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Meet Akobi! Houston Zoo welcomes its newest Pygmy hippo resident
Read full article: Meet Akobi! Houston Zoo welcomes its newest Pygmy hippo residentAkobi, a four-year-old pygmy hippo, has arrived at the Houston Zoo from the San Francisco Zoo as part of a global conservation effort under the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan Program.
'There's a lemur!' 5-year-old helps crack SF Zoo theft case
Read full article: 'There's a lemur!' 5-year-old helps crack SF Zoo theft caseThis Dec. 17, 2018, photo provided by the San Francisco Police courtesy of the San Francisco Zoo, shows a missing lemur, named Maki. The 21-year-old male lemur was discovered missing shortly before the zoo opened to visitors, zoo and police officials said. There’s a lemur!” Cynthia Huang, director of the Hope Lutheran Day School, told the San Francisco Chronicle Friday. Also Thursday, police took 30-year-old Cory McGilloway into custody, San Francisco police Lt. Scott Ryan told reporters Friday. San Francisco Zoo director Tanya Peterson said Maki was “an aging wild animal who needed special care" for ailments including arthritis.
Lemur located after break-in at San Francisco Zoo
Read full article: Lemur located after break-in at San Francisco ZooThis undated photo provided by the San Francisco Police, courtesy of the San Francisco Zoo, shows a missing lemur named Maki. The ring-tailed lemur was missing from the San Francisco Zoo after someone broke into an enclosure overnight and stole the endangered animal, police said Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. The 21-year-old male lemur was discovered missing shortly before the zoo opened to visitors, zoo and police officials said. (Marianne V. Hale/San Francisco Zoo via AP)SAN FRANCISCO – A ring-tailed lemur stolen from the San Francisco Zoo has been found, police said Thursday. Maki was found to be in good health and was transported back to the zoo, San Francisco police said in a statement.