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- Thick-Billed Parrot
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Conservation Efforts
For more and more species of animals and plants, survival is an increasing challenge. At the Phoenix Zoo, we believe we have an obligation to help wherever we can. By themselves, zoos cannot cope with the immensity of this problem — generally caused by human overpopulation. But we must try to help where we can and hope others will join in the effort.
The goal of conservation programs at the Phoenix Zoo is to help
preserve the diversity of life in nature. Accordingly we work in
both husbandry and research projects on behalf of both wildlife and
their natural habitats. In addition, we work with the American
Zoological Association's (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP), a
cooperative population management program that aims to maintain
a healthy and self-sustaining captive population of selected
species.
Learn more about the Phoenix Zoo's involvement in the Species
Survival Plan
Here are some of the conservation programs we currently are working on:
