On 12 December 2025, we invite you to the last ZOO & DODO to rescue meeting of the year. This time, the event is dedicated to BLUE GECKOS.

We will begin at 4:00 PM with a meeting with gecko keeper Jakub Leśniewicz in the Terrarium.

At 4:30 PM in the auditorium of the Afrykarium, Paweł Sroka from the Foundation Zoo Wrocław – DODO will talk about the blue gecko conservation project in Tanzania. There will also be a competition with prizes.

Those interested in participating in the meeting are asked to make a donation to the Foundation Zoo Wrocław – DODO account:
89 1020 5226 0000 6102 0547 2040
with the note “GEKONY”.

100% of all donations will support the Kimboza Forest Gecko Project in Tanzania.

Entrance to the zoo by the service gate from 3:30 PM.

The ninth Wild Run charity run in history is behind us. Once again, we managed to break the record – the combined total for Polish animal species: Eurasian lynxes, gray wolves, European hamsters, European bison, and European pond turtles amounted to PLN 115,872!

The event, organized by the Wrocław Zoo, the Foundation Zoo Wrocław – DODO, and the Pro-Run Wrocław Association, was a great fun-filled event with excellent weather.

Very important for everyone participating in this year’s Wild Run. Wonderful runners competed over three different distances (100 m, 1 km, and 10 km).

We ran for Polish species

The goal of this year’s run was to support Polish animal species. The organizations receiving the proceeds from the run were with us on October 5, 2025, during the Wild Run. Guests had the opportunity to meet Michał Figura, a member of the Board of the Association for Nature “Wolf,” who eagerly signed his book “Wolves. True Stories.” Guests had the opportunity to take photos with a giant European hamster and talk with Urszula Eichert, who coordinates conservation efforts for the North line of the European hamster on behalf of the Polish Society for Nature Conservation “Salamandra.” Guests were also able to visit the stand of Lidia Sternik-Stempkowska and Jolanta Kaczmarska from the European Bison Friends Association, which was full of materials about the majestic bison. Guests also had the opportunity to talk with Borys Kala and Anna Grebieniow about the European pond turtle conservation project conducted as part of the Chelonia Program.

We broke last year’s record. Thanks to the financial support of sponsors and contributions from competitors, the total raised amounted to PLN 115,872!

The proceeds from the race will go to:

• the Association for Nature “Wilk”;

• the European Bison Friends Association;

• the Chelonia Program run by PTOP Salamandra;

• the European Hamster Protection Program.

The race opened with a competition with prizes for dressing up as an animal – a Wild Run tradition. Many runners received awards, including a beautiful owl, a fowl, bees, and flamingos.

As part of the “Drink Tap Water” campaign, Wrocław tap water was once again the official water of the Wild Run thanks to our collaboration with MPWiK Wrocław.

As last year, we asked runners to return their race numbers, which will be used in future Wild Runs. Runners who “threw their race numbers into the second oBIEG” were entered into a drawing for numerous prizes from sponsors and partners.

Financial sponsors of this year’s Wild Run include: KGHM, Penta Hospitals Polska, ProCleaner, and Aqua Serwis.

Prizes were provided by: Zegarki.pl, Skalnik, Penta Hospitals Polska, the Wrocław Zoo, Pol-Vending, DzieńFit, Lody Wanda, Przystanek ZOO, Cafe DODO, and the Medical University of Wrocław.

As with previous editions of the race, the Pro-Run Wrocław Association was responsible for professional timing, and ambulances from the Emergency Medical Service provided medical assistance.

Volunteer support from students from the Husarz Main Military Secondary School in Wrocław, the Volunteer Club at School Complex No. 8 in Wrocław, and numerous friends of the DODO Wrocław Zoo Foundation helped organize the Wild Run at the Wrocław Zoo.

We would like to thank all the runners, partners, and volunteers for their involvement in the Wild Run initiative.

We’d like to thank you for your support of our campaign to help endangered Asian animal species on the “Ubrania do Oddania” platform – Save Endangered Asia’s Animal Species with the Foundation Zoo Wrocław – DODO”!

Over the past two years, by decluttering your wardrobes you’ve donated a 3,825.13 kg ♻️ of unwanted clothes, giving them a second life while contributing a total of 3,825.13 PLN 💰 to the Foundation DODO. We’ve directed these funds toward conservation efforts for snow leopards, Visayan warty pigs, pangolins, Indian rhinos, and pygmy hogs in the wild.

Your actions mean more than just foundation financial support – thanks to you and your clothes passed on for reuse, we’ve saved approximately 3 million liters of water and prevented around 50,000 kg of CO2 from entering the atmosphere! This is equivalent to:

🌳 the amount absorbed in a year by over 7,500 trees!

🚘 the emissions produced by a car traveling nearly 200,000 km!

With this summary, we must unfortunately inform you that we’re ending our campaigns on the “Ubrania do Oddania” platform.

This year brought significant changes – as the company reports, new regulations on selective collection of textile waste have resulted in a decline in the quality of donated items and an increase in disposal costs. Furthermore, restrictions on the export of used clothing, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and the oversupply of low-cost clothing imported from Asia have caused to a huge increase in the stock of second-hand clothing in Europe and a drop in its market value.

In response to these market changes, the company has modified its operating model. According to the new regulations, parcel collections will no longer be free of charge, and instead of receiving 1 PLN per 1 kg, organizations now receive only 0.50 PLN.

This means that sending a 25 kg parcel requires paying at least 21.50 PLN, while the Foundation can receive no more than 12.50 PLN in return. Therefore, although we fully support the idea of a circular economy, we have decided not to continue the Foundation DODO’s campaign on the UdO platform.

