ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY AT ZOO ATLANTA

Discover ways to turn healthy habits into healthy habitats on Saturday, May 17 

WHAT: Learn about the simple everyday actions everyone can take to protect endangered species near and far as Zoo Atlanta observes Endangered Species Day on Saturday, May 17, 2025.   

Guests will enjoy games, activities, challenges, and stations focused on the many ways our habits at home can help to preserve wildlife and their habitats. Activities will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and are free for Zoo Atlanta Members; free with general admission.  

• Make your own seed bombs and learn how you can help pollinators and other wildlife of your own backyard.  

• Get hands-on with skulls, feathers, and more at the Biofact Station.  

• Stop by the Pledge Table to learn about personal actions you can take to protect wildlife and their habitats. 

• Discover connections to nature and contribute to scientific research at the Citizen Science Station.  

• Visit the Home Is Where the Heart Is Conservation Station at the Ford Willie B. Gorilla Conservation Center to find out how you can help counteract habitat loss (open from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.) 

Species classified as Critically Endangered include the African slender-snouted crocodile; Bali mynah; black-and-white-ruffed lemur; blue-crowned laughingthrush; blue-throated macaw; Bornean orangutan; eastern bog turtle; hooded vulture; radiated tortoise; Sumatran orangutan; Sumatran tiger; western lowland gorilla; and yellow crested cockatoo.  

Species classified as Endangered include the African elephant; Chinese mountain viper; crowned lemur; drill monkey; giant otter; golden lion tamarin; Guatemalan beaded lizard; Komodo dragon; Lake Titicaca frog; lapped-faced vulture; long-tailed chinchilla; red panda; ringtailed lemur; and wrinkled hornbill.  

One species at Zoo Atlanta, the Panamanian golden frog, is extinct in the wild. Populations now exist only in assurance colonies in zoological settings such as Zoo Atlanta.  

Zoo Atlanta is involved in conservation programs and partnerships protecting wildlife and their habitats around the world. Signature partners include Conservation South Luangwa, based in Zambia and working to protect African elephants and other species impacted by illegal wildlife trafficking and human-wildlife conflict, and the Golden Lion Tamarin Association, based in Brazil and protecting an icon of the Atlantic Coastal Forest. Learn more at zooatlanta.org/conservation.  

Plan a visit at zooatlanta.org.  

WHEN: Saturday, May 17, 2024, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.    

WHERE:  
Zoo Atlanta  
800 Cherokee Avenue, S.E. 
Atlanta, GA  30315  

MEDIA CONTACT:  
Rachel Davis
Director of Communications
rdavis@zooatlanta.org  
404.624.2812 

Gavin Johnson
Public Relations and Communications Specialist
404.624.5980
gjohnson@zooatlanta.org  

ABOUT: About Zoo Atlanta 
A proud accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), the gold standard for animal care and welfare, Zoo Atlanta has a mission to save wildlife and their habitats through conservation, research, education, and engaging experiences. The Zoo is home to hundreds of animals representing more than 200 species from around the world, many of them endangered or critically endangered. Highlights include a transformed African Savanna featuring expanded habitats for African elephants, giraffes, zebras, ostrich, warthogs, meerkats, and rhinos; one of North America’s largest populations of great apes; and a global center of excellence for the care and study of reptiles and amphibians. Recent transformations include a newly updated African lion complex, opened in April 2025, and the state-of-the-art Rollins Animal Health Center, completed in 2024. For more information, visit zooatlanta.org.