Colchester Zoo has always cared passionately about the world’s threatened species, and created its charity Action for the Wild to assist projects worldwide.

It provides both financial and technical assistance, and aims to raise awareness among local people in community conservation programmes, as well as supporting conservation research.

Since 2004, when Action for the Wild achieved charitable status, over £4.2 million has been donated to a broad spectrum of conservation projects worldwide, and encompasses a wide range of species from orangutans to vultures, hornbills to Komodo dragons and elephants to moths.


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2023 Pledged Project Support
2023 Pledged Project Support

2023 Pledged Project Support

Colchester Zoo helps us to provide vital funds to...

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2022 Annual Report
2022 Annual Report

2022 Annual Report

Our 2022, Action for the Wild Annual Report, provides...

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Rhino poaching crisis on the incline since COVID…
Rhino poaching crisis on the incline since COVID…

Rhino poaching crisis on the incline since COVID…

In 2008, the poaching of Rhinos in Africa began...

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Thank You TJ!
Thank You TJ!

Thank You TJ!

At the end of 2021, a then 5-year-old named...

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