Washington Park Zoo, OR

$40,963 to install a rubberized "foot-friendly" flooring system in the zoo's indoor Asian elephant facility to help improve elephant foot care. The Zoo will also conduct a short-term study of elephant behavior on concrete versus rubberized surfaces to demonstrate any behavioral changes and/or flooring preferences. $9,997 to update an existing educational display incorporating data from this project and add part-time interpretive staff in the elephant viewing room to discuss the flooring project and elephant foot care with visitors. Applicant Match: $51,012