WEBVTT 00:05.367 --> 00:07.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% CARTAN-HANSEN: WE'RE GOING TAKE A BREAK FROM THE 00:07.600 --> 00:10.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% QUESTIONS FOR A MOMENT AND HAVE STEVE GIVE US A TOUR OF THE ZOO 00:10.367 --> 00:13.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND TALK ABOUT WHAT ZOO BOISE IS DOING TO SAVE ANIMALS AROUND THE 00:13.633 --> 00:14.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% WORLD. 00:14.633 --> 00:16.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'VE GOT THE LIONS BACK HERE. 00:16.166 --> 00:19.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT'S ZOO BOISE DOING TO HELP SAVE THE LIONS? 00:19.100 --> 00:22.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% BURNS: YOU KNOW, I WISH I COULD TELL YOU THAT ANIMALS ARE IN 00:22.066 --> 00:25.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% GREAT SHAPE, BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'A LOT OF ANIMALS, LIKE 00:25.100 --> 00:27.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIONS, THAT ARE KIND OF IN TROUBLE IN THE WILD. 00:27.533 --> 00:30.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 20,000 LIONS LEFT IN ALL OF AFRICA. 00:30.100 --> 00:32.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% 20 YEARS AGO THERE WERE 400,000 LIONS. 00:32.700 --> 00:34.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S ONLY 3200 TIGERS. 00:34.000 --> 00:36.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S ONLY 25,000, YOU KNOW, POLAR BEARS LEFT. 00:36.734 --> 00:39.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO A LOT OF THE ANIMALS THAT WE'RE SO FAMILIAR WITH ARE 00:39.633 --> 00:40.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% REALLY IN TROUBLE. 00:40.867 --> 00:44.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE TRIED TO TAKE A VISIT TO THE ZOO 00:44.000 --> 00:46.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND TURN IT INTO A CONSERVATION ACTION. 00:46.700 --> 00:49.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO WE WERE THE FIRST ZOO IN THE COUNTRY THAT WHEN YOU COME HERE 00:49.333 --> 00:52.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU PAY YOUR ADMISSION PRICE TO GET IN, BUT YOU ALSO PAY A 00:52.333 --> 00:55.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSERVATION FEE ON TOP OF THAT, AND ALL THAT MONEY GOES TO HELP 00:55.633 --> 00:57.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROTECT ANIMALS IN THE WILD. 00:57.433 --> 01:00.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THEN WHEN YOU DO STUFF LIKE FEED GIRAFFES OR TAKE OUR AT 01:00.266 --> 01:05.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% RIDE OR FEED THE SLOTH BEARS, OR ANY OF THE ANIMALS IN THE ZOO 01:05.333 --> 01:08.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% FARM, ALL THAT MONEY ADDS UP, AND IT GOES TO HELP PROTECT 01:08.533 --> 01:09.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANIMALS IN THE WILD. 01:09.734 --> 01:13.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN FACT, IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, WE HIT THE $2 MILLION MARK, IN 01:13.266 --> 01:16.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY RAISED BY OUR VISITORS TO HELP 01:16.000 --> 01:17.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROTECT ANIMALS IN THE WILD. 01:17.867 --> 01:21.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO FOR LIONS, IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH A PLACE 01:21.500 --> 01:24.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% CALLED GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK, WHICH IS IN THE COUNTRY OF 01:24.633 --> 01:26.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% MOZAMBIQUE. 01:26.000 --> 01:28.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND GORONGOSA WAS ONCE ONE OF THE GREATEST PARKS IN ALL OF 01:28.867 --> 01:30.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% AFRICA. 01:30.066 --> 01:32.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A LONG WAR, AND THE PARK WAS 01:32.900 --> 01:35.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% DESTROYED, AND ALMOST ALL THE ANIMALS WERE KILLED. 01:35.900 --> 01:38.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SO WE'RE PART OF A TEAM THAT'S HELPING TO PUT THAT 01:38.433 --> 01:41.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% NATIONAL PARK BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. 01:41.266 --> 01:43.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PLACE FOR LIS. 01:43.633 --> 01:46.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S NOW THE LAST ESTIMATE THERE WERE NOW 76 LIONS IN 01:46.333 --> 01:48.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK. 01:48.367 --> 01:52.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE WERE 200 BEFORE THE WAR, SO IT DROPPED TO JUST A HANDFUL. 01:52.333 --> 01:53.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SO NOW IT'S UP TO 76. 01:53.867 --> 01:56.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO EVERY TIME YOU COME TO ZOO BOISE, YOU'RE HELPING TO DO 01:56.633 --> 02:00.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% THINGS LIKE PROTECT LIONS IN GORONGOSA. 02:00.433 --> 02:02.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% CARTAN-HANSEN: SO NOW WE'VE MOVED TO THE GIRAFFES. 02:02.900 --> 02:04.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE GIRAFFES ENDANGERED, TOO? 02:04.333 --> 02:07.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% BURNS: YOU KNOW, THERE'S ABOUT 80,000 GIRAFFES LEFT IN AFRICA, 02:07.233 --> 02:09.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY DOWN QUITE A BIT. 02:09.900 --> 02:12.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THERE'S VARIOUS KINDS OF GIRAFFES THAT ARE IN MORE 02:12.633 --> 02:14.