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An echidna, penguin, stork and seal paint at Taronga Zoo as a pledge for the wild promotion.
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PICTURE pawfect paintings have made their mark on the conservation movement for endangered animals.
Today, animals including an elephant, quokka, and penguins decorated canvasses with their feet and flippers to raise money for endangered elephants in Thailand.
Video: Cute footage of Taronga’s animals painting up a storm
Gallery: Meet the critters putting their paw out for charity
Encouraged by their keepers the animals smudged the canvases, creating images that aim to inspire conservation action by people.
Mr Munro, Taronga’s curious Fiordland Penguin, ran into a crowd of onlookers and photographers in the excitement of the event. Making a swift recovery, he skidded across the canvas with glee.
The animals participating in the canvas painting today are acting as ambassadors for Taronga’s current and future conservations projects.
Taronga Zoo is aiding the $100,000 construction of guard stations in Thailand’s Kui Buri National Park by raising $50,000 from the paw-print canvases.
The program seeks to help prevent human-elephant conflict, in a joint program with Zoos Victoria who is funding the additional $50,000.
“By letting (the animals) make their mark, we’re visually signifying Taronga’s commitment to wildlife conservation,” said Taronga Zoo Director, Cameron Kerr.
“We really are for the wild and we’d like people to join us in this pledge”
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