What is the Natural Partnerships Program?  

Today, many zoos consider themselves active conservation organizations, committed to the survival in the wild of the animal species they house. The Natural Partnerships Program (NPP) is the Snow Leopard Trust's way of working with zoos around the world to help save the endangered snow leopard.

View the list of our current NPP supporters

Get the Program Information Packet

If your zoo might be interested in participating in the Natural Partnerships Program, please download the program information packet and signup forms (4.13 Mb PDF file).

Please feel free to contact us with any questions about the program, or if you would like us to mail you the information packet.

Program Overview

There are many ways that zoos can be involved in the Natural Partnerships Program, including selling Snow Leopard Enterprises merchandise through their gift shops, offering joint membership agreements, hosting Snow Leopard Trust speakers, and displaying educational materials.

The signature element of the Natural Partnerships Program is the opportunity for zoos to get directly involved with the Trust's conservation programs in snow leopard range countries.

Each year, the Trust identifies some of the most innovative conservation projects in need of assistance in different snow leopard countries, and presents these to its zoo partners.  Participating zoos can then choose which project they would like to be involved with for the year and at what level they can contribute.

Zoos With Snow Leopards

The following map will show you where to find the nearest zoo that is home to a snow leopard. Click on the highlighted regions to see zoos with snow leopards. The zoos with yellow placemarks are members of the Natural Partnerships Program.