Maintaining and Preserving Biodiversity or the Organism.

The zoo manages long time survival for the species. They increase the public awareness of wildlife conservation issues, and each animal’s social and biological needs are well met. Zoos want to maintain or increase a healthy, genetically diverse population of the species.


All zoos in general can affect the biodiversity of the cotton-top tamarins because they keep taking them out of the wild and exporting them to other countries, leaving less and less behind in the wild.



There are more than 115 AZA (Accredited Zoos and Aquariums) SSP(Species Survival Plan) Programs

Species Survival Plan Programs

Taxon Advisory Group (TAG)

Institutional Representatives (IRs)


Wildlife Conservation and Management Committee.


AZA-Accredited Zoos and Aquariums