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San Francisco Zoo Struggles After Tiger Attack

Critter News

Things have been tough at the San Francisco Zoo after Tatiana the Siberian tiger attacked those three people in 2007. From the San Francisco Chronicle. Animal experts descended for investigations of their own, and employee morale sank to an all- time low. It's a long list. Now, facing a $2.2

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The Pleasure and Pain of Pino Real

10,000 Birds

Paul Lewis moved from California to Mexico 36 years ago. My first birding period was over 40 years ago, in the San Francisco Bay Area. But then I moved to Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, which has almost no opportunities to see interesting species (except for a good population of burrowing owls).