As zoos and aquariums seek to motivate our visitors to act in ways that benefit animals in human care and in the wild, we are learning through emerging behavioral science that feeling empathy may be a necessary step between learning and taking conservation action.
From 2015-2017, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle Aquarium, and Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium partnered through the Measuring Empathy Collaborative Assessment Project (MECAP) to define empathy for wildlife and develop tools to measure it.
While implementing empathy practices over the next four years, Woodland Park Zoo recognized how much there still was to learn. The zoo saw an opportunity for sector-wide growth by convening organizations that were working to achieve their missions through empathy practices. A needs assessment identified learning and collaboration opportunities that became the foundation of the Advancing Conservation through Empathy for Wildlife (ACE for Wildlife™) Network, launched in 2019 with the support of private funding.
Today, 27 US-based zoos and aquariums (Network Partner Organizations) and a global community of more than 450 Members and Affiliates continue to learn together, creating and sharing effective practices that promote empathy for animals and people.
Company Details
- Founded
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- Address
- 5500 Phinney Ave. N, Seattle,washington 98103,united States
- Industry
- Zoos And Botanical Gardens
- NAICS
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Zoos and Botanical Gardens
- Website
- http://www.aceforwildlife.org
- Keywords
- informal education, zoos, aquariums, social emotional learning, conservation action, empathy, conservation behavior change.
- HQ
- Seattle, Washington
- Competitors
- Mosaïque: Research Network for Studies in Literacy, Discourse, and Society, The Jane Goodall Institute, Uptowns Team Dreamers, CINDEA (Canadian Integrative Network for Death Education and Alternatives), Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, Ripple Foundation, Trees For Tomorrow, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle Aquarium, Seattle Gymnastics Academy.
Ace For Wildlife Questions
Ace For Wildlife's website is http://www.aceforwildlife.org
Ace For Wildlife's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/aceforwildlife
Ace For Wildlife's industry is
Zoos and Botanical Gardens
Ace For Wildlife's top competitors are
Mosaïque: Research Network For Studies In Literacy, Discourse, And Society,
The Jane Goodall Institute,
Uptowns Team Dreamers,
Cindea (Canadian Integrative Network For Death Education And Alternatives),
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies,
Ripple Foundation,
Trees For Tomorrow,
Woodland Park Zoo,
Seattle Aquarium,
Seattle Gymnastics Academy.
Ace For Wildlife's categories are Zoos and Botanical Gardens
Ace For Wildlife's founding year is 2019
