CBSG Annual Meeting pages

Dear friends, We are very proud, and it is our great pleasure, that Prague will be the host of the upcoming Annual Meeting of Conservation Breeding Specialist Group 2011. Our delight is multiplied by the fact that this event will take place in the year of 80th anniversary of the founding of Prague Zoo.

On this occasion, I cannot avoid sharing a little bit of history. In 1959, the International Symposium on the Preservation of the Przewalski´s Horse was convened in Prague. It played a key role in the perpetuation of this species and its later reintroduction to nature. Prague Zoo was assigned by the Symposium to maintain the international studbook of the Przewalski´s Horse (the second studbook ever to be so kept), which was no doubt an appreciation of the Zoo´s importance to the breeding of this species. Indeed, three-quarters of today´s living Przewalski´s Horses have at least a drop of Prague blood in their veins.

CBSG Annual MEETING 2011, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
September 29 – October 2, 2011

The conference opens by "icebreaker" on 29th September and closes by a social evening on 2nd October 2011.

Registrational Deadlines
Early registration by 31st May 2011
Regular registration from 1st June 2011 till 31st July 2011
Late Registration from 1st August till 20th September 2011

The Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) is a global network of conservation professionals dedicated to saving threatened species by increasing the effectiveness of conservation efforts worldwide. CBSG members are invited to attend the CBSG Annual Meeting each year. CBSG is recognized and respected for its use of innovative, scientifically sound, collaborative processes that bring together people with diverse perspectives and knowledge to catalyze positive conservation change.

The conference will be held under the auspices of the Mayor of Prague
Doc. MUDr. Bohuslav Svoboda, CSc.