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Johannesburg Zoo adds a great deal of value to our
community in terms of providing a safe
family-orientated facility where people can get
close to nature in the heart of the city. Hundreds
of thousands of people visit the zoo each year. Many
of them may never get the chance to see even our
indigenous animals in the wild, let alone those like
bears and pandas that come from different
continents. By showing visitors our amazing animals
and educating them to care for our planet we play an
important role in the community. In particular by
teaching children the importance of conserving
resources such as water, wildlife and energy we
positively influence the attitudes of the next
generation towards the environment.
The
welfare of our animals is an absolute priority and
we make every effort to ensure that they are
provided with interesting enclosures and are kept in
appropriate social groups that allow them to express
their natural behaviours. Their husbandry, diets and
veterinary care are of the highest standards. By
providing an opportunity for people to get close to
and learn about the variety of animals that share
our planet with, zoos can inspire people to care for
and protect them. We teach people to respect animals
and also participate in conservation and welfare
campaigns.
Our veterinarians use their
expertise to treat a wide variety of sick or injured
animals brought to the Zoo. Many of these are
successfully treated and eventually released back
into the wild. Some that are too badly injured or so
used to humans are given a good home in our Zoo or
any other recognized animal facility.
Johannesburg Zoo is accredited by African
Association of zoos and aquaria (PAAZAB), as
recognition of our excellent animal husbandry,
education and customer programmes, conservation
research and conservation medicine programmes.
Paazab is part of an international association –
World association of zoos and aquaria (WAZA) which
has members on every continent in the world. To
become a member of each one of these associations
you adhere to the standards required by each which
is aimed at ensuring best practice zoos. Being
accredited by PAAZAB means your zoo has undergone
and passed a rigorous assessment procedure to ensure
that all aspects of zoo operations including animal
husbandry and care, visitor services and governance
are maintained to high international standards.
The zoo contributes to conservation of species
in an attempt to help animals survive in the wild.
We house 27 endangered species and participate in at
least 6 conservation projects: The Wattled Crane
Recovery Programme, Frog , Vulture, Oribi,
Indigenous Sheep conservation projects and Mabula
Ground Hornbill Project. Zoo’s conservation
initiatives have seen some species being
reintroduced into the wild.
We would like to
continue with the good work that we are currently
doing, however, funding becomes a problem at times
as the zoo has few income streams. We would like to
ask you to get involved in sustaining the zoo’s
efforts by donating R10 through a text message send
via your mobile phone. To donate to the zoo, please
send the word “Zoo” to 38271. You could also donate
to specific animals by using keywords in the table,
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