Asag was a Sumeriandemon who raised an army of rocks and stones against men, but who was defeated by the hero Ninurta.
The name Asag means "demon that causes sickness."
He is described as being "[l]arge, round, three-legged, three-armed creature with no neck and several eyes covering their entire bulk. He has dark, hardened skin that feels like rock when touched. He is almost indestructible.
ASAG started as an informal group of bird curators, keepers and other interested animal managers that gathered at AZA conferences to discuss avian issues.
ASAG meetings will be scheduled at the AZA National Conference and at one of the AZA Regional Conferences each year.
The ASAG hosts annual workshops that address issues that relate to the captive management of chosen taxonomic groups as well as topics that address broader issues that effect the management and display of birds in zoos and aquariums.
Most ASAG members agreed a policy statement could be added that discusses external directive which must be adhered to and also a separate area in policy which synopsizes the applicable mandates.
ASAG consensus was seismic safety (and accessibility) should be addressed in AMS, but could be better highlighted as an element in AMS planning documents rather than as new policy in functional disciplines.
ASAG discussed how non-concur comments were resolved, asked for an explanation of several specific areas of the guidelines, and then endorsed this change.
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