Snow leopard
Species Survival Plans
Zoos and aquariums play a leading role in preserving animal populations across the globe. Zoo New England is an active participant in a number of Species Survival Plans (SSP), aimed at managing and conserving typically threatened or endangered animal populations.
In cooperation with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), each SSP carefully manages the breeding of species --maintaining population Studbooks and Breeding and Transfer Plans-- to maintain a genetically healthy and demographically stable captive population. Public education, research and partnerships with scientists in the field are vital components in any potential reintroduction program.
By sharing research and knowledge, participating institutions work together to establish guidelines that best ensure the health of captive populations, and with success, the survival of endangered species.
Zoo New England participates in the following SSPs:
| African painted dog African penguin Andean condor Azure-winged magpie Bali mynah Bennett's wallaby Black-naped fruit dove Blanding's turtle Blue-bellied roller Boat-billed heron Brazilian agouti Canada lynx Cape porcupine Caribbean flamingo Chacoan peccary Clouded leopard Cotton-top tamarin DeBrazza's monkey Fennec fox Giant anteater Golden-breasted starling Greater roadrunner Green aracari Guereza colobus Hadada ibis Hamerkop Hartmann's mountain zebra Hyacinth macaw Jaguar Jamaican iguana Laughing kookaburra Linne's two-toed sloth Lion Marbled teal duck Masai giraffe |
North American porcupine North American river otter Panamanian golden frog (Ahogado) Prehensile-tailed porcupine Prehensile-tailed skink Pygmy hippopotamus Red and yellow barbet Red kangaroo Red panda (fulgens) Red panda (refulgens) Red river hog Red-breasted goose Red-crested turaco Reeve's muntjac Rhinoceros hornbill Ringtail Ring-tailed lemur Rock hyrax Saddle-billed stork Scaly-sided merganser Scarlet ibis Snow leopard Spotted hyena Spotted turtle Straw-colored fruit bat Sunbittern Tawny frogmouth Violet turaco Wattled crane Western grey kangaroo Western lowland gorilla White-cheeked gibbon White-naped crane Yellow-rumped cacique |
