ANNUAL REPORT ANIMAL BIRTHS Zoo Atlanta holds the world’s only legally-owned zoological We experienced the elation of the collection of Guatemalan beaded birth of Jabari, the first rhino calf lizards and is rapidly becoming a ever born at Zoo Atlanta in our leader in the successful reproduction 125-year history. of this species, which is found only in Guatemala’s Motagua Valley.
188 days 65 BIRTHS 57 BIRTHS 97 BIRTHS
219 BIRTHS 13 SPECIES 10 SPECIES 19 SPECIES 4,512 HOURS REPTILIA MAMMALIA AVES 42 SPEECIES 24-hour monitoring of Lun Lun and the cubs
Zookeepers 7 Vet staff 3 1 Curator of Mammals 1 Chinese colleague
JABARI 60 pounds at birth 1/300th of his mother's weight America’s only giant MEI LUN and MEI HUAN panda twins 5 ounces at birth 1/900th of their mother's weight MEI LUN AND MEI HUAN Born July 15, 2013 Mei Lun at 6:21 p.m. Mei Huan at 6:23 p.m. GREAT APE BIRTHS
We celebrated heartwarming success stories such as the Anaka Andi Pelari Pongo Western lowland gorilla Western lowland gorilla Bornean orangutan Sumatran orangutan story of Blaze and August 30, 2013 March 14, 2013 September 14, 2013 January 10, 2013 Pongo the Sumatran orangutans, reunited as mother and son after three months of round-the-clock care by some very determined human HELPING GORILLAS IN THE WILD caregivers.
Great Ape Heart Project led a team to Limbe Wildlife Center in Cameroon.
Veterinarians 4 1 Cardiologist COLTAN 1 Photographer
1,668 cell phones COLTAN 15 GORILLAS 32 CHIMPANZEES Recycled with proceeds going A substance mined in gorilla Screened for cardiac disease Screened for cardiac disease exclusively to gorilla conservation habitat at Limbe at Limbe SOCIAL MEDIA GROWTH
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Making a splash in the morning The twin giant panda cubs were named Mei Lun (may A Case Study on Google+ loon) and Mei Huan (may hwaan). The names, which Zoo Atlanta is spearheading Hangouts On Air in originate from a Chinese idiom meaning “something classrooms with our Virtual Field Trips in the indescribably beautiful and magnificent,” were Connected Classrooms program. announced via live broadcast on Good Morning America on October 23, 2013.
Top YouTube Video Animal Planet L!VE’s Sloth Cam, featuring Zoo Atlanta’s own Cocoa, Bonnie and Okra, debuted in October and is incredibly popular with web viewers. Biweekly The first 100 Days of Mei Lun and Mei Huan Sloth Cam Chats followed in 2014. 724,854 views 1,601,474 minutes watched GROWTH & LOOKING FORWARD
December | 27,758 January | 27,609 November | 42,505 February | 26,873 March | 72,767 October | 84,423 850,000 Total Visitors September | 63,990 Monthly April | 121,553 10% INCREASE Visitors August | 73,188 Membership
May | 103,982
July | 103,975 54% April - July June | 104,361 433,871 visitors HUMAN HELPING HANDS
Equivalent to Volunteer service hours Valued at 58,938 $1.1 MILLION 26 Full-time staff GIRAFFES LOVE LETTUCE The Twiga Terrace giraffe feeding program sold an impressive amount of lettuce and browse. Everyone on grounds – be they full-time staff, Volunteers or Volunteens – joined forces to make an impact on the lives of thousands of people. Sales: $33,290 vs. Budget at $20,655 135,000 634,000 Previous year at $14,015 Students and families reached Visitors impacted through education programs CONSERVATION PROJECTS While we continued to exert leadership in our primary centers of excellence – giant pandas, great apes, and reptiles and amphibians – our Mabel Dorn Reeder Conservation Endowment Fund allowed us to make Red pandas an impact on programs not historically represented in our targeted areas, Nepal extending our 2013 support. $5,000 - Red Panda Network
