Daisy Girl Scouts visited the El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens on August 3 to have FUN, make new friends, experience outdoor activities and learn new life skills. On this day the troop worked on earning their Three Cheers for Animals Journey Badge with the help of the Zoo’s new Art as a Conservation Tool program. The group was led by Maria Gonzalez, Kendra Vela, and Stephanie Lopez with 11 Daisies from three troops: 50063, 50852, and 55900, from El Paso’s East Side and Horizon City.

Inspired by a large new wolf sculpture located at the entrance of the Zoo’s new $16-million Chihuahuan Desert Exhibit, the El Paso Zoo has launched a new Art as a Conservation Tool program inviting students to participate in a project that will shine a light on the Mexican wolf and the actions underway to save the species from extinction with a focus on Texas.  Over the past few years over 20,000 zoo visitors signed Sierra Club letters asking Texas Parks and Wildlife to support a wolf reintroduction effort.

In celebrating National Wolf Awareness Week during the week of October 16th, 2022 participants are invited to use creative resources to create art, sculpture, textiles, collages, write a poem or story or edit a video or audio presentation to create a piece of art that reflects the Mexican wolf. For more information contact us here.