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Fall 2004 Granting Cycle Commits Funds Around the World In August the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund awarded its second round of conservation grants, supporting projects ranging from rescuing injured birds in the U.S. to saving endangered primates in Cambodia. Of the 55 applicants received, 29 were awarded grants totaling $230,000, all supporting wildlife conservation through either rescue and rehabilitation, habitat protection, species research or education. Below is a complete list of the Fall 2004 grants. CATEGORY PROJECT NAME ORGANIZATION STATE COUNTRY Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation Aquatic Bird Rehabilitation Conservancy of Southwest Florida FL USA Orangutan Care and Quarantine Center Orangutan Foundation International CA USA BWS Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Busch Wildlife Sanctuary OH USA C.R.O.W. Patient Care Clinic for Rehabilitation of Wildlife (C.R.O.W.) FL USA Rhino Veterinary Work, Zimbabwe World Wildlife Fund D.C. USA Protecting Biodiversity in the Balkans: The Green Balkans CITES Wildlife Rescue Center Green Balkans Federation of Nature Conservation NGO's   Bulgaria Conservation Education Forums and Fixes Buddies of the Animal Regulation Center MO USA Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (ARRC) Wildlife in Need CA USA Peace Corps Partnership Program Peace Corps D.C. USA Establishing a Center for Conservation Training, Education, and Research in Argentina Smithsonian's National Zoological Park D.C. USA The World of the Seahorse: An Educational Poster on Seahorses and Marine Conservation Project Seahorse, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia British Columbia Canada Habitat Protection Land-Use Practices, Rural Culture & The Ecology of Mackinder's Eagle Owls in Kenya National Museums of Kenya   Kenya Shark Conservation Program WildAid CA USA Jatunpamba Biodiversity Reserve Creation American Bird Conservancy VA USA Bracken Cave and Nature Preserve Restoration Project Bat Conservation International TX USA Kitomi Forest Snare Removal Friends of Conservation (UK) England United Kingdom Species Research - Marine TAD - Development & Evaluation of an alternative "Pinger" with potential environmental & fishery advantages Royal Society for Nature Conservation - The Wildlife Trusts (UK) Nottinghamshire United Kingdom Falkland Islands Penguin Census 2005/2006 Falklands Conservation   Falkland Islands Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science FL USA Citizen-Based Sound Monitoring in the Indian River Lagoon Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute FL USA Puget Sound Sixgill Shark Research and Conservation Project The Seattle Aquarium WA USA Conservation by Design: The Science and Practice of Protecting Inshore Delphinids in East Africa Texas A&M University at Galveston TX USA Environmental Co-factors and Fibropapillomatosis in the Green Sea Turtle University of Central Florida FL USA Reducing Marine Turtle Bycatch in the Fisheries of the Eastern Pacific Ocean World Wildlife Fund US D.C. USA Species Research - Terrestrial The Present Status of the Black-Shanked Douc Langur in Nui Chua National Park & Phuoc Binh Nature Reserve School of Natural & Rural Systems Management Queensland Australia Health and genetic diversity of maned wolves in Noel Kempff National Park, Bolivia Smithsonian National Zoological Park D.C. USA Disease Threats to the Endangered African Wild Dog: Information for Conservation University of California CA USA The Role of Stress in the Health and Population Viability of the Endangered Red Panda Smithsonian Institution, National Zoological Park D.C. USA Laikipia Predator Project; Kilimanjaro Lion Conservation Project Museum of Vertebrate Zoology CA USA