2023 Responses
Response Activities
Typhoon Mawar
ZDR3 received a call for assistance after Typhoon Mawar smashed a zoo on Guam, a U.S. territory in the Western Pacific.
Our Executive Director flew to Guam to do a needs assessment. She couldn't deploy a response team to assist the zoo, so she worked alongside the owners to help them prioritize their needs, identify resource requirements, assist with procurement strategy, and coordinate related communications. With remote assistance, ZDR3 provided communications support that allowed the zoo’s owners to make appeals for local volunteer assistance and donations via press releases, website updates, and social media posts.
Guam, a U.S. territory, is a small island in the Western Pacific (Google Maps)
The zoo after the storm made landfall on the island. Despite extreme damage to structures and gardens, the animals are fine.
Miniature donkey on the lush grounds of the zoo the day before the storm.
Atmospheric Rivers
ZDR3 coordinated a response during the intense, back-to-back storms in California.
A ZDR3 Network zoo evacuated more than a dozen animals when a neighboring zoo was under threat of flooding. The responding zoo housed and cared for the animals for 3 weeks, which allowed their neighbor to recover and perform necessary repairs before the animals were returned home.
Winter Storm Mara
ZDR3 coordinated a response after icing uprooted trees and dropped limbs throughout a zoo in Texas. The zoo was closed for six days while their staff cleared visitor paths, creating massive brush piles they struggled to clear.
An experienced and well-equipped ZDR3 Network response team cleared what the zoo’s director said would have taken her staff weeks to accomplish.
Florida Windstorm
A facility in Florida lost a wolf habitat to a huge downed tree. The wolves weren’t harmed, but the facility needed heavy equipment and additional muscle to remove all the debris so they could rebuild the habitat.