Vulnerable
Frost’s alligator lizards Clouded leopard and Guatemala wild cats Borneo $12,650 - Foundation for the Endangered $4,800 - University Species of Guatemala LOCAT Complutense Madrid ION OF PROJECTS Critically endangered Vulnerable
Black rhinoceros Zimbabwe
NEW PROJECTS FOR 2013 | total $32,400 $10,000 - International EXISTING PROJECTS Rhino Foundation/ Lowveld Rhino Trust
Critically endangered FINANCES
Zoo Atlanta Zoo Atlanta 2013 Operating Revenue* 2013 Operating Expenses $18.6 million $17.3 million
Contributed Goods and Services | 3% Other | 1% Contributed Goods and Services | 3% Membership | 4% Conservation and Education | 6% Advancement | 5% Animal Welfare | 26% Contributions and Conservation and Education | 10% Events | 12% Admissions | 39%
Marketing | 6%
Membership | 18% General Administration Operations | 20% 11%
Concessions and Rental Events | 21% Concessions and Rental Events | 15%
*Results are unaudited. THANK YOU DONORS We Applaud Our Donors Zoo Atlanta would like to express gratitude to the following donors for their generous gifts given between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013.
$80,000 - $100,000 $10,000 - $14,999 Charlie B. Crawford The Deepak Raghavan Family Chris Carlos Wayne and Maria Aaron Tye and Cathy Darland Foundation The Coca-Cola Company AT&T Georgia Patricia Dickey Recall North America The Atlanta Foundation Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP Brent and Darcelle Reid Norfolk Southern Foundation* The Arthur M. Blank Family Gerry and Avary Doubleday John and Lisa Ripoll Foundation Ernst & Young LLP Don and Peggy Rogers $50,000 - $79,999 Nancy and Eric Brown Andrew and Faye Evans Rogers & Hardin Thalia N. Carlos & Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Andrea Farley and Paul Carriere Gigi and Christopher Rouland Chris M. Carlos Foundation Foundation Fifth Third Bank Mr. D. Jack Sawyer, Jr. and Susan Foster Dr. William E. Torres Delta Air Lines, Inc. Credit Suisse Private Bank Doug and Donna Curling Richard and Loretta Frankovic Charles and Donna Sharbaugh Ford Motor Company Fund Deloitte Nicholas and Aimee Franz Timothy and Isabelle Smock Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. John and Mary Franklin Ron Frieson SouthStar Energy Services, LLC. The Hack Foundation* Foundation, Inc. Dr. Sara Helen Goza Standard Office Systems David and Cecelia Ratcliffe Georgia-Pacific Corporation Barbara Gray Joe and Melody Thomas The Goddard Foundation Greenberg Traurig LLP Troutman Sanders Strategies Heidrick & Struggles Inc. The UPS Foundation $25,000 - $49,999 Matt and Brittany Gove Walter Clay Hill and Family William Hill Stephanie and Steven Vettese AGL Resources, Inc. Jackson Houk Robert and Judith Webb Foundation Anonymous Moises and Rosa Huntt Windham Brannon The Home Depot, Inc. Georgia Power Company Stephen and Dean Johnston Keith and Dr. Sylvia Wright Mark and Christy Roberts PNC Foundation Jones Day WSB-TV, Channel 2 Michael and Lovette Russell JP Morgan Chase John and Ellen Yates Primerica Foundation Charles and Linda Sward Kaiser Permanente The Mabel Dorn Reeder Rick and Michelle Trainor Dan Kaufman Foundation Troutman Sanders LLP Ernest and Teresa Key Jeffrey Sprecher