In addition to the appearance of Amy Vedder in Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has done much to support exotic animals in Africa, directly and indirectly.

        • Attempts (as a member of the Bushmeat Crisis Task Force) to control illegal sale of bushmeat, the meat of wild animals, for human consumption.

        • Provides tents, backpacks and ponchos for guards in national parks.

        • Helps finance operations of lowland gorilla studies.

        • Provides funds for an okapi reserve.

        • Sponsored tours to view mountain gorillas in Rwanda.

        • Established a cooperative to help Rwandan women help themselves and their families by making and selling necklaces, bracelets and barkcloth wall hangings.

        • From 1997 to 1999, Ken Cameron, Cincinnati Zoo veterinarian, worked as field director for Rwanda's Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, which conducts health research and provides emergency care for gorillas in the wild.

        The gorillas at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden are western lowland gorillas. There are no mountain gorillas in captivity.

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