Association for species protection, bird keeping and aviculture (AZ)

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Association for species protection, bird keeping and bird breeding (AZ) eV
purpose Conservation through breeding
Chair: Karl-Friedrich Scharrelmann
Executive Director: Michael Schädlich
Establishment date: 1920
Number of members: ~ 17,000
Seat : Zwickau
Website: www.azvogelzucht.de

The Association for Species Protection, Bird Keeping and Bird Breeding (AZ) eV is an association of German bird breeders . The association was founded as an exchange center for bird lovers and breeders in Germany eV in 1920 and currently has around 17,000 members. It consists exclusively of individual members. To a large extent, these have come together in over 350 local groups - spread across the Federal Republic of Germany . In addition, there are also 14 AZ regional groups. The association brings together breeders of exotic and native birds . The association has had its own information sheet for its members since 1954, the so-called "AZ-Vogelinfo (AZV)", in which specialist articles, breeding and experience reports and association reports are published monthly. The forerunners of the AZN were the "Birds of Far Lands", which appeared in 1921 under the editorship of Hans Duncker .

The AZ annually issues foot rings for its members , which are considered official.

The working groups

Due to the large number of bird species and breeding directions, there are five working groups that deal specifically with certain bird species. They are:

  • AZ-DWV German Budgie Breeders Association
  • AZ-AGZ Working group of breeders of large parakeet and parrot species
  • AZ-AEZ Working group of lovers of exotic grain and soft eaters
  • AZ-AFZ working group for color and shape canaries
  • AZ-AEV Working Group for European Birds and Carduelids

One chairman and two deputies - who are members of the AZ board - are available to manage the individual working groups. At the state level, the individual working groups are represented by delegates elected by the members of the state group.

The chairman and his deputies as well as the committee delegates of the individual regional groups are happy to answer all kinds of technical questions. Within the individual working groups there are special interest groups whose task is to promote the breeding of certain bird species / breeding forms.

Conservation through breeding

While the keeping and breeding of animals, especially birds, used to be primarily an end in itself for their own edification, the aspect of "species conservation through breeding" with non-domesticated birds comes more and more to the fore with increasing environmental destruction. The members of the Association for Species Protection, Bird Keeping and Bird Breeding (AZ) contribute to this in two ways. On the one hand, they cover the undisputed need for wild bird species by breeding them and, on the other hand, they are increasingly participating in so-called conservation breeding programs for particularly threatened bird species. We support the European zoological gardens in their work in the so-called European Conservation Breeding Programs (EEP).

Two of them, namely the EEP for the Balistar (Leucopsar rothschildi) and for the Socorrotaube (Zenaida graysoni) were initiated by the AZ. It has already been possible to preserve bird species through breeding in human care.

Species Protection and Breeding Fund (AZF)

In order to promote the goals of species conservation not only through breeding, AZ has set up its own fund, the Species Protection and Breeding Fund (AZF).

The following measures are funded from this:

  • Conservation breeding programs and similar projects
  • Programs and scientific research on special bird species (ethology etc.) and their habitats
  • Protection of habitats
  • Expatriation projects

Examples of funded projects include a. Breeding aviaries for endangered bird species in Wuppertal Zoo or in Cambodia in the ACCB breeding center. The fund is financed, among other things, by a portion of the membership fees and donations. The board of directors, with the involvement of the scientific advisory board, decides on the allocation of funds. The following people are currently on the advisory board: Prof. Franz Bairlein , Peter Berthold , Marcellus Bürkle, Norbert Kamphues, Michael Lierz , Claudia Mettke-Hofmann, Theo Pagel and René Wüst.

The AZ is a member of the Zoological Society for Species and Population Protection (ZGAP).

aims

According to the statutes, the purpose of the association is essentially:

  1. the maintenance and promotion of expert bird keeping and breeding
  2. Combating unfair machinations in the bird lover and trade
  3. Contact and cooperation with scientific institutions that deal with ornithology or carry out research projects
  4. Conservation through breeding. Creation of breeding programs for certain species with the aim of conserving endangered bird species

Consul Cremer Prize (CCP)

The Consul Cremer Prize (CCP) named after him is awarded as the highest award of the association for species protection, bird keeping and aviculture . The award consists of a medal with the portrait of Consul Cremer, the former president of AZ and an AZ certificate. The Consul Cremer Prize was launched on the occasion of the AZ annual general meeting in Heidelberg in 1959.

The prerequisites for the award are:

1. Special breeding services in the order of priority:

  • recognized, completed first breeding successes of previously considered to be hardly or not breedable species (world, European and German first breeding),
  • Breeding of verifiably rare species in succession or bird species that are considered to be difficult to breed. Further breeding with subsequent generations and establishment of breeding lines.

2. Recognized exceptional achievements in the field of bird lovering including special achievements for the AZ community.

  • Publication of a detailed breeding report in the AZN

Leopold Keidel Prize (LKP)

In memory of the AZ president from 1948–1974, Leopold Keidel, and to further promote his most important AZ achievement - the AZ news.

The prize is awarded annually for qualified work in AZ news. The AZ president decides on the award based on the suggestions of the AZ president, the editor or the chairmen.

The prize consists of a medal with the portrait of Leopold Keidel, a certificate and € 500. It can be shared once, in which case both recipients receive a certificate, a medal and € 250 each.

Nature Conservation Award (AZNP)

The annual AZ Nature Conservation Prize (AZNP) is awarded for special services in the protection of species, nature or animals.

The prize consists of an AZ certificate, a medal and up to € 2500. The allocation includes that the recipient has to report on his performance in the AZ news before the allocation.

The prize will be awarded to natural and legal persons, committees, clubs / associations that do not have to be members of the AZ.

Young Talent Award (AZNW)

The AZ can annually award the AZ Young Talent Award - AZNW for short - for excellent youth work within an AZ local group, AZ regional group or at the federal level, within an AZ interest group or through an AZ individual member.

This means z. B. the activities of a youth group within an AZ local group, children or youth programs on the occasion of an exhibition, cooperation with kindergartens and schools, etc.

This honor consists of a certificate as well as up to 1250 € or material prizes up to this amount.

The AZ board of directors § 8.3 of the AZ statutes and the scientific advisory board decide on the award.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association for the Protection of Species, Bird Keeping and Bird Breeding (AZ) eV Accessed on April 17, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Franz Robiller. [George Archibald ...]: The great lexicon of bird care / 1. A - K. 2nd edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3195-1 .
  3. ↑ AZ bird information from distant and European countries . AZ, Backnang 2009 ( dnb.de [accessed November 27, 2018]).
  4. ^ AZ eV: AZ Chronicle. (PDF) Retrieved December 5, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Franz Robiller: Das große Lexikon der Vogelpflege / 1. A - K. 2. Ed. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3195-1 , p. 231 .
  6. ↑ Association for Species Protection, Bird Keeping and Bird Breeding (AZ) eV Accessed on June 22, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Association for Species Protection, Bird Keeping and Bird Breeding (AZ) eV Accessed on June 22, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Association for Species Protection, Bird Keeping and Bird Breeding (AZ) eV Accessed on June 22, 2019 .