WCS Celebrates 125 Years
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Check out a digital timeline of our 125 years.
Watch anniversary messages from some of our partners.
As we mark our anniversary:
We celebrate over a century of successes at saving wildlife and wild places, powered by the expertise and science in our zoos, aquarium, and global conservation program.
Our 125-year legacy positions us perfectly to take on the world’s most pressing conservation challenges—the zoonotic pandemic crisis, the decline in the world’s biodiversity, and the climate crisis—with urgent and bold action.
We focus on protecting the planet’s most important, ecologically intact places with the greatest biodiversity and resilience to climate change.
Throughout our history, we have harnessed the skills of our colleagues working in our global field program with those in our zoos and aquarium to evolve into a powerful force working to save wildlife and wild places.
We have a long record of conservation achievements. Yet today, our work is far from done.
We Need You
As we mark 125 years, pressing threats remain—zoonotic pandemics, climate change, global biodiversity loss. We need your help to secure a future worth celebrating.
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