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CONSERVATION
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CONSERVATION DEEP DIVE:
> SeaWorld & Busch Gardens parks have contributed millions to wildlife conservation.
> Since its launch in 2013, the SeaWorld Busch Gardens Conservation Fund has granted over $17 million to more than 1,200 animal conservation projects in 70 countries through the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund.
> Our commitment to conservation is embodied in our animal programs and extends beyond our parks into classrooms and around the world.
> We operate five zoological parks in the United States which are accredited and certified by the highest standards in the world, including the Association of Zoos, Aquariums, the American Humane Association, and the Alliance for Marine Mammal Parks & Aquarium.
> SeaWorld is one of only a few zoological organization in the world which has a reproductive research laboratory, SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Species Preservation Laboratory, dedicated toward understanding the reproduction in marine and terrestrial animals in order to help prevent their extinction.
> SeaWorld is helping to develop future conservationists through its Youth Advisory Council and Environmental Excellence Awards programs.
> Rising Tide Conservation is a SeaWorld partner dedicated to making breeding
and rearing of marine tropical fish economically viable so that there are alternatives to wild collection.
THESE NUMBERS MAY CHANGE AND ARE UP TO DATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2019