Conservation AROUND THE WORLD
Complementing our native species conservation efforts and field conservation research, the Phoenix Zoo proudly supports conservation efforts around the world.
AFRICAN PAINTED DOG
Through AZA's SAFE African Painted Dog program, the Phoenix Zoo supports efforts to monitor endangered African painted dogs, identify threats to their survival, and protect populations in Senegal, Central African Republic, and Tanzania.
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Amur Leopard
Through WildCats Conservation Alliance, the Phoenix Zoo supports the Wildlife Conservation Society's work to monitor and protect the roughly 100 or fewer wild Amur leopards that remain in northeastern China and the Southwest Primorskii Krai region.
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ANDEAN BEAR
The Phoenix Zoo supports the AZA's SAFE Andean Bear program, which has two priority projects. The range-wide conservation project works with numerous partners to map and prioritize key Andean bear conservation areas across the species' range. Another project works with the Colombian National Natural Park System to identify the best sites for targeted Andean bear habitat restoration and to develop tools to monitor the success of restoration efforts.
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ANDEAN HIGHLAND FLAMINGOS
The Phoenix Zoo supports the AZA's SAFE Andean Highland Flamingo program, which supports the recovery and conservation of Andean, Chilean and Puna flamingos. Currently the program focuses on flamingos in the Andean highlands of northern Chile - conducting research, engaging with the public and assisting with identification, prioritization and designation of critical flamingo habitat.
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ASIAN ELEPHANT
The Phoenix Zoo supports Seratu Aatai’s efforts in Malaysia’s Kinabatangan region to better understand community attitudes toward elephants and design mitigation strategies to promote peaceful coexistence for people and elephants.
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ASIAN HORNBILLS
As part of our commitment to AZA's SAFE Asian Hornbill program, the Phoenix Zoo supports Gaia's work to protect and preserve wrinkled hornbills as well as nine other species of hornbills that occur throughout Malaysia. Phoenix Zoo funds are supporting field staff who are installing artificial nest cavities, conducting surveys of natural cavities, documenting breeding behaviours and determining the current distribution of hornbills in Malaysia.
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BLACK-FOOTED FERRET
In addition to serving as one of only five facilities in the world that breeds black-footed ferrets for release to the wild, the Phoenix Zoo supports the AZA SAFE Black-footed Ferret program’s goal to support reintroduction sites and combat disease. We have provided funds to organizations and agencies working to respond to and prevent outbreaks of sylvatic plague, a disease that threatens both black-footed ferrets and their prairie dog prey.
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BLUE-billed curassow
Phoenix Zoo's Birds Collection Manager, Kyle Waites, leads Proyecto Paujil - a project that works closely with local coffee farmers in northern Colombia to conduct conservation research on the critically endangered blue-billed curassow. This species has suffered tremendous habitat loss, resulting in the fragmentation of remaining populations. Proyecto Paujil works to understand the status of these populations by directly incorporating local community members in its research. The project also conducts community outreach to increase awareness about the importance of conserving the blue-billed curassow.
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Bornean orangutan
The Phoenix Zoo supports HUTAN’s efforts to understand where orangutans are found and how they are doing outside of protected areas in Malaysia’s Kinabatangan region. Surveys use thermal drones, transects, and camera trapping to monitor wild orangutans. Patrols help protect these endangered apes and their habitats.
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CALIFORNIA CONDOR
The Phoenix Zoo supports The Peregrine Fund’s work to recover the critically endangered California condor in Arizona and Utah. Our support strengthens GPS tracking, data management, and scientific analysis used to monitor condor health, detect threats such as lead poisoning and disease, improve flock management, and guide targeted conservation outreach.
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Chacoan Peccary
The Phoenix Zoo supports the Centro Chaqueño para Conservación e Investigación (CCCI) in the Gran Chaco region of Paraguay. This is the only center in the world exclusively dedicated to the conservation and breeding of the endangered Chacoan peccary. We have collaborated on animal health, veterinary care and scientific research of the Chacoan peccary at the Center. We plan to evaluate potential suitable habitat in the Gran Chaco that could be re-populated with animals from the successful breeding program at the Center and continue other scientific studies that may benefit the amazing biodiversity of the region.
