Every visit families make to Woodland Park Zoo now helps save wildlife with the zoo's new "Quarters for Conservation" program. Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 7, 25 cents from every zoo admission sold will go directly to the zoo's field conservation program, and zoo visitors will help determine how the funds are allocated.
Woodland Park Zoo partners with 37 conservation programs in 50 countries around the world, from repopulating endangered turtles in the Northwest, to protecting tree kangaroo habitat in Papua New Guinea, to managing human-elephant conflict in Africa.
For each zoo admission sold, visitors will receive one token representing 25 cents of their admission fee. Visitors will use their token to vote for one of six highlighted conservation programs at prominent kiosks located at zoo entrances. The highlighted programs will rotate seasonally, emphasizing the geographic and taxonomic diversity of the zoo's conservation programs.
For September, Quarters for Conservation features six zoo conservation projects:
- Saving Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest
- Conserving Papua New Guinea Forests and Tree Kangaroos
- Discovering Conservation Solutions for Asian Hornbills
- Tracking Snow Leopards: The "Ghosts of Mongolia"
- Protecting the Orangutans of Borneo
- Ensuring Survival of African Elephants: Parks Without Borders
Visitors' votes will help determine how the funds are allocated, with 50 percent of each "quarter" going to the zoo's ongoing field conservation support fund, and 50 percent to the field conservation project selected by the visitor. Additionally, for each zoo membership sold, which gives visitors unlimited free zoo admission for one year, the zoo will contribute $2.50 of the fee to the Quarters for Conservation program.
For more information about the zoo's conservation program, visit www.zoo.org or call 206-548-2500.
