Johannesburg Zoo celebrates wetlands during February.

World Wetlands day is celebrated globally on the 2nd of February. This year the day highlights the many attributes wetlands possess which humans can benefit from, specifically in tourism. In light of this important date in the environmental calendar, the Zoo will celebrate all things 'wetland' throughout the month including raising awareness about amphibian conservation. A number of activities will be taking place including an educational event called 'Wonderful Wetlands Days', a frog conservation walk, an evening Amphibian talk and 'Leaping ahead of Extinction Day'.

The month's activities begin with 'Wonderful wetlands days' from the 15th - 17th. School children visiting the zoo will learn what makes a healthy wetland and what types of wildlife live in wetlands. The fun activities include building wetland games and visiting the zoo's own wetland habitat to compare the models they have built to the real thing. The programme will also focus on animal species which live in wetlands such as frogs and cranes. The pupils will be able to visit two of the Zoo's conservation programmes aimed at saving endangered species becoming locally extinct.

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The zoo mourns the tragic death of Joe Ramonetha, who passed away on 13 February 2012 after he was attacked by a lioness.

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