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An SSP master plan is a document produced by the SSP coordinator (generally a zoo professional under the guidance of an elected management committee) [1] for a certain species. This document sets ex situ population goals and other management recommendations to achieve the maximum genetic diversity and demographic stability for a species, given ...
The Houston Zoo is an active partner in the AZA's Species Survival Plan (SSP) Program, a population management and conservation program for selected species housed in North American zoos. The zoo supports more than a dozen conservation projects in Texas and across the globe that assist in the survival of endangered wildlife and habitats.
EEP is one of the worldwide assembly of such regional breeding programs in zoos for threatened species. The North America counterpart is the Species Survival Plan, and Australian, Japanese, Indian, and Chinese [7] zoos also have similar programs. Combined, there are now many hundred zoos worldwide involved in regional breeding programs.
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Some notable SSP species the zoo has successfully bred over the years include the western lowland gorilla, Sumatran orangutan, golden lion tamarin, Sumatran tiger, Amur tiger, snow leopard, cheetah, Przewalski's horse, Indian rhinoceros, Matschie's tree-kangaroo, African penguin, and Komodo dragon.
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Since 1988, Marker has been a Member of the IUCN/SSC Conservation Specialist Group - Cheetah Species Survival Plan, and a Propagation Committee Advisor (AZA/SSP). [3] From 1991 to present she is a Member of the IUCN/SSC, Captive Breeding Specialist Group. [3] In 2001 she began work as a member of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Core Group. [3]
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