OUIL601 - WCS Wildlife conservation society

The wildlife conservation society was founded in 1895, and has the clear mission to save wildlife and wild places across the globe.

They protect many of the world's iconic creatures here and abroad including, gorillas in the Congo, tigers in India, Wolverines in the Yellowstone Rockies and also many sea animals.

With a commitment to protect 50 percent of the world’s biodiversity, we address four of the biggest issues facing wildlife and wild places: climate change; natural resource exploitation; the connection between wildlife health and human health; and the sustainable development of human livelihoods. 

Through expansive population surveys, high-tech tools like camera traps and radio collars, and collaboration with a wide array of local, national, and international partners, WCS is working to conserve key wildlife populations across our project sites. Our conservationists are working with over 350 species around the globe, and continue to make new discoveries. We are also committed to the conservation of a selected set of “global priority species” that are vulnerable to extinction, important to humans, and powerful icons of nature.