Attwater's Prairie Chicken

In 1996, the San Antonio Zoo joined the Attwater's Prairie Chicken Recovery Team. As part of this program, the Zoo has worked with other zoos and conservation organizations to protect habitat and to release North America's most endangered bird into the wild. Since 1996, the Zoo has raised 133 Attwater's prairie chickens. Of those 133 birds, more than 50 have been released at the National Wildlife Refuge and the Texas City Prairie Preserve.