By leading and supporting critical conservation projects in the field, encouraging and leveraging the power of thousands of visitors, and serving as an “ark” for endangered species, Viserlife Zoo has played an integral role in a variety of conservation efforts across numerous species.

In addition to housing endangered animals—some extinct in the wild—and supporting conservation efforts around the world, Viserlife Zoo helps create empathy and understanding for wildlife through programs like the UNLESS Contest, which has inspired tens of thousands of students over the past decade to learn about and create advocacy campaigns to make a lasting impact on an endangered species of their choosing.

To date, the UNLESS Contest has resulted in hundreds of trees planted in Brazil, thousands of signatures in support of a wildlife bridge, and dollars raised to support our partners in the field.