Chimpanzees are clever at hunting and will use teamwork and tactics to catch their prey. They also use tools to get food.
2008
The Taronga Conservation Field Grants program expands the Taronga Conservation Society Australia's commitment on the ground to sustain secure wildlife populations in natural eco-systems and habitats. The Zoos conduct a huge range of conservation research, breeding and in situ projects from Antarctica to Mongolia and throughout Australia and Asia, while providing wildlife health services to thousands of native animals each year.
Since its inception in 2000, the Taronga Foundation has contributed more than half a million dollars to conservation programs around the world and field grants have been awarded to projects from Africa to Fiji.
2008 Taronga Field Grand Recipients
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Rainforest Rescue
Plant a Rainforest Project
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Endangered Primate Rescue Centre
EPRC - Surveys for The Reintroduction Of Captive Bred Hatinh Langurs
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Department of Environment and Climate Change
Establishing artificial in-situ ponds to allow recruitment of Corroboree Frogs in a chytrid fungus-free environment
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Taronga Western Plains Zoo
Post-release monitoring of captive bred Malleefowl released for the NSW Recovery Program.
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Cuc Phuong Turtle Conservation Centre and Asian Turtle Conservation Network
Identification Guide to Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles of Vietnam
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Cheetah Conservation Botswana
Awareness Raising Materials for Community Outreach and Education
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Asian Rhino Project
Rapid Action Initiatives to strengthen anti-poaching measures in and around rhino bearing areas in Assam
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Biodiversity & Elephant Conservation Trust
Schools' Awareness Project in Sri Lanka
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Taronga Zoo
Bush Rats Bring Biodiversity Back: combining restoration ecology and reintroduction biology to preserve bushland.
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National Parks Association
Fauna Surveys in River Redgum State Forests (Red Gum Icon Project)
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Nature Fiji
Translocation of the critically endangered Fijian Crested Iguana
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Way Kambas National Park
Abandoned well closure project
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UNSW
Chick Development and Foraging Ecology of the Providence Petrel
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Silvery Gibbon Project
Rehabilitation and preparation for release/reintroduction of Silvery Gibbons at the Javan Gibbon Centre
