Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Elephants will be released in 2,500-acre habitat in northeastern Florida
Sept. 23, 2020 (YULEE, FLA.) — White Oak Conservation has started construction on a new 2,500-acre home for Asian elephants. Most of these elephants previously traveled throughout the United States with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® until they were retired in 2016.
Thirty elephants will be released in the northeastern Florida refuge, owned by philanthropists Mark and Kimbra...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Grants totaling just over $275K will support research and conservation initiatives around the world
Silver Spring, Maryland (September 23, 2020) – The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) has awarded Conservation Grants Fund (CGF) grants totaling $275,056 to 13 research and conservation projects led by AZA members.
Established in 1984, the AZA Conservation Grants Fund is a competitive grants program that supports the cooperative conservation-related scientific and educational...
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Friday, September 18, 2020
Silver Spring, MD (September 18, 2020) – The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) is pleased to announce Norberto J. (Bert) Castro, President and CEO of the Arizona Center for Nature Conservation/Phoenix Zoo, as the new Chair of the AZA Board of Directors.
“To say that Bert is going to be facing a challenging year as Chair of the AZA Board of Directors would be a severe understatement,” said Dan Ashe, President and CEO of AZA. “As AZA members deal with the...
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Monday, September 14, 2020
Silver Spring, MD (September 11, 2020) – The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and Zebra Pen Corp., a global leader in the writing instrument industry, today announced Zebra Pen’s commitment to helping AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums help save the endangered Grevy’s zebra. This is the seventh year Zebra Pen has committed to helping to save species.
“During a time when some are being forced to pull back their commitment to conservation of animals, I am...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2020
HONG KONG 7 September 2020 - The Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime (EWC) today outlined an innovative “One Health” approach to reforming wildlife trade laws that the group said would help avoid future devastating wildlife-related pandemics.
“No organisation on its own can address the multiple threats that could lead to the emergence of new wildlife-related diseases, or the spread of older diseases, with potential catastrophic consequences for economies, people and...
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