Accreditation and Animal Welfare Committee

The Accreditation and Animal Welfare Committee monitors and directs the activities of ARAZPA's Accreditation Program, reporting to, and implementing directives from the ARAZPA Board of Management. Responsibilities of the committee extend across all areas of policy, administration, reporting and publication relating to accreditation and animal welfare issues.

The committee comprises six members, including a chairperson. Committee members are appointed by the ARAZPA Board of Management for a three-year period. Each member must be able to bring to the Accreditation and Animal Welfare Committee some combination of the following:

The current members of the Accreditation and Animal Welfare Committee are:

Chair, Erna Walraven
Taronga Conservation Society Australia
Erna Walraven has twenty-five years’ zoo experience, as a keeper, wildlife rehabilitation officer, wildlife curator and currently as Senior Curator for both Taronga Zoo and Taronga Western Plains Zoo. Erna has held the position of Convenor of the ASMP Carnivore Taxon Advisory Group for the past twelve years, and represents her institution on a number of regional advisory groups.  She also served as a Board member on the ARAZPA Board for six years.

Erna is also the Species Coordinator for Western Lowland Gorilla. She represents the Taronga Conservation Society Australia on the Little Penguin Recovery team for the endangered population at Manly in Sydney and the NSW Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Recovery team.

Erna is the author of several books on Australian Wildlife and the management of wildlife during oil spills.

Peter Clark
Monarto Zoo

Profile coming soon!

Trevor Long
Sea World 

Trevor commenced at Sea World in 1973 and holds the position of Director of Marine Sciences. He is responsible for the collaborative design of exhibits, management of the animals and all related issues, is administrator of the Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation, heads up the Sea World rescue team in association with government agencies and is Master of the Sea World research vessel.

Michael has been actively involved with the Queensland Wildlife Parks Association – now the ARAZPA Queensland Branch – in roles on the QSMP Committee, Standards Committee, and Management Committee and is currently President of the Queensland Branch. He is committed to ongoing industry improvement and as a result is enthusiastic about the implementation of Accreditation.

Michael is also a member of the ARAZPA Board of Management.

Jan Steele
Melbourne Zoo

Profile coming soon! 
 

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