Formal Presentations - Wednesday
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Keepers are the Backbone:
Enhancing and Advancing an Existing Animal Wellbeing Program

Megan Saylor

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

COMMITMENT, COLLABORATION, COLLECTION:
TRAINING VOLUNTARY SEMEN COLLECTION IN A BELUGA (DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS)
UTILIZING NOVEL TRAINING METHODS

Stacie Cole

Mystic Aquarium

BELUGA WHALE (DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS) VOCALIZATION
AND CALLER IDENTIFICATION: INSIGHTS FROM ACOUSTIC PLAYBACK EXPERIMENTS

Sonny Schoenhoft

Stephen F. Austin
State University

REVIEW OF A PHARMACOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR A
CALIFORNIA SEA LION WITH ACUTE ONSET BEHAVIORAL TRANSFORMATION, INCLUDING
SPONTANEOUS LACTATION, FOLLOWING SUDDEN SOCIAL CHANGES

Danielle Hessel
Tierney O’Neal

Wildlife Conservation Society
/Bronx Zoo

WHERE ARE WE NOW?
A REVIEW OF THE TRAINING METHODS UTILIZED TO MANAGE
AN IMPRINTED CALIFORNIA SEA LION

Kristy Schutt

New England Aquarium

Enhancing Welfare Through Specialized Transportation
and Medical Training for California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)

Kar Wee Chua

Wildlife Reserves Singapore
Singapore Zoo