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Sara,

At Science City, we have a Nature Center that isn't quite a "living 
collection."  It's more a rag tag group exotic pet rejects.  (No one 
should tell Piggy, our hairless guinea pig I said that though!!!)  We 
are licensed by the USDA as an "exhibitor."  We have produced our animal 
care protocol from the USDA's "Animal Welfare Act and Animal Welfare 
Regulations" a publication that you could easily get from the USDA. 

Good Luck,

-- 
Ben Randell
Program Specialist
Science City @ Union Station

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Sara DeAngelis wrote:

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>Hello,
>
>
>I'm looking for information on how science museums approach their live
>animal collections.  Specifically, I'm interested in if other museums have
>formal animal policies in place.  We're in the process of developing a
>Living Collection Policy (parallel to the one we have for our natural
>science and cultural collections.)  I'd like to see some other examples to
>compare with our own.  (AZA has guidelines but they are a bit beyond where
>we are aiming.)  
>
>Thanks in advance for sharing recommendations and examples!
>
>
>Sara DeAngelis
>
>
>
>Sara DeAngelis
>Project Manager/Lead Exhibit Developer
>Brooklyn Children¹s Museum
>145 Brooklyn Ave.
>Brooklyn, NY 11213
>
>p. 718 735-4400 x149
>c. 718 578-8269
>e. [log in to unmask]
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>One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
>                                                                - Wm.
>Shakespeare
>
>Keep you love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art and
>more.
>                                                                - Vincent
>Van Gogh
>
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