Wildlife Trust Hosts Annual Flora, Fauna and Flamingoes Event

Festivities Include Auctions, Edibles and Libations at Landmark Sinclair Mansion

NEW YORK - April 21, 2009 - Wildlife Trust is an international conservation organization that empowers local conservation scientists worldwide to protect nature and safeguard ecosystems and human health. Wildlife Trust's evening of Flora, Fauna and Flamingoes will feature a cocktail reception, a live and silent auction and optional gourmet dinner. The annual event will be held at 6:30 pm on Thursday, May 14, 2009 at the landmark Sinclair Mansion located on 2 East 79th Street, New York City -- also home to the Ukrainian Institute.

The evening will begin with a cocktail reception and silent auction at the stately French Renaissance style mansion perched on the corner of 5th Avenue with the entrance on 79th Street. Guests will enjoy specialty cocktails and savory hors d'oeuvres. The Wildlife Trust silent and live auction will feature wildlife trips and unique experiences revolving around Wildlife Trust conservation programs around the world. All the proceeds raised will help support Wildlife Trust initiatives around the world.

When reserving, guests can opt for premium tickets that include a private dinner party after the reception. The gourmet dinner will be served in one of the mansion's private ballrooms. For more information and to order tickets please contact Scott Perrin at 212-957-9155 or email sperrin@theeventoffice.com. Ticket prices range from the $10,000 Environmental Stewardship Package to $225 for individual tickets not including the optional dinner.

Wildlife Trust's evening of Flora, Fauna and Flamingoes Event Details:

Wildlife Trust is the only conservation organization focused on all the relationships essential to a healthy planet: wildlife, ecosystems, and humans. Wildlife Trust is recognized as a worldwide authority in conservation and the environment, having been responsible for many scientific breakthroughs, including discovering the origin of the SARS virus. The organization has received prestigious Whitley awards -- often called the "Green Oscars" -- for the groundbreaking work by its scientific teams. Wildlife Trust was named "Best Wildlife Charity" by Reader's Digest and continues to receive high ratings from Charity Navigator, an independent charity evaluator, year-after-year.

About Wildlife Trust
Wildlife Trust empowers local conservation scientists worldwide to protect nature and safeguard ecosystem and human health. Wildlife Trust is a conservation science innovator and leverages research expertise through strategic global alliances. Wildlife Trust pioneered the field of Conservation Medicine, a new discipline that addresses the link between ecological disruption of habitats and the effects on wildlife, livestock and human health.

Founded in 1971 by British naturalist and author Gerald Durrell, Wildlife Trust has built its reputation on 35 years of global research, education, training and experience. Research and conservation work in the United States include programs in Florida and along the coast of the Southeastern U.S.

Internationally, Wildlife Trust trains and supports a network of scientists around the world to save endangered species and their habitats and to protect the health of vital ecosystems. Wildlife Trust created the first egalitarian international network of science-based conservation organizations called the Wildlife Trust Alliance and is a founding partner organization of the Consortium for Conservation Medicine, a unique think-tank of prestigious academic institutions.

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