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California Condor Chick Passes First Vet Exam at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

PR — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:04:58 +0000

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California Condor Chick Passes First Vet Exam at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

After its first veterinary check up on Monday, Saticoy, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s 6-week-old California condor, settled quickly back into the nest. Until today, Safari Park keepers and veterinarians had only observed the chick through Condor Cam (www.sandiegozooglobal.org/video/condor_cam), just like Saticoy’s loyal followers, who have watched the chick, noting the growth of its secondary and darker feathers and seeing the chick increase to the size of a bowling ball that weighs 8 pounds. Veterinarians administered a routine West Nile Virus vaccination to protect the chick from the disease, inserted a small microchip for identification, similar to those domestic dogs and cats carry, and took a small blood sample to run a complete blood evaluation. The sample will also be used to identify whether the chick is a male or female, and the results will take several days. Since the California Condor Recovery Program began in the 1980s, when there were only 22 condors left in the world, the Safari Park has hatched 174 chicks and released more than 80 condors in the wild. Today, there are approximately 386 condors, more than half of which are flying free in California, Arizona and Baja California, Mexico.Photo taken on April 23, 2012, by Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

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Rare Leopards Pounce onto the Scene at San Diego Zoo

PR — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:25:23 +0000

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Rare Leopards Pounce onto the Scene at San Diego Zoo

A very active Amur leopard is looking for something to climb on while one of its two siblings relaxes in the background in its new exhibit at the San Diego Zoo. The three 11-month-old cats have not stopped pouncing, running and playing, except for cat naps, since they made their debut over the weekend. This is the first time the Zoo has housed this critically endangered species. The trio arrived at the San Diego Zoo as part of an international conservation program aimed at saving one of the world’s most endangered cats. Less than 40 Amur leopards have been documented in the wilds of the Primorye region of the Russian Far East. However, there are 300 Amur leopards in zoos in Europe, Russia and North America thanks to a collaborative conservation program.

Photo taken on April 12, 2012, by Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo.

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San Diego Zoo Safari Park Goes Hog Wild

PR — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:22:20 +0000

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San Diego Zoo Safari Park Goes Hog Wild

A 2-week-old red river hog takes a second to catch its breath after spending Tuesday morning running around a San Diego Zoo Safari Park exhibit it shares with its three litter-mates. The two male and two female piglets were born on March 27. The first baby was running around before the last one was delivered. Luckily, the piglets have Mom, Dad, and a big sister on hand to keep the striped and spotted piglets in line. This coloration helps young red river hogs blend into their habitat in sub-Saharan Africa. These wild pigs get their name from their behavior of wallowing in ponds and streams and the color of their coat when they mature. As the piglets grow older, a red, shaggy coat will grow in.

Photo taken on April 10, 2012, by Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

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Rhino Gets a Running Start on Her Debut at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

PR — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:24:10 +0000

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Rhino Gets a Running Start on Her Debut at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Two-month-old Charlees, whose name is Hindi for Charlie, made her public debut at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park Tuesday under blue skies after a rainstorm came through San Diego County this past weekend. The sunshine, combined with her first opportunity to explore the 40-acre Asian Savanna habitat, was a perfect mix for fun. She spent the morning running around meeting the rest of the Park’s seven-member greater one-horned rhino herd. Charlees is the 61^st greater one-horned rhino born at the Safari Park since 1975, making the Park the foremost breeding facility in the world for this species. Once widespread in Southeast Asia, the greater one-horned rhinoceros now numbers approximately 2,800 and is listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Photo taken on March 20, 2012, by Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

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PR — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:42:44 +0000

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Prepping for Butterfly Jungle at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

A paper kite butterfly lands on a newly arrived pentas flower, part of the flutter of preparations occurring this week before Butterfly Jungle opens on Saturday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Once a year, guests at the Safari Park are enchanted and spellbound as thousands of butterflies flitter around them in a walk-through aviary. But all that magic doesn’t happen without a lot of work. Eight months ago, the Safari Park’s horticulture staff began growing some of the plants that will sustain these fragile creatures. Butterfly Jungle will run Saturday, March 24, through Sunday, April 15. This year, 30 species of butterflies will inhabit Hidden Jungle. Many of them are still in their pupae stage in the Park’s hatching room waiting to emerge.
Butterfly Jungle is included with admission to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

Photo taken on March 19, 2012, by Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo Safari Park

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The 1,800-acre San Diego Zoo Safari Park (historically referred to as Wild Animal Park) is operated by the not-for-profit San Diego Zoo and includes an 800-acre native species reserve. The organization focuses on conservation and research work around the globe, educates millions of individuals a year about wildlife and maintains accredited horticultural, animal, library and photo collections. The Zoo also manages the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research. The important conservation and science work of these entities is supported in part by The Foundation of the Zoological Society of San Diego.

