SFist: Mother Giraffe Dies at SF Zoo

Leanne

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:24:58 -0800

I went to the SF zoo seven years ago, and I will never go back. Everything about it was depressing.

Mark2000

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:18:29 -0800

I will never take my self or my kid to that zoo. Animals from sunny, hot, savanna zones should not be kept in freezing cold fog all day and night. Its depressing and bad for their health. Yes, when will they shut that hell hole down?

Rah

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:06:25 -0800

News flash: things die. Do you really think a zoo employee could predict or stop a heart attack in a Giraffe? Plus, 8 out of 15-20 years, is like middle age, and we all know middle age humans get heart attacks...so why not Giraffes?

iris

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:18:04 -0800

Oh, sad panda.

MannyOrtez

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:50:02 -0800

I was there today when the giraffe bought it. Security staff closed off the savannah; everyone thought something had escaped again. All security said was that there was going to be a medical procedure on the giraffe, and that "people might not want to see this." They put up some tarps around the fencing near the giraffes, and that was that.

Brock Keeling

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:00:25 -0800

that would be awsome. i love angela lansbury. and, what?

KatyG

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:39:59 -0800

Or an episode of Murder She Wrote...

Oznog

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:31:42 -0800

My fiance was temporarily wheelchair bound (knee surgery) on our last trip to the zoo. The wheel of the chair caught in the mini train tracks and tragedy was only narrowly averted. With a full compliment of wild animals, menacing railroad crossings, and a train tunnel that's still full of Christmas decorations, that place is a Scooby Doo episode waiting to happen.

OrangeDrink

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:31:29 -0800

Yeah, but how much in control could they be over cardiac arrest? Not that I would ever go into that sad grotto.

TheCharlie

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:59:10 -0800

Haunted zoo. I'd probably go then.

bluecanary

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:33:55 -0800

How many animals/people have to die before they shut that hellhole down?

mpantone

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:24:50 -0800

Having mastered operations of Muni, it appears that the SFMTA is now running the zoo, which makes sense, seeing as how they're related.