General Veterinary Care

At times, the Zoo’s veterinary staff requires highly specialized equipment that must be purchased quickly or that cannot be provided through the state budgeting process. In these situations, the Zoo Society will step in purchase these items. Please click on the icon below to make a donation in support of General Veterinary Care….

Veterinary Conservation Research

Donations to the Zoo Society fully fund the Veterinary staff’s Conservation Medicine Program, which carries out research, provides training and purchases equipment related to the medical needs of rare and endangered species. For example, this program monitors the health of wild snakes found on the Zoo’s grounds, surveys amphibian populations for disease, and studies the pharmacokinetics of white rhinos. Please click on the icon below to make a donation in support of Veterinary Conservation Research….

Schindler Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

The Valerie H. Schindler Wildlife Rehabilitation Center provides free veterinary and rehabilitation services to orphaned and injured native animals brought to the Zoo for treatment. The Center also provides significant training opportunities to residents, interns and other students who work or volunteer at the Center while they pursue careers in biology or veterinary medicine. Funds raised by the Zoo Society provide half of the money needed to operate the Center. Please click on the icon below to make a donation in support of the Schindler Wildlife Rehabilitation Center….

Animal Enrichment Programs

The Zoo’s animal enrichment programs serve the psychological and physical well-being of the Zoo’s animals by providing them with complex, changing and appropriate environments and social settings that encourage play, foraging and other natural behaviors. Donations from Zoo Society members and donors provide all of the funds used to operate these programs. Please click on the icon below to make a donation in support of the Zoo’s animal enrichment programs….