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First Doctor Visit for Baby Marsupial

PR — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:29:39 +0000

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First Doctor Visit for Baby Marsupial

A koala joey named Milo experienced his first full veterinary exam at the San Diego Zoo’s veterinary hospital today, March 14, 2012. The youngster, who is only just recently out of his mother’s pouch, was anesthetized so doctors could X-ray and examine him thoroughly. Once the short exam was over, the joey was returned, fully awake, to his mother.

The San Diego Zoo’s koala colony is the largest group of this species outside of Australia. They are currently not available for guest viewing due to construction of the Zoo’s newest koala habitat, the Conrad Prebys Australian Outback, scheduled to open in spring 2013.

Photo taken March 14, 2012, by Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo.

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California Condor Hatches on San Diego Zoo Global’s Cam Before Thousands

PR — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:48:01 +0000

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California Condor Hatches on San Diego Zoo Global’s Cam before Thousands

Ron Webb, a San Diego Zoo Safari Park senior keeper, monitors a California condor chick on Monday, two days after it hatched on the San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy’s Condor Cam for a live, world-wide audience. For decades, field biologists, behaviorists and zookeepers were the only people able to witness a condor chick hatch or see parental behavior. Condor Cam (www.sandiegozooglobal.org/video/condor_cam) made it possible for the public to see this endangered species hatch in real time for the first time. People as far away as England, Scotland and France watched the chick hatch on Saturday. Suggest a name, in the Chumash language, for the chick by posting it on the Wildlife Conservancy’s Facebook wall at www.facebook.com/sdzglobal or by tweeting it to www.twitter.com/sdzglobal and using the hashtag #CondorName. Suggestions will be accepted through March 15.

Photo taken on March 12, 2012, by Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

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California Condor Chick Ready to Hatch on San Diego Zoo Global’s Web Cam

PR — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:39:31 +0000

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California Condor Chick Ready to Hatch on San Diego Zoo Globals Web Cam

A California condor chick is making history as it begins the hatching process at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The chick began to pip – or break through the egg shell – on Thursday. The egg will hatch live on the San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy’s Condor Cam in the next 48 to 72 hours. For decades, field biologists, behaviorists and zookeepers were the only people able to witness a condor chick hatch or see parental behavior. Condor Cam (www.sandiegozooglobal.org/video/condor_cam) gives the public the first-ever opportunity to see all of this live. Suggest a name, in the Chumash language, for the chick by posting it on the Wildlife Conservancy’s Facebook wall at www.facebook.com/sdzglobal or by tweeting it to www.twitter.com/sdzglobaland using the hashtag #CondorName. Suggestions will be accepted through March 15.Photo taken on March 8, 2012, by Tammy Spratt, San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

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San Diego Zoo Plants Thousands of Grass Seedlings to Aid Endangered Species

PR — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:42:01 +0000

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San Diego Zoo Plants Thousands of Grass Seedlings to Aid Endangered Species

Sara Motheral, research technician for the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, inspected one of 1,000 grass seedlings that were planted as part of a habitat restoration project for the endangered Stephens’ kangaroo rat at the Southwestern Riverside County Multispecies Reserve on Tuesday. In the background, freshly planted grass can be seen wrapped in a blue, plastic protector tube. In total, 10,000 seedlings will be planted over the next two weeks. In 2010, 150 kangaroo rats were relocated to the site as part of a San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy program aimed at saving a species endemic to San Diego and Riverside counties. The translocation has been successful, already doubling the population of this 4-inch-long rodent.

*Please note: Photo taken on Jan. 17, 2012, by Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo Global.

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Bugs and Blooms to Highlight San Diego Zoo’s Garden Festival!

PR — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:51:42 +0000

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Jan. 13, 2012

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Bugs and Blooms to Highlight

San Diego Zoo’s Garden Festival!

Mother’s Day weekend at Zoo will be filled with plant magic for Mom, interesting insects for kids, and fun for the whole family.

WHAT: The San Diego Zoo’s Discovery Days: Garden Festival will celebrate the Zoo’s fabulous foliage and incredible insects with displays, tours and tastings over Mother’s Day weekend. Come to check out the newly renovated carnivorous plant bog or see a millipede on the main stage during this festival. Try a taste of one of our edible plants or perhaps a bug snack as you walk around the 100-acre Zoo. Kids will be delighted by Dr. Zoolittle’s Gross Bugs show and moms will be enchanted by the orchid house. Booths will feature information about making home gardens more beautiful and bountiful as well as starting a community garden in your neighborhood. Guests will enjoy self-guided walking tours, a scavenger hunt and kids activities. They can chat with a Zoo horticulturalist or insect keeper and may meet a researcher from the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research who is working to save plant species around the world and in our own backyards. Guests also can book private tours that will take them behind the scenes to see how the horticulturalists grow the Zoo’s collection of more than 700,000 plants as well as get up close and personal with the creepy crawlies that feed on them.

WHEN: May 10 – 13, 2012 (Thursday – Sunday).

WHERE: The San Diego Zoo, located just north of downtown San Diego in Balboa Park.

COST: Free with Zoo membership or admission, except private tours, which start at $39 per person.

MORE INFO: www.sandiegozoo.org.