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Finally, zoos are many children\u2019s first encounters with wildlife, influencing future teachers, biologists and policymakers. Safari West\u2019s conservation plan was written with these responsibilities in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Safari West also sets a goal of supporting conservation efforts and raising awareness of wildlife issues by\u00a0donating to various conservation organizations where a member of a conservation organization presents their work to guests in the Elephant Room. For upcoming conservation talks, check our <a onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Links', 'click', 'https:\/\/safariwest.com\/calendar\/');\"href=\"https:\/\/safariwest.com\/calendar\/\">calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoos play an increasingly important role in conservation, raising awareness about the plight of many of the species on this planet and about energy and natural resource conservation, empowering the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6869,"parent":4345,"menu_order":85,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-2027","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v26.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Global Outreach - Safari West<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zoos play an increasingly important role in conservation, raising awareness about the\u00a0plight of many of the species on this planet and about energy and natural resource\u00a0conservation, empowering the public to make small changes at home to become more\u00a0environmentally friendly.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/safariwest.com\/research-education-conservation\/conservation-projects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Global Outreach\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zoos play an increasingly important role in conservation, raising awareness about the\u00a0plight of many of the species on this planet and about energy and natural resource\u00a0conservation, empowering the public to make small changes at home to become more\u00a0environmentally friendly.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/safariwest.com\/research-education-conservation\/conservation-projects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Safari West\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-26T15:56:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/safariwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/giraffe-breath-earth.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/safariwest.com\/research-education-conservation\/conservation-projects\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/safariwest.com\/research-education-conservation\/conservation-projects\/\",\"name\":\"Global Outreach - 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