(a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization) supporting it with funding for major expansion and renovation projects in the Zoo's master plan.

[4] This zoo participates in several Species Survival Plans (SSP) including rhinos, Bali mynah, and cotton-top tamarin.

[8] Bwana the male southern white rhinoceros permanently transferred to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park to generously join a larger crash during that same month.

[3] Animals that visitors will see at the zoo include De Brazza's monkey, jaguar, Jamaican fruit bat, Galapagos tortoise, Fly River turtle, bontebok, blackbuck, emu, Bennett's wallaby, sulcata tortoise, nene, bay duiker, Malayan tapir, spectacled owl, Chilean flamingo, toco toucan, white-faced saki, Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, cotton-top tamarin, Komodo dragon, American alligator, Chinese alligator, Nile crocodile, Siamese crocodile, North American river otter, hippopotamus, bobcat, clouded leopard, lion, Malayan tiger and Masai giraffe.

Current offerings include "Wildlife on Wheels," a series of in-classroom programs for elementary students about endangered species, animal adaptations, animal taxonomy, and rainforest environments, various school programs at the zoo, teacher workshops, university internships, and curriculum supplements.