Memories of the 6th Intl Zoo Marketing Conference, Kwalata Game Ranch, South Africa, October 912, 20

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Memories of the 6th Intl Zoo Marketing
Conference, Kwalata Game Ranch, South Africa,
October 9-12, 2007 Photos byJörg Adler,
Allwetterzoo Münster, and Peter Dollinger, WAZA
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Craig Allenby of the National Zoo of South Africa
welcoming the delegates
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Craig Allenby leading the local hosts
organisational team
Vee Naidoo of the National Zoo
Jörg Adler and Vee
Rubeena Sampson of the National Zoo
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Clifford Nxomani, CEO of the National Zoo of
South Africa, opening the Conference
Prof. Melville Saayman, University of
Potchefstroom, our Keynote Speaker
Dave Morgan, Executive of PAAZAB, happythat
everything went smoothly
Jörg Junhold, Chair of the WAZA
MarketingCommittee, welcoming the participants
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Jörg Adler (former) Chair of the EAZA Marketing
Committee, celebrating his birthday
Ilona Zühlke, Jörg Adler and Steffi Heeke
ofMünster Zoo
Maria Rasmussen of Goldau Animal Park, from
Switzerland to Swaziland
Ana Bowie of Denver Zoo. For the first time
twoAmerican Zoos participated in a IZM Conference
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The audience in the Hadida Meeting Room
The audience in the Hadida Meeting Room
Breakfast
From the first to the last row attendants were
listening to the presentations with great interest
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Joanne Lalumière (Granby) convening aworkshop
Between two sessions
Enjoying the sun during a break
Coffee break
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Dave Morgan, Ana Bowie, Craig Allenby andHenrik
L. Andersen (Odense)
Romana Bujackova (Zlin) and Stephen McKeown
(Chester)
Steffi Heeke and Ilona Zühlke (Münster)
Even President Thabo Mbeki was there
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Lotti and Peter Dollinger,
and the Czech crowd driving golf carts at the zoo
Zoo visit
At Freedom Park
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Dancers at the zoo taking a break
Dancers at the zoo evening
reinforced by a member of the Kiwi Junior League
Dancers at the zoo evening ..
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The WAZA Marketing Committee Chair tasting local
beer
Inline skaters at Mandela Village
Visiting the sangoma at Mandela Village, Maria
Rasmussen is told that she soon will get married,
and will have children, lots of money and a car
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Bushwalk at Kwalata
Isabel Cheng and Linda Chew Pek Hoon(Singapore)
game watching
Encountering wildebeeste at Kwalata
Romana Bujackova (Zlin) as wildlife photographer
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The restaurant at Kwalata
Local dancers at Kwalata
Local dancers at Kwalata
Local dancers at Kwalata
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Aperitif in the Bush
Clifford Nxomani thanking the WAZA Executiveat
the Farewell Dinner
And again our good sprits - Thanks to the
National Zoo of South Africa, and to all
participants and workers behind the scene who
helped to make this conference an outstanding
success!
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See you at the 7th International Zoo Marketing
Conference in Odense (Denmark)-June 16 to 20,
2009 !