Author: Jared Paddock

The Rite of Spring: Celebrate Earth Day with Safari West

Spring is finally here! As the rain showers come and go and greenery erupts across our hills, we look forward with excitement to the sunny season ahead. Spring is the...

April 19, 2016 by Jared Paddock

Safari West Goes to Africa

Visitors to Safari West see many things when they come here. They see the guides decked out in khaki and caps in their M37 Power Wagons, rumbling up and down...

March 5, 2016 by Jared Paddock

Safari Spotlight: Sulcata Tortoise

Easter is nearly here and with it, that adorable little bunny who scampers about hiding easter eggs and trinkets for children to find. It would make sense then to focus...

March 5, 2016 by Jared Paddock

Conservation Corner: Stepping Back from Extinction

Of the many endangered species represented in the collection at Safari West, only one has the dubious distinction of carrying the label “Extinct in the Wild”. Most of our visitors...

March 5, 2016 by Jared Paddock

Conservation Corner: Settling for Second. The Evolutionary Cost of Trophy Hunting

Now that Valentine’s Day is here and spring is upon us, that season when a young man’s fancy turns to love is just around the corner. It seems with all this...

February 12, 2016 by Jared Paddock

Safari Spotlight: So Many Guineafowl!

“Some of your speckled turkeys got out.” "What's that fat, blue-headed bird?" “Why do you let your weird chickens run loose?” This is a small sampling of the questions and comments we get...

January 21, 2016 by Jared Paddock

Generation Conservation: Meet Mercedie

Last month, we spotlighted young Teylana Jenkins, a conservation advocate and one of the youngest donors we’ve ever come across. To say we were excited to see such passion in...

January 21, 2016 by Jared Paddock

Conservation Corner: Remembering Nola

Keystone Species and the Value of an Ecosystem Nola, a Northern White Rhinoceros and resident at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, died this November. On the 22nd of that month,...

December 1, 2015 by Jared Paddock

Safari Spotlight: the Cape Buffalo

In this month’s Spotlight, we cast our attention on the Cape Buffalo. While not as well known as the giraffe or the rhinoceros, the cape buffalo is nonetheless one of...

December 1, 2015 by Jared Paddock