YOU HELP SAVE ANIMALS!
What
you did to help the pan african sactuary alliance this year!
Did you know? Twenty-fi ve cents
from every Louisville Zoo general
admission ticket and one dollar
from every membership goes to
conservation. Collectively, these
quarters and dollars can make a
huge impact! Just by visiting the
Zoo or becoming a member, you
play an important part in helping
vital conservation efforts around
the world.
In January, the Louisville Zoo
received a thank you from Pan
African Sanctuary Alliance Executive
Director Gregg Tully for a grant of
$1800 that helped to fund PASA’s
annual Strategic Development
Conference in Uganda. This confer-
ence is primarily for the directors of
member wildlife centers and other
people interested in primate protec-
tion and conservation. Grant funds
were used to sponsor Larry Taylor
to attend the conference. Larry is
the Deputy Director of Ape Action
Africa in Cameroon, which is home
to more than 250 rescued primates
including gorillas, chimpanzees and
a wide range of monkeys.
Forty-fi ve people participated in
the conference, including leaders of
PASA member organizations, board
of directors, and other individuals
committed to the conservation and
protection of Africa’s great apes
and monkeys. The primary goals of
the conference were to learn about
the current needs of PASA’s mem-
ber wildlife centers, determine how
Photo of gorilla taken by Pan African Sanctuary Alliance Executive Director
Gregg Tully during his conference visit to Africa.
PASA can help to address them,
provide training in fundraising and
other areas of interest, strengthen
organizations’ capacity to be leaders
in primate conservation, and offer a
forum for sharing ideas and knowl-
edge between primate protection
organizations. Before the confer-
ence, PASA sent a survey to the
directors of all member organiza-
tions to determine the
topics most important
to them and ensure the
conference agenda was
informed by their needs
and interests.
Among other topics,
a presentation was given regarding
the situation facing the chimpan-
zees in Liberia that were used for
medical research and then aban-
doned. Presentations included a
brief history of the chimpanzees
and the political turmoil in Liberia,
the current state of the chimpan-
zees in their care, the project’s
funding sources, and their long-
term goals for establishing a PASA
member sanctuary in Liberia.
Gregg Tully said the atmosphere
was very positive and collabora-
tive, and it set a good
foundation for PASA’s
programs and collabo-
ration with the wildlife
centers in 2017. The
Louisville Zoo is proud
to support PASA as a
wildlife partner and their critical
work to protect primates in the
remnant wild.
Inside Your Zoo
On April 3, it was announced that AZA and more than 100 of its members
have pledged over $1 million toward the emergency rescue of the vaquita, a
species of porpoise endemic to the Gulf of California, which is now considered
the world’s most endangered marine mammal. Scientists estimate the entire
population at just 30 animals, only half of what it was a year earlier. Your Louis-
ville Zoo has committed $5,000 from our Conservation Fund toward this effort.
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