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IMPACT REPORT 2018

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35 CONSERVATION 9,000+ GENEROUS DONORS 100s OF COMMUNITY 26 MILLION COLLABORATOR TEAMS investing in a sustainable future PARTNERS and agencies helping people reached helping people protect essential for wildlife and people to expand our reach and impact! by social media habitats and animals in 20+ nations

1,300+ VOLUNTEERS, 1.39 MILLION 36,000 MEMBER 338,000 PARTICIPANTS 1,000+ ANIMALS, award-winning program, GUESTS united HOUSEHOLDS in early childhood 298 species, 61 of one of the region’s largest in appreciating and going strong and programming at the zoo which are endangered, volunteer cadres protecting the growing! and in local communities threatened or vulnerable world’s wildlife 40 BOARD MEMBERS and 296 PROFESSIONAL STAFF modeling excellence for zoos

WOODLAND PARK ZOO SAVES WILDLIFE AND INSPIRES EVERYONE Woodland Park Zoo is an accredited member of the TO MAKE CONSERVATION A PRIORITY IN THEIR LIVES.

View our report and the year’s generousPhotos by Jeremy supporters Dwyer-Lindgren, WPZ, at Dennis zoo.org/impact Dow, WPZ, Ryan Hawk, Cascades Carnivore Connectivity Project, Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program and WPZ. The extraordinary support from our “ community in 2018 is a testament to the many ways Woodland Park Zoo changes lives across our Puget Sound region, the nation and the world. I’m proud that in 2018 we not only expanded the largest access program in Washington state, but also continued making our zoo a place where everyone is able to connect with nature, build empathy for animals and become empowered to join us in creating a sustainable future for wildlife and people. ” U.S. Rep. Jayapal joins Board Jeff Leppo, Woodland Park Zoo Board Chair Member Lisa Graumlich, PhD, and CEO Alejandro Grajal, PhD, to protect the Endangered Species Act Floyd Udell Jones 1927-2018

