Environment committee  Again, I think we're quite blessed at the Calgary Zoo. We are set along the river, and we have beautiful trees. I think having that more naturalistic, green environment does make people more receptive to the environment. I think traditionally the Victorian-era zoos were far more

Environment committee  We have a conservation research department, whose mandate is to facilitate conservation action within western Canada and internationally. The animal care department of the Calgary Zoo will produce animals for reintroduction. Our conservation research department is also involved d

Environment committee  I want to thank the witnesses for being with us today. I can assure Mr. Jamieson that we will do our best at using the logical-thought portion of our brain and come up with a good recommendation to the government. Thank you again. We're suspended until 2 o'clock.

Environment committee  I think in the region of 80% of the money comes directly from visitors and self-generated income. We get an operating grant from the City of Calgary.

Environment committee  We have in excess of 25,000 formal school visits a year at the Calgary Zoo. We have 1.2 million visitors overall. We hope everyone who visits the zoo will take something beneficial away from it. A lot of that is not necessarily through formal education, but merely by the experi

Environment committee  If I might add, we are in long-term discussions with Parks Canada about developing this program further. In the zoo's master plan a zone is due to be developed that will tell the story of parks conservation in Canada. Obviously, we want to work with Parks Canada to bring that for

Environment committee  If you don't mind, I'm going to defer to Kevin Strange, who is responsible for that.

Environment committee  It varies on an annual basis. We also do more than simply put animals back into the wild. We are active in whooping crane and the Vancouver Island marmot at the moment. We're due to be sending Przewalski's wild horses back to Asia, as well, outside of Canada. We have a conserva

Environment committee  First of all, I would like to thank the honourable members for the invitation to provide comment on the development of a national conservation plan for Canada. My intention this afternoon is to speak not only on behalf of the Calgary Zoological Society but also to represent accre