and Wilmington Trust David and MinJae Kim Kelly Loeffler Zeist Foundation Theodore J. LaVallee, Sr. Zoo New England / Wells Fargo Mark and Elizabeth Lazarus Franklin Park Zoo Susan Grant and $15,000 - $24,999 Honore A. LeBrun, III $5,000 - $9,999 Brad and Mary Frances Benton Cheryl Levick African lions Michael and Andreane Anderson The Honorable Anne Cox The Little Family Foundation November 19, 2013 Anonymous Chambers Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Anonymous Ford Motor Company- Systems Arrow Exterminators, Inc. The four cubs are the National Office Charles and Catherine Markwalter Atlanta Charity Clays Robert and Kathleen Goddard Scott and Gwen McPherson second litter for Kiki Bank of America Marianne Halle Animal Ward and Laura Morse and Kamau. Eddy and Erica Benoit Support Foundation William and Fiona Nemetz Mary Allen Lindsey Branan LexisNexis Novelis Foundation PS Energy Group, Inc. Catherine M. O'Neil Sharon and David Byers Wells Fargo Foundation Inc. The Pittulloch Foundation Kelly Caffarelli Alexander and Virginia Williams Ashley Preisinger Charles and Elizabeth Cary Publix Super Market Charities Steve and Barbara Chaddick *Indicates a multi-year gift $2,500 - $4,999 $1,000 - $2,499 Drs. Duane and Fleda Jackson Suzanne Wilner Neal M. Allen AGCO Corp. Donald and Becca Jennings Diane Wilshire Alston & Bird John and Juliet Allan Charlene Johnson WXIA-TV, 11 ALIVE Ann Berry and James Stephens David and Sherry Anglin William Jonas and Celeste Bottorff Anonymous Mary Gleim-Jonas $500 - $999 Gregg and Eugenia Burch Glenn and Sheri Austin Ann Jourdan Anonymous CLC Foundation, Inc. Eleanor Banister Raymond and Robin King Bill Balzer Stephanie De Benedictis Christopher and Melinda Barber King & Spalding Merrell and Constance Calhoun Emory Healthcare Tim and Elesa Bentsen John and Karole Lloyd Tom and Sabina Carr Enterprise Holdings Foundation Nancy Bivins Ron Loudin Reeves and Beth Cary Equifax Inc. Jenny Bloom and Betty Bloom Gay and Erskine Love Foundation Jim and Wendy Cheeks J. Randolph and Linda Evans Laura H. Boland Molly and Kenneth Lynch Rob Cherof Chaice and Tom Garner Richard Brinkley Chad and Sarah Mallory Gail and Jason Evans Ben and Michele Garren Ray Bryant and Kristi Burnham Peter and Sandy McGaffigan Derek and Michelle Freeman Georgia State University Athletics Joseph G. & Inez Crawford Julia Merkle Allen and Ellen Gaines Polly Heyward Burtchaell Foundation Walter Mitchell and Marci Schmerler Peg Gallagher and Richard and Diane Hudson C2 Education Starr Moore William Chuck Hunter Lana M. Jordan Dan and Christy Campbell Michael A. Morris Kevin and Patricia Goff Sucessfully bred 18 David and Jennifer Kahn Cardlytics, Inc. Nationwide Insurance Mrs. Louise Staton Gunn species of birds! David & Jennifer Kahn Family Daniel J. Chen McKee and Sally Nunnally Mark and Burch Hanson Foundation Cindilu Clancy and Bill Trammell Judith Fowler Ottley Sarah Hundley and Brian McCracken Aspen and Jason Kron Montie and Janette Cutlip John and Helen Parker IBM Global Services Beth Kytle Chandler and Zeb Cindy and Craig Davis Monica Pascoe Jewish Federation of Greater Chandler John and Gerna Davis Bob and Mildred Petty Atlanta Inc. The Ray M. and Mary Elizabeth Lee The Arthur Vining Davis Jack and Julie Pierce Gay T. Jolley Foundation Foundations Robert and Martha Pierce Cecile Malone Jones The Levenson Foundation, Inc. Michael and Jenifer Dobbs Drs. Richard and Pamela Poe