Indianapolis Zoo receives $4M to open a conservation centre
Posted Oct 13, 2019 10:07 am.
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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Zoo is using a $4 million startup grant to open an international centre devoted to saving threatened species.
Zoo officials call the centre a natural extension of their biennial Indianapolis Prize, which honours animal conservation leaders.
The centre is a partnership between the zoo and the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission. The two signed a deal Monday to establish the centre during a commission meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The zoo received the funding from Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. to support the fledgling centre.
The Global Center for Species Survival is expected to open in 2020. The centre will employ a team of nine experts in Indianapolis who will work with more than 9,000 wildlife experts around the world.
The Associated Press
