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Conservation Projects

In addition to the revenue generated by our annual Bowling for Rhinos and Sailing for Rhinos events, funds raised by other Dallas AAZK events go to support a number of other animal conservation causes.  
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Here are just a few of the projects we have donated to in the past:

  • Donations to Coral Reef Alliance and Coral Reef Restoration Foundation (Dallas AAZK's 2017  featured conservation species). 
  • Donation to the Foundation for the Conservation of Salamanders for Salamander Saturday 2017. 
  • Donation Okapi Conservation Project in the DRC (Dallas AAZK's 2016 featured conservation species).
  • Donation Bat World Sanctuary. 
  • Donation to local Blackland Prairie Raptor Center.
  • Donation to Save Vietnam Wildlife to help support Pangolin conservation (Dallas AAZK's 2015 featured conservation species).
  • Donation to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation for World Giraffe Day 2015.
  • Donation to help rebuild the Nature Store at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center.
  • We sponsored a camera trap through the Ruaha Carnivore Project!  See some the amazing images here.
  • North African ostrich conservation in Niger, through Sahara Conservation Fund.
  • Trees for You and Me program, through Polar Bears International.
  • Our featured project for 2013 was the Tiger Conservation Campaign.
  • Helping wildlife here in the Metroplex through the DFW Wildlife Coalition.
  • Donation to Wild Earth Guardians.
  • We send funds for emergency relief to the New York Aquarium in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
  • Supporting an iconic native species, the Texas Horned Lizard.
  • We adopted a hornbill nest through the Hornbill Research Foundation.
  • Donation to the Bongo Surveillance Project to help an iconic antelope species.
  • Relief funds to the Okapi Conservation Project in wake of the Epulu tragedy.
  • Assistance for vital scavenger species through the Cambodia Vulture Project.
  • Donation to the Cheetah Conservation Fund.
  • Supporting the future of veterinary medicine with Texas A&M University.
  • Helping native Texas ocelots at the Laguna Atacosa National Wildlife Refuge.
  • Donation to Care for Karamoja and their efforts to protect the only remaining ostriches in Uganda.
  • Donation to Wildlife SOS to help rescue and care for orphaned, injured and exploited animals at their facilities. 
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    • De McCombs Memorial Sailing for Rhinos
    • Bowling for Rhinos
    • Trees for You and Me
    • Conservation Projects
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  • Contact Us