund-grant/">BFR Conservation Resource Fund Grant </a>administered by the AAZK.\n\n<a name="q4"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q4"><big>Q: Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax  deductible?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501  (c)(3) organization.  Also, remember to check with your employer to see  if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your  donation.\n\n<a name="q5"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q5"><big>Q: How can I help?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> You can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s  Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser. <a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bowling-for-rhinos-conservation-resource-fund-grant/">Click  here</a> to locate the chapter nearest you to see if they are hosting an event.\n\n<a name="q6"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q6"><big>Q: Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> No. Anyone can join the Bowl-A-Thon and have fun.\n\n<a name="q7"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q7"><big>Q: How many chapters participate?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Approximately 60 chapters participate each year with about  55 events (some Bowl together) in U.S. and Canada. See our <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">list of sites</a> to find an event  close to you.\n\n<a name="q8"> </a>\n\n<a name="q10"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q10"><big>Q: Why not bowl for a different animal each  year?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> It takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold  where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name  the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids  to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya  has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah,  Grevy\'s zebra, Sumatran tigers, Malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan  gibbons and the coral reefs,  just to name a few.\n\n<a name="q11"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q11"><big>Q: We noticed the name of the event was  changed, why is that?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, the official name is now "American Association of Zoo  Keepers Bowling For Rhinos, sponsored by Blue Rhino<sup>®</sup>". We now have an  official corporate sponsor, the good people at <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/">Blue Rhino</a>. Blue Rhino<sup>® </sup> had been  looking for a way to support conservation of their namesake, the rhino,  and chose to contribute to our fundraising efforts. Part of our  agreement was to add their name as our sponsor, update our fundraising  documentation to include their name and logo, and in turn they\'ll donate  significant funds to the program.\n\n<a name="q12"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q12"><big>Q: Where can I get more information?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Hopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on  our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please let  us know. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the  programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.lewa.org">www.lewa.org</a>,  <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/">www.actionforcheetahs.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-21 08:17:16', '2010-04-21 13:17:16', '', 1269, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1269-revision-11/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1270, 2, '2010-04-21 07:39:55', '2010-04-21 12:39:55', '<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q1">What is "Bowling For  Rhinos"?</a>\n<a href="q2">Why save Rhinos?</a>\n<a href="q3">Where do Bowling For Rhinos  Funds go?</a>\n<a href="q4">Are donations to Bowling  For Rhinos tax deductible?</a>\n<a href="q5">How can I help?</a>\n<a href="q6">Do you need to be an AAZK  member to bowl?</a>\n<a href="q7">How many chapters  participate?</a>\n<a href="q8">When can I find out who won  the trip to Kenya?</a>\n<a href="q9">Is BFR Patty Pearthree\'s  job now?</a>\n<a href="q10">Why not bowl for a  different animal each year?</a>\n<a href="q11">We noticed the name of the  event was changed, why is that?</a>\n<a href="q12">Where can I get more  information?</a>\n\n<a name="q1"><big>Q: What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK)  sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).   This is similar to the March Of Dimes Walk-a-thon only we bowl and  collect donations rather than walk.  Over 60 AAZK chapters participate  throughout the US and Canada raising over $300,000 annually. BFR funds  support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi  rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia  and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in  Sumatra.  These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire  ecosystems!\n\n<a name="q2"> </a>\n\n<a name="q2"><big>Q: Why save Rhinos?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they  survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of  rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species.  All 5 species-  The White, Black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan are endangered.  Only the  white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from  extinction.  In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only  2,500 remain in isolated populations.  On the Asian continent, the  Indian population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran numbers 200 and the  Javan has only 47 animals.\n\nThe Black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our Bald eagle  is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go  extinct what message would we give our children?  The rhino is a large,  key species.  By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of  habitat.  By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered  species, not just the rhino.\n\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50  million years but it can not survive machine guns and man.  The rhino is  killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and symbolic  dagger handles.  So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can  not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC.  "BFR"  money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover  vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuary, and  salaries for anti-poaching security guards.\n\nThe black rhino is AAZK\'s National symbol and we believe we have an  obligation to save it from extinction.  Through our efforts, we feel we  can save these valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe  havens for future generations to enjoy.\n\n<a name="q3"> </a>\n\n<a name="q3"><big>Q: Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ  conservation projects, conserving four species of Rhino, their habitats,  and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve  the Black and White Rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran Rhino in  Indonesia. The first $160,000 raised each year goes to the Lewa  Wildlife Conservancy with the remainder split between Ujung Kulon  National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.\n\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon.  This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java  (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth!  Ujung  Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few  discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds,  many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In  fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile,  amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of  the globes land surface!\n\nIn 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit  Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km  protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian  elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a  substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within  this park. $25,000 / year is needed at BBSNP  to provide additional  patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti-  poaching skills.\n\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that  includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow  funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to  conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused  funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these  top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include  such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population  of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of  Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival  and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest  need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching  teams in Way Kambas.\n\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to LWC. The remainder of funds  are sent via the International Rhino Fund to support Ujung Kulon, Way  Kambas and BBSNP. With this support, we are now helping to conserve  rhinos and their ecosystems worldwide!\n\nSee <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/bfrn_comparison.php#funds_raised_distribution">Bowling  For Rhinos Funds Raised Distribution </a> for more details.\n\n<a name="q4"> </a>\n\n<a name="q4"><big>Q: Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax  deductible?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> Yes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501  (c)(3) organization.  Also, remember to check with your employer to see  if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your  donation.\n\n<a name="q5"> </a>\n\n<a name="q5"><big>Q: How can I help?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> You can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s  Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser. <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">Click  here</a> to locate the chapter nearest you.\n\n<a name="q6"> </a>\n\n<a name="q6"><big>Q: Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> No. Anyone can join the Bowl-A-Thon and have fun. However,  to win the safari trip,  one must be an AAZK member in good standing.  If you think you might win, you can join <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/">AAZK</a>.\n\n<a name="q7"> </a>\n\n<a name="q7"><big>Q: How many chapters participate?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> Approximately 60 chapters participate each year with about  55 events (some Bowl together) in U.S. and Canada. See our <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">list of sites</a> to find an event  close to you.\n\n<a name="q8"> </a>\n\n<a name="q8"><big>Q: When can I find out who won the safari  trips?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> All money must be sent to me by September 1st to be  eligible for the trip. I will notify winners by September 15th.\n\n<a name="q9"> </a>\n\n<a name="q9"><big>Q: Is BFR Patty Pearthree\'s job now?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> No. Patty is a volunteer just like everyone else involved  in BFR. This enables us to send 100% of all donations  to the 3 areas of  conservation. Administrative costs (for such things as postage, wire  transfer fees overseas, etc.) are paid by the $25 fee  for each  participating chapter .\n\n<a name="q10"> </a>\n\n<a name="q10"><big>Q: Why not bowl for a different animal each  year?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> It takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold  where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name  the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids  to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya  has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah,  Grevy\'s zebra, sumatran tigers, malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan  gibbon and the coral reefs, just to name a few.\n\n<a name="q11"> </a>\n\n<a name="q11"><big>Q: We noticed the name of the event was  changed, why is that?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> Yes, the official name is now "American Association of Zoo  Keepers Bowling For Rhinos, sponsored by Blue Rhino". We now have an  official corporate sponsor, the good people at <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/">Blue Rhino</a>. Blue Rhino had been  looking for a way to support conservation of their namesake, the Rhino,  and chose to contribute to our fundraising efforts. Part of our  agreement was to add their name as our sponsor, update our fundraising  documentation to include their name and logo, and in turn they\'ll donate  significant funds to the program.\n\n<a name="q12"> </a>\n\n<a name="q12"><big>Q: Where can I get more information?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> Hopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on  our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please let  us know. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the  programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.5tigers.org/">www.5tigers.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-21 07:39:55', '2010-04-21 12:39:55', '', 1269, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1269-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1271, 2, '2010-04-21 07:40:56', '2010-04-21 12:40:56', '<a href="q1">What is "Bowling For  Rhinos"?</a>\n<a href="q2">Why save Rhinos?</a>\n<a href="q3">Where do Bowling For Rhinos  Funds go?</a>\n<a href="q4">Are donations to Bowling  For Rhinos tax deductible?</a>\n<a href="q5">How can I help?</a>\n<a href="q6">Do you need to be an AAZK  member to bowl?</a>\n<a href="q7">How many chapters  participate?</a>\n<a href="q8">When can I find out who won  the trip to Kenya?</a>\n<a href="q9">Is BFR Patty Pearthree\'s  job now?</a>\n<a href="q10">Why not bowl for a  different animal each year?</a>\n<a href="q11">We noticed the name of the  event was changed, why is that?</a>\n<a href="q12">Where can I get more  information?</a>\n\n<a name="q1"><big>Q: What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK)  sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).   This is similar to the March Of Dimes Walk-a-thon only we bowl and  collect donations rather than walk.  Over 60 AAZK chapters participate  throughout the US and Canada raising over $300,000 annually. BFR funds  support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi  rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia  and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in  Sumatra.  These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire  ecosystems!\n\n<a name="q2"> </a>\n\n<a name="q2"><big>Q: Why save Rhinos?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they  survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of  rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species.  All 5 species-  The White, Black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan are endangered.  Only the  white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from  extinction.  In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only  2,500 remain in isolated populations.  