Of course, we continue to encourage you to be environmentally responsible with unwanted textiles, and once again we sincerely thank again for all your support so far.

On November 26^th, 2025, we invite you to a meeting ZOO&DODO to rescue with prof. Gerhard van der Horst.

At 4:30 PM in the auditorium at the Afrykarium, Professor Gerhard van der Horst from the University of the Western Cape in South Africa will present the efforts of the Ushaka Sea World (SAAMBR) team in Durban to save the most endangered animal species and share his incredible wildlife encounters.

The meeting will be held in English.

Those interested in participating are asked to make a donation to the Wrocław Zoo Foundation – DODO account:
89 1020 5226 0000 6102 0547 2040
with the reference MANATY.

100% of donations will support African manates conservation project run by African Aquatic Conservation Fund in Senegal.
Entrance to the Wrocław ZOO on November 26 ^th, 2025 through the service gate from 3:30 PM.

On November 19^th, 2025, we invite you to a meeting ZOO&DODO to rescue with Anna Mękarska (PhD), the co-founder of Foundation ZOO Wrocław – DODO.
At 5:30 PM in the auditorium at the Afrykarium, Anna Mękarska will speak about her current work at the Biobank, operating within the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, and about the contribution of zoos through Biobank to the development of genetic and conservation researches.

Those interested in participating are asked to make a donation to the Wrocław Zoo Foundation – DODO account:
89 1020 5226 0000 6102 0547 2040
with the reference PINGWINY.

100% of donations will support the African penguin conservation project run by SANCCOB in South Africa.
Entrance to the Wrocław ZOO on November 19 ^th, 2025 through the service gate from 4:30 PM.

On October 24th, 2025, there will be a meeting ZOO&DODO to rescue PAINTED DOGS.

We invite you to a special meeting with the Wrocław Zoo’s Painted Dogs in their enclosure at 4:00 PM.

At 4:30 PM, in the auditorium of the Afrykarium at the Wrocław Zoo, there will be a presentation by Painted Dog keeper Adrianna Pawłowska, discussing the biology of this species and the conservation program run by Painted Dog Conservation in Zimbabwe.

Those, who are interested in participating, are asked to make a donation to the Foundation Zoo Wrocław – DODO account:
89 1020 5226 0000 6102 0547 2040
with reference LIKAON.

100% of your donations will support the Painted Dog Conservation in Zimbabwe.

On October 17th, 2025, we invite you to a meeting ZOO&DODO to rescue TARSIERS.

During Friday’s lecture at 5:00 PM in the auditorium of the Afrykarium at the Wrocław Zoo, the latest news from the Philippines will be presented. Our speakers will be Jakub Leśniewicz and Bartłomiej Siemież, Wrocław Zoo zookeepers, who this year embarked on a conservation mission to the Philippines and Vietnam, as well as Filip Wojciechowski, who has been involved in tarsiers conservation on behalf of the KAHIBALO Foundation for years.

Those interested in participating in the meeting are asked to make a donation to the Wrocław Zoo Foundation – DODO account:
89 1020 5226 0000 6102 0547 2040
with the note WYRAKI.

100% of the donation will support the tarsiers conservation project run by the Kahibalo Foundation.

Entry to the zoo is through the service gate from 4:00 PM.

We cordially invite you to participate in the meeting. See you there!

We invite you on September 26th, 2025, at 5:00 PM for a lecture in English about the in-situ breeding program for the silverback chevrotain in Nui Chua National Park in Vietnam.

Those, who are interested in participating, are asked to make a donation to the Foundation Zoo Wrocław – DODO account:
89 1020 5226 0000 6102 0547 2040
with reference KANCZYL SREBRNOGRZBIETY (SILVER-BACKED CHEVROTAIN).

100% of your donations will support the Silver-backed Chevrotain’s conservation project.

On September 8th, 2025, we invite you to a meeting ZOO&DODO to rescue SNOW LEOPARDS.

Our special guest will be Jennifer Snell Rullman, who works in The Snow Leopard Trust, organization that works with governments and conservationists in 12 countries in Central Asia where snow leopards are found natural. At 5:00 PM in the auditorium at the Afrykarium in Wrocław ZOO, she will share the latest information about the conservation project to protect this unique species.

Those, who are interested in participating in meeting, are asked to make a donation to the Foundation Zoo Wrocław – DODO account:
89 1020 5226 0000 6102 0547 2040
with the reference PANTERA ŚNIEŻNA (SNOW LEOPARD).

100% of the donation will support the activities of the The Snow Leopard Trust.

Please save the date of October 5th 2025 to take part in a sports challenge WILD RUN. The entire profit will support the conservation projects of wild animal species in Poland!

As every year, WILD RUN participants will run on the first Sunday of October at the following distances: 10 km (adults), 1 km (youth) and about 100 m (the youngest). Those who will be too far away to run with us along the paths of the Wrocław Zoo we encourage to participate virtually.

The money raised in the ninth edition of WILD RUN will support conservation projects of animal species such as eurasian lynxes (Lynx lynx), gray wolves (Canis lupus), brown bears (Ursus arctos), European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis), bisons (Bison bonasus) and local species of bats. We will present the detailed WILD RUN goals in July 2025.

Join the „WILD RUN – Let’s save Europe’s animals”:

• as a runner – registration will start in the summer of 2025 – please follow the website, you can join virtual run
• as a partner/sponsor – contact us today

Since 2017, throughout the history of WILD RUN, nearly 8,000 people have run with us and we have already donated over PLN 412,000 for conservation projects of endangered animal species! We invite you to run to save European fauna this year as well!