San Diego Zoo Global is a leading international wildlife conservation organization dedicated to the science of saving species worldwide. San Diego Zoo Global is a not-for-profit organization that operates the San Diego Zoo, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research. It was founded on October 2, 1916, by Harry M. Wegeforth, M.D, and has an 11-member Board of Trustees headed by Robert B. Horsman; Douglas G. Myers is our president/CEO.