NPR reporter Frank Langfitt visits WCS’s Paul Elkan and Mike Kock on a mission to locate and radio-collar a group of elephants on the savannahs of South Sudan. The expedition is part of WCS’s work to protect the emerging nation’s remarkable wildlife from poachers and development.

Things are getting tough around the Bronx Zoo. The owls have been losing sleep. The sloths are biting their claws. The emu chicks are spontaneously bursting into tears. Get a glimpse of a recent therapy session at the zoo, then please help us by telling City Hall to save our funding...lest this place turn into a total zoo!

Helping to save the Amur Tiger using a state of the art Management Information System (MIST) Terney, Russian Far Easy – June 10, 2011 – This week, a three-day training workshop took place at Sikhote Alin State Nature Biosphere Reserve in Primorski Krai (Russian Far East), to train inspectors in the use of the latest techniques in wildlife protection. The training forms part of a collaboration between four State Nature Reserves/National Parks containing important tiger hab...

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Cultural organizations are economic engines for NYC and cuts could mean elimination of jobs and services Economic health of communities neighboring cultural organizations in all five boroughs will be impacted   Video: “Group Therapy” features zoo animals lamenting the city’s proposed 53 percent cut to funding of culture View the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTk-zucbByk Visit Bro...

Cannoli index: When cultural organizations do well, more cannolis are sold and local businesses thrive Businesses depend on cultural organizations to drive tourists to neighborhoods and customers to shops and restaurants Go to bronxzoo.com to sign the petition and send a message to City Hall BRONX, NY –June 13, 2011– Jerome Raguso, owner of Gino’s Pastry Shop on Arthur Avenue, sent a message to several members of New York City Council today packaged in a way that is s...

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Recent expedition by WCS and partners found reef teeming with life WCS supports local communities in returning to a traditional ban on fishing NEW YORK (June 8, 2011) – The Wildlife Conservation Society, Pacific Blue Foundation, Wetlands International, and the Waitt Institute announced today that the people of Fiji’s Totoya Island have declared part of their coral reefs sacred in honor of World Oceans Day.   WCS Fiji Di...

In honor of World Oceans Day, June 8^th, the people of Fiji's Totoya Island declare a portion of their vibrant coral reefs sacred. The measure will help ensure the continued health of the island's coastal resources, its ecosystem, and its residents' livelihoods and culture.

Donation will support efforts by eco-guards to protect gorillas from warfare and poachers   NEW YORK (June 7, 2011)—The world’s largest and least known type of gorilla will receive a helping hand from Newman’s Own Foundation, which has awarded the Wildlife Conservation Society a $150,000 grant to help save the Grauer’s gorilla in the war-torn landscape of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The grant will help equip and support park rangers (or eco-guards) in their struggle to ...