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COLLABORATIVE SUPPORT

The Zoo provides funding and/or staff support to selected conservation initiatives and research projects.

2011 funding and staff support highlights included:

• IUCN Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (global)
• Zoological Information Management System Development (global)
• Turtle Survival Program (global)
• Polar Bears International (Pan-Arctic)
• International Elephant Foundation (Africa and Asia)
• International Rhino Foundation (Africa and Asia)
• Phoenix Fund Amur Tiger Project (Russia)
• International Snow Leopard Trust (Nepal)
• Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program (Papua New Guinea)
• Orangutan Outreach (Sumatra)
• Thailand Hornbill Project  (Thailand)
• GRASP – Gorilla Conservation Project (Africa)
• Fennec Fox Conservation Project (North Africa)
• Bonobo and Congo Biodiversity Initiative (Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Lola Ya Bonobo  - Bonobo Sanctuary (Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Tarangire Elephant Project (Tanzania)
• Kibale Community Firewood Project (Uganda)
• Berggorilla and Regenwald Direkthilfe Gorilla Project (Rwanda)
• Adopt an Ostrich Program/Sahara Conservation Fund (Niger)
• Madagascar Fauna Group (Madagascar)
• Humboldt Penguin Artificial Burrow Project (Chile)
• Humboldt Penguin Education Program (Chile)
• Humboldt Penguin Guano Harvest Monitoring (Peru)
• Grenada Frog Study (Grenada)
• Grenada Bank Treeboa Study (Grenada)
• Grenada Reef Monitoring (Grenada)
• Rock Iguana Conservation (Jamaica)
• Rock Iguana Conservation (Grand Cayman)
• Whooping Crane Recovery Project (U.S.A.)
• Great Ape Cardiopathology Research (national)
• AZA Elephant Welfare Project (national)
• Piping Plover Recovery Project (Great Lakes)
• Ornate Box Turtle Headstart Program (Wisconsin)
• Butler’s Garter Snake Ecology   (Wisconsin)
• Migratory and Resident Avifauna Study (Zoo)
• Hippopotamus Reproductive Hormone Study (Zoo)
• Starhead Minnow Spawning Research (Zoo)
• Migratory and Resident Avifauna Study (Zoo)
• Elephant Reproductive Hormone Study (Zoo)
• Ape Cognition Study (Zoo)
• Great Ape Cardiovascular Health Study (Zoo)
• Great Ape Ultrasound Studies (Zoo)
• Bonobo Semen Freezing Project (Zoo)
• Bonobo Cardiac Database (Zoo)