Donations and Supported Projects

The Tapir Preservation Fund has continued to raise money and distribute it to tapir conservation efforts every year since it's inception in 1996. This web page has fallen behind and in other ways remains incomplete. As of July 2008, we are working to consolidate our records, photos and links so we can all see what has been accomplished! Please stay tuned. There is much more to come!

2008

Club Tapir Your donations to Club Tapir have funded these projects.

Funding Table Your donations have funded these projects.

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2007

Club Tapir Your donations to Club Tapir have funded these projects.

Funding Table Your donations have funded these projects.

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2006

Funding Table Your donations have funded these projects.

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2005

March 2005: Funds Matched for for Patricia Medici

July 2005: Anders Gonçalves da Silva Baird’s Tapir PHVA Workshop Airfare Fund

August 2005: Hurricane Katrina When the "costliest and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States" struck New Orleans, we turned our focus to our fellow humans.

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2004 and EARLIER

Special Thanks to Lowry Park Zoo, 2004

Supported Projects 1996-2003 With your help, we have supported most of these projects.

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Club Tapir: 1998-2001

From 1998 until 2002, we ran this popular fundraiser. Anyone could contribute $5.00 (or more), vote for a project, and see where the money went. Click on the "Club Tapir" link and see which projects were funded.

Tapir Preservation Fund: Education Component

In order for people to care about saving tapirs, they have to know what they are. Every time you give a report in school about tapirs (students), assign reports on rain forest dwellers (teachers), or tell a friend what a tapir is (all of us), you're helping. Zoos help spread the word by keeping animals where people can see them and learn what they are. They make it possible for us to observe the tapir's amazing nose at work, exploring the world. Watching animals up close gives many people pleasure and helps them understand more about them. Each time one more person comes to appreciate a tapir, it gives the tapirs that much greater chance of being saved from extinction.

Major programs have been launched to help rhinos, tigers, elephants and other well-known animals. How many people do you know who would not recognize a rhino, tiger or elephant? Tapirs need the same "power base" of recognition. Research and field-work that would have been helpful in conserving tapirs and adding to our knowledge about them have gone unfunded. Why? The answers may be different in each case, but three words are probably at the bottom of it: lack of interest. It's a lot easier to get publicity and funding for working with a well-known species.


One of Our First Supported Projects

Ruben Nuñez's Mountain Tapir Project in Ecuador.

Volunteers

We gratefully thank the many volunteers who have helped with the Web site, looked up tapir references in the library, contacted local zoos for tapir information, sent photos and stories for the Web, translated material into different languages, and raised money in their schools. Helping the Tapir Preservation Fund also helps the tapirs!

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SPECIAL NOTE

In 2005 we joined many other organizations and indivduals
to help our fellow humans in New Orleans.

Join Us In Bringing Joy To The Youngest Victims Of Hurricane Katrina

		The reports are heartbreaking--thousands of families in the path of hurricane Katrina lost everything and are now totally dependent on relief organizations to provide for all their needs, including toys for the children. We want to support these organizations by sending care packages of toys, preferably one a week, through the end of the year. You can help by purchasing toys from Tapir and Friends Wildlife Gift Shop to send in the care packages. You will receive a receipt for your tax deductible gift and, unless otherwise specified, your name will be added to the list of donors sent with each box and posted on our website. Just type "Hurricane Victims" in the Ship To portion of your order form or specify in comments which items in your order are to be added to the care package. Any assistance you provide will be greatly appreciated and received with joy.
Thank you for your Contributions! September 10, 2005: Big thanks to AREA Properties, Inc., of Astoria, Oregon, for their donation of $500.00. Toys paid for by this donation were sent to relief workers at Bethany World Prayer Center in Baker, Louisiana, on Sept. 12 in the name of AREA Properties. Shipping was paid for by the Tapir Preservation Fund. September 12, 2005: The Tapir Preservation Fund sent a number of toys from their inventory to the relief efforts in Baker, Louisiana. September 16, 2005: Our thanks to R. for her contribution toward the Katrina Relief project. Tapir t-shirts have been sent in her name. Return to tapir project funding for 2005

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Purchasing a gift
from Tapir and Friends
Wildlife Gift Shop
helps preserve living tapirs
and their habitats.

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