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Volume 1, No. 17. September 21, 2001
AZA awards
Award winners at the AZA conference
follow:
International Conservation top honors to the Cleveland, Ohio, Metroparks
Zoo for conserving High Andes habitat in Venezuela; significant achievement
to John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago for Project Seahorse and to the Betampona
Ruffed Lemur Release and Conservation Program by the following 35 institutions:
Baltimore Zoo in Maryland; Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa; Brookfield
Zoo in Chicago, Illinois; Caribbean Gardens in Naples, Florida; Charles
Paddock Zoo in Atascadero, California; Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
in Ohio; Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in Ohio; Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in
Ohio; Dallas Zoo in Texas; Denver Zoo in Colorado; Detroit Zoological
Institute in Michigan; Fort Worth Zoo in Texas; Happy Hollow Zoo in San
Jose, California; Knoxville
Zoo in Tennessee; Los Angeles Zoo in California; Louisville Zoo in Kentucky;
Micke Grove Zoo in Lodi, California; Oklahoma City Zoo in Oklahoma; Omaha's
Henry Doorly Zoo in Nebraska; Philadelphia Zoo in Pennsylvania; Point
Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington; Racine Zoo in Wisconsin;
Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island; Sacramento Zoo in
California; St. Louis Zoo in Missouri; San Antonio Zoological Society
in Texas; San Diego Zoo in California; San Francisco Zoo in California;
Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas; Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester,
New York; Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum in Oklahoma; Utah's Hogle Zoo in
Salt Lake City; the Wildlife Conservation Society of New York City; Woodland
Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington; and Zoo Atlanta in Georgia.
North American Conservation top honors to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Zoo for its diamondback terrapin program;
Exhibit Awards top honors to Shedd Aquarium for Amazon Rising and
to Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley for The Wells Fargo Family Farm;
significant achievement to Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek, Michigan for
Wild Africa and Alexandria, Louisiana, Zoological Park for Louisiana
Habitat Exhibit;
Education Award top honors to the Wildlife Conservation Society in New
York City for SPARKS (Supporting Parents in Advocacy, Reform and Knowledge
in Science); significant achievement to Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle,
Washington, for "Wild Wise."
Edward H. Bean Award top honors to the Indianapolis, Indiana, Zoo for
its African elephant breeding program, and to the Cincinnati, Ohio, Zoo
for its Peruvian fire stick long-term propagation project.