Zoos vow to protect animals from climate change

A meeting of some of the world’s leading conservation experts has resolved to make zoos a key part of saving the world’s animals from climate change.

About 300 wildlife, zoo and conservation leaders are in Adelaide for an international conference about the threat of climate change.

Chris West from Adelaide Zoo says with so many people visiting zoos around the world each year, they have a great opportunity to make a difference.

“What we’re going to do is come up with some way in which zoos can make the best use of their global network, their immense potential to change people’s attitudes and to secure a future for as much of the world’s wildlife as we can,” he said.

“Zoos are providing these sanctuaries already for frogs, frogs going through the largest mass extinction since the dinosaurs and zoos and other organisations are doing their best to prevent it being as big an extinction as it could be.”

A meeting of conservationists has resolved to make zoos a key part of saving animals from climate change. (Getty Images: Dimas Ardian Getty Images)

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