To run successful captive breeding and reintroduction programs a range of activities are necessary. Animals must be fed and cared for and they must frequently be captured and handled, either for veterinary purposes or to move them to new locations, such as reintroduction sites. Research into scientific and veterinary issues must be undertaken to improve the prospects of successfully returning indigenous animals to the wild. The public must be informed and educated about the aims and value of conservation programs. Situated about 5 km from the laboratory breeding pens and original enclosure, the headquarters building is adjoined by a complex of stables and paddocks, all of which are intensively used for quarantine, clinical care, animal management and research.
Ongoing research includes investigation of gazelle ecophysiology and reproductive biology.
It also has a growing scientific capabilities, with current activities including research into gazelle genetics. The breeding pens house hundred of gazelles of size different species - Afri, Dorcas, Idmi, rheem, Sommerings and Thompson's. Research on the native flora and fauna is one of the centre's objectives. Ongoing activities include a project on the small carnivores of Thumamah, which is being undertaken in collaboration with the University of Oxford. To reorganize King Khalid's collection it was necessary to capture all of the hundreds of animals in the original 600 ha enclosure - a formidable undertaking.