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Awards and Recognition
Houston Zoo takes Top Honors in Exhibit Design & Conservation
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) recognized the Houston Zoo with two Top Honors during the 2021 AZA Virtual Annual Conference in September.
TOP HONORS – Exhibit Award
The Houston Zoo was praised for its work on the Kathrine G. McGovern Texas Wetlands and Cypress Circle Café which opened in 2019 right in the heart of the nearly 100-year-old zoo.
TOP HONORS – William G. Conway International Conservation Award
The Houston Zoo was also recognized alongside partners Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens, Naples, Florida. and SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment for their joint work with the Giant Armadillo Conservation Project in South America. The main goal of the project is to utilize field data to inform conservation and planning. The project has developed many creative conservation initiatives involving a diversity of stakeholders to safeguard the species’ future.
AND CYPRESS CIRCLE CAFÉ
2021 AZA Exhibit Award Application
KPRC-2’s hour-long special, “Saving Wildlife: Giants of the Pantanal,” won a 2021 Lone Star EMMY in the Environment / Science – Short Form or Long Form Content category. KPRC reporter Andy Cerota and crew traveled with the Houston Zoo to South America’s Pantanal in 2019 to film the special, which aired in October 2020. This long-standing partnership has now produced five hour-long programs and KPRC is scheduled to travel to the Galápagos Islands with the Zoo in 2022.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE EMMY WINNING SPECIAL
