We have many species which are part of the EAZA Ex Situ Programme (EEP).
Ex Situ Conservation Programmes
Colchester Zoological Society has over 150 different species; many of these are classified as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered in the wild. There are many species at Colchester which are part of the EAZA Ex situ Programme (EEP). Our zoological management team are committee members for a number of these conservation programmes.
Clive Barwick, Curator:
- EEP coordinator for Malayan Sun Bear
- Committee member for the African elephant EEP
- Committee member for the Amur leopard EEP
- Committee member for the Common squirrel monkey EEP
- Committee member of the Coppery titi monkey EEP
- Committee member of the Yellow-breasted capuchin EEP
- Committee member for the Radiated tortoise EEP
Angela Matthews, Head Keeper:
- EEP Coordinator for Smooth-coated Otter
- EAZA monitor for Spotted-necked, North American River and Sea Otter
Andy Moore, Director of Science, Education and Training:
- STEM Ambassador
- BIAZA Conservation Education Committee Member
- Education Advisor for the Canid and Hyena Tag
Jemma Dias, Senior Conservation Educator and Research Coordinator:
- Education advisor for Amphibian TAG, BIAZA Research Committee Member
- BIAZA Sound Focus Group Member and ManyZoos
- Communication and Outreach Committee Member
Jody Bedford, Team Leader:
- EAZA Species Committee Member for Smooth-coated Otter EEP
EAZA Ex situ Programme (EEP)
EEPs are the most intensive form of population management. Each EEP has a coordinator who is assisted by a species committee. The coordinator collects information on the species in all EAZA zoos and aquaria, produces a studbook, carries out demographical and genetical analyses, and produces a plan for the future management of the species. With the assistance of the species committee, recommendations are made each year on which animals should and should not breed and which species should move to another collection.
Mammals (46 EEPs)
- Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
- African elephant (Loxodonta africana)
- African lion (Panthera leo)
- Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
- Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
- Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus)
- Binturong (Arctictis binturong)
- Buffy-headed capuchin (Sapajus xanthosternos)
- Bush dogs (Speothos venaticus)
- Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
- Cherry-crowned mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus torquatus)
- Colombian black spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps robustus)
- Common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
- Common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
- Coppery titi monkey (Callcebus Cupreus)
- Crowned Lemur (Eulemur coronatus)
- Eastern Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella niveiventris)
- Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda)
- Gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada)
- Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
- Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
- Goeldi’s monkey ( Callimico goeldii)
- Golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)
- Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)
- Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)
- Grey wolf (Canis lupus)
- Kirk’s dik dik (Madoqua kirkii)
- L’hoest’s monkey (Cercopithecus lhoesti)
- Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)
- Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
- Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)
- Maneless zebra (Equus quagga borensis)
- Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
- Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
- Pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus)
- Pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis)
- Red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
- Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
- Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
- Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)
- Southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla)
- Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
- Visayan spotted deer (Rusa alfredi)
- White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
- Linne’s two toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)
- Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
Reptiles (9 EEPs)
- African pancake tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)
- Aldabra tortoise (Geochelone gigantea)
- Emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus)
- Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
- Giant Asian pond turtle (Heosemys grandis)
- Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
- Madagascan tree boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis)
- Slender snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)
- Spiny hill turtle (Heosemys spinosa)
Birds (9 EEPs)
- African White backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)
- Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)
- Blue crane (Anthropoides paradiseus)
- Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
- King vulture (Sarcorhamphus papa)
- Rufous hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax)
- Ruppell’s vulture (Gyps rueppellii)
- Wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)
- Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura Victoria)
