Conservation Fund

Give to the Conservation Fund today.

Protect endangered species for tomorrow.

The Conservation Fund has been providing funds for Conservation initiatives since 1987. Annually, thousands of dollars are contributed to local and global efforts to protect endangered animals—at the ABQ BioPark and in the wild—working to ensure that species listed as critically endangered or threatened today are still with us tomorrow.

A dedicated, long-term fund, the Conservation Fund supports the following types of areas aimed at species conservation:

• Programs dedicated to species and habitat protection, study, and education
• Species procurement
• Exhibit upgrades
• Equipment to meet specialized animal needs
• Reference books and resources
• Training of wildlife and Zoo professionals

In recent years, the following programs have been supported:

• AZA Butterfly Conservation Initiative 
• Cheetah Conservation Fund 
• Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation Program 
• Grevy’s Zebra, Northern Rangelands Trust 
• Hornbill Research Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand 
• International Elephant Foundation 
• International Rhino Foundation
•  Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan 
• Monarch Watch, Kansas 
• Ocean Project, Rhode Island 
• Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) 
• Panama’s Amphibians, Center for Species Survival 
• Silvery Minnow Refugium, ABQ BioPark - a research, breeding, and reintroduction program supporting a sentinel fish native to the Rio Grande River
• Snow Leopard Trust 
• Xerces Society, protecting invertebrates 
• Zoo Conservation Outreach Group for Latin American species conservation

For additional questions, please contact the Development Office at (505) 764-6291 or email NMBPSdevelopment@comcast.net.