The links presented in this section highlight our AAZK local chapters, Commercial Members, our Conservation Partners and also our Institutional Members. There are also miscellaneous links to websites of interest to those in the zoo community. The links point to web sites of other organizations concerned with zoos or animals; they are independent of AAZK.
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Action for Cheetahs in Kenya
ACK aims to promote the conservation of cheetahs through research, awareness and community participation in Kenya.
Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA)
Founded in 1924, AZA supports membership excellence in conservation, education, science, and research.
International Rhino Foundation
The International Rhino Foundation (IRF) is dedicated to the survival of the world’s rhino species through conservation and research.
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is an award-winning catalyst and model for community conservation, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and features on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Green List of successful protected areas.
Lewa is the heart of wildlife conservation, sustainable development and responsible tourism in northern Kenya and our successful working model has provided the framework on which many conservation organisations in the region are based.
Polar Bears International
Polar Bears International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the worldwide conservation of the polar bear.
Red Panda Network
The Red Panda Network is committed to the conservation of wild red pandas and their habitat through the education and empowerment of local communities.
Savenature.org is committed to inspiring participation and awareness in the preservation of fragile ecosystems by providing opportunities for personal direct action to save the diversity of life on Earth.
Seafood Watch Program
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program helps consumers and businesses make choices for healthy oceans. Our recommendations indicate which seafood items are “Best Choices,” “Good Alternatives,” and which ones you should “Avoid.”
Snow Leopard Trust
Founded in 1981, the Snow Leopard Trust is the world’s leading authority on the study and protection of the endangered snow leopard.
Turtle Survival Alliance
The Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) is an action oriented global partnership that is committed to zero turtle extinctions in the 21st century.
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Foundation for the Conservation of Salamanders
The Foundation for the Conservation of Salamanders (FCSal) is a non-profit organization whose mission has four pillars
-To disseminate information about the threats to salamanders and their habitats
-To increase awareness about salamander diversity, biology, and conservation.
-To raise money for salamander conservation, education, and research.
-To fund salamander conservation, education and/or research initiatives through an annual grant.
Chopsticks for Salamanders (CFS) is one of FCSal’s initiatives that aims to reduce the wasteful use of disposable chopsticks and raise funds for Appalachian Salamanders.
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Vital Ground
The Vital Ground Foundation is the premier private-sector organization ensuring the recovery and long-term survival of grizzly bears ― together with the many native species that share their range ― through the protection and restoration of natural areas and corridors where grizzly bears and other wildlife can move freely and safely. Vital Ground also helps reduce conflicts between bears and humans by encouraging and supporting “bear aware” communities within our priority project areas.
Pan African Sanctuary Alliance
The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA), the largest association of wildlife centers in Africa, includes 23 organizations in 13 African countries. PASA’s members are securing a future for Africa’s primates by working to stop the illegal trade in wildlife, rescuing, rehabilitating, and reintroducing orphans of the trade, protecting wild populations, and educating communities. PASA is building a global movement to save Africa’s great apes and monkeys.
The Saola Working Group works collaboratively to conserve Saola in nature, and to leverage Saola as a flagship for conservation of the bio-cultural diversity of the Annamite Mountains as a whole.
Katie Adamson Conservation Fund
The mission of KACF is to help empower the people of our planet to work together to save our remaining ecosystems and all of the creatures they contain.
Our mission is to save giraffes from extinction so they can live freely and safely in the woodlands and savannas of their native Africa.
Penguins International is dedicated to penguin conservation and research to help understand the issues that penguins face and how we can join together to protect the future of these amazing creatures. We work hard with our various penguin conservation and research projects to advance this mission.
Asian Elephant Support (AES) is a U.S. based non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the care and conservation of Asian elephants in range countries.
Since 2006, Asian Elephant Support has supported projects aimed at building a better future for elephants by putting knowledge, skills and resources in the hands of our partners in Asia.
Giraffe Conservation Foundation
The Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) is the only NGO in the world that concentrates solely on the conservation and management of giraffe in the wild throughout Africa.
Conservation Center for Species Survival
Conservation Centers for Species Survival (C2S2) is a science-based global initiative taking collective action to save animals from extinction. Bringing together the resources and expertise of conservation breeding centers as well as conservation-minded zoos and private landowners, we are achieving the necessary scale to build large-scale, sustainable populations of endangered species in secure havens. Given continued threats to critical habitats, an assurance population secured today is many species best bet for long-term survival.
A key pillar of our work is partnering with rural communities to work towards human-elephant coexistence. 80% of the remaining elephant population require land outside of protected areas, bringing them into contact and competition with humans. Increasing mitigation practices and sustainability of rural communities will lead towards decreasing the negative impact elephants can have on rural livelihoods, increasing tolerance for wildlife.