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 membership $1 is contributed to conservation efforts. Listed below are your Zoo’s conservation partners. Click the name to learn more about their efforts!

Current Partners and Programs

• Black-footed Ferret Recovery Program
• CrocFest
• Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
• Grace Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education Center
• International Elephant Foundation
• Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
• Kentucky Natural Land Trust
• Komodo Dragon Species Survival Plan
• Monarch Watch
• Ocearch
• Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA)
• Polar Bears International
• Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves
• Sezarc Southeast Zoo Alliance for Reproduction
• Snow Leopard Trust
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Wildlife Conservation Network
• Zoo Conservation Outreach Group 

At the Zoo

• Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center
• Monarchs and Milkweed Pollinator Habitat Project
• Certified Monarch Waystation

AZA SAFE Programs

• • AZA SAFE African Lion
  • AZA SAFE African Penguin
  • AZA SAFE African Vulture
  • AZA SAFE Andean Highland Flamingo
  • AZA SAFE Black-Footed Ferret
  • AZA SAFE Cuban Crocodile
  • AZA SAFE Giraffe
  • AZA SAFE Gorilla
  • AZA SAFE Jaguar
  • AZA SAFE Maned Wolf
  • AZA SAFE Monarch
  • AZA SAFE North American Bison
  • AZA SAFE North American Songbird
  • AZA SAFE Orangutan

Learn about SAFE