2018 ANNUAL REPORT MISSION STATEMENT: The Sacramento Zoo inspires appreciation, respect and a message connection with wildlife and nature through education, recreation and [ FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT] conservation. As the Board Chair for the Sacramento Zoological On behalf of all of us at the Sacramento Zoo thank you, The Sacramento Zoological Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Society, I am so very proud of the dedicated Board, our most generous friends, for your continued support. staff and volunteers/docents who work tirelessly to With your help, we continue to work diligently to ensure make the 92-year-old Sacramento Zoo such an amazing that the Sacramento Zoo remains a dynamic and viable SACRAMENTO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BOARD OF TRUSTEES community amenity. conservation education institution for people of all ages President: Elizabeth Stallard from throughout the greater Sacramento region and 2018 was a busy year for the Sacramento Zoo! We Vice President: Adham Sbeih beyond. 2nd Vice President: Starr Walton Hurley welcomed Jason Jacobs as the zoo’s new CEO/Director. Secretary: Susan Schoenig Under his direction zoo staff renovated an exhibit to Thank you. Treasurer: Jason Russell, CPA house a mob of engaging meerkats, broke ground on Past President: Jeff Raimundo a beautiful new exhibit for two Critically Endangered Executive Director: Jason Jacobs okapi, moved and updated our popular playground so Michael Broughton Irwin Karp Nancy Cole Lynn Matsuda that the zoo could add two portable education classrooms Peter Colussy Jennifer Neal and expand our education outreach, zoo staff educated Elizabeth Stallard Janice Doucet Amisha Patel tens of thousands of school children, we welcomed more Board Chair Thompson, EdD Dan Oney than 500,000 guests and so much more! Sacramento Zoo Nick Driver Richard Stapler Chuck Gard Mike Testa And of course, 2018 was also the year that the zoo’s Matt Graham Alan Yee, MD Board voted unanimously to support an effort to relocate Patricia Ingoglia and expand the Sacramento Zoo! Since that time, all of us here at the zoo have been working with the City of PHOTOS: Mike Owyang, Laurel Vincent, Sacramento and our other partners (including each of UC Davis you!) to determine the best way to give our animals the home they deserve, and our community the zoo that it The Sacramento Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. deserves. www.aza.org FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK 20182018 was an exceptional YEAR year of growth and change INand veterinarians REVIEW to correct his movement. The for the Sacramento Zoo, and I am so pleased zoo’s close collaboration with UC Davis School to have been a part of it after joining the zoo as of Veterinary Medicine allowed Coconut’s care to Executive Director in January of 2018. My first year be monitored by a bevy of specialists, including a in Sacramento was marked by some incredible veterinary ophthalmologist who was able to correct milestones including the introduction of new species, Coconut’s other birth abnormality: eyelid coloboma, another record year of attendance and significant which causes a section of the eyelid to be missing births for the Sacramento Zoo. and abnormally shaped leading to irritation and damage to the eye surface. In 2018, the zoo saw 513,061 visitors during normal visiting hours and at special events such as the The Sacramento Zoo also welcomed several sellout Wine & Brew at the Zoo and the ever-popular newcomers from other zoos, including meerkats, Ice Cream Safari. For beer lovers, the inaugural a male hawk-headed parrot and two Critically Animals on Tap – a series of collaborations between Endangered male okapis. Thanks to a generous the Sacramento Zoo and local breweries – brought partnership with Jiffy Lube, the zoo’s meerkats brand-new beers to Sacramento including New have been delighting visitors since their arrival in Helvetia’s Red Panda Red Session IPA, Yolo November. The meerkats, a mob of five females Brewing Company’s Lemur Alone IPA and Sudwerk enjoy their exhibit, complete with a termite mound, on Brewing Co.’s Original Tall Boy Giraffe Lager. A which the sentry will stand guard for the rest of the portion of the proceeds from beer sales went directly group. As a participant in the Association of Zoos & to the Sacramento Zoo and conservation programs Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP), the benefitting the animals featured. Sacramento Zoo works closely with zoos across the country to cooperatively manage species in human Spring and summer births at the zoo included several care, including the species the zoo acquired in 2018. Endangered and Critically Endangered species SSPs cooperatively manage specific populations including most notably, the birth of a Critically across multiple zoos and aquariums with the goal Endangered snow leopard cub, Coconut. of sustaining a healthy, genetically diverse and Born on May 6th, Coconut, while