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PHOTOS: Baby Wallaby Peeks His Head Out

Posted 05.19.2012

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Ladies and gentlemen, he sees the light. San Francisco Zoo officials delighted at the sight of their baby red-necked wallaby, who peeked his head o...

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PHOTOS: Gene, San Francisco Zoo's Beloved Rhino, Passes Away

Carly Schwartz | Posted 05.02.2012

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It was a sad week for officials at the San Francisco zoo, who lost their beloved 24-year-old black rhino, Gene, to kidney failure on Monday. Gene, ...

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Baby Golden Gate Park Bison Killed After Encounter With Small Dog

Aaron Sankin | Posted 01.05.2012

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A baby bison from the iconic herd in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park has died after an unfortunate encounter with a small dog. Around 9am on Wedne...

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WHERE'S BANANA SAM? Beloved Monkey Stolen From San Francisco Zoo

AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 02.29.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — Police are investigating the brazen theft of a beloved squirrel monkey named Banana Sam from the San Francisco Zoo. The 17-year...

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ADORABLE ALERT: New Residents Waddle Into San Francisco Zoo

Carly Schwartz | Posted 01.10.2012

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The San Francisco zoo received a gaggle of adorable new residents last week when six rescued penguins waddled into their new home. The birds, part ...

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WATCH: Hipster Monkeys Take Over SF Zoo

Robin Wilkey | Posted 11.01.2011

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First, there was Puppy Cam. Then came Hipster Puppies. (Not to be confused with Hipster Dinosaurs.) Rounding out the trifecta of SF-centric adorea...

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Gorilla In The Room Has Toothache

Posted 09.12.2011

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They say that an 800-pound gorilla can sit anywhere he wants. But when he's got a toothache, there's only one place he can go -- into the dentist's ch...

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Bananas for My Elephant

Denise Vivaldo | Posted 07.10.2011

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Last year, I went to Thailand, which was my husband's dream vacation. A local tour guide told us about the "Spend the Day with An Elephant" excursion. I was in.

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Letting The Tiger Out: How A Zoo Tragedy Helped Me Write My Book

Suzanne Rivecca | Posted 05.25.2011

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"That tiger's just pacing around your brain, making a mess in there," a writer friend told me. "You've got to let it out." Eventually, I did.

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Baby Penguins March To New Home At San Francisco Zoo's Penguin Island (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Four Magellanic penguin chicks marched to their new residence at the San Francisco Zoo's Penguin Island. The March of the Penguins event occurs annual...

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Same-Sex Penguin Couple In SF Zoo Split

UPI | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda the penguin has split up two male penguins who lived as a nesting couple for six years at the San Francisco Zoo, caretakers said. ...

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9/11 Audio Released Of San Francisco Tiger Attack

AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the men mauled in a Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo pleaded for help and asked why it was taking so long to get it, accordi...

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Transcripts Show Chaos After Zoo Attack

AP | Jordan Robertson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Police radio transcripts from the night of a deadly tiger attack revealed a chaotic scene at the San Francisco Zoo as zookeepers struggled to sedate t...

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