Oregon Zoo
The Oregon Zoo provides a home to animals from all corners of the world. With a long history of presenting awe-inspiring opportunities to connect with amazing animals and nature on its 64 forested acres in the West Hills, the zoo also provides a great gathering space for its community members. The zoo encourages visitors to understand and experience the natural world with a goal to inspire action toward conservation and environmental sustainability. Committed to being a responsible community member with a positive economic impact on the region, the zoo's efforts around animal welfare, education, conservation, and sustainability are setting a positive example, and more importantly, are making a difference.
The Oregon Zoo's award-winning education programs serve nearly 700,000 people annually, both at the zoo and in the community. A variety of seasonal events, including the zoo's summer concert series, winter ZooLights festival and the historic Washington Park and Zoo Railway, help this popular attraction and treasured asset draw more than one million visitors each year. With ongoing support from donors and zoo members and a recent bond measure, the zoo continues to enhance its programming, facilities and animal habitats.
The wildest place in Oregon. The 64-acre Oregon Zoo is located in Portland, a city and surrounding metropolitan area of 2.26 million people. Attendance in 2011 exceeded 1.6 million.
About the Oregon Zoo Foundation
The nonprofit Oregon Zoo Foundation enhances community involvement with the zoo, primarily through member-based support. Each year it contributes between $4 and $5 million to help fund the zoo's work in conservation, education and animal welfare.
Sustainability at the zoo
With ongoing renovations to existing facilities and with every new exhibit or system, the zoo aims to be a model of sustainable conservation of natural resources.
Employment at the zoo
The Oregon Zoo is governed and operated by Metro, the Portland regional government, which posts job openings on its website. The zoo also offers internships on an as-needed basis.
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