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@sfzoo This is so sad for you!! The keepers will miss them so much!!! BTW this is an awesome picture! You all are in our prayers for a safe journey. ♥️❤️
After careful review and consideration, we want to share an important update about Jasiri and Marvella, our African lions.
We have made the difficult decision to begin planning for their transfer to another accredited zoo that can better meet their long-term needs as they age. This is not an imminent move, and our priority is to keep Jasiri and Marvella together as a bonded pair.
We know lions are an important part of the Zoo’s history and meaningful to our staff, members, visitors and supporters.
This decision, like all decisions we make on behalf of the animals in our care, is based on their long-term welfare needs. The historic Lion House was considered state-of-the-art when it opened in 1940, but animal care standards and habitat design have evolved significantly since then. While the Lion House remains safe, it was built for a different era of animal care and no longer best supports the needs of aging lions, particularly given Jasiri’s known mobility challenges related to a genetic spinal condition.
We view this as a pause in our African lion program, with the hope of welcoming lions back to San Francisco in the future.
We are grateful to Jasiri and Marvella’s dedicated caretakers for the care they provide every day, and we appreciate our community’s understanding and support as we take this next step.
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