The SF Zoo is mourning the death of Pogo, one of the oldest gorillas at the zoo, who had been suffering declining health over the past few years. Pogo seems to have been subjected to a fair amount of anthropomorphism, in the way that only happens with loved animals -- she liked to read National Geographic (but the zookeepers didn't show her nature videos, because they thought they were too violent), loved to dress up, and they called her a "woman's libber" for her assertive nature. Pogo never bred ("she doesn't like boy gorillas"), but loved babies, and was found in her cage Wednesday morning, clutching a baby doll. In Hakuna Matata news, though, while there was another mysterious death at the zoo over the weekend (of a black swan), two baby giraffes were born. The circle of life!
Lassie! What is it, girl? There's a fire? Run! A faithful canine saved its owner from a house fire in Santa Cruz that did $500,000 worth of damage. They had to use a helicopter to put out the fire -- but fortunately, Lassie and Timmy made it out safely.
And Bird the golden retriever managed to scramble safely up a cliff near Moss Beach after losing his footing around 5:30 in the morning today. Good boy! Someone called for help, but the Half Moon Bay fire dept. was pleased that they didn't need to intervene.
Picture of Pogo in her youth from the SFZoo.
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