Overview
- Disney's Earth Month feature, published Thursday, highlights expert, day-and-night care for more than 5,000 animals across Walt Disney World.
- The Animal Nutrition Center prepares and delivers over 10,000 pounds of tailored meals each day to Animal Kingdom, Animal Kingdom Lodge, and The Seas with Nemo & Friends at EPCOT.
- Care spans overnight monitoring and voluntary training that lets animals take part in checkups, with elephants positioning their feet for X-rays and shy okapi allowing exams.
- Disney links on-site work to global projects, noting the Sea Turtle Conservancy’s Tour de Turtles and GRACE in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, backed by $141 million from the Disney Conservation Fund to date.
- The park cites Association of Zoos & Aquariums accreditation held since 1998 and guest programs like Wilderness Explorers that aim to inspire future conservationists.