Zoo Supported Conservation Projects
Click the red icons on the map below to learn about just a few of the conservation projects being supported by Naples Zoo Conservation Fund. The zoo hosts events for wildlife groups and provides in-kind services. The Zoo helps conservation projects from its general funds as well as taking percentages of gift shop sales of particular items so every visit and purchase helps conservation! Twenty-five cents of each paid admission is also dedicated to conservation efforts.

What You Can Do
You have incredible power to change the world by what you buy, whom you support, and how you live. Find out what you can do today for conservation. If you'd like to help support the Naples Zoo in these conservation efforts, consider making a donation to Naples Zoo.

Learn More About What You Can Do for Conservation!
Click here to download the zoo's conservation brochure! (1.6 mb PDF)

A History of Conservation . . .

The stewards of the Naples Zoo have long supported conservation and education. In 1904, founder Dr. Henry Nehrling (pictured at left) urged "It is high time to protect and preserve what is still left." In the 1950s, Julius Fleischmann restored, expanded and protected Nehrling's original garden. For decades, zoo founders Lawrence and Nancy Tetzlaff (shown below at the Toledo Zoo) taught programs on the need for conservation through film footage they'd taken on four continents. These programs included domestic concerns like the mid-1960s presentation "The Vanishing Everglades" and international issues in programs like "Brightest East Africa."



Inside the botanical garden, the natural atmosphere has promoted the reproduction of many rare and difficult to breed species. Today, Larry's wife Nancy along with sons David and Tim carry on the original vision.

Join with us in continuing their work by becoming a zoo member and helping to support at least one program for wild animals. We're in this together. Click here for the zoo's history.