For over 40 years, the Sainte-Croix Wildlife Park has been committed to biodiversity. With its 120 hectares of preserved nature and its 1500 animals, Sainte-Croix has become a reference for scientific mediation, environmental education and conservation. In order to reinforce this commitment to nature, the Sainte-Croix Biodiversity Endowment Fund was created to support conservation programs for endangered species, both in France and internationally. The Endowment Fund supports more than 20 associations and has raised €600,000 since 2016, in particular through sponsorships of animals from the Park (foxes, wolves, bears, red panda, lynx).
The Mulhouse Zoological and Botanical Park is one of the oldest zoos in France. Born in 1868, the Mulhouse Zoological and Botanical Park celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2018. At its creation, the horticulturist Mr GEIGER senior was entrusted with the layout of the spaces (earth movements, paths, fences) and the realization of the plantations. Between 1873 and 1882, a botanical garden was created. From 1885, the species of trees and shrubs were labeled. In more than a century, it has grown, evolved, known abandonment and successes...
Research department of the organizers. This department belongs to the Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), the objective of which is to understand the evolution of strategies that enable animal species to cope with the current constraints and modifications of their natural environment.