Michael and Karen Kelly Nathan and Nicole Lewis Kristen and Peter Dooley Derek and Kendall Porter Lynne LaVallee Linda Lively and James Hugh David and Karen Dorton The Julian Price Family Foundation Cressie and Chris Lewis Tim and Traci Lowe Constance and Tom Dotzenrod Gordon and Linda Ramsey Kekla Magoon Shannon Lumpkin Christopher and Sonnet Edmonds Dan and Margery Reason Alex and Doris Malaspina John and Lee McColl Employbridge Michael Reineck Tommy and Adam Malone McMaster-Carr Supply Company Paul and Madonna Engle Tony and Sara Rich Clifton and Denise McWilliams Randy and Jane Merrill Willa and Alan Fabian June Rudolech Thomas and Clair Muller Michelle Merrill Brad and Vivienne Ferguson John and Shayla Rumely Frank and Cordelia Payne James Starr Moore Memorial Greg and Christine Foster Chris and Sarah Rush Stephen Pepe Foundation Julia T. Gaines Morgan Schuessler Michael and Patricia Petelle Nivedita Persaud and Edward Miller Genuine Parts Company Marti Shearer Brenda Prather Virginia Philip John and Marty Gillin Drs. Mark and Kimberly Shumate Richard and Joann Ratia Realan Foundation, Inc. Terry and Jane Gordon Milton and Anna Smith Mary Alice Shinall Peter and Alice Rogers Rosalind Grover Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Solomon Alex and Betty Smith Donor Matthew Sena Michael J. Grundy Wayne and Glenna Stanhouse Advised Fund Susan Smith Lewis Hamner David Stockert and Cameron Ives Anthony and Linda Sutylo State Charitable Contributions George and Penny Hart Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Stowers, Jr. Torre Design Consortium, Ltd. Program Teresa Hennings Sheri Strickland James and Krist-Ann Voyles SunTrust Bank Jeffrey and Emily Hilimire Nina S. Tally and Mike Thorpe Winston and Brooke Weinmann Curtis and Jylla Tearte Rick Holcomb Bobbi and Phyllis Townsend P. Wheeler Mark Tipton Natalie and Phil Holloway Virgil P. Warren Foundation Alejandra Vercini Avilez Homrich Berg Margaret Watkins & Robert Watkins William and Judith Vogel Dennis and Renée Hopf Weber Family Foundation Donald and Rosemary Weber Henry and Stephanie Howell James and Janette Wells Chris and Ingrid Willis Steve and Nora Hughes Wells Fargo Insurance Services *Indicates a multi-year gift Robert and Mary Yellowlees Tad Hutcheson Ralph and Kathy Williams Zoo Atlanta would like to Thanks to the following The Legacy Society is thank the following for companies for their comprised of individuals their in-kind gifts: matching gifts: who have generously included Zoo Atlanta in AAA Parking Accenture their estate planning: American Event Rentals Aetna Foundation, Inc. Patrick E. Anderson AT&T Georgia Thomas and Suzanne Ballew Bill Vick Restaurant Equipment Automatic Data Processing Jane Barron Tony C. Brewer Bank of America Nelly de Bourne Bruster's Ice Cream The Arthur M. Blank Family Tara and the Zoo’s Charles and Elizabeth Cary Clik Simple Foundation other animal artists Philip and Judi Edwards Costumes Etc. Chubb & Son Inc. Paula S. Faulconer had their work Deloitte Cisco Systems, Inc. Susan Foster Downey Trees, Inc. The Coca-Cola Company featured in an art James and Ruth Gaulke Pamela Dukes Equifax Inc. show that raised Dr. Sara Helen Goza EarthCam GE Foundation Matching Gifts Emily Bourne Grigsby $2,000 for animal Entertainment Referral Network Georgia-Pacific Corporation Polly Heyward Event Rentals Unlimited, Inc. Hewlett-Packard Company enrichment programs. Steve and Nora Hughes