Caring for wildlife and wild places
Colchester Zoological Society (CZS) has always cared passionately about the world’s threatened species.
Providing financial and technical assistance, CZS aims to raise awareness among local people in community conservation programmes, as well as supporting conservation research.
Since 2004, Colchester Zoological Society has donated over £4.7 million to a broad spectrum of conservation projects worldwide. Projects over the years have included a wide range of species from orangutans to vultures, hornbills to Komodo dragons and elephants to moths.

EAZA Elephant TAG EEHV Fund
European Zoo Collections
Supported since 2010
£866.63 donated this year






LWIRO Primate Rehabilitation Centre
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Supported since 2013
£4,973.34 donated this year






Past projects
Since 2004, Colchester Zoological Society has support a number of projects around the world. Find out more about these projects below.
Over 60 projects supported…
