2022 Quarters for Conservation applications

Zoo Atlanta
March 3, 2022

Just in time for Environment Wildlife Working day, Zoo Atlanta announces that initiatives for Angolan colobus monkeys, western lowland gorillas, and African vultures are the beneficiaries of the 2022 method calendar year of Quarters for Conservation, an initiative that directs 25 cents of every single basic admission ticket to conservation applications for wildlife.

“It’s incredibly critical to us that our site visitors know that in producing the selection to take a look at Zoo Atlanta, they are accomplishing extra than taking pleasure in a memorable knowledge and connecting with species from all around the world,” said Jennifer Mickelberg, PhD, Vice President of Collections and Conservation. “Those are definitely vital benefits of the Zoo Atlanta practical experience, but by means of plans like Quarters for Conservation, we are able to assistance our guests also have an understanding of that by going to, they are aiding to give immediate help for wildlife and wild places, much further than Atlanta.”

Each and every standard admission routinely generates a deposit to the Zoo’s Conservation Fund. The level of funding for just about every venture is tiered dependent on vote totals from attendees. Attendees might vote for their task of option by scanning the QR codes found on the Quarters for Conservation indicators on Zoo grounds.

Quarters for Conservation supports three new assignments in each individual yearly cycle. Tasks are proposed, vetted, and championed by Zoo Atlanta group users.

Quarters for Conservation projects for 2022

Colobus Conservation, Kenya: Quick enhancement next road design uncovered wildlife to new threats of habitat fragmentation, greater targeted traffic, and exposed ability traces. As a outcome, the nearby population of Angolan colobus monkeys, a species currently categorized as Vulnerable, declined. Colobus Conservation will work in partnership with Kenya Wildlife Expert services to produce conservation consciousness strategies, mitigate wildlife traffic incidents, protect wildlife habitat, and supply financial prospects to neighborhood communities.

Quarters for Conservation support from Zoo Atlanta will assist to retain 32 “colobridges” that allow colobus monkeys to safely and securely entry forest locations on either facet of the highway.

The Zoo Atlanta Quarters for Conservation Winner for Colobus Conservation is Tiny Primate Keeper Kathryn Grace. Zoo Atlanta is residence to a thriving breeding troop of Angolan colobus monkeys, housed in the Monkeys of Makokou complex in the Zoo’s Ford African Rain Forest.

Job Gorilla Fernan-Vaz (PGFV), Gabon: Western lowland gorillas could turn into extinct in as number of as 20 yrs if the existing development of populace decline carries on. The greatest threats to their survival are habitat reduction, poaching, and ailment.

PGFV will work to study and secure local gorilla habitat and operates a sanctuary that presents each day care to orphaned and displaced gorillas.

Quarters for Conservation aid from Zoo Atlanta will assistance to empower conservation research, training outreach, and each day operations of the PGFV gorilla sanctuary.

The Zoo Atlanta Quarters for Conservation Winner for PGFV is Gorilla Keeper Sara Fee. Zoo Atlanta is house to one of North America’s largest populations of western lowland gorillas and has risen to international management in the care and behavioral analyze of these excellent apes.

VulPro, South Africa: African vultures are in disaster. As a consequence of poisoning, poaching, habitat loss, and power line collisions, most vulture species indigenous to southern Africa confront a substantial threat of extinction in the wild – introducing an similarly large chance for the ecosystems in which these birds are essential gamers.

VulPro aims to protect vulture populations as a result of rehabilitating wounded birds and bolstering wild populations by releasing birds bred in human treatment back again into the wild.

Quarters for Conservation assist from Zoo Atlanta will enable to enable the growth of VulPro’s breeding application to involve hooded vultures and lappet-confronted vultures. Zoo Atlanta is dwelling to both equally species. Hooded vultures are classified as Critically Endangered lappet-confronted vultures are classified as Endangered.

The Zoo Atlanta Quarters for Conservation Champion for the software is Direct Keeper of Ambassador Animals Christina Lavallee.

Assignments earlier supported by Zoo Atlanta by way of Quarters for Conservation are Asociación Armonía (Bolivia) Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (Borneo) Drill Ranch (Nigeria and Cameroon) the East Africa Vulture Challenge (Kenya) Elephants for Africa (Botswana) Giraffe Conservation Foundation (Africa) the Golden Lion Tamarin Affiliation (Brazil) Lion Guardians (Kenya and Tanzania) Venture Bush Canine (Argentina) Job Golden Frog (Panama) Rainforest Belief (Madagascar) Conserve the Giants (Guyana) the Tiger Conservation Campaign (Sumatra) the Turtle Survival Alliance’s Radiated Tortoise Reintroduction Job (Madagascar) and the Xerxes Culture of Invertebrate Conservation’s Pollinator Conservation Software (United States).

In addition to Quarters for Conservation, conservation systems and partnerships supported by Zoo Atlanta are at perform now for species and their habitats all around the environment. Guidance from Zoo Atlanta has affected conservation assignments in much more than 20 nations around the world. The Zoo also assists to fund other companies functioning in the subject via its Mabel Dorn Reeder Conservation Endowment Fund to make a meaningful affect on reversing species decline.