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MISSION
EAZA was set up in 1992 to facilitate co.operation within the European zoo and aquarium community and thus helping to keep nature safe from future generations. By sharing their knowledge and working together, EAZA members can realiza their full potential in both breeding and in the fields of education, protection and research.

EX-SITU CONSERVATION
Together, the EAZA members take care of tens of thousands of animals. Many of them belong to species that are already extinct in the wild or are critically endangered. EAZA coordinates breeding for more than 400 of them. The aim is to manage their populations so that they are healthy and sustainable in the long-term and can serve as a safeguard against extinction. This is known as e-situ conservation.

IN-SITU CONSERVATION
Ex situ management of endangered species is just one component in their conservation. EAZA places great emphasis on also helping them in the regions where they naturally occur - in situ. The breeding establishment associated under EAZA spend tens of millions of euros annually for this purpose and run in-situ projects for hundreds of animal species.

PRAGUE ZOO´s MEMBERSHIP
Prague Zoo has been a member of EAZA from the very beginning - it was one of its founders. Within the framework of EAZA, Prague Zoo keeps studbooks or coordinates European breeding for more than a dozen species. A few examples are the northem lesser galago, the northem Luzon giant cloud rad, the Egyptian vulture, Edward´s pheasent, the Cuban boa or the gharial.

Animal species whose breeding is coordinated under EAZA are marked with an EEP icon on their labels in Prague Zoo. One of them is the Eastern bongo.