Blogs From The Field
Conservation is at the heart of what we do every day at the Philadelphia Zoo and our focus is both local and international. Here at the Zoo, we work to make a difference, personally and through our guests, for animals around the world. At the same time, our staff are active internationally on behalf of wildlife. See what Zoo staff are doing RIGHT NOW to save animals:
Frog Blog
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Dr. Carlos Martinez Rivera, Philadelphia Zoo's Amphibian Conservation Biologist, returns to Haiti on a mission to save critically endangered amphibians and their habitat through field research, capacity building and management.
Almost two years ago to the date, the Zoo rescued some of the world's most endangered amphibians found only in Haiti.
Read his blog here. |
Life on Ice
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Tammy Schmidt, the Philadelphia Zoo’s Curator of Carnivores and Ungulates is traveling to Churchill, Manitoba, Canada to observe and learn about the effects of climate change on polar bears in their wild habitats with the Zoo’s conservation partner Polar Bears International via the Leadership/Communicator Camp. The goals of this program are for zoo professionals around the country to become effective advocates, both personally and through our individual zoo facilities, for conservation and sustainable lifestyles.
Read her blog here. |
Ongava Pride
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Big cat keepers Kay Buffamonte and Jennifer Robertson will travel to Namibia to assist Zoo conservation partners at the Ongava Wildlife Reserve with their long-term study of pride dynamics and dispersal in the lions living at Ongava.
Kay and Jen will share their expertise and experience working with lions with biologists at Ongava.
They will also learn about the various techniques field biologists use to track lions in the wild – techniques that may be applicable at the Zoo once we connect Big Cat Falls to our expanding animal trail system. |
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