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In a world where wildlife needs our help more than ever, a new hero has emerged...
It’s a bird! It’s a plane!
No… It’s a HeroRat!
Don’t let their size fool you. They may be small, but these tiny heroes have an awesome superpower.
A super nose.
HeroRats are African Giant Pouched Rats that have been expertly trained to sniff out commonly trafficked wildlife products in Africa like giraffe hide and hair, rhino horn and elephant tusks – deterring wildlife trafficking at its source! Through their heroic efforts, these smallest of animals are protecting some of the largest animals on earth – one tiny sniff at a time.
This summer, with your support, the Sacramento Zoo will become home to three HeroRats!
Your gift today will help build three habitats for these largely solitary animals, and will provide expert care, food and nutrition from Sacramento Zoo staff. During live public demonstrations, guests will see these remarkable heroes in action and learn about the global fight against wildlife trafficking.
Your gift will also help provide improvements to the zoo's giraffe habitat including a new fence, improved staff access for servicing the habitat, and in-habitat shade and feeding structures.
Any additional funds will be put to work providing habitat improvements, outstanding care and animal enrichment all across the zoo.
From our smallest animal to our tallest, your gift on Big Day of Giving will make a BIG impact!
Not every hero wears a cape. Sometimes they wear a tiny backpack.
And sometimes, they make a gift on Big Day of Giving!
Join us and be a wildlife hero with your gift today.
The Sacramento Zoo inspires appreciation, respect, and a connection with wildlife and nature through education, recreation, and conservation.
African Pouched Rat Habitat
Thick-billed Parrot Aviary Improvements
Zoo Summer Camp Scholarships
Reptile House - Habitat and Infrastructure Upgrades
Giraffe Fence, Holding and Wellbeing Upgrades
Sac Zoo Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion Statement
The Society celebrates and is committed to diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusivity in all aspects of zoo operations. We embrace these pillars of excellence within our mission and core values. We believe our core values are strengthened when all staff, volunteers, vendors and our community have a voice.
Our values are realized through or by:
• Recognizing and respecting human differences, and similarities as we strive to foster a culture of open-mindedness, compassion, and inclusiveness.
• Commitment to actively building a community of diverse cultures, backgrounds and life experiences.
• Providing effective leadership in the development, coordination, and implementation of a comprehensive array of programs, and services to promote diversity and understanding differences.
• Ensuring that all decisions regarding recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, employee development decisions such as training, and all other terms and conditions of employment, will be free from discrimination based on race, religious beliefs, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender orientation, marital status, age, ancestry or place of origin.
• Offering educational opportunities toward the development of leaders who are committed to engaging in transformational change toward learning, personal, professional and organizational growth.
• Believing that a diverse and inclusive environment creates a stimulating workplace for employees and supports our commitment to quality.
• Respecting each other and succeeding together.
The Society will make every reasonable effort to ensure that the workplace is free of barriers and that all policies, procedures, and practices are fair, so that each person has equal access to the benefits of employment.
Organization name
Sacramento Zoological Society
other names
Sacramento Zoo
1927
Mission Category
Animal Related
Operating Budget
$10,000,001-$100 million
Organization Need
Funding: Unrestricted, Funding: Program
Demographics Served
Animals, Youth & Children, General population
Local Counties Served
El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo
Address
3930 West Land Park DriveSacramento, CA, US
Placer, CA, US
Yolo, CA, US
Yuba, CA, US
San Joaquin, CA, US