Zoos Victoria

parkville, victoria, australia

About

Zoos Victoria operates three world-class zoos: Melbourne Zoo, Healesville Sanctuary and Werribee Open Range Zoo. We aim to become the world leader in zoo-based conservation and are already playing a leading role in advocacy for wildlife and wild places. As a not for profit organisation, we rely on funding from the state government as well as financial support from the community to provide the very best animal care. Zoos Victoria is an organisation full of committed staff members from numerous disciplines, working together to fight extinction to save endangered species. To find out more about our Fighting Extinction Commitment, head to www.zoo.org.au/fighting-extinction-goal

Company Details

HQ Location

parkville, victoria, australia

Industry

non-profit organizations

Employees

549

Specialties

wildlife care and knowledge

conservation

education

parkville

Elliott Avenue, parkville, victoria, australia

werribee

K Road, werribee, victoria, australia

healesville

Badger Creek Road, healesville, victoria, australia

Manager-Level

World Mosquito Program (WMP)

The World Mosquito Program (WMP) is a not-for-profit group of companies owned by Australia's Monash University that works to protect the global community from mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and chikungunya. The World Mosquito Program uses naturally occurring bacteria called Wolbachia to reduce the ability of mosquitoes to transmit viruses that cause life-threatening diseases throughout tropical countries of the world. Following years of laboratory research, independent risk analysis and successful field trials, WMP has undertaken deployments in 13 countries around the world and has widespread support from communities, governments and public health regulators. We are now undergoing rapid organisational change to position WMP to play a key role in scaling global access to Wolbachia and helping to protect the 4 billion people worldwide who live at risk of dengue and other mosquito transmitted viral diseases. WMP is funded by governments and philanthropists around the world. More information about the WMP can be obtained from www.worldmosquitoprogram.org.