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% TROUBLE THAN OTHERS. 02:14.100 --> 02:17.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I'M ALWAYS A BIG FAN OF GIRAFFES, EVER SINCE I WAS FOUR. 02:17.600 --> 02:20.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE A PICTURE OF MYSELF IN A GIRAFFE COSTUME, SITTING ON MY 02:20.000 --> 02:24.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% DESK, WHEN I WAS JUST A LITTLE KID, SO HUGE FAN OF GIRAFFES. 02:24.166 --> 02:26.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% CARTAN-HANSEN: IF YOU'RE A YOUNG PERSON AND YOU WANT TO HELP SAVE 02:26.800 --> 02:29.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% ENDANGERED ANIMALS, WHAT CAN YOU DO? 02:29.266 --> 02:31.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% BURNS: I WOULD IMAGINE BEING A YOUNG PERSON IT'S DIFFICULT, 02:31.967 --> 02:34.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU LOVE ANIMALS, AND YOU START TO HEAR 02:34.700 --> 02:37.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT SOME OF THEM AREN'T IN GREAT SHAPE, AND YOU'RE 02:37.367 --> 02:40.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% WONDERING WHAT CAN I POSSIBLY DO. 02:40.000 --> 02:42.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% WELL, ZOOS ARE A GREAT WAY FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED. 02:42.867 --> 02:45.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AT ZOO BOISE WE HAVE THIS NTASTIC ZOO TEAM PROGRAM. 02:45.633 --> 02:48.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE ABOUT 140 TEENAGERS WHO HELP US ALL SUMMER LONG. 02:48.700 --> 02:51.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF ZOOS IN IDAHO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY 02:51.734 --> 02:53.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE A SIMILAR PROGRAM. 02:53.166 --> 02:56.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO IT'S A WAY FOR TEENAGERS TO COME DOWN, THEY HELP US EDUCATE 02:56.900 --> 03:00.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NATURAL WORLD. 03:00.600 --> 03:03.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY HELP US RAISE MONEY FOR CONSERVATION. 03:03.266 --> 03:06.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY HELP US TEACH CLASSES TO SMALLER KIDS. 03:06.100 --> 03:07.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY. 03:07.700 --> 03:11.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU'VE GOT ALL THIS ENERGY AND INTEREST AND ENTHUSIASM, AND A 03:11.000 --> 03:13.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% ZOO CAN PROVIDE A WONDERFUL OUTLET TO HELP YOU CHANNEL THAT 03:13.967 --> 03:16.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% INTO SOMETHING THAT DIRECTLY HELPS PROTECT ANIMALS IN THE 03:16.900 --> 03:18.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% WILD. 03:18.000 --> 03:20.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% CARTAN-HANSEN: OKAY, LET'S GO TO ONE MORE STOP. 03:20.333 --> 03:21.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% BURNS: OKAY. 03:21.700 --> 03:24.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% CARTAN-HANSEN: THESE ZEBRAS, THIS TYPE, IN PARTICULAR, IS 03:24.166 --> 03:25.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% VERY RARE, YOU TELL ME. 03:25.433 --> 03:28.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% BURNS: THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 2500 OF THIS PARTICULAR IT'S CALLED 03:28.433 --> 03:29.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% GREVY'S ZEBRA. 03:29.700 --> 03:32.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT SPECIES OF ZEBRA, WHICH GREVY'S BEING 03:32.633 --> 03:33.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% ONE OF THEM. 03:33.734 --> 03:35.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO 2500 OF THEM LEFT. 03:35.100 --> 03:37.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY'RE FOUND IN NORTHERN KENYA AND SOUTHERN SOMALIA. 03:37.800 --> 03:40.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU KNOW, IF I HAD TO SORT OF GIVE A MESSAGE TO ALL OF YOUR 03:40.700 --> 03:43.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% VIEWERS OUT THERE, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE ONLY 03:43.900 --> 03:45.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% PLANET THAT WE HAVE. 03:45.066 --> 03:47.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% I KNOW WE EXPLORE MARS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING 03:47.967 --> 03:49.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE ANY TIME SOON. 03:49.333 --> 03:52.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS IS THE PLANET THAT WE HAVE, AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE 03:52.266 --> 03:55.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVERYBODY TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR PLANET, CARE ABOUT THEIR PLANET, 03:55.233 --> 03:58.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THEN TAKE ACTION, BECAUSE THIS IS THE WORLD THAT YOU'RE 03:58.266 --> 03:59.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOING TO INHERIT. 03:59.700 --> 04:02.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND WHAT LIVES HERE WITH THE REST OF US FOR A LONG TIME IS 04:02.367 --> 04:04.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% REALLY GOING TO BE UP TO YOU. 04:04.000 --> 04:06.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SO LEARN ABOUT YOUR PLANET AND LEARN HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR 04:06.867 --> 04:08.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% PLANET. 04:08.266 --> 04:11.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO AT ZOO BOISE IS HELP 04:11.233 --> 04:12.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU TO LEARN HOW TO CARE FOR