On the Asian continent, the  Indian population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran numbers 200 and the  Javan has only 47 animals.\n\nThe Black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our Bald eagle  is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go  extinct what message would we give our children?  The rhino is a large,  key species.  By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of  habitat.  By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered  species, not just the rhino.\n\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50  million years but it can not survive machine guns and man.  The rhino is  killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and symbolic  dagger handles.  So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can  not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC.  "BFR"  money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover  vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuary, and  salaries for anti-poaching security guards.\n\nThe black rhino is AAZK\'s National symbol and we believe we have an  obligation to save it from extinction.  Through our efforts, we feel we  can save these valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe  havens for future generations to enjoy.\n\n<a name="q3"> </a>\n\n<a name="q3"><big>Q: Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ  conservation projects, conserving four species of Rhino, their habitats,  and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve  the Black and White Rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran Rhino in  Indonesia. The first $160,000 raised each year goes to the Lewa  Wildlife Conservancy with the remainder split between Ujung Kulon  National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.\n\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon.  This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java  (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth!  Ujung  Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few  discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds,  many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In  fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile,  amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of  the globes land surface!\n\nIn 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit  Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km  protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian  elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a  substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within  this park. $25,000 / year is needed at BBSNP  to provide additional  patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti-  poaching skills.\n\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that  includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow  funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to  conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused  funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these  top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include  such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population  of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of  Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival  and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest  need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching  teams in Way Kambas.\n\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to LWC. The remainder of funds  are sent via the International Rhino Fund to support Ujung Kulon, Way  Kambas and BBSNP. With this support, we are now helping to conserve  rhinos and their ecosystems worldwide!\n\nSee <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/bfrn_comparison.php#funds_raised_distribution">Bowling  For Rhinos Funds Raised Distribution </a> for more details.\n\n<a name="q4"> </a>\n\n<a name="q4"><big>Q: Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax  deductible?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> Yes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501  (c)(3) organization.  Also, remember to check with your employer to see  if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your  donation.\n\n<a name="q5"> </a>\n\n<a name="q5"><big>Q: How can I help?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> You can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s  Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser. <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">Click  here</a> to locate the chapter nearest you.\n\n<a name="q6"> </a>\n\n<a name="q6"><big>Q: Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> No. Anyone can join the Bowl-A-Thon and have fun. However,  to win the safari trip,  one must be an AAZK member in good standing.  If you think you might win, you can join <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/">AAZK</a>.\n\n<a name="q7"> </a>\n\n<a name="q7"><big>Q: How many chapters participate?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> Approximately 60 chapters participate each year with about  55 events (some Bowl together) in U.S. and Canada. See our <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">list of sites</a> to find an event  close to you.\n\n<a name="q8"> </a>\n\n<a name="q8"><big>Q: When can I find out who won the safari  trips?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> All money must be sent to me by September 1st to be  eligible for the trip. I will notify winners by September 15th.\n\n<a name="q9"> </a>\n\n<a name="q9"><big>Q: Is BFR Patty Pearthree\'s job now?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> No. Patty is a volunteer just like everyone else involved  in BFR. This enables us to send 100% of all donations  to the 3 areas of  conservation. Administrative costs (for such things as postage, wire  transfer fees overseas, etc.) are paid by the $25 fee  for each  participating chapter .\n\n<a name="q10"> </a>\n\n<a name="q10"><big>Q: Why not bowl for a different animal each  year?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> It takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold  where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name  the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids  to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya  has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah,  Grevy\'s zebra, sumatran tigers, malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan  gibbon and the coral reefs, just to name a few.\n\n<a name="q11"> </a>\n\n<a name="q11"><big>Q: We noticed the name of the event was  changed, why is that?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> Yes, the official name is now "American Association of Zoo  Keepers Bowling For Rhinos, sponsored by Blue Rhino". We now have an  official corporate sponsor, the good people at <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/">Blue Rhino</a>. Blue Rhino had been  looking for a way to support conservation of their namesake, the Rhino,  and chose to contribute to our fundraising efforts. Part of our  agreement was to add their name as our sponsor, update our fundraising  documentation to include their name and logo, and in turn they\'ll donate  significant funds to the program.\n\n<a name="q12"> </a>\n\n<a name="q12"><big>Q: Where can I get more information?</big></a>\n<big>A:</big> Hopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on  our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please let  us know. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the  programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.5tigers.org/">www.5tigers.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-21 07:40:56', '2010-04-21 12:40:56', '', 1269, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1269-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1272, 2, '2010-04-21 07:48:39', '2010-04-21 12:48:39', '<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q1">What is "Bowling For  Rhinos"?</a>\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q2">Why save Rhinos?</a>\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q3">Where do Bowling For Rhinos  Funds go?</a>\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q4">Are donations to Bowling  For Rhinos tax deductible?</a>\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q5">How can I help?</a>\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q6">Do you need to be an AAZK  member to bowl?</a>\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q7">How many chapters  participate?</a>\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q8"></a><a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q10">Why not bowl for a  different animal each year?</a>\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q11">We noticed the name of the  event was changed, why is that?</a>\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q12">Where can I get more  information?</a>\n\n<hr /><a name="q1"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q1"><big>Q: What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</big></a></strong>\n<strong><big>A:</big></strong> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK)  sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).   This is similar to the March Of Dimes Walk-a-thon only we bowl and  collect donations rather than walk.  Over 60 AAZK chapters participate  throughout the US and Canada raising over $300,000 annually. BFR funds  support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi  rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia  and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in  Sumatra.  These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire  ecosystems!\n\n<a name="q2"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q2"><big>Q: Why save Rhinos?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they  survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of  rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species.  All 5 species-  The White, Black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan are endangered.  Only the  white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from  extinction.  In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only  2,500 remain in isolated populations.  On the Asian continent, the  Indian population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran numbers 200 and the  Javan has only 47 animals.\n\nThe Black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our Bald eagle  is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go  extinct what message would we give our children?  The rhino is a large,  key species.  By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of  habitat.  By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered  species, not just the rhino.\n\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50  million years but it can not survive machine guns and man.  The rhino is  killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and symbolic  dagger handles.  So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can  not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC.  "BFR"  money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover  vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuary, and  salaries for anti-poaching security guards.\n\nThe black rhino is AAZK\'s National symbol and we believe we have an  obligation to save it from extinction.  Through our efforts, we feel we  can save these valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe  havens for future generations to enjoy.\n\n<a name="q3"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q3"><big>Q: Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ  conservation projects, conserving four species of Rhino, their habitats,  and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve  the Black and White Rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran Rhino in  Indonesia. The first $160,000 raised each year goes to the Lewa  Wildlife Conservancy with the remainder split between Ujung Kulon  National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.\n\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon.  This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java  (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth!  Ujung  Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few  discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds,  many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In  fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile,  amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of  the globes land surface!\n\nIn 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit  Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km  protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian  elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a  substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within  this park. $25,000 / year is needed at BBSNP  to provide additional  patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti-  poaching skills.\n\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that  includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow  funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to  conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused  funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these  top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include  such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population  of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of  Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival  and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest  need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching  teams in Way Kambas.\n\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to LWC. The remainder of funds  are sent via the International Rhino Fund to support Ujung Kulon, Way  Kambas and BBSNP. With this support, we are now helping to conserve  rhinos and their ecosystems worldwide!\n\nSee <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/bfrn_comparison.php#funds_raised_distribution">Bowling  For Rhinos Funds Raised Distribution </a> for more details.\n\n<a name="q4"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q4"><big>Q: Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax  deductible?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501  (c)(3) organization.  Also, remember to check with your employer to see  if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your  donation.\n\n<a name="q5"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q5"><big>Q: How can I help?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> You can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s  Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser. <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">Click  here</a> to locate the chapter nearest you.\n\n<a name="q6"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q6"><big>Q: Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> No. Anyone can join the Bowl-A-Thon and have fun. However,  to win the safari trip,  one must be an AAZK member in good standing.  