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NOTES FROM THE FIELD |
2025 | No. 9
A Vibrant Place Savanna
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Golden sunlight
streams across the vast African savanna,
illuminating a
rolling grassy expanse
dotted with twisted acacia trees and the faint
shimmer of a distant
watering hole. Lumbering elephants,
treetop-tall
giraffes,
and horned rhinos
are on the move,
grazing and searching for
water. Cheetahs,
lions,
and leopards
are on the lookout for
their next
meal.
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While the savanna is
home to some of the world's most iconic-and
endangered-wildlife, it's also integral to the lives of
the local
pastoralist people and
livestock that also live there. Through our
Savanna
Conservation Hub,
we collaborate on innovative community-led
conservation
strategies to protect wildlife, restore rangelands, and
improve local
livelihoods.
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Our teams and
partners, including Twiga Walinzi (meaning "giraffe
guards" in
Swahili) and Chui Mamas ("leopard mothers"), work to
foster
human-wildlife
coexistence in these dynamic grasslands. They organize
community workshops
and work alongside local conservancies on key
projects,
collaborating to put conservation solutions into action for
the savanna and all
who call it home.
LOCAL
ACTION
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Giraffe Spotted Miracles
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Picturing the African
savanna without roaming towers of giraffes would
be unthinkable.
However, over the past 35 years, their numbers have
dropped by over 30%.
New hope for the future arrived this year when
endangered Masai
giraffes were born at both the San
Diego Zoo and the
San
Diego Zoo Safari
Park, increasing the global population and
turning
a spotlight on crucial
ongoing conservation efforts.
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STANDING
TALL >
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They're Back Rhino
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Nearly 50 years ago,
black rhino populations were decimated by rampant
poaching in Kenya.
Today, they're making a comeback in protected areas
where they can thrive.
You helped make it possible to translocate
21
critically endangered
black rhinos to Kenya's newest rhino sanctuary.
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SOUND
THE HORNS >
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AI For rhinos? Rhinos
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Gaining insights into
the daily activities of individual black rhinos
that were translocated
in Kenya is a crucial part of ongoing
conservation work. Our
Conservation Technology Lab is developing machine
learning
technology that automatically identifies specific
rhinos from
field camera images to
gain that information-with a little help from
rhinos at the Safari
Park.
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HIGH-TECH
TOOLS >
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Unsung Heroes - Vulture image
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Vultures
are the
savanna's sanitation workers, cleaning up carcasses and
keeping disease from
spreading. Discover more about these remarkable
birds and engage with
experts during a special Wildlife
Awareness Day,
September 6 at the
Safari
Park. Learn how
your support fuels
conservation work in
our eight Conservation
Hubs, and keep an
eye out
for wildlife talks and
other fun activities.
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FLY
ON IN >
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Elephants - Have you herd?
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Soon, you'll
walk with elephants, and get closer than ever before.
Denny
Sanford Elephant
Valley, the largest and most
transformative project
in
Safari
Park history, will
reimagine the heart of the park. This
place of
exploration and
discovery will connect you with one of the largest
elephant herds in
North America while sharing the collaborative
conservation work you
make possible across the savanna.
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THINK
BIG >
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plan your wild weekend- wild weekend
Join us to celebrate
World Elephant Day and Wild
Weekend: Savanna,
August 9-10 at
the Safari
Park. Discover how
you're saving, protecting,
and caring for
incredible wildlife through our Savanna
Conservation Hub.
There's fun for
the whole herd!
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WILDLIFE HEROES
CHANGE
THE WORLD.
John, your
ongoing support makes a
lifesaving difference for
vulnerable wildlife. As a
Wildlife Hero, your monthly
gift will take us further as
we work together to
reintroduce species and make
a brighter future possible
for elephants, rhinos,
giraffes, and other wildlife
through our eight
Conservation Hubs across the
globe. And as a Wildlife
Hero, you'll reintroduce
hope to the extraordinary
wildlife relying on us to
thrive-and
survive-each and
every day. You make it all
possible, and we're forever
grateful for you.
Your monthly gift
will make a world of a
difference for
wildlife.
BE A HERO
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San Diego Zoo Wildlife
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nonprofit and a
registered
501(c)(3) organization. Tax ID# 95-1648219.
With more than 100
years of wildlife care expertise and partnerships
around the
globe, we are saving,
protecting, and caring for species worldwide.
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mission to save wildlife
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