Zoological Registrars Association
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Connecting Registrars to Save Wildlife
You are visiting the official website of the Zoological Registrars Association (ZRA). ZRA connects, trains, and empowers the community of zoo and aquarium registrars. ZRA envisions a future where registrar expertise is valued and acknowledged by institutions worldwide to promote the care and conservation of animals.
OCTOBER 12 - OCTOBER 17 • PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
ZRA Conference
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Best practices and regulations pertaining to zoo and aquarium animals are constantly changing, and staying abreast of these changes can be a challenge. Joining the Zoological Registrars Association puts you in the company of registrars and animal data specialists from all over the world. When you become a member of ZRA, you tap into the collective expertise of dozens of colleagues, sharing knowledge and experience and continually learning from one another.
Become a Member of ZRA
Best practices and regulations pertaining to zoo and aquarium animals are constantly changing, and staying abreast of these changes can be a challenge. Joining the Zoological Registrars Association puts you in the company of registrars and animal data specialists from all over the world. When you become a member of ZRA, you tap into the collective expertise of dozens of colleagues, sharing knowledge and experience and continually learning from one another.
News
November 01, 2025
Membership Renewal DELAYED
November 1st is historically when ZRA opens its membership renewal period, so some of you might be ready and excited to renew for 2026. However, this year we will be opening the renewal period on November 15th instead of November 1st.
The reason for the delay is that we are working hard to get the new website up and running. We are scheduled to launch the new site on November 7th, right after the Annual Business Meeting in Miami. Any changes made to the current site would slow down the process of transferring information to the new site, and just make the process more complicated than it needs to be.
Thank you so much to everyone for your patience as we build the new site and for your flexibility to hold off on renewing for two weeks! See you in Miami!
~ Stephanie Eller, Website Task Force
October 06, 2025
For the Record Issue 4 October/December 2025
Issue 4 of the 2025 ZRA Newsletter, ‘For the Record’, has been posted to the ZRA website: For the Record 2025 Issue 4
(click ‘Resources’ at the top of page, then ‘Newsletters’ in the menu on the right)
If you would like to submit an article, recommend someone for a member profile, or have other comments or suggestions, please contact Ingrid Russell at ingridr@sfzoo.org.
Respectfully submitted,
Newsletter Committee
July 01, 2025
For the Record July/Sept 2025
Issue 3 of the 2025 ZRA Newsletter, ‘For the Record’, has been posted to the ZRA website: For the Record 2025 Issue 3
(click ‘Resources’ at the top of page, then ‘Newsletters’ in the menu on the right)
If you would like to submit an article, recommend someone for a member profile, or have other comments or suggestions, please contact Ingrid Russell at ingridr@sfzoo.org.
Respectfully submitted,
Newsletter Committee
Contact Us
General
Jennifer Wilson, President
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium and Lee G. Simmons Wildlife Safari Park
P: 402-738-2068
F: 402-738-2039
jennw@omahazoo.comMembership Chair
Vickie Edel, Chair
Audubon Nature Institute
P: 504-212-5369
vedel@auduboninstitute.orgProfessional Development
ZRA connects, trains and empowers the community of zoo and aquarium registrars.