EZ Brands USA, LLC The Home Depot, Inc. Patricia Isaacs Fontastic IBM Global Services Theodore J. LaVallee, Sr. Sherma Francis Jackson Healthcare Fred and Joan LeMosy Full Circle Lighting and Productions Johnson & Johnson MG Bill Maxwell Fulton County Sheriff's Kimberly-Clark Foundation Douglas McCurdy Reserve Unit Macy's-Federated Department Marjorie J. McEntyre Carol Futral Hawkins Stores McKee and Sally Nunnally Holtzquip Inc. Masco Corporation The Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Leapfrog Services, Inc. Murphy Oil Corporation Bob and Mildred Petty Mr. Ellen McLeroy Nordson Corporation Milton and Anna Smith Adrienne Miller and Lisa Dempsey Norfolk Southern Foundation Pat Smith Charles Murnan The Prudential Foundation Thurmond Smithgall NovaMed USA Sprint Foundation Timothy and Isabelle Smock Polsinelli PC SunTrust Bank Proof Of The Pudding by MGR Texas Instruments Rhodes Bakery Time Warner Inc. Kate and Chris Roca The UPS Foundation Small Planet Foods WXIA-TV, 11 ALIVE Snyder's Southern Seasons SouthStar Energy Services, LLC. Southwest Airlines Company Tara Materials Tents Unlimited, Inc. Chris Testa Bob Webb Beth Wallace Jennifer and Kathy Williams Xfinity THANK YOU DONORS Zoo Atlanta is grateful for the following individuals for their capital gifts:
$5,000,000+ Tull Charitable Foundation Inc. The Sartain Lanier Family David H. Dorton Don and Peggy Rogers Joseph B. Whitehead William L. Westbrook Foundation, Inc. Nick and Aimee Franz Pat Stacy and Rebecca Nelson Foundation The David, Helen and The Vasser Woolley Dr. Duane Jackson Michael and Sally Swanger Marian Woodward Fund Foundation, Inc. LexisNexis Camm and Judith Ann Swift Clifton and Denise McWilliams Sara and Kevin Thomas $1,000,000 - $4,999,999 $50,000 - $99,999 $10,000 - $24,999 Michael E. Wollenhaup Adelia and Brad Tidwell Anonymous American Software, Inc. John and Sussana Visser Georgia Power Foundation/ AEC Trust Anonymous Jim and Julie Balloun $1,000 - $2,499 Brenda Washington Southern Company Arrow Exterminators, Inc. Jane Barron James and Alena Anagnostakis Andrea Whitley and Jennifer Lamon Charitable Foundation Brad and Mary Frances Benton Tom Bell Allen and Norma Bales The Mabel Dorn Reeder Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Cary Nelly de Bourne Jay Sherwin Barber and $500 - $999 Foundation Cousins Charitable Lead Annuity Patricia Carson Katherine Werk Barber Penny Evans Trust Cousins Properties Inc. Rebecca Barnes Sara M. Hernandez and Janet $500,000 - $999,999 CSX Corporation Bradley Currey, Jr. Dwaine T. Bergeron and Hensrud Andrea Farley Lori C. Pertuit Amy Higgins and Michael Simpson The Arthur M. Blank Family Tye and Cathy Darland Ben and Michele Garren John and Rebekah Burgess J Kimbro Properties Foundation Susan Foster Holder Construction Company Genuine Parts Company Aubrey and Carol Bush Steve and Rebecca Ziegler The Home Depot, Inc. .DWKLDQG%RE¬*RGGDUG Kelly Caffarelli The Marcus Foundation 'DYLG -HQQLIHU.DKQ)DPLO\ Foundation William Hill Charles and Alison Carlin UPS Michael and Elizabeth Klump Massey Charitable Trust Don and Beverly Chapman As the first project of the Master The Devereaux F. and Dorothy Catherine M. O'Neil Charles Easley Plan, Scaly Slimy Spectacular: $250,000 - $499,999 McClatchey Foundation, Inc. Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund Portia Font The Amphibian and Reptile James M. Cox Foundation Peter and Sandy McGaffigan The Rockdale Foundation, Inc. Fred and Ann Gilbert Experience will be a cornerstone Delta Air Lines, Inc. Thomas and Kim Noonan Michael and Lovette Russell Marion and Gail Glover for the reinvention of the Zoo, A Friend of Zoo Atlanta (.HQGULFN¬DQG&DU\O*6PLWK Jack Sawyer Kenneth M. Greenwood and and it will play a significant role Alex and Betty Smith Donor Beth Caldwell The Kendeda Fund SunTrust Foundation in advancing Zoo Atlanta’s Advised Fund Patrice and Ernest Greer ability to serve its community David and Cecelia Ratcliffe Charles and Linda Sward Hannah Guishard Zeist Foundation $25,000 - $49,999 locally while preserving The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Joanne Truffelman Dan and Parkey Haggman endangered species globally. Mickey and Carolyn Brown Turner Foundation, Inc. Gladys Harvey $100,000 - $249,999 Cooper Family Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo Mary Heaner and Gardner Heaner AGL Resources, Inc. Pete and Ada Lee Correll Drs. Sylvia and Keith Wright Steve and Nina Higgins Anonymous Douglas J. Hertz Family Steve and Nora Hughes Ginny and Charles Brewer Foundation, Inc. $5,000 - $9,999 Scott and Andrea Hume SunTrust Bank Trusteed George and Janet Johnson Thomas and Suzanne Ballew Albert Iten Doug Ellis Dennis and Jocelyne Keijzer )RXQGDWLRQ¬)ORUHQFH& Stephen and Dean Johnston Brad and Vivienne Ferguson Debra Keys and Kathleen Rinehart Harry L. English Memorial Liz and Mark Lazarus Nory LeBrun and Susan Grant Wain and Alicia Kellum David and MinJae Kim Fund Lindsey and Sean Mabey Diethard and Kriss Lindner Andrew and Faye Evans The Livingston Foundation, Inc. Morgens West Foundation John Rice John and Jada O'Neill The Imlay Foundation Gornata L. Ross Dean and Glenda Owens Every attempt has been made to Bob and Mildred Petty ensure the accuracy of this document. McKee Nunnally Ashley Preisinger Mr. Albert Thornton Jacklyn Parks Jeannie and Anna Parrish If we have omitted anyone, please The Deepak Raghavan Family Nancy Rafuse accept our sincere apologies and $2,500 - $4,999 Walter and Susan Piraino Foundation The Rich Foundation contact 404-624-5836 so that we may Christy and Mark Roberts Ida Alice Ryan Charitable Trust Glenn and Sheri Austin Louise Reaves correct our records. 2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Wayne Aaron Stephen Franklin Johnston, Sr. Michael Anderson David Kim Eddy Benoit, Jr. Beth Kytle Chandler Brad Benton Elizabeth Lazarus Nancy Brown Nory LeBrun III Sharon Byers Cheryl Levick Kelly Caffarelli Sean Mabey Merry Carlos William Nemetz Bill Cary McKee Nunnally James Cheeks Ashley Preisinger Malcolm Cunningham John Ripoll Tye Darland Mark Roberts Patricia Dickey Gigi Rouland Andrew W. Evans Lovette Russell Andrea Farley D. Jack Sawyer Nick Franz Mark Street Ron Frieson Rick Trainor Kathleen Goddard Stephanie Vettese Matt Gove Edwin A. Wahlen, Jr. We celebrated the William Hill Larry Westbrook opening of the all-new Moises Huntt Dr. Sylvia Wright Splash Fountain, an Dr. Duane Jackson interactive water play experience presented by the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Rachel Davis - WRITER, COPY EDITOR Becky Scheel - DESIGNER, ILLUSTRATOR, INFOGRAPHIC MACHINE Richard Hezlep - CREATIVE DIRECTOR Amy Walton - MANAGING EDITOR Adam K. Thompson - STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Lynn Yakubinis and BBDO
SPECIAL THANKS to the staff of Zoo Atlanta for contributing hours and information.