AZA 2019 Exhibit Award Winners

[Zooplantman]

Announced at New Orleans conference last week:

Exhibit Award

Innovation - Operating Budget under $8 Million
National Aviary's Tropical Rainforest - National Aviary

Innovation - Operating Budget over $8 Million
Children's Adventure Trails - Omaha Zoo and Aquarium

Innovation - Operating Budget over $8 Million
Oregon Zoo Education Center - Oregon Zoo

Significant Achievement - Operating Budget over $8 Million
California Trail - Oakland Zoo

Significant Achievement - Operating Budget over $8 Million
Boyd Family Asian Trek - Zoo Knoxville

Top Honors - Operating Budget over $8 Million
Expedition PERU - Trek of the Andean Bear - Nashville Zoo

Top Honors - Operating Budget over $8 Million
Ocean Wonders: SHARKS! - New York Aquarium

 

[birdsandbats]

And here's this year's Pizzazz Reel:

 

[geomorph]

And here's this year's Pizzazz Reel:

I think I like the Denver Zoo commercial the best, for relating zoo visits to wild conservation. The Houston Zoo commercial was also contained that theme. I was surprised to see a commercial for a free zoo...St. Louis!