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Conservation Disbursement

This year, we voted to support the following organizations:

The Feather Distribution Project: $566

Waldrapp Team: $567

The Clouded Leopard Project: $567

The International Advisory Group of Northern Bald Ibis: $300


In past years, AAZK has supported the following organizations:

The Feather Distribution Project                                                                         AAZK members collect molted parrot feathers and donate them to the project.  The feathers are sent to the pueblos of the southwest for use in ceremonials.    

The Waldrapp Team                                                                                           This project is working to save wild waldrapp ibis, and to re-introduce captive-raised birds into areas where they historically could be found. 

The Schuylkill Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic                                                       The SWRC takes in injured or orphaned native wildlife with the goal of releasing them back into the wild.  The clinic also does programs in the Philadelphia area to educate the public about wildlife.

The Clouded Leopard Project                                                                             This organization supports a variety of projects designed to protect the endangered clouded leopard and the habitat it needs.

The World Parrot Trust                                                                                        The goal of the World Parrot Trust is to support conservation of parrots worldwide, and to serve as an educational resource about parrots.

Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research                                                                    Tri-State is not only a rehabilitation facility for wild birds, it also maintains an oil response team, ready to go anywhere in the world it's needed to care for oiled birds.


The Conservation Committee also sets up educational displays at zoo events that         focus on pressing conservation issues, and what people can do to help.


    AAZK members put together a display for International Migratory Bird Day

Here, we focused on the dangers of bird collisions with glass, and what people can do to prevent them.


                      Anyone want to learn about window decals?


              AAZK members also put on a show about bird migration. 

             We never pass up the chance to wear costumes in public!