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“They Run it Like a Dictatorship”
Top city official calls for ousting SF Zoological Society after damning revelations
Jun 9
Refused and Redacted: Inside the SF Zoo’s Audit Stonewall
Letter for City Auditor Confirms Longstanding Pattern of Secrecy at SF Zoo
Jun 4
The Oakland Zoo Is Doing Everything Right.
Let’s Pay Attention.
Jun 3
SF Officials Break Their Silence on the Zoo’s Dysfunction — Finally!
After years of silence, two of the city's top officials are saying what workers, advocates, and the public have long known: the San Francisco Zoo is…
Jun 3
May 2025
The Vote Failed—But the City Can’t. San Francisco Must Take Back the Zoo.
The San Francisco Zoo is in crisis. It's time the city find a new contractor to run the zoo.
May 29
The San Francisco Zoo Unravels
Leadership chaos. Rumors of resignations. A story that changed. Welcome to another week at the San Francisco Zoo.
May 16
Leaked AZA Report Offers a Damning Look Inside SF Zoo’s Leadership Failures
2011 AZA Accreditation Documents Reveal Decades of Decline—and a Culture of Concealment at the San Francisco Zoo
May 14
SF Zoo Is Breaking the Law—Demand Action from the Mayor
As the Zoo withholds public records, the city scrambles to enforce its own rules.
May 9
April 2025
SF Zoo’s Days of Dodging Are Numbered
SF Rec and Park steps in, finally enforcing transparency rules Zoo has flouted for over a decade.
Apr 25
SF Zoo’s Panda Expansion Approved by City Planning
Exhibit overhaul moves forward—but raises serious concerns over animal welfare, ethics, and transparency
Apr 21
March 2025
Goodbye, Maggie: A Tribute to a Chimpanzee Who Deserved More
Maggie spent most of her 50 years at SF Zoo on a 10x10 concrete island.
Mar 21
Mayor Lurie and Donors: No More Money for the San Francisco Zoo Without New Leadership.
The zoo is broken—money won’t fix bad leadership.
Mar 21
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