National Zoo & Aquarium Conservation Team

04/04/2026

World Stray Animal Day 🐾

Stray and feral animals have a significant impact on Australia’s native wildlife and ecosystems, largely driven by human factors like unplanned breeding and irresponsible pet ownership.

By taking simple steps like desexing pets, keeping them secure, and supporting rescue organisations, we can help reduce stray populations and protect our wildlife.

Every small action makes a difference.

01/04/2026

🦓 Trivia for Zebras! 🧠✨
Join us for a dazzling good time at The Durham Castle Arms Pub on the 3rd of May from 6:30–8:30pm as the National Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Team hosts a trivia night to raise funds for Grevy's Zebra Trust.

Test your knowledge, win some prizes, and support one of nature’s most unique and endangered ungulates—the Grevy Zebra! Rally your mates, grab a drink, and get ready for a night of brainy battles and conservation cheer!

🗓️ When: Sunday, 3rd May, 2026
🕕 Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
📍 Where: The Durham Castle Arms Pub, Kingston
🎟️ $15pp, All proceeds go directly to Grevy Zebra conservation efforts!

Spots are limited, so book your table and bring your best trivia team! 🦓🤍🖤

21/02/2026

Today is World Pangolin Day,

Pictured above is the lovely Nasapati the Red Panda who resides at the National Zoo & Aquarium. Red Pandas act as an umbrella species for over 20 mammal species throughout Nepal. One of the key species they helped protect are the critically endangered Chinese Pangolin. Our work with the focuses on the Panchthar-Ilam-Taplejung (PIT) region of eastern Nepal.

Some quick facts 🔎 (courtesy of )

- There are 4 species of Asian Pangolin, Chinese, Sunda, Indian and Philippine. All are now considered critically endangered.
- Pangolins are a critical part of their ecosystem regulating insects in their habitat
- As of recent 2025 reporting it is believed that since 2014 a total volume of 418,647kg of pangolin parts in addition to 47,213 whole pangolins have been seized in SEA.
- They are the fastest increasing trafficked mammal due to myths about their scales & meat.

You can help us make an impact by dropping a gold coin into our donation boxes or donating your 10c bottles around the or via Recollect.

All the money raised from our Recollect program across February will be donated to the Pandas & Pangolins program at Panda Network.

10/01/2026

The iconic Gang-Gang Cockatoo primarily lives throughout south-eastern Australia in our eucalypt woodland forests.🌳🪾

They have a unique call that sounds quite like a creaky door hinge!

Gang-Gang Cockatoos are an endangered species and it is vital that we try to protect and restore their habitat.

Australian Wildlife Conservancy works in partnership with Wandiyali Wildlife Sanctuary to develop conservation strategies for threatened species.
Head to to find out more information about the sanctuary and their conservation efforts.

05/12/2025

It’s International Volunteer Day!
Today we celebrate our incredible NZACT volunteers. The National Zoo and Aquarium’s Conservation Team is fully volunteer-run, working under the Zoo’s umbrella to help protect wildlife and inspire our community.

From running stalls, educating the public, to helping at events, our volunteers make everything we do possible.
Thank you all for what you do! 💚🐾

19/11/2025

12/11/2025

Join us for our screening of Zootopia 2 supporting the and their Wandiyali~Environa Sanctuary

When: Thursday, November 27th
Time: 6:15 PM
Where: Limelight Cinemas, Southpoint, Tuggeranong
Tickets: $20 each (All proceeds go to Australian Wildlife Conservancy)
Don’t miss out! Grab your friends & families for a great movie supporting an amazing cause! Additional lucky door prizes on the night for all attendees

Scan the QR code or click the link in our bio to book your tickets!

08/11/2025

Join the National Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Team for an exclusive screening of Zootopia 2!

Your favourite animal detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde are back with a new case, on the trail of a mysterious reptile who is turning normal life in Zootopia upside down.

Ticket price includes the movie screening and an entry in the lucky door prize draw. All profits from ticket sales will be donated to an animal conservation organisation.

What's included
Movie screening ticket
Lucky door entry

What's not included: Food & drink not included but will be available for purchase at the venue.

Booking Link - https://tickets.nationalzoo.com.au/booknow/en/product/951838?date=2025-11-27

09/10/2025

🦏 Trivia for Rhinos! 🧠✨
Join us for a crashing good time at The Durham Castle Arms Pub on 26th October from 6–8:30pm as the National Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Team hosts a trivia night to raise funds for who protect critically endangered Javan Rhino’s!

Test your knowledge, win some prizes, and support one of nature’s most unique and endangered ungulates —the Javan Rhino! Rally your mates, grab a drink, and get ready for a night of brainy battles and conservation cheer!

🗓️ When: Sunday, 26th October 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00pm – 8:30pm
📍 Where: The Durham Castle Arms Pub, Kingston
🎟️ $15pp, All proceeds go directly to rhino conservation efforts!

Spots are limited, so book your table and bring your best trivia team! 🦏🩶

Tickets available via the link ➡️ https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/nationalzoo/items/641055/calendar/2025/10/?flow=no&full-items=yes

30/09/2025

Join us this weekend at to celebrate World Animal Day.
The NZACT team will be there to chat all about animals!

You can also look forward to:
☀️Animal costume competition
☀️Craft activities 🎨
☀️NZACT merch stall
☀️ACT Widlife stall
☀️Lawn games in the viewing park
☀️Live music 🎶

Our friends from will be helping us choose the winners of the costume competition!🏆 Did we mention there will be prizes!?

Be sure to come help us celebrate and raise funds for ACT Wildlife!

09/09/2025

🐅Tigers are the largest of all Asian big cats and the ultimate apex predator🐅

They prevent over-grazing by preying on herbivores, which makes them vital for maintaining balance within the ecosystem.🍃

Tigers indirectly provide sustenance for scavenger species by hunting large prey and leaving behind carrion. They also help in nutrient recycling and disease control.🦠

Healthy, balanced ecosystems supply nature and people with fresh water and food.💦

Tigers face many threats including poaching, the illegal wildlife trade, land clearing, climate change and human-tiger conflict.🪾
Losing tigers in the wild will influence the survival and behavior of a wide range of other species in the ecosystem. 🌏

To help save tigers from extinction we must:
• Encourage human-tiger coexistence
• End exploitation and illegal poaching
• Create tiger corridors
• Support community-based conservation

More information about tigers and conservation efforts can be found on the WWF or International Tiger Project websites.🔎