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LOCATION: New York State Deer Farms
SPECIES: Fallow Deer, Red Deer, Whitetail Deer, Sika Deer, Axis Deer, and Reindeer
EQUIPMENT: Portable capture and management pens, with a Tamer 2 and a transport trailer for moving both equipment and deer.
NOTES: A mobile testing facility, designed and built by FAUNA RESEARCH has been used by the NYS Dept. of Ag and Mkts for statewide TB testing of captive deer. The facility is transported in a specially modified stock trailer. The pens are set up on each farm and the animals captured. The deer to be tested are sorted into smaller groups and then individually immobilized in the TAMER for TB testing. Tested deer are then confined to holding pen for 72 hours and the process is repeated and the test read. There is no need for chemical immobilization. In a 2 year period 8,323 deer on 279 farms were successfully TB tested. The Massachusetts Division of Fish & Wildlife using a similar, FAUNA designed, mobile testing facility plan to begin TB testing captive deer herds in March of 2009.
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Loading a TAMER 2 into the transport trailer.
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TB Testing a Red Deer Stag in a Tamer 2
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LOCATION: The National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center at Front Royal, VA
EQUIPMENT: Hydraulic Equid Tamer
NOTES: The facilities and Hydraulic TAMER at NZP-CRC has allowed investigators to develop a research program to help understand the fundamental reproductive biology of the Przewalski’s horse in a stress free environment. The ultimate goal is to develop an artificial insemination program for the genetic management of this endangered species.
Specifically, the Hydraulic TAMER is used for the following procedures:
1. Female reproductive examinations - rectal palpation, ultrasonography, monitoring ovarian activity, pregnancy detection, hormone injections and artificial insemination after inducing standing sedation.
2. Minor veterinary procedures - injection of anaesthetics for artificial insemination; treatment of cuts and abrasions.
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Injections are given
easily and safely.
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Side View of TAMER
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Interior View of TAMER
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LOCATION: The Saint Louis Zoo Antelope Area.
SPECIES: Grevy’s zebra. Endangered. Total wild population less than 3,000 restricted to northern Kenya and 3 small pockets in Ethiopia.
EQUIPMENT: Hydraulic TAMER with built in scale and specially designed hydraulic head hugger for gentle but firm control of the neck and head. A 4’ wide alleyway with a solid, pass through push board suspended from a carriage that rides on overhead rail system. Installed March 2008. For more information about this equipment, please contact Fauna Research/Mark MacNamara at (845) 758-2549, email faunaresearch@yahoo.com, or visit www.faunaresearch.com.
NOTES: Zoo staff is in the process of training the zebras to go through the TAMER on a daily basis. Their goal is to not only safely provide routine health care without general anesthesia or chemical immobilization but also conduct veterinary, reproductive, nutritional and genetic research which will enhance the conservation of this endangered species. Using a hydraulic TAMER zebras can be routinely and repeatedly handled and data such as blood sample collections and ultrasound examinations, can be carried out in a manner that is safe and low stress for both zebras and handlers.
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Grevy’s Zebras walking through Hydraulic TAMER
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Zebras being
restrained in the
Hydraulic TAMER
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Zebras being
restrained in the
Hydraulic TAMER
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LOCATION: Jacksonville Zoo’s Giraffe Holding and Management Area
EQUIPMENT: Giraffe TAMER and Penning System, installed March 2005
NOTES: The Zoo’s successful giraffe breeding program consists of 7 animals: one 10 year old bull, “Duke”; 3 cows; and 3 youngsters (the youngest born Jan. 26/08). Duke is trained to enter the TAMER daily for routine health management and weighing. The TAMER is equipped with a rubber matted, slip resistant floor, heavy duty load cells, and an electronic scale with digital reader for quick and accurate weighing. Primary giraffe keeper, Donna Kelley, takes advantage of the 18 access doors to train and desensitize Duke to being confined in the TAMER so hoof care, blood draws and even x-rays on a bum knee can be performed. Newborns are introduced and trained to enter and stand in the TAMER shortly after birth and weighed on a regular basis. Training young animals to stand and feel comfortable in the TAMER is one of the first steps in an effective animal management and health program.
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Duke –2040 lbs.
