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Bronx, NY - Tiki Barber and “Team Tiki” led the pack at the first annual Wildlife Conservation Society Run for the Wild on Saturday. Over 3,800 participants ran, walked or strolled through the Bronx Zoo during the 5K experience created to benefit wildlife and wild places. This year’s run highlighted gorillas, a species that WCS has had a leadership role in conserving for over five decades. The Bronx Zoo’s award-winning Congo Gorilla Forest allows zoo-goers to get up close with just glass between a gorilla and them. The run was part of the zoo’s Earth Month and Earth Expo festivities, which ends on Sunday, April 26. To plan a visit or pledge support for gorillas and the WCS Run for the Wild, there’s still time – go to www.wcsrunforthewild.com.

The stage was set for more than 3,800 participants at the first annual Wildlife Conservation Society’s Run for the Wild with a ceremonial ribbon cutting by former NFL running back Tiki Barber. Helping him do the honors are (left to right) Vincent LeVien, NYS Comptroller’s Office Dir of Community Affairs; Preston HS student Francesca Marricco, who sang the National Anthem; John Robinson, WCS Exec VP of Global Programs; Hector Aponte, Bronx Parks Commissioner; Tiki Barber; Congressman Jose E. Serrano; John Calvelli, WCS Exec VP for Public Affairs; Edith McBean, WCS Trustee; Dr. Robert Cook, WCS Exec VP for Living Institutions; and Jim Breheny WCS Director for the Bronx Zoo.

The run benefited gorillas, as 2009 was declared the Year of the Gorilla by the United Nations. Fitting indeed as the Wildlife Conservation Society is the only organization of its kind in the world that studies all four species of gorillas in nature. The WCS flagship Bronx Zoo also inspires people to care by showcasing two troops of Western lowland gorillas at its award-winning Congo Gorilla Forest habitat.

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