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cheetah
Through the AZA SAFE Cheetah program, the Phoenix Zoo supports research to assess the genetic health and relatedness of wild cheetah populations in Namibia and Kenya.
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chinchillas
The Phoenix Zoo supports the AZA’s SAFE Chinchilla program by assisting partners in Chile in the recovery of endangered short-tailed chinchillas. Examples of this work include conducting field research to monitor and better protect remaining chinchilla colonies. In addition, education and engagement with local schools and communities in the chinchilla range will further advance their recovery in the wild.
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giant anteater
The Phoenix Zoo supports the Anteaters & Highways Project in Brazil, which is working to understand and mitigate the threats that highways pose to giant anteaters. This project also monitors the release of orphaned giant anteater pups to evaluate best practices for reintroductions.
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Giant Armadillo
The Phoenix Zoo supports the Giant Armadillo Conservation Program's work in Brazil to prevent the extinction of giant armadillos by conducting research, managing habitat, lobbying, conducting environmental education activities, addressing human-wildlife conflicts, raising awareness and promoting the species as a flagship species.
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Grey crowned crane
The Phoenix Zoo supports the Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association (RWCA) in its efforts to conserve the endangered grey crowned crane. RWCA works with local communities to protect cranes while creating benefits for people. The organization also monitors crane populations, restores critical wetland habitat, and raises awareness about crane conservation and environmental stewardship.
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greater one-horned rhinoceros
The Phoenix Zoo supports greater one-horned rhino conservation in India through the International Rhino Foundation and its local partner, Aaranyak. This work restores critical rhino habitat by removing invasive plants and reestablishing native grasslands while creating jobs for local residents. The project also promotes sustainable livelihoods, conservation education, and community stewardship to reduce human-wildlife conflict and support the long-term recovery of rhinos.
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GREVY's Zebra
The Phoenix Zoo supports Grevy's Zebra Trust's "Grevy's Zebra Warrior Program," for which local Samburu warriors monitor wild Grevy's zebra populations in northern Kenya and work with local communities to support them to effectively manage their grass and water resources to benefit people, livestock and wildlife—including zebras.
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Somali Giraffe
The Phoenix Zoo supports conservation efforts by the Hirola Conservation Program and Somali Giraffe Project to promote peaceful coexistence between wildlife and local communities in northern Kenya. This project works with local farmers to adopt sustainable agricultural practices that reduce conflicts with giraffes.
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Hyacinth Macaw
The Phoenix Zoo supports the work of World Parrot Trust and Conservación Loros Bolivianos to conserve hyacinth macaws in the Bolivian Pantanal. Deforestation and fires in this region have greatly reduced the number of nest cavities available for these macaws. This project will train park rangers to install and monitor artificial nest boxes for hyacinth macaws in the San Matias Protected Area.
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Komodo Dragon
Through the Komodo SSP's Conservation Fund, the Phoenix Zoo supports efforts in Indonesia to assess annual changes in population density for wild Komodo dragon populations, estimate prey abundance across different Komodo dragon sites, and provide field training and support to Komodo National Park technical and ranger staff to undertake camera trap monitoring activities.
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LION
The Phoenix Zoo supports Lion Landscapes' work to conserve lions and reduce human-lion conflict in Tanzania by supporting the establishment and continuation of wildlife clubs in schools, as well as a teacher training program for these clubs. Students in these wildlife clubs learn about human-wildlife conflict as well as the national parks and wildlife near their communities. They also participate in conservation activities and field trips that allow them to view wildlife in a non-threatening environment.
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Louisiana pinesnake
The Phoenix Zoo supports the Memphis Zoo’s efforts to help recover the endangered Louisiana pine snake, one of North America’s rarest snakes. By funding research on a potentially disease-causing parasite, the Zoo is helping improve health screening, parasite detection, and release practices for pine snakes bred in human care.
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Mariana fruit dove
The Phoenix Zoo supports Pacific Bird Conservation's efforts to provide birds of the Mariana archipelago (including the Mariana fruit dove) with the best possible chances of survival by preserving, maintaining, and establishing self-sustaining populations of native birds secure from threats posed by the invasive brown tree snake.
