Asian
Conservation Awareness Programme
ACAP is a multi media international campaign to reduce the
demand for endangered wildlife products. Through education
and information they encourage people worldwide to take
action in support of the natural environment. ACAP's international
Ambassador, Jackie Chan, says 'Please help me to protect
the animals, remember, when the buying stops, the killing
can too.
CITES
The
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
of wild Fauna and Flora. CITES began 1975 and now has a
membership of 150 countries which act by banning commercial
international trade in an agreed list of endangered species
and by regulating and monitoring trade in others that might
become endangered.
RSPB home page
The RSPB is the wildlife conservation charity that takes
action for wild birds and the environment.
Description: A charity that takes action for wild birds
and the environment.
World
Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC is an independent organisation and has become a principle
source of global biodiversity information. The website provides
information on endangered species and their status.
IUCN
IUCN, which began in 1948, is the world's largest conservation-related
organisation. Its mission is to influence, encourage and
assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity
and diversity of nature.
Wildlife
Conservation Society
The Society's International Conservation program oversees
field conservation projects in over 50 countries involved
in gathering information, training conservation professionals
and protecting and managing wildlife.
Born
Free
The
Born Free Foundation is an international wildlife charity
working with compassion to prevent cruelty, alleviate suffering
and encourage everyone to treat all individual animals with
respect. Born Free believes wildlife belongs in the wild
and is dedicated to the conservation of rare species in
their natural habitat, and the phasing out of traditional
zoos.
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Safari
parks/Zoos in the uk
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Scotland
Argyll Wildlife
Park - Argyll Scotland
Blair
Drummond Safari Park - Stirling
Highland
Wildlife Park - Kincraig
Kirkcudbright Wildlife Park - Kirkcudbrightshire
North England
Blackpool Zoo
- Lancashire
Curraghs
Wildlife Park - Douglas, Isle of Man
Harewood Bird
Garden - Leeds, Yorkshire
Knowsley
Safari Park - Merseyside
South Lakes Wild
Animal Park - Dalton-in-Furness
Central England
Churnet
Valley Wildlife Park - Cheadle, Staffs
Cotswold
Wildlife Park - Oxfordshire
West Midlands Safari Park
- Bewdley
Wales
Manor House Wildlife Park - Tenby, Dyfed
Welsh Hawking Ctr & Wildlife Park - West Glam.
East
Mole Hall Wildlife
Park - Saffron Walden, Essex
Norfolk Wildlife
Centre - Great Witchingham Paradise
Wildlife Park - Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
Shepreth
Wildlife Park - Shepreth Royston, Herts
Suffolk
Wildlife Park - Kessingland, Suffolk
Thrigby Hall Wildlife
Gardens - Great Yarmouth
Whipsnade
Wild Animal Park - Bedfordshire
Woburn Safari Park
- Milton Keynes, Bucks
South East
Birdworld - Farnham,
Surrey
Brambles Wildlife Park - Herne Common, Kent
Druidstone Wildlife
Park - Canterbury, Kent
Howletts Wild Animal
Park - Canterbury, Kent
Port Lympne Wildlife Park - Hythe, Kent
Central Southern
Longleat Safari Park
- Warminster, Wiltshire Marwell
Zoological Park - Winchester, Hampshire
Beale
Park - Reading, Berkshire
South West
Bristol Zoo Gardens
- Bristol
Combe
Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park - Devon
Exmoor
Zoological Park - Devon
Monkey
Sanctuary - Looe, Cornwall
Wildlife
Park at Cricket St Thomas - Somerset
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London
Zoo
In
Regent's Park is London Zoo, a 36-acre conservation centre
which houses more than 650 species. London Zoo's animal
collection includes invertebrates, reptiles, fish, birds,
and small and large mammals such as lions, tigers, gorillas,
elephants, giraffes, rhinos and bears.
'Web
of Life' is an exhibition about the variety of life
on Earth. Housed in the Millennium Conservation Centre at
London Zoo, the exhibition brings together interactive activities
and animal displays.
London
Zoo web site >>
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