The Zoo Society supports Zoo programs that receive no funding or
only partial funding from the State of North Carolina. Most or all of
these programs would not be possible without the generous support of
Zoo Society members and donors.
For example, gifts to the North Carolina Zoological Society provide the following:
- Total funding for all animals purchased by the Zoo
- Funding for all exhibit plants
- Significant funding for the Zoo's endangered plant species programs
- Total
funding of the expansion of the elephants and rhinoceros exhibits to
create a multi-exhibit complex--Plains of Africa. These new exhibits
and holding areas will house ten or more African elephants, eight
to ten southern white rhinoceros and bring visitors closer to
many species of antelope by creating an immersion walkway.
- Total
funding for the Valerie H. Schindler Wildlife Learning Center--a
training facility will provide technical and science-based higher
education opportunities at the Zoo. The facility will accommodate
college and university students, professional educators, artists,
scholars and researchers for multi-day workshops, to conduct research
or participate in extended internship or residency programs.
- Full
support of the Zoo's participation in a veterinary residency program in
zoological medicine the Zoo coordinates with N.C. State University
College of Veterinary Medicine. (This program has produced nearly 10
percent of the veterinarians who have attained board certification in
zoological medicine.)
- Total funding of the training and the equipment that support the Zoo's animal enrichment programs
- Total funding of the Zoo's wildlife rehabilitation programs
- Total
funding for all of the Zoo's award-winning, education/conservation Web
sites. The Elephants of Cameroon and The Red Wolves of Alligator River
which now live under the comprehensive site FieldtripEarth .org.
- Total
funding of the Zoo's elephant conservation program in Cameroon- a
partnership involving the Cameroon Ministry of Environment and Forests
and WWF-Cameroon.
- Total funding of Sylvan Heights Waterfowl, a world-renowned facility for breeding and managing rare species of birds
- Total funding for the Zoo's conservation field programs in Cameroon, Uganda, South Africa, and North Carolina
- Total funding of the Zoo's visiting artist programs and the vast majority of funding for all artworks installed in the Zoo
- Significant funding of the Zoo's capital development projects
- Total funding of the Pisgah Covered Bridge and the surrounding park and recreation area.
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08/13/2004 12:15pm.
