• Purity Kinoti, Head of Education at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, accepts the Conservation Award from Zoo Director Severin Dressen.

    Zoo Zurich Conservation Award

    Every year, Zoo Zurich presents its «Zoo Zurich Conservation Award». With this award, it recognizes the great commitment of local people to the protection of nature and species. The Conservation Award is endowed with prize money of 15,000 US dollars.

    Award winners

    2024: Dr. Anak Pattanavibool, Kaeng Krachan conservation project, Thailand

    2023: Felix Jean Ratelolahy, Masoala conservation project, Madagascar

    2022: Purity Kinoti, Lewa conservation project, Kenya

    Further topics

    Grevyzebras im Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenia.

    Conservation Projects

    Conservation Projects

    Red ruffed lemur in the Masoala rainforest at Zoo Zurich.

    Species conservation

    Species conservation

    Röntgenuntersuchung des Stimmapparats einer Aldabra-Riesenschildkröte im Masoala Regenwald des Zoo Zürich im Rahmen einer Forschung der Universität Zürich.

    Research at the zoo

    Research at the zoo