Staff and Budget
The facility's current director and curator is Matthew Holdgate, a biologist from the University of New Hampshire with prior work experience as an animal research specialist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and with the U.S. Forest Service in California.
The zoo currently employs five full-time and one part-time staff members and has an annual budget of US$336,000. It is primarily funded by the Navajo Nation Government, but also solicits for donations from project sponsorship, animal adoption, and donations; admission is free.
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