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On June 26, 2024, Safari West welcomed its 52nd giraffe calf, Safiri, whose name means "Journey" in Swahili. From the moment of her birth, Safiri's journey became a fight for...
Gizmo Jaxon the patas monkey; star of the Safari West Name That Monkey extravaganza! Remember that adorable little guy? You fans of Safari West helped name him back in August...
Have you heard the term sexual dimorphism? Don’t worry if you haven’t. Like most fancy science words, it’s a simple idea hidden in a confusing term. Basically, if a species...
“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...
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...
Out of Africa, into Sonoma County Welcome to a new year; a time of remembrance and reflection, a time to look back on where we’ve come from and forward to where...
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,...
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...
Cheetah Conservation Hero! Once upon a time zoos and wildlife parks existed mostly as venues to experience the mysterious and the fantastical. They were places where the behemoths and monsters of...
Christmas came a bit early this year at Safari West. On November 8th at about 3 in the afternoon one of our giraffes, a beautiful female by the name of...