LEADING ZOOS TO SAVE SPECIES – ESA CAMPAIGN PANDA-MONIUM TAJ AND GLENN TAKE SEATTLE Our guests propelled Woodland Park Zoo to lead the national Thanks to Woodland Park Zoo’s incredible team of animal Last spring, the greater Seattle community campaign among zoos and aquariums to keep the Endangered caretakers, we celebrated the first successful birth of red pandas at had their first opportunity to get nose Species Act strong. Woodland Park Zoo smashed its goal by our zoo in 29 years. Zeya (named by her adoring community of fans to nose with greater one-horned rhinos, submitting public comments on behalf of 10,701 people. The through an online poll) and twin Ila were born in June to first-time Taj and Glenn. Born one day apart to geographic range was diverse, with nearly every state in the union mom Hazel and dad Yukiko. Through innovative “panda yoga” and a different mothers, the two have become ZOOCORPS TEEN VOLUNTEERS represented in the final tally. Zoo staff were even inspired to deep attentiveness to the needs of this outrageously cute species, we fast friends in our Assam Rhino Reserve. take comment gathering sheets home and collected statements have high hopes for future breeding success into the future. Not to be Woodland Park Zoo has partnered with ARE THE BEST—WE CAN PROVE IT! of support at parties, game nights, and other events—becoming outdone on the adorable scale, Carson our red panda starred in an the International Rhino Foundation, the ZooCorps volunteers make everything that happens ambassadors for the campaign outside of zoo grounds. Election Day livestream presented by Mozilla Firefox to the delight of Indian government, and other stakeholders at Woodland Park Zoo possible. This year, Special Olympics thousands of viewers across the nation. to rebuild the rhino population in Manas USA Games highlighted our teens as one of their 2018 Game TREE KANGAROO CONSERVATION PROGRAM SAVES National Park in Assam, India. Taj and Glenn Changers. The Governor recognized Nyaila Flight, who has volunteered at SPECIES AND HABITAT IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA ZOO GOES VIRTUAL quickly captured Seattle’s imagination; Taj Woodland Park Zoo since the 6th grade, with the 2018 Governor’s Volunteer was even featured in Seattle Met Magazine Service Award in the teen category. Nyaila graduated from Cleveland High School Woodland Park Zoo is transforming as a 21st Century zoo. Partnering The innovative methodologies of Woodland Park Zoo’s Tree Kangaroo as a perfect party guest. At Woodland Park and we wish her all the best at Arizona State University. ZooCorps youth are driving with technology company Oculus, we created a first-of-its kind Conservation Program attracted competitive grant funding from Zoo, these two rambunctious rhinos are empowered communities. ZooCorps teens also developed and led Climate Action for virtual reality experience providing a 360-degree look behind the Microsoft and National Geographic Society for research on Matschie’s educating guests about the illegal ivory trade All Day in July—highlighting sustainability features at the zoo and discussing strategies to scenes with our greater one-horned rhinos Taj and Glenn, designed tree kangaroos in Papua New Guinea. Woodland Park Zoo connected and how to stop wildlife trafficking. effectively combat climate change. Seattle-based Caffe Vita coffee roasters with coffee growers in to build empathy for animals and motivate conservation action. The Papua New Guinea to create a market for their coffee and incentivize zoo also piloted Footmarks beacon technology to enable user-driven “PHILANTHROPY IS SWEETNESS CITIZEN SCIENCE DRIVES EFFORTS TO COEXIST protecting critical habitat. Seattle Channel and PBS Nature highlighted exploration of the zoo through multimedia content delivered to guests’ the vital conservation work that Woodland Park Zoo is doing. PBS iPhone devices in the Assam Rhino Reserve exhibit. In collaboration FOR THE SOUL.” – FLOYD JONES WITH THE CARNIVORES IN OUR BACKYARDS used their YouTube channel to debut Kangaroos and Coffee 360 VR, a with tech community partners, the zoo will continue to pioneer the Philanthropy catalyzes our mission now The community of Issaquah welcomed Woodland Park Zoo with open arms as we launched virtual reality tour of Papua New Guinea’s pristine cloud forests. role of technology in building empathy and advancing its potential for and long into the future. As part of their community-based elements of the Coexisting With Carnivores program and the Urban transcending time and distance in the informal learning space, making extraordinary generosity, Woodland Park Carnivore Project in 2018. Issaquah residents were asked their views on the carnivores SETTING THE STANDARD FOR ZOOS the zoo experience possible for everyone. Zoo is honored to steward the Floyd sharing their neighborhoods and parks: bears, bobcats, coyotes, cougars and raccoons. and Delores Jones Endowed Fund. This Most residents responded that they are proud to live in a community that includes local Woodland Park Zoo hosted Zoo Day 2018 for the Association of ZOO FOR ALL endowment will benefit every animal in our carnivores. Now teams of citizen scientists are gathering research data in their own Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) Annual Conference in September. This care and millions of children, maintaining backyards. High school student Manoj Sarathy collaborated with Woodland Park Zoo and year’s AZA Conference and Zoo Day broke records for attendance, Woodland Park Zoo strives to be a resource to everyone, especially our naturalistic exhibits and providing Microsoft, programming Artificial Intelligence to help wildlife researchers speed up their international participation and sustainability. Through compostable those with barriers to the zoo experience. In 2018, we launched Zoo educational programs about animals, wildlife camera data sorting process—saving thousands of work hours in the process! dinnerware and utensils, carbon offsets provided in partnership with for All events, offering free admission to veterans, the special needs habitats and ecosystems. Floyd shared with Forterra, and food packaging that was durable, compostable, or community, and low-income families. We also debuted the Seattle us, “I didn’t get the chance to go to the zoo recyclable, Woodland Park Zoo set the bar for sustainability. For the Sensory Garden designed to provide nature experiences for all ages and as a child, so I want to make it possible for first time, Zoo Day was carbon neutral and zero waste, modeling our abilities. Thanks to a new program launched in 2018, 450+ low-income as many children as I can to be able to go.” utmost commitment to sustainability and creating a new standard for families were able to become members. Woodland Park Zoo is proud It is our honor to bear their legacy. future AZA Conference hosts. to offer the largest access program of any organization in Washington. zoo.org/impact