Conservation Centers for Species Survival - C2S2

12/25/2025

Wishing you peace, warmth, and community this holiday season. Thank you for being part of our shared commitment to protecting wildlife and building a more hopeful future—together.

Happy Holidays from all of us at C2S2 💙🌿

12/19/2025

2️⃣0️⃣ Years of C2S2

In 2005, five of the nation’s leading endangered species breeding and management centers came together around a shared belief: we can save more species by working together than by working alone.

That meeting sparked the creation of Conservation Centers for Species Survival (C2S2)—a science-driven consortium built on collaboration, shared expertise, and collective action. From black-footed ferrets to Florida panthers and giant pandas, our founding members helped redefine what large-scale conservation can achieve.

Nearly two decades later, that same collaborative spirit continues to drive our work and expand our impact.

💚 Help move species from threatened to thriving—donate or read more about our history by visiting the link in our bio.

12/13/2025

🦏🦌🐺 As we close out the year, we’re reflecting on the progress made in 2024 across our network of member institutions and conservation partners—progress grounded in collaboration, shared expertise, and a shared commitment to endangered species recovery.

Across C2S2 programs, partnerships continued to strengthen. Partnership for Species (PFS) advanced coordinated breeding and management efforts for 18 at-risk ungulate species. Source Population Alliance (SPA) remained a vital foundation for large-landscape conservation, supporting herds across more than 100,000 acres of naturalistic space.

We also supported research strengthening the future of the American Red Wolf, and contributed expertise internationally with partners at the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy as they work to restore in situ populations of the critically endangered Mountain Bongo. These achievements reflect what C2S2 was built for—science-based, large-scale, collaborative action.

Our work is only possible because of the many partners who make up our multi-partner conservation network: conservation centers, private landowners, zoos, researchers, grantees, and organizations dedicated to protecting wildlife and wild spaces. Together, we’re delivering impact at a scale no single institution could achieve alone.

As we finish the year strong, we invite you to help carry this momentum forward. While we celebrate meaningful progress, there is still much more work ahead. Your support strengthens collaborative conservation across our partner network and accelerates recovery for the species that need it most.

Read our full 2024 Annual Report or make your contribution at the link in our bio.

12/04/2025

👕🌍🦒 Looking for the perfect gift for the animal lover in your life?

Our new C2S2 hats, along with our shirts, hoodies, and tote bags, make thoughtful gifts and stocking stuffers — and every purchase directly supports endangered species recovery through C2S2’s conservation programs.

It’s an easy way to give something meaningful this season while helping move real conservation work forward.

We are a global trusted network saving species through collaboration, science, and managed care.

12/02/2025

🌿 This Giving Tuesday, protect Earth’s most vulnerable species!

C2S2 began with 5 conservation centers — today, 10 facilities unite across the country to build secure populations for endangered wildlife through collaboration and science.

With your support, in 2024:
✨ PFS accelerated across our network, advancing breeding plans for 18 priority species.
✨ We funded research that strengthens American Red Wolf population growth.
✨ Our member institutions advanced cutting-edge rhino health research through multi-institution collaboration.

But there’s more to do. With your help:
$50 = genomic sampling
$100 = veterinary field support
$500 = population biology guidance
$1,000 = pilot recovery efforts

Together — through collaboration — we turn hope into action and action into recovery. Link in bio.

11/27/2025

🦃🍁 Across every habitat — and throughout our entire community — we’re grateful for each person who helps wildlife thrive.

From our herd to yours, wishing you a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Photo courtesy of Fossil Rim Wildlife Center.

10/02/2025

💚🕊️Honoring Dr. Jane Goodall

We stand with our global conservation community this week, mourning the loss of Dr. Jane Goodall. Her groundbreaking work reshaped how the world understands wildlife and continues to inspire generations to act on behalf of our planet. Her legacy as an activist, scientist, and conservationist lives on through our collective efforts to protect endangered species and the natural world she cared so deeply about.

Thank you, Dr. Goodall — we will carry your work forward.

With great sadness, the Jane Goodall Institute confirmed this morning the passing of the organization’s founder, Dr. Jane Goodall, age 91 who died peacefully in her sleep while in Los Angeles, CA for her speaking tour in the United States.

Dr. Goodall’s life and work not only made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, but also of humankind and the environments we all share. She inspired curiosity, hope and compassion in countless people around the world, and paved the way for many others — particularly young people who gave her hope for the future.

In 1960 Dr. Goodall established the longest running wild chimpanzee study in Gombe National Park, Tanzania which continues to this day. She pioneered and sustained the Jane Goodall Institute’s community-centered conservation initiatives across the chimpanzee range for over four decades. Her legacy includes the creation of JGI’s international environmental and humanitarian youth program Roots & Shoots, which is actively driving change in 75 countries and counting around the world.

The Jane Goodall Institute is incredibly grateful to all our supporters, partners, and friends, especially during this difficult time. To add a personal remembrance of Dr. Goodall and continue her legacy for future generations, please visit JaneGoodall.org/RememberingJane

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Photo credit: Marko Zlousic

09/30/2025

🦌 Updates From The Field: Slender-horned Gazelle Conservation

C2S2's Partnership For Species (PFS) is proud to assist our partners at Marwell Wildlife in their long-standing efforts in Tunisia to protect the Endangered slender-horned gazelle.

Marwell Wildlife is a recent recipient of the PFS Conservation Fund, dedicated to advancing endangered species recovery where it matters most: in their native habitats. With funding and assistance from PFS, Marwell is improving animal management through facility upgrades like palm-leaf fencing and enclosure design. PFS committee members will soon join them in the field for hands-on collaboration.

🌍 Conservation efforts like this show how cross-continental partnerships drive real impact — and how the Partnership For Species helps make those connections possible.

09/26/2025

📣 Meet The Newest Member Of Our Herd

We’re excited to welcome Tucker Downs as C2S2’s new Program Manager. With degrees in zoo science and business administration and over six years of experience as a zoologist, Tucker brings a well-rounded background in animal care, education, conservation, and nonprofit operations to the role.

“I’m so excited to be joining this amazing team and organization. I believe the future of conservation depends on partnerships built around a shared vision — ones that make the most of our collective knowledge, skills, and resources. I’m grateful to be part of a collaboration that does exactly that, using the power of large-landscape facilities to move endangered species recovery forward in smart, innovative ways.”

🦒 We’re excited to have his energy and expertise on board as we continue to scale our impact. Please join us in welcoming Tucker to the team!

09/19/2025

🐺 Wrapping up Red Wolf Week 2025

Red wolves are the only wild wolf species native exclusively to the U.S. and with fewer than 20 left in the wild, they’re also one of the rarest mammals on Earth.

These shy, resilient predators help keep ecosystems in balance. Their story is one of survival, science, and second chances.

As Red Wolf Week comes to a close, help us keep the momentum going — share this post, tag a friend, and help more people discover the red wolf.

Photos courtesy of our partners at Endangered Wolf Center.