Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK) sponsors fund raising bowling events around the globe  called “Bowling For Rhinos” (BFR).  Over 85 AAZK chapters participate throughout the US and Canada raising over $600,000 annually. BFR funds support Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (LWC) in Kenya, Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP) and Way Kambas in Sumatra via the International Rhino Foundation (IRF), as wells as Action for Cheetahs in Kenya (ACK), which shares a portion of the land mass with LWC.

100% of all funds raised goes directly to in situ conservation projects, conserving four species of rhino, their habitats, and hundreds of other endangered plants and animals. BFR helps preserve the black and white rhino in Africa and the Javan and Sumatran rhino in Indonesia.

Thanks to the tremendous support from the Indianapolis community, Indy AAZK raised $21,000 in 2022 for rhino conservation, bringing the grand total for money raised during Indy AAZK’s BFR events to $244,145.70.