Mission Statement

To apply basic physiological research efforts and state-of-the-art reproductive technologies toward wildlife species management and conservation.

Research is performed to gain an understanding of the relationships among reproductive endocrinology, anatomy, behavior and physiological events such as ovulation and parturition.
This knowledge is applied to cooperative captive management practices, in collaboration with government and non-government organizations, to facilitate both natural and assisted breeding strategies.
Our cooperative management practices enable zoological institutions to maintain maximal genetic diversity and optimal social environments within captive populations.
Tools developed through ex situ research on reproductive monitoring and assisted breeding can be integrated into in situ population management and conservation strategies.