CONSERVATION
Small actions make big impacts
DOING GOOD THINGS, TOGETHER
Pueblo Zoo is committed to helping endangered species through focusing our efforts on supporting groups who help these three threatened species.
OUR PARTNERS
Alarmed by lemurs’ spiraling decline, the Lemur Conservation Foundation was incorporated a nonprofit in 1996. This includes a nine-acre forested lemur enclosure on land in Myakka City, Florida.
ANNUAL GOAL: $2,000
The work carried out in Mauritius is one of the world's most successful conservation stories. This is due to MWF's restoration work started in the 1970s, which has succeeded in rescuing the Mauritius Kestrel, Echo Parakeet and Pink Pigeon, from the brink of extinction. They also develop protocols for the rescue of native plant species and we work in Rodrigues restoring the flora and fauna, replanting the native forest. This habitat restoration is vital to the critically endangered Rodrigues flying fox.
ANNUAL GOAL: $2,000
www.fcgov.com/naturalareas/bison
For millennia, American bison herds roamed the Great Plains by the millions – until overhunting drove them nearly to extinction. A unique partnership has returned this native icon to the shortgrass prairie of northern Colorado.
ANNUAL GOAL: $2,000
Conservation Collection
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When you purchase products with this symbol from the Pueblo Zoo Gift Shop, the Pueblo Zoo will contribute 2% of the revenue to programs that are making a difference.
AZA SAFE was founded in 2016 to coordinate existing conservation efforts of zoos and to foster and develop new action plans. Pueblo Zoo was a founding member. In 2019, AZA SAFE coordinated efforts to save twenty-five endangered species and helped AZA zoos direct $231,000,000 to field conservation. Our continued annual goal for this program is $2,000.
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AZA SAFE African Penguin Project. Over the past 100 years, African penguin populations have declined 98%, largely due to the loss of guano historically used to form natural, protective nests. In 2017, only 27 natural guano nests were observed in two South African Penguin colonies. In 2018, AZA SAFE, funded by partners like the Pueblo Zoo, installed 200 innovative artificial nest boxes. By the end of breeding season, 80% had eggs in them and 56% led to a successful chick. In 2019, the AZA African Penguin SAFE team was able to return and install 600 more nests! Our annual goal for this program is $6,000.
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We participate in Seafood Watch - a program designed by the Monterey Bay Aquarium to help people make better seafood choices for a healthy ocean.
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We will be exploring ways to improve our individual waste impact each month of 2024. Find articles, local resources, tips, and stories about creating new habits for a healing Earth.​
