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2009-12-07 08:00:00

BURLINGAME, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- BitGravity, Inc., a global leader in video delivery, is powering the San Francisco Zoo's live stream of the Jones Family Gorilla Preserve with BG Live output in 1080p.

2009-03-12 14:19:36

At least one attendee of a naming contest at the San Francisco Zoo says she now has a better understanding of the law of the jungle in regard to gorillas. Abby Lentzner, 6, said watching a dog gorilla named Oscar Jonesy pick from among five colored cantaloupes as part of the naming contest revealed the greed and primal drive of the wild kingdom, the San Francisco Chronicle said Thursday. Wednesday's contest at the San Francisco Zoo was intended to choose a new name for the zoo's newest primal resident, a 3-month-old baby gorilla. To choose a name, zoo officials narrowed 5,000 suggestions down to five finalists that were represented as colored cantaloupes for Oscar Jonesy to choose between. Lentzner was one of three children from Audubon Elementary School in Foster City, Calif., who were hoping Oscar Jonesy chose yellow, otherwise known as the name Ajani. But Lentzer said the big gorilla chose green, representing the name Hasani, before claiming four of the cantaloupes as his own. I lea

2008-08-17 00:00:09

One of the brothers who survived a tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for violation of probation.

2008-07-30 12:00:48

Officials at the San Francisco Zoo hoped to learn Wednesday what caused the death of a 9-year-old female giraffe named Gezi. The giraffe, who gave birth to a calf on February 25, collapsed Tuesday afternoon from cardiac and respiratory arrest, the Bay City News reports.

2008-07-01 09:00:00

An attorney for a California teen killed by an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo says he'll file a negligence lawsuit against the city.

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