History

ISIS was founded in 1973 when Drs. Ulysses Seal and Dale Makey proposed the idea of an international database to help zoos and aquariums accomplish long-term conservation management goals. At that time, 51 zoos in North America and Europe responded to the invitation to participate in this network.

 ISIS provides its members with the world standard zoological data collection and sharing software, used by 735 zoos and aquariums in 73 countries. ISIS is the global database for the zoological community, containing information on 2 million animals – almost 15,000 taxa/10,000 species. ISIS members use the basic biologic information (age, sex, parentage, place of birth, circumstance of death, etc.) collected in the ISIS system to manage genetic and demographic programs for their animal collections. 
 
About ISIS……. www.species360.org