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Dublin Zoo Elephant Facility Design Workshop
3rd July 2009
Thursday October 15th 2009 – Sunday October 18th 2009
When designing the Kaziranga Forest Trail at Dublin Zoo we asked the following questions:
How do Asian Elephants live in the wild and what do elephants need to really be elephants?
The inspiration for the entire design process came from nature and a deep respect for the animals concerned.
The design process was undertaken with open minds and we carefully listened to the very best people in the field of elephant care. The Dublin Zoo team is very proud about the end result, yet accept that we have not stopped learning about the complex needs of elephants. We are looking forward to sharing our experiences with you and sincerely hope that you will find it valuable.
- Leo Oosterweghel, Director, Dublin Zoo
October 15th - Day One
REGISTRATION & ICE BREAKER
October 16th – Day Two
Welcome & Introduction – The Evolution of The Kaziranga Forest Trail
Leo Oosterweghel, Director, Dublin Zoo
A Day in the Life of an Elephant – Developing a Design Mission:
Alan Roocroft, Elephant Business
The Grand Design, an Overview of Elephant Habitat Design
Grant Jones, Jones & Jones
Giant Footsteps, The Development of Dublin Zoo’s Elephant Programme
Gerry Creighton, Dublin Zoo
On site tour of the Kaziranga Forest Trail & Building with a short demonstration of the Protected Contact Training.
October 17th - Day Three
Laying the Foundations – A History of Elephant Management
Alan Roocroft, Elephant Business
Reaching the Target – Elephant Training in Dublin Zoo
Ciaran McMahon & Alice Cooper, Elephant Team, Dublin Zoo
The Winding Path – The History of Zoo Architecture
Grant Jones, Jones & Jones
To Err is Human – Lessons Learnt from the Design of the Kaziranga Forest Trail
Open discussion introduced and chaired by Alan Roocroft, Grant Jones & Leo Oosterweghel
The Bigger Picture – A Day in the Life of Dublin Zoo’s Elephant Herd
Dublin Zoo Elephant Team Members
It’s Not Easy Being Green – Planning, Planting & Maintaining the Kaziranga Forest Trail
Stephen Butler, Curator of Horticulture, Dublin Zoo
Evening Tour of Dublin Zoo
October 18th - Day Four
Extra, extra! Important Additions to the Elephant Habitat Design
Alan Roocroft, Elephant Business
Male Order, Bull Elephant Habitat Design
Gerry Creighton, Dublin Zoo & Alan Roocroft, Elephant Business
Workshop Conclusion – Any Unanswered Questions
Open Discussion Introduced & Chaired by Leo Oosterweghal, Alan Roocroft, Grant Jones & Gerry Creighton
For more information & booking contact Aoife Keegan at 00353 (1) 4748997 or email elephantdesign@dublinzoo.ie
To download an application form click HERE
Alan Roocroft,
ELEPHANT BUSINESS.
16236 Swartz Canyon Road
Ramona, CA, 92065.
U.S.A.
TEL: 760-788-1002.
Cell: 760-580-3480.
FAX: 760-788-1022.
E-mail: alanroocroft@aol.com
Elephant behavioural consultant Alan Roocroft’s career spans nearly 40 years and five continents!
A renowned author and public speaker, Alan has been involved with elephants formerly as a keeper and supervisor and latterly as a consultant and elephant care specialist.
Alan’s consultancy – Elephant Business, based in the US, offers a wide range of elephant management techniques and husbandry practices to zoos, animal welfare organizations and government agencies responsible for the care of captive elephants.
His elephant management programmes are designed to aid zoo’s across the world to implement strategic husbandry plans in protected and free contact. His field studies in Africa, Sri Lanka and Thailand work with a variety of other species has enabled him to increase his broad knowledge of elephants and their care.
He imparts this knowledge in his writing, workshops, lecturing, mentoring and public speaking which he does with increasing regularity and in a variety of languages!
His elephant management school in collaboration with Hagenbecks Zoo in Hamburg, Germany has been over- subscribed every year since its inauguration in 2003.
Grant Jones
Jones & Jones
105 South Main Street, Suite 300
Seattle WA 98104 USA
206.624.5702
info@jonesandjones.com
http://www.jonesandjones.com/
Grant has practiced and preached ecological design for more than 40 years. His pioneering methodologies in landscape aesthetics, river planning, zoo habitat design, scenic highway design and conservation planning, including the development of new methodologies in GIS modeling, have set the standard for environmentally responsive
design and have brought the firm a stream of awards. Over the years Grant has brought his passion, expertise, and eloquence to many signature Jones & Jones projects, ranging from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tuscon to America’s first wildlife highway, U.S. Highway 93 through the Flathead Reservation in western Montana. A graduate of the Harvard School of Design, Grant has served as Director of Education for the Landscape Architecture Foundation, and has lectured at more than 30 departments of Landscape Architecture at universities throughout North America.
As Principal-in-Charge of the Woodland Park Zoo Master Plan, he coined the phrase “landscape immersion,” which launched the landscape immersion epoch in zoo’s (1975-present.) Grant’s work resulted in winning the 1980 American Society of Landscape Architects President’s Award of Excellence, as well as six AZA Annual Design Awards. Grant is highly regarded for his creative and imaginative ideas, particularly in developing strong master plan themes for Melbourne Zoo, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, St. Louis Zoo and San Diego Zoo.