We were honored to welcome a very special guest to DZCA last week: Dr. Roberto Elias, wildlife veterinarian and one of our longest-standing conservation partners in Peru! 🐸 Roberto has been working alongside Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance since 2008, when our collaborative breeding program for the Titicaca water frog first began. In the years since, that partnership has grown to include the Lake Junín frog, Andean condors, and flamingos. Using drone technology, Roberto and his team have recently discovered a new Andean condor nest (only the fourth ever reported in Peru!) and identified a new flamingo breeding site at Lake Junín. Data that is now directly informing government conservation policy. As Roberto puts it, conservation comes down to three things: science, community, and action. “You cannot conserve a species if you don’t know them. If you don’t involve the community, you cannot do this sustainably. And all the information that we get, we turn into action.” When yo...