ZIMS - Zoological Information Management System

ZIMS is the first ever, unified global database on animal health and management in the world.
With ZIMS, each of the 825 ISIS member institutions across 76 countries can begin entering their data directly into a web-based, global database and, most importantly, gain instant access to information from other zoos and aquariums in the network.
This database currently contains records on 2.3 million animals and it's hoped the system's state-of-the-art, Web-based design will not only revolutionize the zoo and aquarium world, but inspire new research.
Zoos SA, through its Adelaide and Monarto Zoos, has been selected as early adopters thus being one of the first institutions in the world to implement ZIMS software - a reality that was first dreamt of 10 years ago when the zoological community began discussing the need for a real-time pooled animal knowledgebase.

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[gaiagale]

@gaiagale ..and I'm curious to know if the designers are donating "the unified global database on animal health and management" to the Zoos and Aquariums since most Zoos and Aquariums are run and kept alive by volunteers and public funding in the form of donations. Wikipedia is already a unified global database on animal health and management and it is free.

[gaiagale]

Zoos and Aquariums are wonderful in some ways because because some of us choose to think so. A huge information database can be thought of as beneficial too, if we choose to think so. I choose to think that any information base is by design a huge demand on human intelligence and energy. The designers of the software used to store and retrieve the information expect and indeed need the intelligent energetic workers to donate their time and energy in order to acquire the info.

[hugwildlife]

Wonderful!!! The world needs a ZIMS!!!!! Thanks for your good work!!!!!