Conservation is the act of preserving, guarding, or protecting natural resources. The Conservation Mission lies at the heart of everything we do at the Louisville Zoo.
The Louisville Zoo is joining other Zoos across the nation in an attempt to help the organization 96elephants break the Guinness World Records™ title for the “Largest Display of Origami Elephants.” Find Out More
Our ferret kits are growing fast! They are now about one month old. The kits (ferret babies) have quadrupled in size and just last week began to get their black “mask” coloring. They are beginning to crawl on their own … Find Out More
Today, the Obama Administration followed through on a promise, called for by African heads of state at the Clinton Global Initiative, and more recently by the Elephant Protection Initiative, and made by the president himself in Kenya in 2013, to do what we can in the United States to confront this threat to African elephants by banning ivory. Find Out More
Nona, an infant gorilla, was found as a tiny baby in a hunting camp after witnessing her family being killed in a village in the east of Cameroon. Often adult gorillas are killed for bushmeat in Africa and the young … Find Out More
The Louisville Zoo Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center welcomes the first newborn ferrets of the 2016 season. This blog will follow these kits as they journey from birth at The Louisville Zoo to release into the wild. We will give you … Find Out More
Conservation Partners are an integral part of your Zoo’s mission to “Better the Bond Between People and Our Planet.” Each time you visit your Zoo, you aid in this mission. For every general admission ticket sold, $0.25 is contributed and for every … Find Out More
THINK ENERGY! Hey Kids! We know you’ve heard a lot of grownups talking about “conserving energy.”But what does this really mean? We all use energy each day, at home, at school and in lots of other places. In order to … Find Out More
The Louisville Zoo is full of excitement as the Blackfooted Ferret Recovery Program is set to celebrate its 25th year in 2016! Black-footed Ferrets (BFFs) were long considered one of North America’s most endangered animals before finally being declared extinct … Find Out More
“We commend Pope Francis for courageously reminding humanity that it has a responsibility to be the stewards of our planet” — WCS President and CEO Cristián Samper Find Out More
The sun is beautiful in Denver. Locals tells us that is is sunny 300 days of the year here. A contrast to our usually gray winters in Kentucky. We got an early start for the 90 min. drive to the … Find Out More