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Focus on conservation

From City Scene, published on 16 December, 2007

Taking a closer look: Pictured from left: the zoo's NZCCM vet nurse Melanie Farrant, senior vet Dr Richard Jakob-Hoff, manager Craig Pritchard and Canon New Zealand managing director, Craig Manson with a Madagascan ring-tailed lemur that required minor surgery in the NZCCM.

Taking a closer look is now easier for vets at Auckland Zoo's New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine (NZCCM). The 2007 Canon Environmental Grant was awarded to the NZCCM earlier this month. The $15,000 worth of specialised equipment will play a valuable role in enabling the zoo to further its work in wildlife health, research, diagnostic work, and teaching.