Ocean Park Hong Kong’s animal care and veterinary is widely recognised by industry peers for our exceptional expertise and experience. We actively build close partnership with zoos, aquariums, research instituions and conservation organisations around the world. Our team is regularly invited to particpate in international conservation intiatives and industry conferences, sharing our knowledge and experience, advancing conservation and animal welfare.
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Supporting Wildlife Conservation
Our team has travelled across the globe to support wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release efforts. In recent years, we have become a key partner with ReShark, an international conservation initiative that connects aquariums, governments and research institutions worldwide to breed sharks and rays under human care and release them into their wild. Our team has visited Australia, Thailand, Singapore and other countries to assist local partners and provide training.
In Thailand, our team trained the local teams on techniques to implant acoustic tags in sharks scheduled for release. The tags support researchers in collecting field data and evaluating conservation outcomes.
Our team worked with partners to collect semen from wild zebra sharks in Australia waters. The semen was then transported to various aqariums, aiming to enhance genetic diversity in breeding programmes and enhance the success of future release initiatives.
In Indonesia, our team supported the care and release of over 200 slow lorises into a national park, which were confiscated from illegal poachers.
Our team rescued, rehabilitated, and released over 3,800 Palawan forest turtles, a critically endangered species confiscated from illegal wildlife traders in the Philippines.
Drawing on our years of experience in wildlife rescue, we actively engage with the international community through participation in global conferences.