If you think you might win, you can join <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/">AAZK</a>.\n\n<a name="q7"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q7"><big>Q: How many chapters participate?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Approximately 60 chapters participate each year with about  55 events (some Bowl together) in U.S. and Canada. See our <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">list of sites</a> to find an event  close to you.\n\n<a name="q8"> </a>\n\n<a name="q10"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q10"><big>Q: Why not bowl for a different animal each  year?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> It takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold  where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name  the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids  to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya  has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah,  Grevy\'s zebra, sumatran tigers, malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan  gibbon and the coral reefs, just to name a few.\n\n<a name="q11"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q11"><big>Q: We noticed the name of the event was  changed, why is that?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, the official name is now "American Association of Zoo  Keepers Bowling For Rhinos, sponsored by Blue Rhino". We now have an  official corporate sponsor, the good people at <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/">Blue Rhino</a>. Blue Rhino had been  looking for a way to support conservation of their namesake, the Rhino,  and chose to contribute to our fundraising efforts. Part of our  agreement was to add their name as our sponsor, update our fundraising  documentation to include their name and logo, and in turn they\'ll donate  significant funds to the program.\n\n<a name="q12"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q12"><big>Q: Where can I get more information?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Hopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on  our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please let  us know. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the  programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.lewa.org">www.lewa.org</a>,  <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/">www.actionforcheetahs.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-21 07:48:39', '2010-04-21 12:48:39', '', 1269, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1269-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1278, 2, '2010-04-21 07:55:51', '2010-04-21 12:55:51', '<a href="#q1">What is "Bowling For  Rhinos"?</a>\r\n<a href="#q2">Why save Rhinos?</a>\r\n<a href="#q3">Where do Bowling For Rhinos  Funds go?</a>\r\n<a href="#q4">Are donations to Bowling  For Rhinos tax deductible?</a>\r\n<a href="#q5">How can I help?</a>\r\n<a href="#q6">Do you need to be an AAZK  member to bowl?</a>\r\n<a href="#q7">How many chapters  participate?</a>\r\n<a href="#q10">Why not bowl for a  different animal each year?</a>\r\n<a href="#q11">We noticed the name of the  event was changed, why is that?</a>\r\n<a href="#q12">Where can I get more  information?</a>\r\n\r\n<hr /><a name="q1"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q1"><big>Q: What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</big></a></strong>\r\n<strong><big>A:</big></strong> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK)  sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).   This is similar to the March Of Dimes Walk-a-thon only we bowl and  collect donations rather than walk.  Over 60 AAZK chapters participate  throughout the US and Canada raising over $300,000 annually. BFR funds  support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi  rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia  and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in  Sumatra.  These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire  ecosystems!\r\n\r\n<a name="q2"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q2"><big>Q: Why save Rhinos?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they  survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of  rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species.  All 5 species-  The White, Black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan are endangered.  Only the  white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from  extinction.  In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only  2,500 remain in isolated populations.  On the Asian continent, the  Indian population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran numbers 200 and the  Javan has only 47 animals.\r\n\r\nThe Black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our Bald eagle  is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go  extinct what message would we give our children?  The rhino is a large,  key species.  By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of  habitat.  By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered  species, not just the rhino.\r\n\r\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50  million years but it can not survive machine guns and man.  The rhino is  killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and symbolic  dagger handles.  So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can  not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC.  "BFR"  money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover  vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuary, and  salaries for anti-poaching security guards.\r\n\r\nThe black rhino is AAZK\'s National symbol and we believe we have an  obligation to save it from extinction.  Through our efforts, we feel we  can save these valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe  havens for future generations to enjoy.\r\n\r\n<a name="q3"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q3"><big>Q: Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ  conservation projects, conserving four species of Rhino, their habitats,  and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve  the Black and White Rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran Rhino in  Indonesia. The first $160,000 raised each year goes to the Lewa  Wildlife Conservancy with the remainder split between Ujung Kulon  National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.\r\n\r\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon.  This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java  (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth!  Ujung  Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few  discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds,  many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In  fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile,  amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of  the globes land surface!\r\n\r\nIn 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit  Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km  protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian  elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a  substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within  this park. $25,000 / year is needed at BBSNP  to provide additional  patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti-  poaching skills.\r\n\r\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that  includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow  funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to  conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused  funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these  top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include  such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population  of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of  Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival  and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest  need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching  teams in Way Kambas.\r\n\r\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to LWC. The remainder of funds  are sent via the International Rhino Fund to support Ujung Kulon, Way  Kambas and BBSNP. With this support, we are now helping to conserve  rhinos and their ecosystems worldwide!\r\n\r\nSee <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/bfrn_comparison.php#funds_raised_distribution">Bowling  For Rhinos Funds Raised Distribution </a> for more details.\r\n\r\n<a name="q4"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q4"><big>Q: Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax  deductible?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501  (c)(3) organization.  Also, remember to check with your employer to see  if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your  donation.\r\n\r\n<a name="q5"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q5"><big>Q: How can I help?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> You can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s  Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser. <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">Click  here</a> to locate the chapter nearest you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q6"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q6"><big>Q: Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> No. Anyone can join the Bowl-A-Thon and have fun. However,  to win the safari trip,  one must be an AAZK member in good standing.  If you think you might win, you can join <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/">AAZK</a>.\r\n\r\n<a name="q7"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q7"><big>Q: How many chapters participate?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Approximately 60 chapters participate each year with about  55 events (some Bowl together) in U.S. and Canada. See our <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">list of sites</a> to find an event  close to you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q8"> </a>\r\n\r\n<a name="q10"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q10"><big>Q: Why not bowl for a different animal each  year?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> It takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold  where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name  the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids  to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya  has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah,  Grevy\'s zebra, sumatran tigers, malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan  gibbon and the coral reefs, just to name a few.\r\n\r\n<a name="q11"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q11"><big>Q: We noticed the name of the event was  changed, why is that?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, the official name is now "American Association of Zoo  Keepers Bowling For Rhinos, sponsored by Blue Rhino". We now have an  official corporate sponsor, the good people at <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/">Blue Rhino</a>. Blue Rhino had been  looking for a way to support conservation of their namesake, the Rhino,  and chose to contribute to our fundraising efforts. Part of our  agreement was to add their name as our sponsor, update our fundraising  documentation to include their name and logo, and in turn they\'ll donate  significant funds to the program.\r\n\r\n<a name="q12"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q12"><big>Q: Where can I get more information?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Hopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on  our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please let  us know. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the  programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.lewa.org">www.lewa.org</a>,  <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/">www.actionforcheetahs.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-21 07:55:51', '2010-04-21 12:55:51', '', 1269, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1269-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1273, 2, '2010-04-21 07:51:35', '2010-04-21 12:51:35', '<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q1">What is "Bowling For  Rhinos"?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q2">Why save Rhinos?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q3">Where do Bowling For Rhinos  Funds go?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q4">Are donations to Bowling  For Rhinos tax deductible?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q5">How can I help?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q6">Do you need to be an AAZK  member to bowl?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q7">How many chapters  participate?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q8"></a><a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q10">Why not bowl for a  different animal each year?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q11">We noticed the name of the  event was changed, why is that?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q12">Where can I get more  information?</a>\r\n\r\n<hr /><a name="q1"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q1"><big>Q: What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</big></a></strong>\r\n<strong><big>A:</big></strong> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK)  sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).   This is similar to the March Of Dimes Walk-a-thon only we bowl and  collect donations rather than walk.  Over 60 AAZK chapters participate  throughout the US and Canada raising over $300,000 annually. BFR funds  support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi  rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia  and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in  Sumatra.  These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire  ecosystems!\r\n\r\n<a name="q2"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q2"><big>Q: Why save Rhinos?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they  survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of  rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species.  All 5 species-  The White, Black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan are endangered.  Only the  white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from  extinction.  In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only  2,500 remain in isolated populations.  On the Asian continent, the  Indian population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran numbers 200 and the  Javan has only 47 animals.\r\n\r\nThe Black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our Bald eagle  is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go  extinct what message would we give our children?  The rhino is a large,  key species.  By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of  habitat.  By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered  species, not just the rhino.\r\n\r\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50  million years but it can not survive machine guns and man.  