Sourcing & breeding
- Populations to be held in captivity should be taken from existing captive stocks or be injured animals that cannot be rehabilitated and released.
- Populations should be maintained also from existing captive stocks or be injured animals not able to be rehabilitated or released.
- Animals, both individuals and species, to be held for public display must be suitable to demonstrate the natural characteristics of the species and/or the range of approved conservation messages intended from the display.
- Populations should be managed to avoid production of surplus animals or situations where animals are bred without locations for these identified. All intentions to breed and the intended facilities captive bred animals will be housed in need to be specified in the programme outline.
Transfer of animals between collections
All intended transfers of animals between collections, institutions or facilities must be specified in the programme outline workplan and recommended by the captive coordinator if there is one.