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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.
   
Duke –2040 lbs. Pens Training Newest
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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.
   
Felix, 7400 lbs., Entering and Leaving Hydraulic Slide Daily Training
Elephant Tamer Door Rollers
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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.
  
Form Fitting Veterinarian Safely Hydraulic TAMER with
Hugger Pads Working on Zeedonk 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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