The rhino is  killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and symbolic  dagger handles.  So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can  not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC.  "BFR"  money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover  vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuary, and  salaries for anti-poaching security guards.\r\n\r\nThe black rhino is AAZK\'s National symbol and we believe we have an  obligation to save it from extinction.  Through our efforts, we feel we  can save these valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe  havens for future generations to enjoy.\r\n\r\n<a name="q3"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q3"><big>Q: Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ  conservation projects, conserving four species of Rhino, their habitats,  and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve  the Black and White Rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran Rhino in  Indonesia. The first $160,000 raised each year goes to the Lewa  Wildlife Conservancy with the remainder split between Ujung Kulon  National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.\r\n\r\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon.  This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java  (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth!  Ujung  Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few  discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds,  many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In  fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile,  amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of  the globes land surface!\r\n\r\nIn 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit  Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km  protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian  elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a  substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within  this park. $25,000 / year is needed at BBSNP  to provide additional  patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti-  poaching skills.\r\n\r\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that  includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow  funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to  conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused  funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these  top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include  such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population  of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of  Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival  and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest  need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching  teams in Way Kambas.\r\n\r\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to LWC. The remainder of funds  are sent via the International Rhino Fund to support Ujung Kulon, Way  Kambas and BBSNP. With this support, we are now helping to conserve  rhinos and their ecosystems worldwide!\r\n\r\nSee <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/bfrn_comparison.php#funds_raised_distribution">Bowling  For Rhinos Funds Raised Distribution </a> for more details.\r\n\r\n<a name="q4"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q4"><big>Q: Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax  deductible?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501  (c)(3) organization.  Also, remember to check with your employer to see  if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your  donation.\r\n\r\n<a name="q5"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q5"><big>Q: How can I help?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> You can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s  Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser. <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">Click  here</a> to locate the chapter nearest you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q6"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q6"><big>Q: Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> No. Anyone can join the Bowl-A-Thon and have fun. However,  to win the safari trip,  one must be an AAZK member in good standing.  If you think you might win, you can join <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/">AAZK</a>.\r\n\r\n<a name="q7"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q7"><big>Q: How many chapters participate?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Approximately 60 chapters participate each year with about  55 events (some Bowl together) in U.S. and Canada. See our <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">list of sites</a> to find an event  close to you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q8"> </a>\r\n\r\n<a name="q10"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q10"><big>Q: Why not bowl for a different animal each  year?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> It takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold  where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name  the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids  to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya  has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah,  Grevy\'s zebra, sumatran tigers, malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan  gibbon and the coral reefs, just to name a few.\r\n\r\n<a name="q11"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q11"><big>Q: We noticed the name of the event was  changed, why is that?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, the official name is now "American Association of Zoo  Keepers Bowling For Rhinos, sponsored by Blue Rhino". We now have an  official corporate sponsor, the good people at <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/">Blue Rhino</a>. Blue Rhino had been  looking for a way to support conservation of their namesake, the Rhino,  and chose to contribute to our fundraising efforts. Part of our  agreement was to add their name as our sponsor, update our fundraising  documentation to include their name and logo, and in turn they\'ll donate  significant funds to the program.\r\n\r\n<a name="q12"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q12"><big>Q: Where can I get more information?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Hopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on  our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please let  us know. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the  programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.lewa.org">www.lewa.org</a>,  <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/">www.actionforcheetahs.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-21 07:51:35', '2010-04-21 12:51:35', '', 1269, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1269-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1276, 2, '2010-04-21 07:54:12', '2010-04-21 12:54:12', '<a href="#q1">What is "Bowling For  Rhinos"?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q2">Why save Rhinos?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q3">Where do Bowling For Rhinos  Funds go?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q4">Are donations to Bowling  For Rhinos tax deductible?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q5">How can I help?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q6">Do you need to be an AAZK  member to bowl?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q7">How many chapters  participate?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q8"></a><a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q10">Why not bowl for a  different animal each year?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q11">We noticed the name of the  event was changed, why is that?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q12">Where can I get more  information?</a>\r\n\r\n<hr /><a name="q1"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q1"><big>Q: What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</big></a></strong>\r\n<strong><big>A:</big></strong> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK)  sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).   This is similar to the March Of Dimes Walk-a-thon only we bowl and  collect donations rather than walk.  Over 60 AAZK chapters participate  throughout the US and Canada raising over $300,000 annually. BFR funds  support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi  rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia  and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in  Sumatra.  These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire  ecosystems!\r\n\r\n<a name="q2"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q2"><big>Q: Why save Rhinos?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they  survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of  rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species.  All 5 species-  The White, Black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan are endangered.  Only the  white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from  extinction.  In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only  2,500 remain in isolated populations.  On the Asian continent, the  Indian population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran numbers 200 and the  Javan has only 47 animals.\r\n\r\nThe Black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our Bald eagle  is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go  extinct what message would we give our children?  The rhino is a large,  key species.  By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of  habitat.  By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered  species, not just the rhino.\r\n\r\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50  million years but it can not survive machine guns and man.  The rhino is  killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and symbolic  dagger handles.  So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can  not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC.  "BFR"  money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover  vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuary, and  salaries for anti-poaching security guards.\r\n\r\nThe black rhino is AAZK\'s National symbol and we believe we have an  obligation to save it from extinction.  Through our efforts, we feel we  can save these valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe  havens for future generations to enjoy.\r\n\r\n<a name="q3"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q3"><big>Q: Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ  conservation projects, conserving four species of Rhino, their habitats,  and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve  the Black and White Rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran Rhino in  Indonesia. The first $160,000 raised each year goes to the Lewa  Wildlife Conservancy with the remainder split between Ujung Kulon  National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.\r\n\r\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon.  This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java  (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth!  Ujung  Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few  discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds,  many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In  fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile,  amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of  the globes land surface!\r\n\r\nIn 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit  Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km  protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian  elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a  substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within  this park. $25,000 / year is needed at BBSNP  to provide additional  patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti-  poaching skills.\r\n\r\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that  includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow  funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to  conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused  funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these  top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include  such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population  of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of  Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival  and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest  need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching  teams in Way Kambas.\r\n\r\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to LWC. The remainder of funds  are sent via the International Rhino Fund to support Ujung Kulon, Way  Kambas and BBSNP. With this support, we are now helping to conserve  rhinos and their ecosystems worldwide!\r\n\r\nSee <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/bfrn_comparison.php#funds_raised_distribution">Bowling  For Rhinos Funds Raised Distribution </a> for more details.\r\n\r\n<a name="q4"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q4"><big>Q: Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax  deductible?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501  (c)(3) organization.  Also, remember to check with your employer to see  if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your  donation.\r\n\r\n<a name="q5"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q5"><big>Q: How can I help?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> You can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s  Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser. <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">Click  here</a> to locate the chapter nearest you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q6"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q6"><big>Q: Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> No. Anyone can join the Bowl-A-Thon and have fun. However,  to win the safari trip,  one must be an AAZK member in good standing.  If you think you might win, you can join <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/">AAZK</a>.\r\n\r\n<a name="q7"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q7"><big>Q: How many chapters participate?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Approximately 60 chapters participate each year with about  55 events (some Bowl together) in U.S. and Canada. See our <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">list of sites</a> to find an event  close to you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q8"> </a>\r\n\r\n<a name="q10"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q10"><big>Q: Why not bowl for a different animal each  year?