Brevard Zoo's Mission:
"Wildlife Conservation Through Education and Participation"
...it's more than a slogan at Brevard Zoo!
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Our keepers with puppets from environmental education suitcase they purchased for Congo Project.
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We actively support in Brevard County the following programs: sea turtle research, manatee rescues, the Monofilament Recycling Program, the Right Whale volunteer network, and education programs. Around the world, the Zoo supports chimpanzee research in Congo, an education center in Kenya, and the development of education materials for projects in Dominica, Peru, Zimbabwe, Namibia, the Republic of Congo, and MORE. |
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Tropical Smoothie of Suntree has partnered with the Zoo to help us raise money for the Zoo’s Education and Conservation Programs. Once a month, Tropical Smoothie will choose a day and timeframe in which 15% of sales during that time will go back to Brevard Zoo. The first promotion is January 16 from 3 to 8 p.m. in conjunction with our Education Dept.'s new Safari Adventure Night Hikes. Download the flier and take it with you on February 20 to Tropical Smoothie Café of Suntree, purchase a delicious smoothie or sandwich, and the Zoo will receive 15% of sales. CLICK HERE to learn more.
Zoo Educator’s Workshop
Partnering with In Situ Conservation – Fulfilling Your Mission
Icebreaker: Evening of February 25
Workshop Days: February 26 and 27
Brevard Zoo is pleased to announce we will be hosting a two-day workshop on developing and creating educational materials for field research projects both locally and globally. We are focusing on participants from zoos in the southeast region of the US as we wanted this to be an easy drive (and therefore inexpensive) but we welcome and encourage all zoos to participate!
Topics to be discussed are:
• How to develop long-term relationships with field researchers
• What to expect and what can field people expect from you?
• Simple fundraisers
• Enlisting local teachers and their students as a support network for field projects
• The power of art/graphics to raise conservation awareness
• Developing conservation posters, activity booklets, coloring books, games and the costs involved
• Developing Environmental (puppet) Teaching Suitcases and the costs involved
• Using your zoo’s commitment and stories from the field to garner more financial support
• How to measure success? What are the signs?
• USFWS grants for developing educational materials to enhance already existing field projects
Speakers
Beth Armstrong , Field Conservation Coordinator, Brevard Zoo
Chris Delorey , Education Director, Brevard Zoo
Tammie Bettinger, Ph.D., Research Biologist, Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Doug Cress, Executive Director, Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA)
Susie McQuire, Program Manager, Conservation Fusion, Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo
Elizabeth Ross, Executive Director, The Kasiisi Project, Uganda
Ann Spellman, Florida Fish and Wildlife
Your registration fee of ($90) will cover one Icebreaker, two lunches, one dinner (pizza) and coffee breaks as well as a disc to be produced after the Workshop. To register, please call 321.254.9453 x 219 or email edregistrar@brevardzoo.org.
CLICK HERE for workshop schedule.
Grants and Fundraisers received:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services--$21,000 to purchase soccer uniforms for PASA sanctuaries
Suntree Rotary Club and Stuart Interact Club--$2000 grant to create mini-suitcases and purchase soccer uniforms
Earth Friendly Transportation Expo--Raised $5,800 to support local projects
Conservation Dinner--Raised money to give a $3,100 grant to guest speaker Anne Savage, who runs Proteyto Titi (Cottontop Tamarin) in Colombia
Recommended Conservation Reading
Gorilla in the Mist – Dian Fossey
Shadows of Man – Jane Goodall
Visions of Caliban – Jane Goodall
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds –Joy Adamson
Cry of the Kalahari – Mark & Delia Owens
Babylon’s Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo – Anthony Lawrence
Gorilla in Our Midst: The Story of the Columbus Zoo Gorillas – Jeff Lyttle
Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest– Mark Plotkin
Children's Books:
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest – Lynne Cherry
Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship – Craig Hatkoff
Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes (Scientists in the Field) – Pamela Turner
2008 Conservation Highlights
