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Their mission is to raise awareness about the importance of protecting wildlife and their habitats today while inspiring people to care for its future. The Foundation advances wildlife stewardship beyond borders by providing conservation education tools and programs for children, their families and educators.

The Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC), a nonprofit environmental education organization, is dedicated to educating children and adults in the New York metropolitan are, protecting and preserving Alley Pond Park, open spaces and waterbodies, and advocating for sustainable environmental policies and practices.

To provide a home for abused, unwanted, and orphaned children and animals. To provide an education for a culturally diverse group of children: school, improved social skills, and emotional stability are part of our plan to help break the cycle of poverty and destructive behavior. To provide an awareness through our rehab/education programs which emphasizes that all living things have value no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. When we as a society can recognize this fact we will begin to win the battles for conservation and preservation. To provide God's unconditional love and care for humans and animals who have special needs in their lives, whether mental, physical, or emotional.

Wild Africa Foundation's Mission is fourfold:Enhance public awareness of the general state of and specific threats to African wildlife.Raise funds to provide financial support for targeted programs which preserve and protect wildlife while promoting community welfare and engagement.Target support to established groups within Southern Africa that have demonstrated success on the ground and have an adequate base of local support.Operate a financially sound and accountable organization with minimum administrative costs.

Ensuring the survival and recovery of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in their habitats by building funds to support research, conservation and education. We focus on enhancing the ability of researchers, scientists, zoological facilities, universities and nonprofits to explore range-wide sea otter ecological studies, educational conservation programs, science and technology advancements as they relate to the sea otter. Additionally, the Foundation educates the general public – locally, nationally and internationally - on the importance and need for sea otter conservation.

TOGETHER, WE CAN FIGHT TO ERASE EXTINCTION. Conservation Nation funds Smithsonian scientists' research to save threatened species in the wild. But, we do much more than that. We're a nation of supporters, including you, that are passionate about wildlife conservation in North America and around the world. Conservation Nation is an initiative of Friends of the National Zoo, the registered 501(c)(3) non-profit partner of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

The Shark Angels are leading a positive, contagious movement to save sharks – and the oceans. We are a passionate, global community that believes in the power of education, media and local grassroots campaigns. We raise awareness to the critical issues, educate children, change perspectives, and empower and connect advocates to act locally to save sharks and the critical ecosystems they support.

The Alliance for Florida's National Parks develops and funds projects that promote, preserve and enhance South Florida’s national parks in ways that enrich the experience of park visitors, connect diverse communities to these unique resources, and build a legacy of park stewardship. As the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service in South Florida, The Alliance raises money from individuals, businesses, and foundations to support park programs and projects in five critical areas: Environmental Education - Exploration - Preservation - Restoration - Community Engagement

Bushlife Conservancy is dedicated to protecting and preserving African wildlife in its native habitat. The most important work we do is anti-poaching and conservation in Mana Pools National Park, which is a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, and the Zambezi River Valley of Zimbabwe and Zambia. We also monitor and track iconic bull elephants, develop infrastructure to establish ongoing ranger presence in vulnerable areas, and provide funding to support local community health and welfare needs.

A true sanctuary in every sense of the word. Cedarhill Animal Sanctuary is deeply committed to the rescue of animals in need, both domestic and exotic. We are a completely donation run 501 (c)(3) non-profit animal sanctuary and we receive no government funding. All 250+ animals that call Cedarhill home are rescues and if we were not here for them, they would have no where else to go. Many of these amazing animals have been abused, neglected, forgotten by the people they depended on.

The Yggdrasil Urban Wildlife Rescue (YUWR) and Education Center is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization located in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. We are dedicated to the rehabilitation of orphaned and injured wildlife living in urban city centers and education of the public about how to live harmoniously with our cities’ wildlife. We serve the San Francisco Bay Area in the State of California, USA. When an injured or orphaned wildlife mammal is found, we nurse these animals back to a healthy state where they are able to be released back into the wild. Through education to children and adults alike, we try to raise awareness of these wild residents of our cities in the hope that a better co-habitation will lead to less injuries/orphans and more enjoyment of the urban wildlife with which we share our cities. We are a grassroots organization and are 100% volunteer-run and donation-funded! Our Mission: To heal the sick and injured/orphaned animals brought to us and ready them for release back into our Urban Wilds. To educate people of all ages in the wonder and enjoyment of wildlife and nature and why it is so vital we protect it. To teach patience and compassion so that urban wildlife is viewed in a more positive light by everyone- not as pests, but as important co-habitators of our environment.

THE PURPOSES OF THE HENRY VILAS PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ARE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN ZOOLOGY; TO TEACH THE VALUE THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC; TO STIMULATE IN THE PUBLIC AN INTEREST IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM; TO TEACH THE PUBLIC TO BE KIND TO ANIMALS AND TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS; AND TO FURTHER THESE PURPOSES, TO PROMOTE THE HENRY VILAS ZOO LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MADISON, WISCONSIN, AND OWNED BY DANE COUNTY, AND TO SOLICIT, RAISE, COLLECT AND RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS, DONATIONS, AND GIFTS FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND ACQUISITION OF ANIMALS FOR SAID ZOO AND THE IMPROVEMENT, ENLARGEMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES THEREIN AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, FOR WHICH A NEED ARISES AND NO OTHER FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE THEREFORE