| Reservations: | Required—fill out, print, and fax or mail a registration form or call 760-738-5057. |
| Questions: | Education Department |
| Fee: |
$59 per person for full program; $35 for reception and speaker only. |
| Audience: | Ages 16 and older; (ages 16–21 must be accompanied by paid adult). |
| Location: |  |
| Duration: | 2.5 hours |
| Dates/Times: 4:30–7 p.m. |
See schedule below |
Calendar: A Taste of CRES
At the Wild Animal Park
For a special and enlightening outing, it's hard to top A Taste of CRES, an upscale tour program offered by the Wild Animal Park.
Starting at 4:30 p.m., the event begins with a tour of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Conservation Research. You will get to see the state-of-the-art research facility and learn about CRES (Conservation and Research for Endangered Species) scientists and their research projects. Then, you'll be escorted to an elegant cheese and wine-tasting reception (nonalcoholic drinks available) at 5:30 p.m., followed by some conversation about conservation during a presentation by a dynamic speaker, usually one of the CRES researchers. Each month will feature a new speaker with fascinating stories.
The cost of the entire program is $59 per person. Because the speaker will change each month, we invite you to come back again and again to enjoy the reception and speaker for only $35.
2008 speaker schedule
Saturday, July 5: Conservation Science for Rhinoceroses, with Dr. Ron Swaisgood, associate director, Applied Animal Ecology
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Dr. Swaisgood will share his adventures working with rhinoceroses for the past decade, here at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park and in southern Africa. The scientific story will be peppered with tales from the bush. He will explain some of the scientific advances made in trying to understand why white rhinos born in captivity so often fail to reproduce, share new insights learned from radiotracking white rhinos in iMfolozi Reserve in South Africa, and tell you why our researchers collected tons of dung and scattered it around the bush to improve black rhino translocation programs in southern Africa.
Saturday, October 4: Polar Bears, with Megan Owen, M.A., conservation program specialist, Applied Animal Ecology
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