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> It takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold  where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name  the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids  to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya  has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah,  Grevy\'s zebra, sumatran tigers, malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan  gibbon and the coral reefs, just to name a few.\r\n\r\n<a name="q11"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q11"><big>Q: We noticed the name of the event was  changed, why is that?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, the official name is now "American Association of Zoo  Keepers Bowling For Rhinos, sponsored by Blue Rhino". We now have an  official corporate sponsor, the good people at <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/">Blue Rhino</a>. Blue Rhino had been  looking for a way to support conservation of their namesake, the Rhino,  and chose to contribute to our fundraising efforts. Part of our  agreement was to add their name as our sponsor, update our fundraising  documentation to include their name and logo, and in turn they\'ll donate  significant funds to the program.\r\n\r\n<a name="q12"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q12"><big>Q: Where can I get more information?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Hopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on  our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please let  us know. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the  programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.lewa.org">www.lewa.org</a>,  <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/">www.actionforcheetahs.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-21 07:54:12', '2010-04-21 12:54:12', '', 1269, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1269-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1274, 2, '2010-04-21 07:52:56', '2010-04-21 12:52:56', '<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q1">What is "Bowling For  Rhinos"?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q2">Why save Rhinos?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q3">Where do Bowling For Rhinos  Funds go?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q4">Are donations to Bowling  For Rhinos tax deductible?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q5">How can I help?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q6">Do you need to be an AAZK  member to bowl?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q7">How many chapters  participate?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q8"></a><a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q10">Why not bowl for a  different animal each year?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q11">We noticed the name of the  event was changed, why is that?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q12">Where can I get more  information?</a>\r\n\r\n<hr /><a name="q1"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q1"><big>Q: What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</big></a></strong>\r\n<strong><big>A:</big></strong> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK)  sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).   This is similar to the March Of Dimes Walk-a-thon only we bowl and  collect donations rather than walk.  Over 60 AAZK chapters participate  throughout the US and Canada raising over $300,000 annually. BFR funds  support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi  rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia  and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in  Sumatra.  These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire  ecosystems!\r\n\r\n<a name="q2"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q2"><big>Q: Why save Rhinos?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they  survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of  rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species.  All 5 species-  The White, Black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan are endangered.  Only the  white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from  extinction.  In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only  2,500 remain in isolated populations.  On the Asian continent, the  Indian population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran numbers 200 and the  Javan has only 47 animals.\r\n\r\nThe Black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our Bald eagle  is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go  extinct what message would we give our children?  The rhino is a large,  key species.  By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of  habitat.  By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered  species, not just the rhino.\r\n\r\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50  million years but it can not survive machine guns and man.  The rhino is  killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and symbolic  dagger handles.  So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can  not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC.  "BFR"  money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover  vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuary, and  salaries for anti-poaching security guards.\r\n\r\nThe black rhino is AAZK\'s National symbol and we believe we have an  obligation to save it from extinction.  Through our efforts, we feel we  can save these valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe  havens for future generations to enjoy.\r\n\r\n<a name="q3"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q3"><big>Q: Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ  conservation projects, conserving four species of Rhino, their habitats,  and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve  the Black and White Rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran Rhino in  Indonesia. The first $160,000 raised each year goes to the Lewa  Wildlife Conservancy with the remainder split between Ujung Kulon  National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.\r\n\r\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon.  This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java  (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth!  Ujung  Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few  discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds,  many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In  fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile,  amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of  the globes land surface!\r\n\r\nIn 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit  Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km  protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian  elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a  substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within  this park. $25,000 / year is needed at BBSNP  to provide additional  patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti-  poaching skills.\r\n\r\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that  includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow  funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to  conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused  funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these  top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include  such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population  of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of  Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival  and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest  need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching  teams in Way Kambas.\r\n\r\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to LWC. The remainder of funds  are sent via the International Rhino Fund to support Ujung Kulon, Way  Kambas and BBSNP. With this support, we are now helping to conserve  rhinos and their ecosystems worldwide!\r\n\r\nSee <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/bfrn_comparison.php#funds_raised_distribution">Bowling  For Rhinos Funds Raised Distribution </a> for more details.\r\n\r\n<a name="q4"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q4"><big>Q: Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax  deductible?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501  (c)(3) organization.  Also, remember to check with your employer to see  if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your  donation.\r\n\r\n<a name="q5"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q5"><big>Q: How can I help?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> You can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s  Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser. <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">Click  here</a> to locate the chapter nearest you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q6"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q6"><big>Q: Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> No. Anyone can join the Bowl-A-Thon and have fun. However,  to win the safari trip,  one must be an AAZK member in good standing.  If you think you might win, you can join <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/">AAZK</a>.\r\n\r\n<a name="q7"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q7"><big>Q: How many chapters participate?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Approximately 60 chapters participate each year with about  55 events (some Bowl together) in U.S. and Canada. See our <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">list of sites</a> to find an event  close to you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q8"> </a>\r\n\r\n<a name="q10"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q10"><big>Q: Why not bowl for a different animal each  year?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> It takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold  where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name  the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids  to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya  has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah,  Grevy\'s zebra, sumatran tigers, malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan  gibbon and the coral reefs, just to name a few.\r\n\r\n<a name="q11"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q11"><big>Q: We noticed the name of the event was  changed, why is that?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, the official name is now "American Association of Zoo  Keepers Bowling For Rhinos, sponsored by Blue Rhino". We now have an  official corporate sponsor, the good people at <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/">Blue Rhino</a>. Blue Rhino had been  looking for a way to support conservation of their namesake, the Rhino,  and chose to contribute to our fundraising efforts. Part of our  agreement was to add their name as our sponsor, update our fundraising  documentation to include their name and logo, and in turn they\'ll donate  significant funds to the program.\r\n\r\n<a name="q12"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q12"><big>Q: Where can I get more information?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Hopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on  our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please let  us know. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the  programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.lewa.org">www.lewa.org</a>,  <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/">www.actionforcheetahs.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-21 07:52:56', '2010-04-21 12:52:56', '', 1269, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1269-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1275, 2, '2010-04-21 07:53:02', '2010-04-21 12:53:02', '<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q1">What is "Bowling For  Rhinos"?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q2">Why save Rhinos?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q3">Where do Bowling For Rhinos  Funds go?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q4">Are donations to Bowling  For Rhinos tax deductible?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q5">How can I help?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q6">Do you need to be an AAZK  member to bowl?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q7">How many chapters  participate?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q8"></a><a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q10">Why not bowl for a  different animal each year?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q11">We noticed the name of the  event was changed, why is that?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q12">Where can I get more  information?</a>\r\n\r\n<hr /><a name="q1"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q1"><big>Q: What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</big></a></strong>\r\n<strong><big>A:</big></strong> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK)  sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).   This is similar to the March Of Dimes Walk-a-thon only we bowl and  collect donations rather than walk.  Over 60 AAZK chapters participate  throughout the US and Canada raising over $300,000 annually. BFR funds  support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi  rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia  and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in  Sumatra.  These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire  ecosystems!\r\n\r\n<a name="q2"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q2"><big>Q: Why save Rhinos?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they  survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of  rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species.  All 5 species-  The White, Black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan are endangered.  Only the  white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from  extinction.  In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only  2,500 remain in isolated populations.  On the Asian continent, the  Indian population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran numbers 200 and the  Javan has only 47 animals.\r\n\r\nThe Black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our Bald eagle  is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go  extinct what message would we give our children?  The rhino is a large,  key species.  By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of  habitat.  By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered  species, not just the rhino.\r\n\r\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50  million years but it can not survive machine guns and man.  The rhino is  killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and symbolic  dagger handles.  So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can  not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC.  "BFR"  money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover  vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuary, and  salaries for anti-poaching security guards.