Keychains for Change

May 1, 2019 - The ABQ BioPark Zoo hosted a Party for the Planet on April 27. At the event, attendees made keychains to help the endangered saola through the non-profit Catching Hope.

Many wild animals are endangered by snare traps, which can hurt and kill them. This includes the little known saola.

Catching Hope partners with the International Union for Conservation of Nature Saola Working Group (SWG) and supports its saola conservation efforts. The SWG trains and employs local people in Laos and Vietnam to collect poaching snares from the saola's forest habitat, and sends snares to Catching Hope. They clean these poaching snares, turn them into handcrafted goods, and both sell them and use them as public outreach.

Select images from keychain making event. Photos courtesy of Cindy Rodgers, New Mexico BioPark Society.

Learn more about the ABQ BioPark's partnership with Catching Hope.