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masai giraffe
The Phoenix Zoo supports the Giraffe Conservation Foundation’s work to protect endangered Masai giraffes in Tanzania’s Mkomazi National Park. This work combines wildlife surveys, photographic identification, and community research to monitor giraffe populations, understand threats such as poaching and illegal trade, and inform conservation planning.
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Mexican wolf
The Phoenix Zoo supports the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s use of camera trapping to aid Mexican wolf recovery. As wolf populations expand into new areas, wildlife cameras help document their presence, monitor den sites and pup emergence with minimal disturbance, and provide critical information for managing and tracking the growing population.
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Nautilus
Phoenix Zoo staff collaborates with Save The Nautilus to study threatened nautiluses in the Indo-Pacific. Some nautilus species have suffered population declines due to harvest for their shells, and other species are data deficient. Save The Nautilus works to understand the status of nautiluses by conducting research to learn more about their population demography, genetics, behavior, reproduction, diet and movement patterns.
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Peninsular Pronghorn
The Phoenix Zoo supports the conservation and management of endangered peninsular pronghorn through the Peninsular Pronghorn Consortium. As part of a strategy to recover this pronghorn subspecies, the Consortium is helping augment populations of peninsular pronghorn in the Baja Peninsula.
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Radiated Tortoise
The Phoenix Zoo supports the AZA's SAFE Radiated Tortoise program, which aims to use the collective expertise of the AZA community to support field partners' work to recover critically endangered radiated tortoises in Madagascar. This includes releasing radiated tortoises confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade into high-quality habitat, along with subsequent monitoring of the tortoises. The program also supports engagement with local communities, including constructing and outfitting schools along with facilitating environmental awareness programs.
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Rays and Sharks
The Phoenix Zoo supports the AZA's SAFE Shark and Ray program, which coordinates action across zoos, aquariums, and a global network of conservation partners to influence positive change for sharks and rays. We help fund conservation initiatives such as planning workshops for species of conservation concern, research on shark and ray health, and Shark & Ray Awareness Day activities.
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Ruppell's Griffon Vulture
As part of our commitment to AZA's SAFE African Vulture program, the Phoenix Zoo supports The Peregrine Fund's work in Kenya to monitor and conserve African vultures, including Ruppell's griffon vulture. This project seeks to avert the poisoning of scavenging vultures and predators such as lions that occurs when people retaliate against livestock depredation. The project conducts community-based coexistence trainings to raise awareness about the dangers of poisoning and to teach people how to build predator-proof bomas (corrals) for livestock.
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Secretarybird
The Phoenix Zoo supports BirdLife South Africa’s work to track secretarybirds and monitor their nests, and to better understand the threats to these endangered raptors.
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southern ground hornbill
The Phoenix Zoo supports the Mabula Ground Hornbill Project's work in South Africa to reverse the decline of the southern ground hornbill. This project is using reintroduction to rebuild the southern ground hornbill's populations in areas where they have been extirpated and is working to reduce threats to this vulnerable species, such as poisoning, persecution, electrocution and trade.
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sumatran tiger
Through the Tiger SSP's Tiger Conservation Campaign, the Phoenix Zoo supports WCS-Indonesia's work to conserve Sumatran tigers by responding to and preventing human-tiger conflict in villages surrounding two important tiger landscapes in Sumatra. In these landscapes, we also help fund ranger patrols that combat poaching and habitat encroachment.
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Thick-billed parrot
The Phoenix Zoo supports the AZA SAFE Thick-billed Parrot program’s Adopt-a-Nest initiative. This project is constructing, installing, and monitoring artificial nest boxes to help endangered thick-billed parrots increase their reproductive success rates and fledgling survival in northern Mexico.
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Tortoise and turtle, various species
The Phoenix Zoo provides general support for Turtle Survival Alliance's work to protect and restore wild populations of tortoises and freshwater turtles around the world.
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The Phoenix Zoo is one of the largest non-profit zoos in the U.S., caring for over 3,000 animals, with nearly 400 species represented, including many threatened/endangered species.
Plan your visit today!
The Phoenix Zoo is one of the largest non-profit zoos in the U.S., caring for over 3,000 animals, with nearly 400 species represented, including many threatened/endangered species.
