The Los Angeles Zoo has created an online donations mechanism to help the YoG fundraise for select gorilla conservation projects. To see the details, go to http://www.lazoo.org/conservation/yog/.
The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association’s involvement in the YoG is part of the Los Angeles Zoo’s continuing efforts to educate the public about threatened species like gorillas through the Zoo’s Gorilla Campo Reserve where visitors can learn about these intelligent and powerful primates.
Your contribution to this specific fund will support wild gorilla conservation in Africa. The YoG conservation projects funded through this international campaign encompass all gorilla species and subspecies and will include:
– Promoting local African communities’ awareness, education, and participation in gorilla conservation,
– Providing fuel-efficient stoves to local African communities to reduce firewood and charcoal harvesting in gorilla habitat,
– Supporting conservation-relevant gorilla research,
– Offering sanctuary for gorillas confiscated in the fight against illegal trafficking,
– Rebuilding and strengthening protection and surveillance in key protected areas inhabited by gorillas, and
– Increasing wildlife law enforcement in African countries where gorillas live.
If you have specific questions about the Los Angeles Zoo’s participation in the YoG, please contact Laurel Colton: +1 323/256-8406 or lmcolton@hotmail.com.
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