Samenvatting

To be able to keep sustainable populations which are independent from wild populations zoos need to cooperate in collection planning. To aid this cooperation the Taxon Advisory Groups (TAGS) of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) design Regional Collection Plans (RCPs). These RCPs contain recommendations for EAZA member zoos about which species should be kept and which not. EAZA member zoos are encouraged to use these RCP recommendations as a framework but they can still make their own decisions for their collection planning. In order to be effective it is however important that member zoos follow the recommendations so sustainable populations can be formed. This objective of this study is to evaluate the implementation of the RCP recommendations into their collection planning and which factors may have influence on this implementation.