Project Description
Wildlife conservation has been one of the major revolutionary goals in the 21st century across the globe; in which wildlife animals have become one of major sources of income among many nations. Following this conservation and protection for wild animals call across the nations in the contemporary society, an attention to conserve the zoos in Australia by rescuing the endangered species has been drawn. Over the past few decades, wild animals have been one of the major income generators through tourism as well as adding aesthetic value to the Australian environment. More so, Jenkins (2010) reports that, some species among the wildlife animals in Australia have been observed to decline sharply in their number, which threatens their posterity; thus the need to rescue them.
Perhaps, Jackson (2003) argues that; as a result of industrialization and modernization, the natural habitats for wildlife animals have been encroached and interfered with, endangering the animals in habitats. As a result of some harmful effluents from industries and harsh climatic conditions, some of the animals in zoos often get sick and consequently die. In this regard therefore, there arises the urge and need to rescue these endangered animal species so as to avoid their extinction. Generally, there rises a great need of conserving and rescuing most of these endangered animal species in the Australian territory as Jackson (2003) puts it.
The potential cause of the problems facing wildlife animals
Following the recent developments in technology and modernization, most habitats for wildlife animals have been faced with various problems which results into endangering of the animals in their natural habitats. The following flow chart represents the various causes of problems facing wildlife animals and their effects as presented by Jenkins (2010).
The sponsors of The Australian Zoo Rescue Unit Project
The Australian Zoo Rescue Unit Project has been put under sponsorship of various identities; so as raise enough funds to drive the project to its accomplishment. It has been believed that, the wide variety of sponsors would ensure the raising of enough money to cater for the rescue strategy of the endangered species in Australian zoos. In this case, some of the corporate sponsors of this project include the Coca Cola Company, the Toyota Company, the Fuji Film Company and Life’s Good Company among others. In addition, there has been created a link in which members of the public can drop their donations towards the support of the project. By providing diversified sources of income for the project, its accomplishment is assured as opposed to when there only source whose failure may result into its termination prematurely.
The objectives of The Australian Zoo Rescue Unit Project
Being a conservation project, its main objectives are embedded on the well being of the wildlife animals and ensuring their posterity through nursing the endangered ones. Meanwhile, the main aim of this project is to liberate, rescue and rehabilitate the endangered species of wildlife animals by providing them with the best care possible. In fact, the program put in place is to ensure a successful team work which would work closely with the game wanders in the Australian zoos.
The strategic plan objectives of The Australian Zoo Rescue Unit Project
Being a rescue unit, the project is meant to provide the services of rescuing the ill and injured wildlife animals by offering them with veterinary services free of charge in all zoos of Australian territory. To enhance efficiency and effectiveness, the project is meant to acquire highly skilled and trained personnel to rescue the target group of both terrestrial and aquatic wildlife animals. Further, as suggested by Nastyafe (2009), more medical equipments in the Australian Wildlife Hospital will be purchased so as to ensure no shortages of medical facilities while handling the sick and injured wildlife animals.
Certainly, special rescue vehicles and other special rescue equipments will be required so as adequately serve in transporting sick and injured animals to the Australian Wildlife Hospital for special attention. In fact, four wheel drive van decked vehicles will be provided with a range of special rescue equipments for both marine and dry land animals to ensure that, all needy animals are taken care of. By so doing the efficiency of the project would be increased leading to its relevance and sustainability.
Further, the project is intended to recruit a highly devoted team which will be expected to cover large areas daily across the Australian zoos so as to ensure the welfare of the endangered animals. According to the plan, the team is supposed to constitute of large number of people who are proficient in veterinary care services so as to nurse the animals with care. Generally, the key objective of this project is to get all sick and injured wildlife animals into their well being and then release them back to their habitats.
Assumptions and Evaluation of the options for The Australian Zoo Rescue Unit Project
According to Nastyafe (2009), the rescue project of the wild animals in Australian zoos assumes that, all the necessary funds will be driven up and that the intended activities will not be affected by any unexpected event. As it has been planned, all the funds expected are assumed to be provided which will cater for the provision of all the equipments and facilities necessary to run the project effectively to its accomplishment. The Australian Zoo Rescue Unit Project is supposed to provide services free of charge to all needy animals in all zoos within Australia holding all externalities constant.
In fact, the project has been based on various production options in which the most effective and efficient would be chosen. It was proposed that, the animals being rescued be administered with the veterinary services while at their natural settings as asserted by Nastyafe (2009). On the other hand, it was proposed that all needy animals be taken to the Australian Wildlife Hospital for proper medication. Having the two options, it was decided that; the animals be captured and be transported to the wildlife hospital. This was because; at the hospital the animals would be properly diagnosed for any other ailments and be given medical services properly. On the other hand, when the animals would be treated while at their habitats, some ailments may not be closely diagnosed and this would result into faulty operations as presented by Weber & Vedder (2005).
More so, the cost of transporting all the necessary equipments to the zoos would be higher as compared to when transporting the animals to wildlife hospitals. In this case therefore, the best option to be considered would be the capturing of all the needy animals and transport them to the wildlife hospitals. As postulated by Harding (2007), this strategy was evaluated to be the most effective in terms of cost and efficiency.
The proposed budget for The Australian Zoo Rescue Unit Project
The budgetary allocation for all the equipments and facilities for the project was clearly put forward so as to give the overall fund requirement for project; from the time of its initiation to its accomplishment. The following table represents the budgetary allocation for various requirements for the project.
Further, the expected income from various sponsors to cater for the accomplishment project was estimated in relation to the projected expenditure. The following table represents the amount of money expected from various sponsors.
Expected constraints in The Australian Zoo Rescue Unit Project
Nevertheless, the project is still exposed to various constraints in which the achievement of its objectives may be affected. In this case, the project faced with the problem of uncertainty of the weather and ecological conditions within the zoos. More specifically, the inaccessibility of some parts of the zoos may result into inability to reach all the intended animals leading to failure of achievement of the project goal. In this respect therefore, the major constraint expected in the project is the inability to access all the areas of the zoos which may result into failure to achieve the intended objectives. Generally, any project according to Harding (2007) is expected to be faced by various constraints whose magnitude would determine its success or failure.
Reference list
Harding, M., 2007. Project Management Essentials. Oxford; Oxford University Press.
Jackson, M., 2003. Australian Mammals: Biology and Captive management. Sydney: Rout ledge Publishers.
Jenkins, J., 2010. Climate Change in the Adirondacks: The Path to Sustainability. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Nastyafe, W., 2009. Australian Zoo. New York: Prentice Hall Publishers.
Weber, B. & Vedder, A., 2005. Ecological Study of the Wildlife. New York: Simon and Schuster Publishers.