San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Non-profit OrganizationsCalifornia, United States1001-5000 Employees

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is a nonprofit conservation organization based in San Diego, California. It operates the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and advances wildlife preservation through innovation and partnerships. The alliance extends its conservation work beyond its California facilities to regional hubs worldwide, supported by initiatives like the Conservation Toolbox and the Wildlife Biodiversity Bank, and it has reintroduced more than 44 endangered species to native habitats.

Its reach is broad, with annual engagement spanning more than a billion people across 150 countries through news media, social media, websites, educational resources, and the San Diego Zoo Kids channel in hospitals in 13 countries. A 2025 development included participation in the IUCN World Conservation Congress where the alliance outlined plans to grow biobanking capacity worldwide, starting with pilot sites in four biodiversity hotspots: Kenya, Vietnam, Hawai'i, and Peru. A 2026 development involves a partnership with Illumina under its iConserve program, expanding collaboration that includes the Frozen Zoo initiative and work on lemur conservation and elephant genetic mapping.

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