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Together for wildlife and people.
Since 2008, the Oregon Zoo and Oregon Zoo Foundation have supported community-based organizations working to conserve threatened species.
One Day At Your Zoo
From inspiring education programs to on-the-ground conservation efforts, we are working to create a better future for wildlife and for us all.
You are part of something special.
Memories linger like snapshots in our minds. Years later, we can relive the hot summer day we saw an elephant splashing in the pool or an orangutan building
Pack impact.
While this report focuses on a single day, work at the zoo takes place 365 days a year and YOU make it all possible.
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Orangutans and Asian elephants are critically endangered, largely because of habitat loss driven by logging and the conversion of forests
Diving in.
Scientific divers help care for zoo animals and habitats. On a cool July morning, in a building tucked behind the zoo’s marine life...
Paws & Tales.
High school students explore veterinary careers. “Go ahead, touch her paw,” he encouraged. The students were timid at first, inching...
Grateful for you.
Greetings! For those of you I haven’t had the opportunity to meet yet, my name is Heidi Rahn. Last year, I took on the role of Oregon Zoo...
The pack impact.
Here are a few examples of the work your generosity sustained this year.raised $9.6M for a new zoo Through the Heart of the Oregon Zoo...
A new chapter for rhinos at the zoo.
With two new residents at Rhino Ridge, some might say this expanded new habitat was made for royalty! King, a 3,000-pound male rhinoceros,...
Zoo Apprenticeship Program
Three-year paid apprenticeship builds skills and community for area youth. Zoo Apprenticeship Program, or ZAP, employs young people as...
Every little bat helps.
3 bat babies are living proof that people can make a difference for wildlife. In 2021, three Rodrigues flying foxes — Phil, Prince and...
Members help us do more!
Joining our pack is one simple action that makes a big difference for wildlife. As a member, you sustain animal welfare, conservation and...
A warm community welcome.
Settling into a new habitat. A year ago, when the construction crane gently lowered one of several enormous concrete panels into place,...
A new space for rhinos to crash.
Updated digs are twice as big. Excitement builds for the return of black rhinos to the Oregon Zoo in 2021. “In a space more than twice as...