SF Politics More Nonprofit Drama: SF Zoo Board Members Resign, City Hall Decries 'Dysfunction' There is ongoing turmoil and now some amped-up drama at the nonprofit that runs the San Francisco Zoo, as several board members attempted to oust the longtime executive director and CEO, but failed.
Arts & Entertainment 'No Tariffs on Endangered Species': The SF Zoo Panda Plan Is Apparently Still On The San Francisco Zoo is moving forward, undeterred, with their plan for panda diplomacy, and they say things are on track to bring a pair of giant pandas to SF in the next year.
Arts & Entertainment The SF Zoo’s 56-Year-Old Female Chimpanzee Maggie Has Died The female chimp Maggie at the SF Zoo was one of the five oldest chimpanzees in the United States, but had been suffering from lymphoma, and the SF Zoo just announced that she has died.
SF News SF Zoo’s Last Remaining Male Gorilla, Oscar Jonesy, Has Died at Age 43 San Francisco and the SF Zoo’s gorilla preserve are mourning Thursday's death of 43-year-old Western Lowland gorilla Oscar Jonesy, who died unexpectedly following a medical procedure.
SF News SF Zoo Already Advertising the Job ‘Assistant Curator of Giant Pandas' You’re not being bamboo-zled, the San Francisco Zoo is already advertising the job “Assistant Curator of Giant Pandas,” and they say the salary range is between $67,000-$72,000 per year, even though this panda thing is not a done deal.
SF News This Whole Panda Thing at the SF Zoo Appears to Be In Jeopardy, as Major Zoo Donor Revolts The dream of bringing pandas to the SF Zoo did not get London Breed reelected as mayor. And the reality of bringing pandas to the zoo is now in doubt with Breed gone, Mayor Lurie lukewarm to the idea, and a top zoo donor declaring full-throated opposition.
SF News SF Zoo Claims It’s Nearing Its $20 Million Fundraising Goal to Bring Pandas to Town The zoo may be “dilapidated” and London Breed might not even be mayor anymore once they get here, but the SF Zoo claims they are almost at their $20 million goal to bring two giant pandas to the facility next year.
SF News Blistering New Report Describes SF Zoo as ‘Unsafe for Visitors and Animals’ Well, this complicates the push for pandas. A new report by an SF Zoo oversight commission describes the facility as “dilapidated,” “extremely outdated,” and says parts of the zoo are even “crawling with rodents.”
SF Politics Supervisors Stymie Mayor Breed In Panda Fundraising Plan, Creating First Roadblock A San Francisco supervisors' committee on Thursday effectively shot down a resolution concerning Mayor London Breed's announced plan to bring Chinese pandas to the San Francisco Zoo.
Arts & Entertainment SF Zoo to Receive Panda Loan From China A giant panda, or a pair of pandas, will be coming to the San Francisco Zoo sometime in the future, as Mayor London Breed has succeeded in her mission to coax some Panda Diplomacy out of China.
SF News SF Mayor Heads to China Next Week to Promote Tourism — and Lobby For a Panda San Francisco Mayor London Breed is heading to China next week to conduct some "panda diplomacy," or, at least, to ask again for some, and to promote tourism to SF.
SF News The San Francisco Zoo Might be Getting a Giant Panda, Everybody! Chinese diplomats crowing about the success of the APEC summit say they’re ready to send some more pandas to U.S. zoos, and San Francisco is reportedly on the short list for getting one.
Arts & Entertainment SF Zoo Launching ‘Sunset Fridays’ Happy Hour Event Every Friday This Summer, Starting This Weekend A “cocktails with animals” series kicks off Friday night at the San Francisco Zoo, as Sunset Friday lets you mingle with animals whilst enjoying a drink to the live music of SFJazz, every Friday night through the end of August.
SF News New Renderings Drop For 50-Story Tower In the Sunset That Is Absolutely Never Going to Get Built Reno-based developer CH Planning may just be trolling with this nonsense 50-story tower proposed two blocks from Ocean Beach, but they’re sticking to the bit, with a new batch of renderings of this gigantic middle-finger to the Sunset.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Zoo Welcomes Litter of Nine Prairie Dog Pups, Who Have Just Come Above Ground The population of black-tailed prairie dogs at the San Francisco Zoo just grew by nearly 50 percent, as one prairie dog mom just birthed nine pups, who have just emerged into the daylight.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Zoo Lioness Sukari Dies at Age 20 The San Francisco Zoo community is mourning the loss of Sukari, the zoo's 20-year-old African lioness who had given birth to multiple cubs in captivity as part of a conservation program.
SF News SF Zoo's New Pygmy Hippo Is As Cute As It Is Endangered San Francisco Zoo & Gardens announced Friday that it recently became home to a two-year-old male pygmy hippopotamus named "Udo" — which translates to "peace" in Igbo — becoming the first of this rare species to be kept at the zoo since 2004.
SF News Maki, the SF Zoo Lemur That Was Stolen (Then Found) in 2020, Has Died at 22 Years Old Maki — the SF zoo lemur that captured hearts around the world after he was kidnapped (and then recovered) in October of 2020 — has passed away at the ripe old age of twenty-two, according to San Francisco Zoo & Gardens officials.
SF News SF Zoo Welcomes Four Rare Gray Wolves — One of Which Is Named 'Betty White' The SF Zoo introduced four new female Mexican gray wolves to its Wolf Canyon habitat this week as part of a continued effort to sustain the endangered subspecies; one wolf has been named “Betty White” in honor of the late actress who was a supporter of wildlife conservation and animal rights.
SF News Weekend Palate Cleanser: Two New Penguins Graduate From SF Zoo's 'Fish School' On Saturday, two new Magellanic penguin chicks, which hatched back in May, graduated from San Francisco Zoo's "Fish School" and joined the institution’s colony of birds at Penguin Island. Their ceremonial waddle to the exhibit was nothing short of a massive serotonin release.
SF News Suspect Accused In Lemur Theft at SF Zoo Now Faces Federal Charges Under Endangered Species Act The 31-year-old man who is still facing trial in San Francisco for grand theft and second-degree burglary in the theft of a 22-year-old ring-tailed lemur from the San Francisco Zoo last fall is now facing federal charges.
SF News Oldest Chimpanzee in North America Dies at San Francisco Zoo "Cobby," the 63-year-old chimpanzee at the SF Zoo — who was adored by generations of visitors — passed away on June 5, likely due to a combination of his old age and having suffered from an illness earlier in the year.
Arts & Entertainment This Is a Kookaburra. His Name Is Koan. And You'll Soon Be Able to Feed Him at the SF Zoo The San Francisco Zoo is getting ready to introduce a new bird "ambassador" — a spunky one-year-old kookaburra born at the zoo last February who will be available to interact with guests.
SF News Maki, the Stolen Ring-Tailed Lemur Found at a Daly City Playground, Celebrates His 22nd Birthday Maki — the senior primate that made national news after being abducted from his San Francisco Zoo enclosure in October — celebrated another trip around the sun Saturday. Now at 22 years old, he's far exceeded the average lifespan for one of his kind, which is around 18 years.
SF News Suspect In Lemur-napping At SF Zoo Released From Jail, Told to Stay Away From Zoo 31-year-old lemur-theft suspect Cory McGilloway made his first appearance in San Francisco court after being put on probation late last year for auto theft and other crimes in Marin County.
