Mission Statement: The mission of Zoo Boise is to serve as an education and conservation institution that safely and humanely exhibits living animals for the purposes of: * educating children and adults about animals, * animal habitats, and their preservation; * encouraging the conservation, protection and propagation of rare and endangered species and their respective habitats; * providing the public with a recreational opportunity to view a variety of live animals exhibited in conditions allowing them to display natural traits; * providing an attraction for tourists and visitors;contributing to the bank of knowledge about animals through limited research.