Species Survival Plan
Nashville Zoo participates in a number of Species Survival Plan programs with other zoos worldwide. Most SSP species are endangered or threatened in the wild. Each SSP carefully manages the breeding of a species in order to maintain a healthy and self-sustaining captive population that is both genetically diverse and demographically stable.
African-crested Porcupine
Andean Bear
Baird's Tapir
Beaded Lizard
Blue-crowned Motmot
Bontebok
Clouded Leopard
Cotton-top Tamarin
Cougar
Eastern Bongo
Eland
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Galapagos Tortoise
Giant Anteater
Great Blue Turaco
Green Aracari
Green Woodhoopoe
Haitian Giant Galliwasp
Hyacinth Macaw
Indigo Snake
Komodo Dragon
Lesser Madagascar Tenrec
Linne's Two-toed Sloth
Lined Seahorse
Masai Giraffe
Meerkat
Mexican Lance-headed Rattlesnake
Mexican Spider Monkey
Ocellated River Stingray
Okapi
Palawan Binturong
Panamanian Gold Frog
Plush-crested Jay
Puerto Rican Crested Toad
Red-capped Cardinal
Red Panda
Red River Hog
Red-ruffed Lemur
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Ring-tailed Lemur
Saddle-billed Stork
Siamang
Silver-beaked Tanager
Snowy Owl
Southern Cassowary
Southern Crested Screamer
Southern Pudu
Southern Three-banded Armadillo
Southern White Rhinoceros
Spotted Turtle
Springbok
Sumatran Tiger
Tamandua
White-blotched River Stingray
White-cheeked Gibbon
Yellow-backed Duiker
Yellow-blotched Map Turtle
Yellow-blotched Sawback Turtle
Green Team
The Nashville Zoo Green Team is an internal committee that meets monthly to discuss, plan, and implement ways in which the Nashville Zoo can be more sustainable, resourceful and environmentally conscious. It is the Green Team’s mission to “pursue efficient and sustainable practices while promoting, educating and leading our community towards improving environmental responsibility.”
The Green Team hosts the semiannual Green Sweep cleanup of the Zoo property, has implemented bottle filling water fountains, enhanced Zoo recycling programs, and conducted energy audits that have reduced electricity, water usage and the Zoo’s carbon footprint.
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