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A Wild Way to Support: San Diego County Organizations That Offer Wildlife Sponsorships
If you’ve ever wanted to be part of a wild animal’s life, a handful of organizations in San Diego County allow just that via sponsorship and symbolic adoption programs.
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San Diego Zoo's Rat Ambassadors Show Off Abilities to Help Humans, Wildlife
As an ambassador for rats, it’s never easy to win over the public. But Runa at the San Diego Zoo has been charged with teaching people the virtues of rats.
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Wildlife Sponsorship Programs in San Diego County
While you can’t take a koala or lion home, there are several programs in San Diego County that allow you to symbolically adopt or sponsor wildlife to help them thrive.
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San Diego Zoo Welcomes 41 Endangered Turtle Hatchlings
It only took two decades, but a rare and endangered turtle species has finally bred at the San Diego Zoo.
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San Diego Zoo Safari Park Names Baby Southern White Rhino: Neville
Neville can be seen running at top speed around the habitat, frequently stopping to splash around and roll in mud wallows.
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A New Hope: Southern White Rhino Calf Born at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
A southern white rhino calf has been born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s Nikita Rhino Rescue Center!
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Banned Contaminants Threaten Endangered California Condors, San Diego Researchers Find
A new study led by San Diego conservationists found that marine mammals eaten by the critically endangered California Condors contain such high levels of now-banned contaminants it may be harming their birds’ reproductive systems.
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San Diego Zoo Gets New Executive Director
Officials said new executive director Erika Kohler was critical in the opening of new habitats, including Africa Rocks in 2017, Komodo Kingdom and the Hummingbird Habitat in 2021 and the Denny Sanford Wildlife Explorers Basecamp in March 2022.
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Protecting the Peninsular Pronghorn With GPS Collars
Wildlife conservationists in the United States and Mexico can now track the peninsular pronghorn for the first time.
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Tracking the Peninsular Pronghorn
Wildlife conservationists in the United States and Mexico can now track the peninsular pronghorn for the first time. NBC 7’s Ana Cristina Sanchez has the story.
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San Diego Scientists Help Transplanted Owls Feel at Home by Scattering Fake Poop
Settling into a new home can be tough for anyone. So scientists have come up with some tricks to make transplanted burrowing owls feel like they are not alone in their new digs.
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Orangutan Born at San Diego Zoo, Son of ‘Much Loved' Satu, Who Died Dec. 22
Orangutan infant Kaja was born less than two weeks following his father’s death at the San Diego Zoo
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Baby Giraffe Born at San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Betty White's 100th Birthday
A giraffe calf born Monday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park was the perfect gift to the late actress and wildlife advocate, Betty White, on what would have been her 100th birthday.