Perth Zoo funds raised have been used for the conservation of Sumatran orangutan, Sumatran tiger, Sumatran elephant, African painted dog, sun bears, tree kangaroos, Javan gibbons and Australian native species. More than $881,000 has been raised since the program began. Working with the Department of Environment and Conservation, Perth Zoo breeds threatened Western Australian animal species for release into managed areas of habitat in the wild as part of its Native Species Breeding Program. As of 2011, Perth Zoo breeds numbats, western swamp tortoises, dibblers, woylies and threatened Western Australian frog species. The numbat ("Myrmecobius fasciatus") Western Australia's mammal emblem and one
Newquay Zoo animal species held at the zoo are listed as threatened or endangered species on the Red Data lists produced by the IUCN. The zoo has an immersive tropical house exhibit which houses rainforest plants and animals including a sloth, tropical birds, reptiles and insects. An additional paddock enclosure area of several acres (formerly a disused school playing field) was added to form the African Savanna area for mixed Hoofstock including Chapman's Zebra, Nyala and Black Wildebeest. This small 2009 expansion created the opportunity to reuse the old mixed African Plains exhibit, redeveloped into the Philippines area replaced the , now