ZooFari – Eating for the Animals

You’ve heard all about the baby boom happening at the National Zoo. Baby anteaters, elephant shrews, clouded leopards and lowland gorillas have greatly increased the cute quotient in recent weeks.

Many of these babies are threatened species and now the Zoo has an amazing chance to study their behaviors from birth through maturity. The result of these observations will be greater protection for their wild brethren.

On May 14th, you have the opportunity to support animal conservation and protection research at the Zoo by participating in ZooFari. ZooFari is an annual event that brings together the city’s best chefs, wine, live entertainment and an auction to raise funds for the protection of threatened species.

This year’s event will focus specifically on the survival of Asian Elephants. According to the National Zoo…

Unless we act now, elephants in Asia could soon be extinct. Human-elephant conflict and habitat loss have decreased wild populations by 70 percent. To protect the future of Asian elephants, the National Zoo has launched Elephant Trails: A Campaign to Save Asian Elephants. Through this comprehensive breeding, education, and research program, Zoo scientists will better care for elephants in zoos and help save them in the wild. A key component of Elephant Trails is a new home for elephants at the Zoo.

If you want to help protect Asian Elephants, while having tons of fun at the National Zoo, buy your tickets now for ZooFari. You can read more about the event and purchase tickets on the Zoo’s website.

Here’s a funny video the Zoo created to promote the event -

Photo Credit: Flickr CC User Smithsonian’s National Zoo