[House] Celebrating Rhinos and Gorillas

Fri Sep 23 10:16:05 PDT 2022

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ZOO HIGHLIGHTS
Celebrating World Gorilla Day on September 24th

Tomorrow, we're celebrating the largest primate species during World Gorilla Day! September 24th was selected for this special day because it is the date famed primatologist, Dian Fossey, founded the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda in 1967. Until that time, gorillas were often portrayed in media as brutish villians. Dr. Fossey helped us to see gorillas as gentle giants who prefer to avoid physical conflict whenever possible and have each other's backs.

We're celebrating at San Francisco Zoo & Gardens with our resident gorillas, Oscar, Bawang, Monifa and Kimani. Like most primates, gorillas are social and form "groups" or "families." Like with humans, meal time is a good time for gorillas to bond. Our females often settle down near each other to eat the forage spread throughout the yard and if you are close enough, you can hear them "grumbling," which is a happy gorilla vocalization. Every day our gorillas eat twenty-seven heads of greens, two tubs of celery and two large tubs of assorted chopped veggies, as well as acacia and other browse grown and harvested by our horticulture team.  They additionally get primate chow, root vegetable and fruit, which is used for training or enrichment as these are their favorite foods.

If you want to help gorillas in the wild, you can bring any old cell phones, tablets, iPods/mp3 players, headphones, chargers or adaptors to the collection box at the front of the zoo in the membership office. We will send them in to be recycled with Eco-Cell, a green waste company that supports Gorillas on the Line. A portion of the proceeds raised will be donated towards gorilla conservation projects. Recycling old electronics additionally helps by limiting our need to mine coltan, a conflict mineral that is found in eastern Africa in prime gorilla habitat. Please contact s (mailto:natashat at sfzoo.org) avinggorillas at sfzoo.org (mailto:savinggorillas at sfzoo.org) if you are interested in starting your own collection or have questions.

Bringing Awareness to Rhinos on World Rhino Day

Yesterday we celebrated World Rhino Day! We are the only northern California AZA facility where you can see rhinos and we are proud to have two species, black rhinos and greater one-horned rhinos. Boone, our black rhino, and Gauhati, our greater one-horned rhino, represent two of the remaining five rhino species. Come out for a visit to see these remarkable animals in person and learn about what makes them unique, The more people know about rhinos, the more these magnificent creatures will have the chance to thrive
The Harvest Hallow Hay Maze is Back!

We are so excited to have the Harvest Hallow Hay Maze back! Come explore San Francisco's largest hay maze created by the owners of Arata's Pumpkin Farm in Half Moon Bay. It will be open every day through Halloween and is free for all guests!
Komen More Than Pink Walk

We are excited to host the 2022 Komen MORE THAN PINK Walk on October 2nd. Dollars raised through this event help to fund breakthrough research and vital patient support. Together, we can make a difference and ensure no one faces breast cancer alone. Register here (https://sfzoo.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=05b8326f4402b997fe7a097e3&id=29e9157824&e=7683a9aed3) to participate today.
Aviary Closures Due to Avian Flu

Due to the presence of Avian Flu (HPAI) recently found in wild birds within San Francisco County, we have moved most birds off-exhibit as a precaution. This flu is not transmittable to humans but contagious to the species within the aviaries. We apologize for the inconvenience.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...

Last weekend, we celebrated International Red Panda Day. As both a flagship and umbrella species, protecting the red panda goes hand in hand with protecting its forest habitat and the other animals that call it home. Their forest habitat continues to shrink due to logging and the spread of agriculture and this deforestation eliminates nesting sites and sources of their primary food. Check out the incredible work our friends at Red Panda Network (https://sfzoo.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=05b8326f4402b997fe7a097e3&id=a39f2cf019&e=7683a9aed3) are doing to conserve wild red pandas. In honor of this special day, Tenzing practiced some painting and you can see the video here (https://sfzoo.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=05b8326f4402b997fe7a097e3&id=580b10e0fc&e=7683a9aed3) !

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