The Minnesota Zoo is committed to making a positive impact on our environment and our world. We employ extensive recycling and composting programs behind-the-scenes and in public areas, diverting hundreds of tons of materials from landfills annually. We’re constantly working to improve our operations, buildings, and everyday practices using smart design like “green” roofs, and by reducing, reusing, and recycling.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the steps we have taken so far.
The Minnesota Zoo and its partners conduct one of the most successful rhino conservation programs in the world. Zoo biologists work with local Namibians to monitor rhinos on community lands.
There are fewer dholes (Asian wild dogs) than tigers left in the wild! Biologists at the Minnesota Zoo are working in Thailand to study threats to this little-known endangered species.
Funds donated by guests in the Conservation Cabin of the Zoo’s Russia’s Grizzly Coast exhibit support conservation projects for large cats, bears, and sea otters in the Russian Far East.
Since 2007, the Minnesota Zoo has been a strong supporter of Blue-throated Macaw research, conservation, and education.
The Minnesota Zoo provides grants to global conservation efforts. This program is a unique opportunity for Zoo staff from all backgrounds to directly contribute to save wildlife.
Asian wild horses went extinct in the wild in the 1960s, but returned to the wild with help from zoos. Biologists at the Minnesota Zoo are working to secure a future for these reintroduced horses.
