EAZA Tiger Campaign 2002/4
Campaign efforts in Parc Zoologique Doue-la-Fontaine
Collaboration with school libraries at DouéWhen the EAZA Tiger Campaign was launched, we immediately decided to participate actively in the campaign. As Doué keeps Sumatran tigers, we focussed our campaign on human-tiger conflicts in Sumatra, raising funds for projects 1 and 3.
Our focus in the campaign allowed us to make a strong link between ‘Paul’ and ‘Fred’, our tigers, and their wild cousins. To promote the conservation of the tiger to the public we developed different ways of communication inside as well as outside the zoo.
In the zoo, visitors are confronted with the campaign through reading, hearing and watching. Two education panels close to the tiger enclosure explain the campaign and the objectives of the projects. Keeper talks are held during feeding time at the tiger enclosure, and a video movie with photos of François Savigny and of the EAZA Tiger Campaign is shown. The video provides information on the biology, conservation and culture of Sumatran tigers. Special activities are also organised, such as a sculpture demonstration and workshop, and making foot prints of tigers. Outside the zoo, we participate in a mobile exhibition travelling to different school libraries in the Maine-et-Loire area. The exhibition has been made in collaboration with the school libraries and focusses on the tiger biology and the conservation role of zoos through the EAZA Tiger Campaign.
