2010 - 2011 Annual Report - Zoos South Australia

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CONTENTSYear In ReviewPresident and CEO’s ReportPresident ReportCEO’s ReportConservation ProgramsConservation ArkVeterinary Conservation ProgramsAssets & InfrastructureAdelaide Zoo, Monarto ZooAnd Warrawong Wildlife SanctuaryGreen TeamWild AfricaOverseas Conservation ToursConservation EducationLibraryInterpretationHistoryThe Animals & HorticultureOverviewLiving CollectionsStatus Of CollectionAppendicesHorticultureOther Conservation Projects – Sera, KenyaMonarto Zoo and Zoos South Australia have entered intoa five year partnership with a Samburu community inNorthern Kenya to help improve their lives and protect thewildlife that they live with.This partnership is being managed through the banner of the‘Wild Africa’ project. So far nearly $15,000 has been raisedto support the Sera women and their families and for wagesupport for the Sera Rangers.All the Rangers at Sera are now members of the AfricanRanger Association which gives them a connection torangers all over Africa and which also provides insurancefor families in the event a ranger is killed in the line ofduty. This membership has been paid for by the sale ofbeads through Zoos SA.The Sera Conservancy is an area of 300,000ha thatembraces a harmonious relationship between theSamburu semi nomadic herders, their livestock and thewildlife on their lands.Wild TimesFinalsWild Africa – 4 of 5
CONTENTSYear In ReviewPresident and CEO’s ReportPresident ReportCEO’s ReportConservation ProgramsConservation ArkVeterinary Conservation ProgramsAssets & InfrastructureAdelaide Zoo, Monarto ZooAnd Warrawong Wildlife SanctuaryGreen TeamWild AfricaOverseas Conservation ToursConservation EducationLibraryInterpretationHistoryThe Animals & HorticultureOverviewLiving CollectionsStatus Of CollectionAppendicesHorticultureWild TimesIncome is created from tourism and the sale of beadworkboth locally and overseas (through zoos such as ours) andthis not only supports the women and their families in thecommunity but also provides wages for Wildlife Rangers whohelp manage safe areas for the wildlife currently occupyingSera. Species such as elephant, lion, cheetah and zebra arealready present but it is also planned to reintroduce otherspecies such as Black rhinos which formerly lived in thearea. Reticulated giraffe have already been successfullyreintroduced to Sera Conservancy.By managing the land properly, large areas formerly degradedby mismanagement of livestock grazing (especially duringtimes of drought) now support both livestock and a muchlarger and more diverse wildlife population whilst alsoproviding a great destination for tourists.Sera is just one of fifteen Northern Kenyan like mindedconservation conscious communities linked in this waythrough the not for profit Northern Rangelands Trustwww.nrt-kenya.orgFinalsWild Africa – 5 of 5
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