Coffee and Conservation: Saving Cinereous Vultures in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert
Saturday, May 2, 9:00-10:00am
Location: Rhino Savanna Conservation Station
Enjoy your morning coffee with The Living Desert’s Curator of Conservation – Mongolia, Gana Wingard. She will share how long-term science is helping protect cinereous vultures, one of the world’s most vital and threatened scavengers who play a critical role in ecosystems by preventing the spread of disease. This talk highlights a major milestone: 20 years of cinereous vulture research at Mongolia’s Ikh Nart Nature Reserve. Learn how researchers monitor 560+ nests each breeding season and wing-tag young vultures before they fledge and migrate to South Korea for the winter. You’ll also hear how The Living Desert staff and volunteers served as Desert Defenders, helping produce 220 wing tags used in Mongolia, proving that conservation success is powered by community.
Come for the coffee, leave inspired by conservation in action.
About Coffee and Conservation
Discover how The Living Desert is pioneering desert conservation — here at the Zoo and around the world!
At this exclusive members-only event, you are invited to enjoy complimentary coffee and pastries while hearing directly from our conservation experts. From habitat restoration in Southern California, to efforts in Africa to protect the critically endangered black rhinos, and to species reintroduction programs in North America, you’ll get insider insight into the projects we’re leading in 12 countries.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to connect with the experts leading these vital conservation efforts and see how, together, we’re shaping a better future for desert wildlife.
* This event includes access to a complimentary hot and cold coffee bar and pastries, while supplies last.
Coffee and Conservation: Saving Cinereous Vultures in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert
Saturday, May 2, 9:00-10:00am
Location: Rhino Savanna Conservation Station
Enjoy your morning coffee with The Living Desert’s Curator of Conservation – Mongolia, Gana Wingard. She will share how long-term science is helping protect cinereous vultures, one of the world’s most vital and threatened scavengers who play a critical role in ecosystems by preventing the spread of disease. This talk highlights a major milestone: 20 years of cinereous vulture research at Mongolia’s Ikh Nart Nature Reserve. Learn how researchers monitor 560+ nests each breeding season and wing-tag young vultures before they fledge and migrate to South Korea for the winter. You’ll also hear how The Living Desert staff and volunteers served as Desert Defenders, helping produce 220 wing tags used in Mongolia, proving that conservation success is powered by community.
Come for the coffee, leave inspired by conservation in action.
About Coffee and Conservation
Discover how The Living Desert is pioneering desert conservation — here at the Zoo and around the world!
At this exclusive members-only event, you are invited to enjoy complimentary coffee and pastries while hearing directly from our conservation experts. From habitat restoration in Southern California, to efforts in Africa to protect the critically endangered black rhinos, and to species reintroduction programs in North America, you’ll get insider insight into the projects we’re leading in 12 countries.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to connect with the experts leading these vital conservation efforts and see how, together, we’re shaping a better future for desert wildlife.
* This event includes access to a complimentary hot and cold coffee bar and pastries, while supplies last.