\r\n\r\nThe black rhino is AAZK\'s National symbol and we believe we have an  obligation to save it from extinction.  Through our efforts, we feel we  can save these valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe  havens for future generations to enjoy.\r\n\r\n<a name="q3"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q3"><big>Q: Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ  conservation projects, conserving four species of Rhino, their habitats,  and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve  the Black and White Rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran Rhino in  Indonesia. The first $160,000 raised each year goes to the Lewa  Wildlife Conservancy with the remainder split between Ujung Kulon  National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.\r\n\r\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon.  This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java  (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth!  Ujung  Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few  discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds,  many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In  fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile,  amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of  the globes land surface!\r\n\r\nIn 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit  Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km  protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian  elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a  substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within  this park. $25,000 / year is needed at BBSNP  to provide additional  patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti-  poaching skills.\r\n\r\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that  includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow  funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to  conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused  funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these  top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include  such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population  of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of  Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival  and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest  need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching  teams in Way Kambas.\r\n\r\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to LWC. The remainder of funds  are sent via the International Rhino Fund to support Ujung Kulon, Way  Kambas and BBSNP. With this support, we are now helping to conserve  rhinos and their ecosystems worldwide!\r\n\r\nSee <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/bfrn_comparison.php#funds_raised_distribution">Bowling  For Rhinos Funds Raised Distribution </a> for more details.\r\n\r\n<a name="q4"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q4"><big>Q: Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax  deductible?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501  (c)(3) organization.  Also, remember to check with your employer to see  if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your  donation.\r\n\r\n<a name="q5"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q5"><big>Q: How can I help?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> You can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s  Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser. <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">Click  here</a> to locate the chapter nearest you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q6"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q6"><big>Q: Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> No. Anyone can join the Bowl-A-Thon and have fun. However,  to win the safari trip,  one must be an AAZK member in good standing.  If you think you might win, you can join <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/">AAZK</a>.\r\n\r\n<a name="q7"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q7"><big>Q: How many chapters participate?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Approximately 60 chapters participate each year with about  55 events (some Bowl together) in U.S. and Canada. See our <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">list of sites</a> to find an event  close to you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q8"> </a>\r\n\r\n<a name="q10"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q10"><big>Q: Why not bowl for a different animal each  year?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> It takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold  where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name  the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids  to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya  has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah,  Grevy\'s zebra, sumatran tigers, malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan  gibbon and the coral reefs, just to name a few.\r\n\r\n<a name="q11"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q11"><big>Q: We noticed the name of the event was  changed, why is that?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, the official name is now "American Association of Zoo  Keepers Bowling For Rhinos, sponsored by Blue Rhino". We now have an  official corporate sponsor, the good people at <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/">Blue Rhino</a>. Blue Rhino had been  looking for a way to support conservation of their namesake, the Rhino,  and chose to contribute to our fundraising efforts. Part of our  agreement was to add their name as our sponsor, update our fundraising  documentation to include their name and logo, and in turn they\'ll donate  significant funds to the program.\r\n\r\n<a name="q12"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q12"><big>Q: Where can I get more information?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Hopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on  our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please let  us know. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the  programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.lewa.org">www.lewa.org</a>,  <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/">www.actionforcheetahs.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-21 07:53:02', '2010-04-21 12:53:02', '', 1269, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1269-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1277, 2, '2010-04-21 07:54:17', '2010-04-21 12:54:17', '<a href="#q1">What is "Bowling For  Rhinos"?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q2">Why save Rhinos?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q3">Where do Bowling For Rhinos  Funds go?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q4">Are donations to Bowling  For Rhinos tax deductible?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q5">How can I help?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q6">Do you need to be an AAZK  member to bowl?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q7">How many chapters  participate?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q8"></a><a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q10">Why not bowl for a  different animal each year?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q11">We noticed the name of the  event was changed, why is that?</a>\r\n<a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/faq.php#q12">Where can I get more  information?</a>\r\n\r\n<hr /><a name="q1"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q1"><big>Q: What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</big></a></strong>\r\n<strong><big>A:</big></strong> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK)  sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).   This is similar to the March Of Dimes Walk-a-thon only we bowl and  collect donations rather than walk.  Over 60 AAZK chapters participate  throughout the US and Canada raising over $300,000 annually. BFR funds  support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi  rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia  and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in  Sumatra.  These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire  ecosystems!\r\n\r\n<a name="q2"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q2"><big>Q: Why save Rhinos?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they  survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of  rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species.  All 5 species-  The White, Black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan are endangered.  Only the  white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from  extinction.  In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only  2,500 remain in isolated populations.  On the Asian continent, the  Indian population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran numbers 200 and the  Javan has only 47 animals.\r\n\r\nThe Black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our Bald eagle  is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go  extinct what message would we give our children?  The rhino is a large,  key species.  By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of  habitat.  By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered  species, not just the rhino.\r\n\r\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50  million years but it can not survive machine guns and man.  The rhino is  killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and symbolic  dagger handles.  So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can  not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC.  "BFR"  money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover  vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuary, and  salaries for anti-poaching security guards.\r\n\r\nThe black rhino is AAZK\'s National symbol and we believe we have an  obligation to save it from extinction.  Through our efforts, we feel we  can save these valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe  havens for future generations to enjoy.\r\n\r\n<a name="q3"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q3"><big>Q: Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ  conservation projects, conserving four species of Rhino, their habitats,  and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve  the Black and White Rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran Rhino in  Indonesia. The first $160,000 raised each year goes to the Lewa  Wildlife Conservancy with the remainder split between Ujung Kulon  National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.\r\n\r\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon.  This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java  (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth!  Ujung  Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few  discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds,  many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In  fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile,  amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of  the globes land surface!\r\n\r\nIn 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit  Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km  protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian  elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a  substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within  this park. $25,000 / year is needed at BBSNP  to provide additional  patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti-  poaching skills.\r\n\r\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that  includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow  funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to  conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused  funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these  top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include  such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population  of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of  Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival  and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest  need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching  teams in Way Kambas.\r\n\r\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to LWC. The remainder of funds  are sent via the International Rhino Fund to support Ujung Kulon, Way  Kambas and BBSNP. With this support, we are now helping to conserve  rhinos and their ecosystems worldwide!\r\n\r\nSee <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/bfrn_comparison.php#funds_raised_distribution">Bowling  For Rhinos Funds Raised Distribution </a> for more details.\r\n\r\n<a name="q4"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q4"><big>Q: Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax  deductible?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501  (c)(3) organization.  Also, remember to check with your employer to see  if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your  donation.\r\n\r\n<a name="q5"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q5"><big>Q: How can I help?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> You can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s  Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser. <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">Click  here</a> to locate the chapter nearest you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q6"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q6"><big>Q: Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> No. Anyone can join the Bowl-A-Thon and have fun. However,  to win the safari trip,  one must be an AAZK member in good standing.  If you think you might win, you can join <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/">AAZK</a>.\r\n\r\n<a name="q7"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q7"><big>Q: How many chapters participate?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Approximately 60 chapters participate each year with about  55 events (some Bowl together) in U.S. and Canada. See our <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">list of sites</a> to find an event  close to you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q8"> </a>\r\n\r\n<a name="q10"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q10"><big>Q: Why not bowl for a different animal each  year?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> It takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold  where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name  the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids  to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya  has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah,  Grevy\'s zebra, sumatran tigers, malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan  gibbon and the coral reefs, just to name a few.\r\n\r\n<a name="q11"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q11"><big>Q: We noticed the name of the event was  changed, why is that?