The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild lands through science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. The idea is to change attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale. Ooo la la susty!

WCS is committed to this work because of a believe that it is “essential to the integrity of life on Earth.”

Humans are yearning to connect to wildlife, and the Wildlife Conservation Society provides that connection in a meaningful way.

DAVID T. SCHIFF

The Wildlife Conservation Society believes that it is not too late to save wildlife and wild places… that some of the greatest work in field conservation is yet to come.

DR. JOHN G. ROBINSON
Executive Vice President for Conservation and Science

History of the Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society traces its origin to April 26th, 1895 when New York State chartered the organization as the New York Zoological Society. As one of the first conservation organizations in the United States, WCS began with a clear mandate: advance wildlife conservation, promote the study of zoology, and create a first-class zoological park.

Since that time, WCS has worked from its Bronx Zoo headquarters to save wildlife and wild lands throughout the world. The organization uniquely combines the resources of wildlife parks in New York with field projects around the globe to inspire care for nature, provide leadership in environmental education, and help sustain the planet’s biological diversity. Today WCS is at work in 53 nations across Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America, protecting wild landscapes that are home to a vast variety of species from butterflies to tigers.

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