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Pens
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LOCATION: Elephant Barn, Maryland Zoo, Baltimore, Maryland
EQUIPMENT: Elephant Hydraulic TAMER and electronic scale, installed in 2 1/2 days, in August, 2007
NOTES: The Zoo’s African elephant herd consists of 5 animals: three cows; a mature bull, Tuffy; and a bull calf born 3/19/08. Felix, the new elephant mom, and calf are weighed on a regular basis in the TAMER. The TAMER is equipped with a steel diamond plate, slip resistant floor, heavy duty 30,000 lb. capacity load cells, and an electronic scale with digital reader for quick and accurate weighing. Supervisor Mike McClure and elephant keeper Colleen Baird spend several hours/day training and desensitizing the mother and baby to being confined in the TAMER so general health care, including hoof trims, and blood draws, can be performed. The TAMER is also equipped with hydraulically operated front and back slide doors and two moveable sides that can be adjusted to conform to each animal’s size and shape.
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Felix, 7400 lbs., Entering and Leaving Elephant Tamer
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Hydraulic Slide Door Rollers
Daily Training
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LOCATION: Private zoological collection in Westchester county, New York
EQUIPMENT: A portable hydraulic TAMER (H-TAMER) and a portable 24’ long alleyway with walk though push board mounted on an overhead track. Species Grant Zebras and Zeedonks.
NOTES: Three adult female zeedonks (about the size of large Grevy Zebras) and 2.2 Grants Zebras were each restrained in the H-TAMER and were given vaccinations, health exam, and a hoof trim as needed. The H-tamer was set at 600 psi, animals were restrained and lifted until their feet just touched the ground. the head and neck were held steady with the specially designed head hugger pads as shown in the photo.
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Form Fitting Hugger Pads
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Veterinarian Safely working on Zeedonk
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Hydraulic TAMER with
Push Board Alley
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LOCATION: North Carolina Museum of Life and Science. Black Bear Explore the Wild Exhibit, Durham, NC
EQUIPMENT: Bear and Large Cat TAMER: A heavy duty restraint and transfer crate. Fabricated out of galvanized tube steel. The TAMER is mobile and set on heavy duty casters, and consists of a squeeze panel, bars that pivot to provide safe and easy access to the bear, a slide door at each end, and a built-in electronic scale.
NOTES: The TAMER will serve as a transfer alley between the exhibit and holding pens, or as a transfer crate to move animals to other locations in the zoo or to the hospital if necessary. The bears can be stopped in the TAMER at any time for weighing, and restrained when necessary for health management or veterinary care. The squeeze panel operates on a friction lock system, has an infinite number of settings, and rapid or slow speed is controlled by the operator.
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Bear’s View of Tamer
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Bear Being Weighed
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Transferring Bear
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LOCATION: Pioneer Park Nature Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
EQUIPMENT: Multi Species Handling system consisting of: three TAMERS, a TAMER II, drop floor chute for smaller hoof stock, Hydraulic TAMER for larger species, and a Bovine TAMER with crash cage for large bovids. All TAMERS are connected to a 10’diameter half round steel tub with a push panel for sorting and guiding each animal into it’s appropriate TAMER.
SPECIES: Bison, Roosevelt Elk, Whitetail Deer
NOTES: The nature center consists of 668 acres of which 468 are virgin prairie and are home to herd of bison. The elk and white tail deer inhabit a 20 acre exhibit area. All animals are run through the handling system on a regular basis for tagging, TB testing, and preventative veterinary care.
   
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LOCATION: AL AIN. United Arab Emirates desert conditions. Animals housed in large 100 acre + enclosures
EQUIPMENT: Fauna Research Mobile Tamers, Portable Corrals and Portable Chutes.
NOTES: In 4 days using a TAMER Jr., A TAMER II and a Portable Corral System we worked 176 animals representing 7 species in three separate locations. We individually sorted and restrained Nubian tahr, Transcaspian Urial, Springbok, Sable, Cretain Goat, Impala & Markhor. Each animal received 4 vaccinations, a health exam, an electronic ID tag, hoof trim and horn trim if needed, and each was electronically weighed and recorded.
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Trimming Horns
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Adult Female Sable
Antelope Easily Restrained
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Vaccinating
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Modular Alley System Sets up Quickly and Easily To Move Animals Safely Across Road
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Hoof Trimming
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