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, the official name is now "American Association of Zoo  Keepers Bowling For Rhinos, sponsored by Blue Rhino". We now have an  official corporate sponsor, the good people at <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/">Blue Rhino</a>. Blue Rhino had been  looking for a way to support conservation of their namesake, the Rhino,  and chose to contribute to our fundraising efforts. Part of our  agreement was to add their name as our sponsor, update our fundraising  documentation to include their name and logo, and in turn they\'ll donate  significant funds to the program.\r\n\r\n<a name="q12"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q12"><big>Q: Where can I get more information?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Hopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on  our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please let  us know. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the  programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.lewa.org">www.lewa.org</a>,  <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/">www.actionforcheetahs.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-21 07:54:17', '2010-04-21 12:54:17', '', 1269, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1269-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1279, 2, '2010-04-21 07:55:57', '2010-04-21 12:55:57', '<a href="#q1">What is "Bowling For  Rhinos"?</a>\r\n<a href="#q2">Why save Rhinos?</a>\r\n<a href="#q3">Where do Bowling For Rhinos  Funds go?</a>\r\n<a href="#q4">Are donations to Bowling  For Rhinos tax deductible?</a>\r\n<a href="#q5">How can I help?</a>\r\n<a href="#q6">Do you need to be an AAZK  member to bowl?</a>\r\n<a href="#q7">How many chapters  participate?</a>\r\n<a href="#q10">Why not bowl for a  different animal each year?</a>\r\n<a href="#q11">We noticed the name of the  event was changed, why is that?</a>\r\n<a href="#q12">Where can I get more  information?</a>\r\n\r\n<hr /><a name="q1"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q1"><big>Q: What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</big></a></strong>\r\n<strong><big>A:</big></strong> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK)  sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).   This is similar to the March Of Dimes Walk-a-thon only we bowl and  collect donations rather than walk.  Over 60 AAZK chapters participate  throughout the US and Canada raising over $300,000 annually. BFR funds  support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi  rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia  and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in  Sumatra.  These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire  ecosystems!\r\n\r\n<a name="q2"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q2"><big>Q: Why save Rhinos?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they  survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of  rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species.  All 5 species-  The White, Black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan are endangered.  Only the  white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from  extinction.  In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only  2,500 remain in isolated populations.  On the Asian continent, the  Indian population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran numbers 200 and the  Javan has only 47 animals.\r\n\r\nThe Black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our Bald eagle  is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go  extinct what message would we give our children?  The rhino is a large,  key species.  By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of  habitat.  By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered  species, not just the rhino.\r\n\r\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50  million years but it can not survive machine guns and man.  The rhino is  killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and symbolic  dagger handles.  So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can  not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC.  "BFR"  money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover  vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuary, and  salaries for anti-poaching security guards.\r\n\r\nThe black rhino is AAZK\'s National symbol and we believe we have an  obligation to save it from extinction.  Through our efforts, we feel we  can save these valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe  havens for future generations to enjoy.\r\n\r\n<a name="q3"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q3"><big>Q: Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ  conservation projects, conserving four species of Rhino, their habitats,  and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve  the Black and White Rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran Rhino in  Indonesia. The first $160,000 raised each year goes to the Lewa  Wildlife Conservancy with the remainder split between Ujung Kulon  National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.\r\n\r\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon.  This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java  (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth!  Ujung  Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few  discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds,  many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In  fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile,  amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of  the globes land surface!\r\n\r\nIn 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit  Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km  protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian  elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a  substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within  this park. $25,000 / year is needed at BBSNP  to provide additional  patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti-  poaching skills.\r\n\r\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that  includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow  funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to  conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused  funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these  top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include  such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population  of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of  Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival  and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest  need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching  teams in Way Kambas.\r\n\r\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to LWC. The remainder of funds  are sent via the International Rhino Fund to support Ujung Kulon, Way  Kambas and BBSNP. With this support, we are now helping to conserve  rhinos and their ecosystems worldwide!\r\n\r\nSee <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/docs/bfrn_comparison.php#funds_raised_distribution">Bowling  For Rhinos Funds Raised Distribution </a> for more details.\r\n\r\n<a name="q4"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q4"><big>Q: Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax  deductible?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501  (c)(3) organization.  Also, remember to check with your employer to see  if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your  donation.\r\n\r\n<a name="q5"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q5"><big>Q: How can I help?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> You can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s  Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser. <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">Click  here</a> to locate the chapter nearest you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q6"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q6"><big>Q: Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> No. Anyone can join the Bowl-A-Thon and have fun. However,  to win the safari trip,  one must be an AAZK member in good standing.  If you think you might win, you can join <a href="http://www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk/">AAZK</a>.\r\n\r\n<a name="q7"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q7"><big>Q: How many chapters participate?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Approximately 60 chapters participate each year with about  55 events (some Bowl together) in U.S. and Canada. See our <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">list of sites</a> to find an event  close to you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q8"> </a>\r\n\r\n<a name="q10"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q10"><big>Q: Why not bowl for a different animal each  year?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> It takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold  where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name  the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids  to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya  has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah,  Grevy\'s zebra, sumatran tigers, malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan  gibbon and the coral reefs, just to name a few.\r\n\r\n<a name="q11"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q11"><big>Q: We noticed the name of the event was  changed, why is that?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, the official name is now "American Association of Zoo  Keepers Bowling For Rhinos, sponsored by Blue Rhino". We now have an  official corporate sponsor, the good people at <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/">Blue Rhino</a>. Blue Rhino had been  looking for a way to support conservation of their namesake, the Rhino,  and chose to contribute to our fundraising efforts. Part of our  agreement was to add their name as our sponsor, update our fundraising  documentation to include their name and logo, and in turn they\'ll donate  significant funds to the program.\r\n\r\n<a name="q12"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q12"><big>Q: Where can I get more information?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Hopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on  our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please let  us know. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the  programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.lewa.org">www.lewa.org</a>,  <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/">www.actionforcheetahs.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-21 07:55:57', '2010-04-21 12:55:57', '', 1269, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1269-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1283, 2, '2010-04-21 08:19:03', '2010-04-21 13:19:03', '<a href="#q1">What is "Bowling For  Rhinos"?</a>\n<a href="#q2">Why save Rhinos?</a>\n<a href="#q3">Where do Bowling For Rhinos  Funds go?</a>\n<a href="#q4">Are donations to Bowling  For Rhinos tax deductible?</a>\n<a href="#q5">How can I help?</a>\n<a href="#q6">Do you need to be an AAZK  member to bowl?</a>\n<a href="#q7">How many chapters  participate?</a>\n<a href="#q10">Why not bowl for a  different animal each year?</a>\n<a href="#q11">We noticed the name of the  event was changed, why is that?</a>\n<a href="#q12">Where can I get more  information?</a>\n\n<hr /><strong><a name="q1"><big>Q: What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</big></a></strong>\n<strong><big>A:</big></strong> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK)  sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).  Over 60 AAZK chapters participate  throughout the US and Canada raising between $200,000- $300,000 annually. But our goal is raise $500,000 annually. BFR funds support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi  rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia  and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in  Sumatra.  These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire  ecosystems!\n\n<a name="q2"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q2"><big>Q: Why save Rhinos?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they  survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of  rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species.  All 5 species-  The White, Black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan are endangered.  Only the  white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from  extinction.  In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only  2,500 remain in isolated populations.  On the Asian continent, the  Indian population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran species numbers around 200 and the Javan species has only 47 animals.\n\nThe black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our bald eagle  is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go extinct what message would we give our children?  The rhino is a large, flagship species.  By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of habitat.  By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered  species, not just the rhino.\n\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50  million years but it can not survive machine guns and man.  The rhino is  killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and as symbolic dagger handles.  So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC and the Indonesian parks.  "BFR"  money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuary, purchase trip cameras for censusing, and salaries for anti-poaching security guards to name a few.\n\nThe black rhino is AAZK\'s National symbol and we believe we have an  obligation to save it and the other rhino species from extinction.  Through our efforts, we feel we can save valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe havens for future generations to enjoy.\n\n<a name="q3"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q3"><big>Q: Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ  conservation projects, conserving four species of rhino, their habitats,  and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve  the black and white Rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran Rhino in  Indonesia.\n\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon.  This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java  (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth!  Ujung  Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few  discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds,  many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In  fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile,  amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of  the globes land surface!