Colchester Zoo has always cared passionately about the world’s threatened species.

Providing financial and technical assistance, Colchester Zoo aims to raise awareness among local people in community conservation programmes, as well as supporting conservation research.

Since 2004, Colchester Zoo has donated over £4.7 million to a broad spectrum of conservation projects worldwide. Projects over the years have included a wide range of species from orangutans to vultures, hornbills to Komodo dragons and elephants to moths.

A.E.E.C.L Lemur Consortium

Madagascar
Supported since 2004
£1,747.34 donated this year

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EAZA Elephant TAG EEHV Fund

European Zoo Collections
Supported since 2010
£866.63 donated this year

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Elephant Orphanage Project (EOP)

Zambia
Supported since 2010
£10,000 donated this year

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Free the Bears

Laos and Cambodia
Supported since 2011
Pending application

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GhostFishing UK

UK
Supported since 2023
£5,000 donated this year

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Komodo Survival Programme

Indonesia
Supported since 2005
£1,290.43 donated this year

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LWIRO Primate Rehabilitation Centre

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Supported since 2013
£4,973.34 donated this year

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Orangutan Foundation

Borneo
Supported since 2010
£7,500 donated this year

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The Red Panda Network

Nepal
Supported since 2014
€250 donated this year

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Save the Rhino

South Africa
Supported since 2005
£6,900 donated this year

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UmPhafa Nature Reserve

South Africa
Supported since 2006
£479,000 donated this year

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VulPro

South Africa
Supported since 2015
£4,994.22 donated this year

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Conservation