Conservation Centers for Species Survival (CCSS)

In 2005, five of the world’s top endangered species breeding and management centers in the United States: Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, San Diego Zoo Global, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute/National Zoological Park, White Oak Conservation, and the Wilds met together to form C2S2.

u200bThe consortium was born out of an urgent need for greater collaboration and science-driven programs that could save species at a large scale if they partnered together. Individually, these Conservation Centers have helped save some of the world’s rarest species, from the black-footed ferret to the giant panda and Florida panther.