Super Eco

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The Wildlife Conservation Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving wild life and wild lands. It began as the New York Zoological Society on April 26th, 1895 when New York State chartered the organization to advance wildlife conservation, promote the study of zoology, and create a first-class zoological park—the Bronx Zoo.

Present-day urban wildlife parks under the WCS umbrella include the Central Park Zoo, the Queens Zoo, the New York Aquarium, and the Prospect Park Zoo.

WCS has a substantial Education Division and seeks to help educate today's children and adults to become concerned about the survival of wild animals and wild habitats.

Notable Eco Activity

Since its inception, the WCS has:

• helped publicize the decline of birds and mammals as far back as the late 19th century
• led a national campaign to reintroduce the almost extinct bison to government sponsored refuges in 1905
• conducted early deep sea research in an undersea vessel called the bathysphere
• begana series of wildlife surveys and projects in Kenya, Tanganyika (nowTanzania), Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, Burma, and the Malay peninsula inthe 1950's
• presently conducts nearly 300 field programs in more than 50 nations
• has helped to create over 100 protected areas around the world

The WCS works to protect tigers, jaguars, crocodiles, African elephants,Asian elephants, African gorillas, Asian wild dogs, Saiga antelope,pronghorn antelope, wolverines, American bison, seat turtles, andmarine mammals.

Natural areas preserved are in some of the wildin some of the world’s most remote areas—the northern forests ofMyanmar in Southeast Asia,  Africa’s Congo forest, and thehigh-altitude grasslands of Central Asia’s Pamir Mountains.

• Wildlife Conservation Society Details

  • Year Founded

    1895

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  • Green Products?

    No

  • Hazardous Products?

    No

  • Sector

    Eco-activism

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  • Help Line

    (718) 220-5100

  • Help Address

    membership@wcs.org

  • Fax Number

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  • Website

    http://www.wcs.org

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• Wildlife Conservation Society Locations

  • Headquarters

    2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, New York 10460

  • Mail Address

    2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, New York 10460

  • Operates In

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• Wildlife Conservation Society Financial Information

  • Company Type

    501(c)3 nonprofit

  • Yearly Revenue

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