November/December 2021
Vol. 1 No. 5
Journey Through Our Conservation Work This issue of the San Diego Zoo
Wildlife Alliance Journal focuses on the Amazonia hub. To learn more about our collaborative conservation programs around the world, including our wildlife care at the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park, visit sdzwa.org.
Oceans Polar Bear & Penguin
Amazonia Jaguar
Savanna Elephant & Rhino
Southwest
Asian Rainforest
Desert Tortoise & Burrowing Owl
Australian Forest
Pacific Islands
African Forest
Tiger
Platypus & Koala
‘Alalā
Gorilla
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Contents 2 President/CEO’s Letter 3 By the Numbers 4 Findings 6 Meet Our Team 8 Hot Topics 42 Events 44 Kids Page 45 Last Look
Cover Story 10
From the Living Mountain to the Living Jungle For Andean bear conservation efforts to work, scientists must study the varying landscape as well.
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Features 14
A Year—and Beyond— of Wonder and Wildlife
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Amazing species from four unique ecosystems await in the Zoo’s upcoming Sanford Wildlife Explorers Basecamp, opening in February 2022.
16 2022 Calendar
Meet stylized versions of some of the wildlife that will call the Wildlife Explorers Basecamp home.
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Visualize It Explore the interconnected ecosystems that make the Amazon one of the most extraordinary—and vital— places in the world. On the Cover: Andean bear Tremarcos ornatus. Photo by: Ken Bohn, SDZWA photographer
