Animals Amaze, Conservation Saves

[San Francisco Zoo & Gardens]

Black Rhinos are Critically Endangered.

Due to large-scale poaching, 90% of the rhinos in existence have now been killed.

There are more than 5,000 wild black rhinos alive today, an increase from low numbers due to aggressive conservation efforts, and many of those are protected by armed guards.

Rhinoceros horns are highly valued by some cultures for traditional medicines and for decorative dagger handles. As a result, the black rhino has been hunted nearly to extinction. Rhinoceros populations have also come under pressure as a consequence of bush clearing for agriculture and firewood.

The Zoo manages its black rhinos under the Association of Zoo and Aquarium’s Species Survival Plan for Black Rhinos.

Learn More (https://www.sfzoo.org/black-rhinoceros/)
Our African plants are in bloom!

Each flower listed below is located in the
Leanne B. Roberts African Savanna habitat.

The broad-leaved sugarbush is a shrub from South Africa that may grow into a small tree. The flowers are covered in purple-black velvety hairs and are contained within a series of rings of involucre bracts that have the appearance of petals.

Leucospermum Codifolium (Pincushion Flower) naturally grows near the south coast of the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Protea susannae, also known as stink-leaf sugarbush, is a flower-bearing shrub of the genus Protea. The plant is endemic to the southwestern Cape Region of South Africa.

Leucadendron is endemic to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, where they are a prominent part of the fynbos ecoregion and vegetation type.

Learn More About African Plants (https://www.sfzoo.org/themed-gardens/)
Join us at our member lecture series!
The Annual Penguin Health Check
San Francisco Zoo & Gardens has maintained the largest and most successful breeding colony of Magellanic penguins under human care since 1985. This past week was the annual penguin health check, check out some of the action!

More About Magellanic Penguins (https://www.sfzoo.org/magellanic-penguin/)

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