\n\nIn 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit  Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km  protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian  elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a  substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within  this park. $25,000 / year is needed at BBSNP  to provide additional  patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti-  poaching skills.\n\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that  includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow  funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to  conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused  funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these  top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include  such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population  of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of  Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival  and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest  need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching  teams in Way Kambas.\n\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to LWC. 50% of the monies raised over that amount are sent to the International Rhino Foundation to help fund their Indonesian programs. 40% of the monies over $160,000 are sent to LWC and 8% is sent to Action for Cheetah in Kenya. The final 2% of monies raised over the $160,000 mark are then set aside for fund the <a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bowling-for-rhinos-conservation-resource-fund-grant/">BFR Conservation Resource Fund Grant </a>administered by the AAZK.\n\n<a name="q4"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q4"><big>Q: Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax  deductible?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501  (c)(3) organization.  Also, remember to check with your employer to see  if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your  donation.\n\n<a name="q5"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q5"><big>Q: How can I help?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> You can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s  Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser. <a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bowling-for-rhinos-conservation-resource-fund-grant/">Click  here</a> to locate the chapter nearest you to see if they are hosting an event.\n\n<a name="q6"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q6"><big>Q: Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> No. Anyone can join the Bowl-A-Thon and have fun.\n\n<a name="q7"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q7"><big>Q: How many chapters participate?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Approximately 60 chapters participate each year with about  55 events (some Bowl together) in U.S. and Canada. See our <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">list of sites</a> to find an event  close to you.\n\n<a name="q8"> </a>\n\n<a name="q10"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q10"><big>Q: Why not bowl for a different animal each  year?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> It takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold  where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name  the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids  to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya  has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah,  Grevy\'s zebra, Sumatran tigers, Malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan  gibbons and the coral reefs,  just to name a few.\n\n<a name="q11"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q11"><big>Q: We noticed the name of the event was  changed, why is that?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, the official name is now "American Association of Zoo  Keepers Bowling For Rhinos, sponsored by Blue Rhino<sup>®</sup>". We now have an  official corporate sponsor, the good people at <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/">Blue Rhino</a>. Blue Rhino<sup>® </sup> had been  looking for a way to support conservation of their namesake, the rhino,  and chose to contribute to our fundraising efforts. Part of our  agreement was to add their name as our sponsor, update our fundraising  documentation to include their name and logo, and in turn they\'ll donate  significant funds to the program.\n\n<a name="q12"> </a>\n\n<strong><a name="q12"><big>Q: Where can I get more information?</big></a></strong> <strong>\n<big>A:</big></strong> Hopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on  our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please let  us know. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the  programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.lewa.org">www.lewa.org</a>,  <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/">www.actionforcheetahs.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-21 08:19:03', '2010-04-21 13:19:03', '', 1269, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1269-revision-14/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1281, 2, '2010-04-21 08:17:20', '2010-04-21 13:17:20', '<a href="#q1">What is "Bowling For  Rhinos"?</a>\r\n<a href="#q2">Why save Rhinos?</a>\r\n<a href="#q3">Where do Bowling For Rhinos  Funds go?</a>\r\n<a href="#q4">Are donations to Bowling  For Rhinos tax deductible?</a>\r\n<a href="#q5">How can I help?</a>\r\n<a href="#q6">Do you need to be an AAZK  member to bowl?</a>\r\n<a href="#q7">How many chapters  participate?</a>\r\n<a href="#q10">Why not bowl for a  different animal each year?</a>\r\n<a href="#q11">We noticed the name of the  event was changed, why is that?</a>\r\n<a href="#q12">Where can I get more  information?</a>\r\n\r\n<hr /><a name="q1"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q1"><big>Q: What is "Bowling For Rhinos"?</big></a></strong>\r\n<strong><big>A:</big></strong> Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK)  sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called "Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).  Over 60 AAZK chapters participate  throughout the US and Canada raising between $200,000- $300,000 annually. But our goal is raise $500,000 annually. BFR funds support LWC- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (formerly called Ngare Sergoi  rhino sanctuary) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia  and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)and Way Kambas in  Sumatra.  These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire  ecosystems!\r\n\r\n<a name="q2"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q2"><big>Q: Why save Rhinos?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Rhinos have lived on earth for over 50 million years but whether they  survive even 50 more years is open to speculation. Only 5 species of  rhino exist today when once there were over 100 species.  All 5 species-  The White, Black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan are endangered.  Only the  white rhino with a population of 4,600 seems to be somewhat safe from  extinction.  In 1960, 60,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Today only  2,500 remain in isolated populations.  On the Asian continent, the  Indian population remains at 2,000. The Sumatran species numbers around 200 and the Javan species has only 47 animals.\r\n\r\nThe black rhino is a symbol of conservation in Africa as our bald eagle  is to those of us in the United States. If the black rhino were to go extinct what message would we give our children?  The rhino is a large, flagship species.  By striving to save the rhino, we save large expanses of habitat.  By saving these habitats, we are saving many endangered  species, not just the rhino.\r\n\r\nThe rhino is our link to the dinosaurs as it has lived on earth over 50  million years but it can not survive machine guns and man.  The rhino is  killed for its horn to be used in oriental medicines and as symbolic dagger handles.  So valuable is the horn to poachers that the rhino can not survive unless it is on protected sanctuaries such as LWC and the Indonesian parks.  "BFR"  money is used to fence in these areas, purchase planes and land rover vehicles to curtail poaching, translocate rhino into the sanctuary, purchase trip cameras for censusing, and salaries for anti-poaching security guards to name a few.\r\n\r\nThe black rhino is AAZK\'s National symbol and we believe we have an  obligation to save it and the other rhino species from extinction.  Through our efforts, we feel we can save valuable habitats and the animals living in their safe havens for future generations to enjoy.\r\n\r\n<a name="q3"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q3"><big>Q: Where do Bowling For Rhinos Funds go?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> 100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ  conservation projects, conserving four species of rhino, their habitats,  and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve  the black and white Rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran Rhino in  Indonesia.\r\n\r\nIn 1994, "BFR" expanded their funding efforts to include Ujung Kulon.  This is a 300 square mile National Park on the island of Java  (Indonesia) which is home to some of the rarest animals on earth!  Ujung  Kulon supports the last 47 Javan rhinos in the world (with a few  discovered in Viet Nam), 40 species of mammals, 250 species of birds,  many rare amphibians and reptiles including the green sea turtle. In  fact, Java is home to one eighth of the world\'s mammals, birds, reptile,  amphibian and plant species although it only occupies one percent of  the globes land surface!\r\n\r\nIn 1997, "BFR" again expanded their funding efforts to include Bukit  Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). This is a 3,568 square km  protected area on the southwest side of the island of Sumatra. Asian  elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear, Indian wild dog and a  substantial number of the estimated 200 Sumatran rhinos live within  this park. $25,000 / year is needed at BBSNP  to provide additional  patrol stations, patrol equipment and training of park guards in anti-  poaching skills.\r\n\r\nThere is now an Indonesian Rhino Conservation program (IRCP) that  includes all parks with rhino populations. This program will allow  funding to be used on top priority needs in top priority locations to  conserve wildlife. BFR is part of this program. This allows unused  funding in any given year to go through IRCP to be reallocated to these  top priority locations. This allows BFR to expand funding to include  such places as Way Kambas (Eastern Sumatra) that has a large population  of Sumatran rhinos. Way Kambas has the 3rd or 4th largest population of  Sumatran rhinos in the world and is a crucial nucleus for the survival  and recovery of this species. Currently, the best use of and greatest  need for the BFR funds is to be used to establish more anti-poaching  teams in Way Kambas.\r\n\r\nOur first $160,000 raised each year goes to LWC. 50% of the monies raised over that amount are sent to the International Rhino Foundation to help fund their Indonesian programs. 40% of the monies over $160,000 are sent to LWC and 8% is sent to Action for Cheetah in Kenya. The final 2% of monies raised over the $160,000 mark are then set aside for fund the <a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bowling-for-rhinos-conservation-resource-fund-grant/">BFR Conservation Resource Fund Grant </a>administered by the AAZK.\r\n\r\n<a name="q4"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q4"><big>Q: Are donations to Bowling For Rhinos tax  deductible?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, BFR is covered under AAZK\'s tax # 23-7274856 as a 501  (c)(3) organization.  Also, remember to check with your employer to see  if they have a matching gift program as an easy way to double your  donation.\r\n\r\n<a name="q5"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q5"><big>Q: How can I help?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> You can help by participating in your local AAZK Chapter\'s  Bowling For Rhinos fundraiser. <a href="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/committee/bowling-for-rhinos/bowling-for-rhinos-conservation-resource-fund-grant/">Click  here</a> to locate the chapter nearest you to see if they are hosting an event.\r\n\r\n<a name="q6"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q6"><big>Q: Do you need to be an AAZK member to bowl?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> No. Anyone can join the Bowl-A-Thon and have fun.\r\n\r\n<a name="q7"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q7"><big>Q: How many chapters participate?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Approximately 60 chapters participate each year with about  55 events (some Bowl together) in U.S. and Canada. See our <a href="http://aazkbfr.org/bfrsites/">list of sites</a> to find an event  close to you.\r\n\r\n<a name="q8"> </a>\r\n\r\n<a name="q10"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q10"><big>Q: Why not bowl for a different animal each  year?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> It takes about 5 years for a fund raiser to take hold  where the public looks forward to it so it is important to keep the name  the same. BFR saves rhino habitat so it saves everything from orchids  to sea turtles to elephants. In fact, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya  has more elephants (300) than rhino (80). BFR also saves cheetah,  Grevy\'s zebra, Sumatran tigers, Malayan sun bears and tapirs, Javan  gibbons and the coral reefs,  just to name a few.\r\n\r\n<a name="q11"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q11"><big>Q: We noticed the name of the event was  changed, why is that?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Yes, the official name is now "American Association of Zoo  Keepers Bowling For Rhinos, sponsored by Blue Rhino<sup>®</sup>". We now have an  official corporate sponsor, the good people at <a href="http://www.bluerhino.com/">Blue Rhino</a>. Blue Rhino<sup>® </sup> had been  looking for a way to support conservation of their namesake, the rhino,  and chose to contribute to our fundraising efforts. Part of our  agreement was to add their name as our sponsor, update our fundraising  documentation to include their name and logo, and in turn they\'ll donate  significant funds to the program.\r\n\r\n<a name="q12"> </a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a name="q12"><big>Q: Where can I get more information?</big></a></strong> <strong>\r\n<big>A:</big></strong> Hopefully, you can find most of what you\'re looking for on  our website. If there are things we can add that are useful, please let  us know. Additionally, you can find out more through some of the  programs that we participate in, <a href="http://www.lewa.org">www.lewa.org</a>,  <a href="http://www.rhinos-irf.org/">www.rhinos-irf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.actionforcheetahs.org/">www.actionforcheetahs.org</a>.', 'Bowling for Rhinos FAQ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1269-revision-v1', '', '', '2010-04-21 08:17:20', '2010-04-21 13:17:20', '', 1269, 'http://aazk.org/uncategorized/1269-revision-12/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
