The Zoological Society of Southern Africa (ZSSA) was founded in 1959 mainly to promote Zoological research across all sub-disciplines in southern Africa and to support the interests of Zoologists in southern Africa.
More specifically, the objectives of the ZSSA are:
- To promote, facilitate and encourage Zoological research in southern Africa;
- To preserve southern African fauna and to support legislation to this end, and, if necessary, to oppose legislation tending to have adverse effects thereon;
- To be actively concerned with the welfare of animals; Co-ordination and Education;
- To assist in the coordination of Zoological research in Southern Africa using congresses, meetings and publications covering current research work, and to have contact with foreign Zoological societies and international organisations dealing with Zoology, wherever possible;
- To co-operate with public authorities and to act in an advisory capacity where asked to do so;
- To stimulate public interest in Zoology through publications, meetings, Film shows and any other means;
- Scientific Publications
- To publish a Zoological journal
The main products of the Society are biennial conferences held in various regions (mostly in South Africa, but not excluding other southern African Countries) and a peer-reviewed scientific journal, African Zoology published by NISC (https://www.nisc.co.za/products/59/journals/african-zoology) in partnership with the international publishing house, Taylor & Francis (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tafz20/current?nav=tocList. The journal is also electronically available at BioOne https://bioone.org/journals/african-zoology/issues and SABINET (https://journals.co.za/journal/afzoo)
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