Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park believes that giving guests the opportunity to see these animals up close and allowing them to form a personal connection with the animals, will inspire them to want to conserve and protect their wild counterparts. In addition to giving guests this opportunity here in Arizona; over the past four decades, Wildlife World has contributed tens of thousands of dollars, as well as thousands more as in-kind support and staff expertise to dozens of local, national, and international organizations working on habitat restoration and wildlife conservation all over the globe. These financial awards of $1,000 – $10,000 each were created to recognize worthy efforts in field conservation, public display, education, and basic research designed to preserve our planet and inspire future generations to care about wildlife and wild places!

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Conservation award recipients include:

Save Giraffes Now savegiraffesnow.org

The Peninsular Pronghorn Recovery Program. endesu.org

The Marine Mammal Center. marinemammalcenter.org
Zoological Association of America, Cheetah Conservation Fund. ZAA.org
The International Crane Foundation. Savingcranes.org
Gibbon Conservation Center. Gibboncenter.org
International Rhino Foundation. Rhinos-irf.org
Sahara Conservation Fund. SaharaConservation.org

Turtle Survival Alliance. turtlesurvival.org

Audubon Nature Institute-Tapir Project audubonnatureinstitute.org/conservation

Conservation Breeding Specialist Group. cbsg.org

 

For more information about the organizations Wildlife World supports, visit their websites listed below.

Save Giraffes Now savegiraffesnow.org Save Giraffes Now is directed by Founder and CEO Susan G. R. Myers. SGN invests in projects that help preserve giraffes from extinction in ten African countries. All SGN projects on the ground are community-led by local people to the maximum extent possible. They have projects that support each of the four species of giraffe – Reticulated, Masai, Northern, and Southern – as well as the people living alongside them.

 

The Peninsular Pronghorn Recovery Program endesu.org The Peninsular Pronghorn Recovery Program is directed by the NGO Espacios Naturals y Dessarrollo Sustenable and leads the most successful conservation efforts in the recovery of the Peninsular Pronghorn, an endangered terrestrial mammal. Their dedication has managed to reverse the declining trend in the number of individuals of this unique subspecies in the World and lay the foundation for the Sustainable recovery of its original habitat on the Baja California Peninsula. Natural Spaces and Sustainable Development A. C. (ENDESU) was created with the mission of conserving and promoting the sustainable use of natural resources in Mexico, for the value they represent for future generations.

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In addition to the Conservation Awards, Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park along with the Kimmerle family at Sanderson Ford, presented the leaders of The Peninsular Pronghorn Recovery Program, with a much-needed F250 pickup truck. Peninsular pronghorn are critically endangered. Once numbering in the thousands, today approximately 150 survive in the wild! “We are extremely grateful for the decades of support from our guests and friends of the zoo, like the Kimmerle family, which make donations like this possible,” said Wildlife World Zoo Founder, Mickey Ollson.

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The Marine Mammal Center. marinemammalcenter.org. Our mission is to expand knowledge about marine mammals- their health and that of their ocean environment- and to inspire their global conservation. Our core work is the rescue and rehabilitation of sick and injured marine mammals, supported by state-of-the-art animal care and research facilities, a corps of dedicated volunteers, and an engaged community. 

 

Zoological Association of America, Cheetah Conservation Fund ZAA.org Helping to save cheetahs and other endangered species around the world. Together with direct support programs of accredited members, ZAA directs vital conservation dollars to aid in the survival of many keystone species and a number of other threatened or endangered species on all seven continents.

 

The International Crane Foundation Savingcranes.orgCommits to a future where all crane species are secure – a future where people cooperate to protect and restore wild populations and their ecosystems. These efforts sustain the places where cranes live, to the benefit of countless other species.

 

The Gibbon Conservation Center Gibboncenter.org Was founded in 1976 in southern California, USA, by the late Alan Richard Mootnick. It is the only facility in the world devoted exclusively to gibbons, an increasingly rare ape. We work for the endangered gibbons’ benefit through conservation, propagation and study, and by teaching people about them. GCC houses nearly 40 gibbons, among them 5 of the 19-living species.

 

The International Rhino Foundation Rhinos-irf.org Is dedicated to the survival of the world’s rhino species through conservation and research. The IRF provides the technical (scientific, educational, administrative) and financial resources necessary to facilitate the conservation of rhinos.

 

Sahara Conservation Fund SaharaConservation.org Is a dynamic organization with a unique mission: the conservation of the wildlife of the Sahara and its bordering Sahelian grasslands. Our vision is of a Sahara that is well conserved and where ecological processes function naturally, with plants and animals existing in healthy numbers across their historical range; a Sahara that benefits all its inhabitants and where support for its conservation comes from stakeholders across all sectors of society.

 

Turtle Survival Alliance turtlesurvival.org Saving endangered and threatened turtles and tortoise throughout the world. The Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) is an action-oriented global partnership that is committed to zero turtle extinctions in the 21st century

 

Audubon Nature Institute-Tapir Project audubonnatureinstitute.org/conservation Audubon Nature Institute, everything we do comes back to conservation. We want to instill in our visitors an appreciation for the natural world so that together, we can make a difference for the world’s wildlife. We want to pioneer innovative partnerships that make our efforts stronger. We will measure our success by the number of species whose numbers are increasing rather than declining.

 

Conservation Breeding Specialist Group. cbsg.orgCPSG’s mission is to save threatened species by increasing the effectiveness of conservation efforts worldwide. For over 30 years, we’ve accomplished this by using scientifically sound, collaborative processes that bring together people with diverse perspectives and knowledge to catalyze positive conservation change. We provide species conservation planning expertise to governments, Specialist Groups, zoos and aquariums, and other wildlife organizations.

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As a USDA licensed, private institution, accredited by the Zoological Association of America (ZAA) and the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks & Aquariums (AMMPA), Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park receives zero taxpayer funding. No tax dollars have ever been spent to build or operate Wildlife World in its nearly 40-year history.

 

Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park is located at 16501 W. Northern Ave., Litchfield Park, AZ (SE Corner of State Route 303 and Northern Ave.) Open seven days a week, 365 days a year, including all holidays. Zoo exhibits are open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (last zoo admission is at 4:30 p.m.) Aquarium exhibits are open from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Admission includes access to the Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park.

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We are dedicated to conservation and the protection of wildlife. You can help us by making small lifestyle changes at home, such as reducing your energy consumption and recycling. When you travel, make sure to support ethical tourism practices and respect the natural habitat of wildlife. Together, we can make a difference and ensure that future generations will be able to appreciate the beauty of our planet's wildlife.