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Inside the world of Cheetah

Scrambling off the bus, YATZ eagerly awaited their upcoming task. Greeting them were the soft canary calls of the fastest land predator on earth, echoing out across the Australian ‘savannah’. Marching forwards we distributed amongst ourselves buckets, rakes and gloves….

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Fencing in Wild Africa

It was time for our first big hands on job for the weekend. We split into two groups and loaded onto the buses, one bus stopped at the edge of Wild Africa while the other one continued on. Our bus…

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Night magic

As I stepped off the bus my heart pounded with excitement and a touch of fear. The moon glowed brightly down upon everyone who looked up at it. With every intake of cool fresh air, my fears faded away. There…

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Story telling about Zambia

After a 48 day hiatus, the YATZ and MATZ were reunited to hear the wonderful and fascinating stories that the MATZ were to share about their inspirational African journey. Aided by a masterfully designed presentation with lots of exciting photographs…

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Ambassador August Report

Ambassador to me is so great! Most Saturdays I come in and also for most of the holidays, you will find me here. For me, the zoo is a safe place. I love seeing children laugh and families creating memories….

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Pen Pals in Zambia

Before our dedicated MATZ embarked on their journey to Zambia, the YATZ took to writing letters for the members of the conservation club. We each took a clipboard with a name on it and started writing. I loved seeing everyone…

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MATZ return from Zambia

Back with inspired, grown, lessons learnt, resilience built and totally culturally immersed young people filled with authentic stories, the MATZ have returned from 3 weeks in Zambia having made an enormous impact that is still rippling through the village of Mfuwe in…

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About Zoos SA

Zoos SA is a not-for-profit conservation charity that exists to connect people with nature and save species from extinction. Zoos SA acknowledges the Country on which we stand always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land and we pay our deepest respect and gratitude to Kaurna (Adelaide Zoo) and Ngarrindjeri (Monarto Safari Park) Elders, past, present and emerging. We undertake critical conservation work throughout Australia and acknowledge the traditional custodians of these lands.

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