healthy, exhibited demographically varied species well into the future. some health conditions very early on in his life. Additional changes to the zoo included an expansion Diagnosed with “swimmer’s syndrome” Coconut’s of the zoo’s playground to make space for an legs splayed outward and he required daily physical all-new Education Outpost. The playground, a therapy from his dedicated team of zookeepers family favorite for children of all ages, was not only relocated but refreshed. Complete with brand-new In addition, the zoo faces the dilemma of finding Sacramento Zoo with the return of iconic animals fencing, additional animal climbing structures, an more exhibit space for current species such as combined with many longtime zoo favorites would expanded picnic area, as well as shade structures to chimpanzee, orangutan and hoofed mammals. create an incredible educational and cultural help beat the heat; the playground is now larger and Simply stated, there is no room to grow at the zoo’s destination for the entire region. more welcoming, allowing families to spend more current site. A relocated and expanded Sacramento We look forward to you joining us on our journey to time in the area, while the addition of the Education Zoo would enhance the quality of life for animals by relocate and expand the Sacramento Zoo. Outpost has allowed the zoo to expand education providing new habitats and appropriate social groups programming for all ages. for many species. Most important, by relocating the zoo would be better able to serve its mission of Most importantly in 2018, the board alongside zoo conservation by building capacity to further support leadership looked at the long-term future of the zoo populations of many rare and endangered species. and unanimously voted to pursue relocation of the Jason Jacobs Sacramento Zoo. Over the past 30 years, many The road to relocation will take at least five years. Director and CEO long-time zoo favorites such as tiger, hippopotamus, During that time the Sacramento Zoo is committed Sacramento Zoo bear, cheetah and more have been moved to other to enhancing the current zoo location with traveling zoos due to the lack of proper facilities within the exhibits and new animals that could be relocated to Sacramento Zoo’s 14.7-acre Land Park campus. a new site. We are confident that a new, expanded 4 19 new animal births A YEAR IN species welcomed REVIEW 513,061 total visitors 2018 10,769 memberships sold 27,620 21.4 tons mixed recycling giraffe collected encounters (cardboard, glass, paper, 46.8 tons tin, aluminum, plastic) of food waste diverted from Kampala Cafe 56,120 carousel rides Supported 600 45 conservation projects in 18 Purchased countries 72,875 gallons of paint pounds of Our overall and stain to detail carbon offsets diversion rate okapi exhibit/barn 22.48% $195,449 1,417 37.65 donated to tons of concrete local & global 484 prescriptions recycled (from blood samples filled for 333 conservation exhibit demolition) efforts analyzed from 341 animals individual animals 33,873 Stage shows 6,080 education attendees ZooMobile visit participants [ HIGHLIGHTS] 877 Summer 38,280 campers Animal From camps and school visits to field trips and encounters zoo overnights, the zoo’s extensive learning participants opportunities offer something for everyone! 51,824 A visit to the zoo is an immersive experience, Field trips connecting visitors with wildlife and nature. children and 140 Docents Educational programs are designed to comply adults 17,118 hours with California Science Standards and incorporate education, recreation and the 174 zoo teen unique setting of the zoo. From the over 51,000 volunteers 33,180 schoolchildren that visited the zoo on a field trip Keeper chat hours to the over 100,000 individuals engaged in a 17,280 guests Wildlife Stage Show, Animal Encounter or Keeper Chat, messaging about animals and conservation attendees of species and their habitats continues to be a key 154 930 Nature Explorers component to the visitor experience. Tea and Tours Seniors 500 attendees 57 Family Keeper tag-alongs overnights 566 1,133 Peeps preschool Group participants overnights 44,795 hours Other volunteers 1,606 (Keeper aid, event, College passes greeters, grounds, groups) given out CONSERVATION As a conservation organization, the Sacramento Zoo is committed to supporting wildlife conservation through financial and in- 4, 7, 17, 18, 20, 25, 28 kind support. In 2018, the Sacramento Zoo 16, 21 contributed more than $165,000 to wildlife 6 conservation. Funds support field conservationists, 3, 31 19 9 local population management, working with 24 12 communities to mitigate their impact on species, 15 14 , 22 8 13 , 29 23 and habitat protection and restoration. 2, 10, 30 1 In addition to the 2018 Quarters for Conservation 26 5 program that supported Painted Dog Research Trust, Foothill Yellow-legged Frog Rock Creek- Cresta Technical Group and Wildtracks manatee 11, 27 rehabilitation, the Sacramento Zoo also provided funding for the following projects: 1.