Conservation Partners
The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo is proud to support the following conservation organizations. When you "round up" your total at the Wild Things Gift Shop, those funds, along with other funds from the zoo, directly support the important work of these like-minded organizations. Thank you for helping us make a difference!
Orangutan Conservancy
The zoo sends contributions
from the donation box at Orangutan Valley to the Orangutan Conservancy
to support the preservation of wild orangutans. In addition, 25%
of fees from Are You a Fan of the Orangutan programs for preschoolers
are donated to the Orangutan Conservancy. Click here
for a guide to products made with sustainable palm oil -- these
products help protect wild orangutans and provide much-needed jobs.
www.orangutan.net
Massasauga Rattlesnakes
The Fort Wayne Children's
Zoo partners with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and Indiana
University Purdue University Fort Wayne to promote the conservation
of the endangered native massasauga rattlesnake.
Click here to download a copy of a brochure created by the zoo to
educate local residents about rattlesnakes.
Giraffe Conservation Foundation
Through financial support, the zoo helps to fund habitat protection,
research, and ongoing studies to better understand all nine
subspecies of giraffes found throughout Africa.
http://www.giraffeconservation.org/
Sahara Conservation Fund - Ostrich
Project
With a focus on saving the critically endangered north African
ostrich, this project seeks to preserve fragile desert habitats in
the Sahel and Sahara regions of Africa.
www.saharaconservation.org
Living With Lions
The zoo supports this consortium
which seeks to protect lions living outside of national parks, where
poisoning and killing threaten their survival.
www.lionconservation.org
Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal
Birds
The zoo provides financial support for SANCCOB (The
Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds) to
assist with the rehabilitation of seabirds exposed to pollution and
natural disasters. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, SANCCOB's
work includes rescuing black-footed penguins.
www.sanccob.co.za
Click here
for an update on African Penguin oil spill rescue (January 2011).
The Peregrine Fund
The zoo provides financial
support for the Peregrine Fund's raptor surveys in Tanzania.
www.peregrinefund.org
Gibbon Conservation Center
The
zoo provides financial support for the Gibbon Conservation Center and
its work to study, protect, and propagate endangered gibbon species.
www.gibboncenter.org
Silvery Gibbon Project
The endangered Javan silvery
gibbon is the focus of this group's conservation efforts, which receive
financial support from the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo.
www.silvery.org.au
Dingo Discovery Centre
The zoo provides financial support for this Victoria, Australia-based
organization dedicated to the preservation of pure dingoes.
www.dingodiscovery.net
Javan Gibbon Center
The zoo provides financial support to this organization, which
rescues and rehabilitates endangered Javan gibbons from the pet trade.
www.jgcowajawa.blogspot.com
Wildlife Indonesia Foundation
A grant from the
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo supports habitat analysis for future Javan
gibbon reintroduction.
www.made4nature.com
ISU
Center for North American Bat Research and Conservation
The Zoo supports educational efforts at ISU Bat Center's annual Bat
Festival as well as research on native bats.
www.isubatcenter.org
Association of Zoos & Aquariums
As a member of the AZA, the zoo partners with zoos across
the country to promote the conservation of wild animals. The
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo provides financial support to the AZA's
Conservation Endowment Fund as well as funding for the Ape Taxon
Advisory Group Conservation Initiative.
www.aza.org
Butterfly Conservation Initiative
The Fort Wayne
Children's Zoo provides financial support to the Butterfly Conservation
Initiative's efforts to conserve endangered North American butterflies
and their habitats.
www.butterflyrecovery.org
To learn how you can create a Monarch Waystation to help migrating
monarch butterflies,
click here.
IPFW Turtle Research Center
The zoo financially supports the work of Indiana University-Purdue
University Fort Wayne faculty and students studying leatherback sea
turtles in Costa Rica.
www.ipfw.edu
Pacific Marine Mammal Rescue Center
Sea lions
and other marine mammals stranded on the California coastline are rescued
and rehabilitated by this organization, which receives financial support
from the zoo.
www.pacificmmc.org
Little River Wetlands Project
The zoo financially
supports LRWP's goal of restoring and preserving wetlands in the watershed
of the Little River, a headwater tributary of the Wabash River, in Allen
County, Indiana.
www.lrwp.org
ACRES Land Trust
The zoo financially supports
ACRES and its efforts to preserve forests, wetlands, prairies and other
natural areas in northeast Indiana.
www.acreslandtrust.org
Conservation Breeding Specialists Group
The zoo
offers financial support to the CBSG for effective conservation through
research and international collaboration.
www.cbsg.org