Category: SAFE Projects
Friday, May 21, 2021
AZA member facilities help create two new programs in the past year.
Silver Spring, Maryland (May 21, 2021) – For more than a year, the global COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the daily operations of Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) accredited zoos and aquariums, but it has not stopped their commitment to animal care, research, and conservation. In 2019, AZA invested over $230 million towards field conservation, and over 90 percent reported participation in conservation having...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Almost $730K for conservation in second year of the SAFE: Saving Animals From Extinction® granting program.
Silver Spring, Md. (February 17, 2021) – The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) is helping to drive almost $730,000 to four conservation projects led by AZA members in the second year of the SAFE: Saving Animals From Extinction® (SAFE) granting program.
“It is exciting to witness the growth of the SAFE granting program, both in terms of the scope of the...
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020
New national partnership begins to protect America’s turtles, end illegal trafficking
Eastern Box Turtle. Credit: Thom Benson, Tennessee Aquarium
Chattanooga, Tenn. (Feb. 25, 2020) – Whether they’re hiding them in suitcases, stuffing them into socks or (poorly) disguising them as candy, wildlife traffickers have concocted many schemes to smuggle thousands of turtles out of the United States each year.
This illegal trade is fueled by a rabid demand for...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Campaign aims to influence Mexico’s incoming president to continue conservation initiatives to save the fewer than 30 vaquitas left in the world, which are found only in Mexico
LONG BEACH, Calif. – In an effort to save the vaquita porpoise from extinction, zoos and aquariums in the U.S. are launching a public, worldwide 1 Million Cards postcard-writing campaign. The effort, which is led by Vaquita SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction), a collaborative effort by...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Thursday, June 28, 2018
SILVER SPRING, Md. – Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a proposal to change the regulations protecting the endangered red wolf. In response, Dan Ashe, President and CEO of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and former Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, issued the following statement:
"The Association of Zoos and Aquariums and its members have a long history of partnering with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on species recovery...
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Thursday, June 28, 2018