misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Monkeys Eating JELL-O with Blueberries On this very slow news day, please enjoy these squirrel monkeys diving into a wad of JELL-O, " a jiggly concoction that immediately stimulates their foraging instincts,” notes Laughing Squid. Enjoy.
misc Photo du Jour 532 Polar bear frolicking in the snow today at SF Zoo. (Credit: SF Zoo) UPDATE: The Chron covered this refreshing snow bath, which turns out to be an (annual?) gift from the San Francisco
SF News When Pit Bulls Attack! Oh geez. Is this really graphic really necessary? We found it over at CBS 5, attached to today's "2 Pit Bulls Who Mauled Dog Shot In East Palo Alto" item. The story goes
Arts & Entertainment Buy Sarah Palin Book at Green Apple Books, Help Alaskan Wildlife Oh, what joy. Brittney Gilbert at Eye On Blogs brings our attention to this: Green Apple Books, located at 506 Clement, will donate proceeds of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's new book Going
SF News SPCA to Close On Mondays Sad news. Due to the state's continuing economic woes, the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for the first time in its 141 year history, will close on Mondays.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Soul Food Farm Benefit at Oakland's Pizzaiolo and SF's Il Cane Rosso on Sunday Soul Food Farm of Vacaville, who provide the Bay Area with delicious eggs and chickens via various locations and through their brand-spanking new CSA, encountered a devastating fire last month. One thousand baby
SF News Milo Foundation Shelter Shut Down Over Uninhabitable Living Conditions Get ready for the ninth circle of Hell, persons in charge of the Milo Foundation Shelter in San Rafael. Because you screwed up. It seems, according to CBS 5, the North Bay animal
SF News Inundated With Sea Lions An influx of sea lions at Pier 39 has resulted in the need for more docks. According to SF Examiner, around 1,500 of them "are piled on top of each other on
SF News Man Climbs Into Bear Enclosure at SF Zoo Over the weekend, a man climbed into the bear enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo. Authorities still aren't sure why Kenneth Herron, 21, who is described as a "transient," made his way into
misc Have You Seen This Friendly, Sweet Chicken? Which would be the more difficult/least appealing task, handling a live or a dead chicken until the owner arrived? Flyer found in Shafter, Oakland. We wonder if it belongs to Novella Carpenter.
misc SF Zoo Searches for "Alexis," Budding Philanthropist, Gorilla Lover, Origami-Maker Thank you to the kind tipster who warmed our hearts with this story from Kron 4/Bay City News. The San Francisco Zoo is searching for a young girl named Alexis who visited
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Puppy Can't Get Up And here ends our coverage of adorable pets for the week.
SF News Help Find Chirpa The dainty gents at Mission Mission have word that this dog, at left, is missing. This dog, named Chirpa, is tiny and cute -- two of SFist's favorite things. And worse, he might
misc Goats Do Roam Imagine our surprise on a cold, windy summer stairway walk above Noe Valley yesterday to stumble upon a herd of goats. Provided by the fine folks at City Grazing, the goats arrived on-site
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Alcohol-Loving Pets Whether your beagle is super fond of beer, or you just like to pose your puppy (or kitty) next to empty bottles of Jack Daniels, the internet never tires of adorable pet pics.
SF News Baby Turtles Released Into Wild In a project between Sonoma State University, the Oakland Zoo, and the San Francisco Zoo, the Western Pond Turtle project released 19 Western Pond Turtles back into the wild this week at an
SF News Ban Cat Declawing? by Chris Jones Upholstery across the city became a little less safe last Thursday, when some animal lovers advisory committee to the Board of Supervisors proposed that the city ban the practice of
SF News Uh Oh: New Tiger Exhibit Opens at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Yesterday, way down in Vallejo, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom opened up at new big-cat exhibit. It's called "Odin's Temple of the Tiger," featuring the headlining, "internationally acclaimed" Bengal tiger named Odin. Odin, it
SF News Bye Bye Swoops Let Ann-Margaret sooth your soul. Because after hearing this news, you're gonna need it. See, Swoops, the adorable and infamous blackbird who terrorized passersby from her perch outside City National Bank at Front
SF News San Francisco's Bison, Can They Survive Nowadays? Sadly, the answer could be no. SFAppeal has a phenomenal video that highlights the declining bison population of San Francisco. Although only five of them remain in the city today, "the bison recently
Arts & Entertainment SF/SPCA Celebrates Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month San Francisco SPCA has been celebrating Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month with a few big events. They had an adoption fair on Saturday (pictured above), featuring cats, dogs, birds, rabbits, and other small mammals, and they're
SF News Very Bad Sea Lion Found On the Highway A wayward sea lion was found by Oakland police early this morning after it took a stroll onto northbound Interstate Highway 880. The rapscallion sea lion was detained in an Oakland police vehicle
