Indianapolis Zoo Saving Species Challenge Finalists

The Indianapolis Zoo has narrowed down to ten finalists in the running for its $1 million Saving Species Challenge. The Challenge, which attracted 52 applications for species in 46 nations, will reward a single organization working to save a species from extinction.
The Indianapolis Zoo launched the Saving Species Challenge last year with the goal of funding a plan with the potential to improve the status of a species that is currently designated as threatened (Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable or Extinct in the Wild) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List. Applicants were required to submit five-year plans to reverse the decline of their species in a way that was measurable and sustainable.
The winner of the Indianapolis Zoo Saving Species Challenge will have five years to implement their program and show progress. The decision now rests in the hands of a jury of international animal conservationists. The Zoo will announce the winner in the fall of 2024.