Conservation
The Auckland Zoo Conservation Fund supports a number of conservation programs, both overseas and in New Zealand. The currently supported overseas projects are a turtle and tortoise programme in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam, the Sumatran orangutan Project and the Sumatran tiger. Other past projects include the sun bear.
Local conservation projects include the "Ark In The Park" project in Auckland's Waitakere Ranges and the Waipoua Forest Trust in New Zealand's Northland Region. There are also captive breeding programs to support the kiwi recovery program and the tuatara. Other programmes involve the weta, the kākā (one of New Zealand's native parrots), the kererū (wood pigeon), the brown teal, the blue duck and Archey's frog.
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Famous quotes containing the word conservation:
“The putting into force of laws which shall secure the conservation of our resources, as far as they may be within the jurisdiction of the Federal Government, including the more important work of saving and restoring our forests and the great improvement of waterways, are all proper government functions which must involve large expenditure if properly performed.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.”
—Aristide Briand (1862–1932)