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User:Example/About me Donald Emerson Moore III (born January 9, 1954) is a conservation biologist and zoo professional. He is a leader and mentor of AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums and other conservation organizations internationally with the mission of saving species and engaging people through great animal care and welfare, conservation education, science-based conservation action, and capacity-building for the public good.

Early Life and Education

Moore is from Syracuse New York, United States. His Father Donald E Moore Jr was an attorney and Surrogates Court judge. His mother Ruth Steinhilber Moore was an art teacher in the Syracuse City School District. .

Educational Background: Moore received his Bachelors degree in Forest Zoology from SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY in 1976. Major Zoology, minor Medical Entomology. . He gained field experience in the Adirondacks of New York and at the Huntsman Marine Biology Research Lab, St Andrews, NB, Canada during his undergraduate studies. He began his zoo career after graduation, focusing on zoo renovations and conservation of red wolves and other native North American endangered species. He began a dual-degree program and received his Masters in Public Administration in 1990 from Maxwell School, Syracuse University, with a major in Development Economics and Administration. And he received his PhD in 2001 from SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY. His doctoral advisor was Dietland Muller-Schwarze, and his dissertation research “Aspects of the Behavior, Ecology & Conservation of Pampas Deer in Uruguay” was performed at the request of the government of Uruguay, Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries.

Moore was the Smithsonian representative to the Federal Executive Institute, LDS 375, in 2012.

Moore's field research experience includes animal behavior and ecology studies in Uruguay, 1987-1996, and later dates, where he worked with the government's Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, and ranchers, to achieve conservation consensus for endangered Pampas deer. . He also has field experience with Northeast seal census (NYS) 2004-2006, Adirondack Wood Turtle atlas in 2005, the NYS “Herp Atlas” in 1995-97. Huntsman Marine Biology Research Lab, Bay of Fundy, St Andrews, New Brunswick Canada 1976.

Personal Life:Moore has one brother and two sisters, as well as two daughters. He is married to Suzanne Louise Daley. He is an Eagle Scout. He received his varsity sports letter (Skiing) from Syracuse University in 1976. He won the New York State Fair Jam and Jelly competition in 1976.

Career: Moore has collaborated with other professionals from the US and other tribal/foreign nations, to make significant contributions to regional and global efforts to conserve rare/endangered species and habitats, and to improve zoos, aquariums and parks through strategic engagement and education of all stakeholders, facilitating dialogue about wicked problems, advancing and diffusing knowledge of conservation science and animal care/welfare, science-based husbandry and habitats for living zoo populations, and through capacity-building in the US, tribal nations and range countries around the world.

Moore began his zoo career at the Burnet Park Zoo in Syracuse, New York in 1976. That zoo, later renamed the Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park, underwent renovation from 1984-86, and Moore and the redevelopment team focused the theme on Darwinian evolution and native North American species including wolves, bison, elk, pronghorn and caribou. His experience with wolves led to participation in the reintroduction of red wolves into North Carolina.

Moore helped to privatize the Thompson Park Zoo in Watertown, New York in 1993-4.

Moore worked at the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York , where he was Central Park Zoo senior curator 1998-2002 , and director of Brooklyn's Prospect Park Zoo 2002-2006 . He and Dr Diana Reiss co-chaired the Society's renowned Animal Enrichment Program during this time. Moore participated in the WCS government outreach and One-WCS conservation actions during this time. Moore worked at Smithsonian's National Zoo 2006-2016, from 2014-2016 as a senior scientist for conservation programs on assignment with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. From 2006 to 2014, he was associate director for Animal Care Sciences, leading the National Zoo's team of veterinarians, curators, keepers, nutritionists, horticulturists and animal behavior professionals. Moore also helped implement major renovations for National Zoo's Elephant Trails and American Trail exhibits. While at National Zoo, he helped lead the elephant science team that studied elephant cognition that demonstrated insightful problem solving in a young male elephant and established the National Elephant Herpes Lab. Moore and colleagues believe that elephants in human care could contribute to studies that increase our knowledge of the species for its survival into the future

Moore was appointed Director of Oregon Zoo in 2016, a modern conservation organization and the most-visited cultural institution in the Pacific Northwest..

He has been a Smithsonian Professor for Great Courses "Zoology: Understanding the Animal World" and an author for childrens literature including Disney's Wonderful World of Animals

Bibilography
The following are a selection of Don Moore's peer-reviewed publications:
 * Plotnik JM, FBM de Waal, D Moore 3rd, and D Reiss. 2010. Self-recognition in the Asian elephant and future directions for cognitive research with elephants in zoological settings. ZooBiol. 29(2):179-191.
 * Foerder P, M Galloway, T Barthel, DE Moore 3, and D Reiss. 2011. Insightful problem solving in an Asian elephant. PLoS ONE. 6(8):e23251.