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Animal Management Programs (AMP)

To ensure a species’ long-term survival, managed propagation of wildlife has become an essential part of the conversation and the only insulation against a potential collapse of wild populations. Each facility participating in an Animal Management Plan (AMP) involving endangered species is required to contribute to selected NGOs. Facilities involved in AMPs with non-endangered species are strongly encouraged to make annual donations to the designated NGOs. ZAA has carefully chosen the NGOs to receive these donations. These are the NGOs selected for each AMP:

Cheetah

  • Cheetah Conservation Fund

  • Cheetah Conservation Botswana

  • Cheetah Outreach Trust

African Penguin

  • Dyer Island Conservation Trust

Southern White Rhino

  • International Rhino Foundation

Mandrill

  • Global Wildlife Conservation Mandrill Conservation Project

Schmidt’s Guenons

  • Greater Mahale Ecosystem Research and Conservation Project

Giraffe

  • Save the Giraffes

Fishing Cat

  • Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance

Lar Gibbon

  • Leuseur Conservancy

  • Gibbons of Peninsular Malaysia Project

Ruffed Lemur

Coming Soon!

Bongo

Coming Soon!

Lion

Coming Soon!

ZAA AMP Programs

  • Scientific

  • Cooperatively managed

  • Long range population management goals

  • Recommendations to ensure sustainability of the population

  • Coordinated across ZAA accredited members to ensure the greatest genetic variability

Interested in participating in an AMP or being a species manager or studbook keeper?

ZAA members: Visit the AMP Folder in Basecamp.

Non-members: Contact the ZAA Office.

Master Plan Program (MPP)

Population Management Specialists develop Population Status and Breeding Recommendation Masterplans every 2-4 years or as needed. Breeding pair recommendations are made annually. Conservation linkage and education goals mandatory.

Population Status and Breeding Recommendation Masterplans are available to ZAA members on the Resources page.

Cheetah

African Black Footed Penguin

Population Plan Program (PPP)

Studbook program with recommended pairings. Conservation linkage and education goals encouraged.

  • Schmidt's Guenon

  • Southern White Rhinoceros

  • Mandrill

  • Giraffe

  • African Lion

  • Fishing Cat

  • Ruffed Lemur

  • Lar Gibbon