In addition to animals in the major exhibits, the zoo includes many individual exhibits that are home to animals including:  Bald Eagles  Chilean flamingo  North American River Otter  Black-tailed prairie dogs  Aldabra giant tortoise  Ring-tailed lemurs  Magellanic penguins  White-handed gibbons  Japanese macaque  Proboscis monkeys  Giant anteater  Starting in 1997, the Blank Park Zoo Conservation Committee has raised funds for a wide variety of worldwide conservation projects. The primary projects of the committee must be international, focus on protecting animals or their natural ecosystems, and have some tie to the Blank Park Zoo. Money is collected through various means such as children's face painting, special event raffles, and coin donation buckets. In 2012, the Conservation Committee participated in these projects:   In August 2019, a 12 year-old male okapi named Kidomo brought to Des Moines from the Oklahoma City Zoo was humanely euthanized after sustaining injuries in an incident with his exhibit mate, an 11 year-old nyala named Cloud. Based on initial information, Blank Park Zoo CEO Mark Vukovich stated, "the two animals were playing together and unfortunately the okapi was injured". In April 2020, Blank Park Zoo announced the death of 3 year-old Duchess, a female Hartmann's mountain zebra, that died following an accidental high-speed run-in with a fence post. Duchess and her mate Duke had arrived at the zoo a year prior from another AZA-accredited institution.