A conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Bonner, the Saint Louis Zooâs outgoing president and CEO
âZoos have transitioned into true conservation organizations that affect the future and fate of wild things in wild places.â
Wesley Law
Dr. Jeffrey Bonner, the outgoing president and CEO of the Saint Louis Zoo, is going to miss his jobâeven the parts that smell bad. On humid summer days, when he walks through the penguin exhibit while wearing shorts and a T-shirt, the one-two punch of the chilly temperatures and curious odors is enough to make his skin tingle and his nostrils twitch. But Bonner has cherished the feeling of immersion with the animals. During his 19 years of leadership, he has sought to make sure visitors shared in such up-close interactions. Now Bonner is preparing to retire at the end of the year, closing out an era of transformative stewardship of the century-old campus. Under Bonnerâs watch, the zoo has evolved into a conservation-focused institution
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St. Louis Zoo plans habitat for endangered wolf
Red wolves to live at Sears Lehmann wildlife reserve By JIM SALTER, Associated Press
Published: February 5, 2021, 6:00am
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O’FALLON, Mo. The St. Louis Zoo plans to use land it owns in a rural area of Missouri as habitat for a wolf breed on the verge of extinction, zoo officials said Monday.
Only about 20 American red wolves remain in the wild due mostly to illegal hunting, vehicle strikes and habitat loss. Plans call for wolves to live and breed on the Sears Lehmann Jr. Wildlife Reserve, a protected setting that was donated to the zoo in 1993. The reserve is in Franklin County, Mo., about 40 miles southwest of St. Louis.
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