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Supervisor Daly introduces ordinance to reframe San Francisco Zoo as rescue‑focused facility and add oversight committee

3005805 · April 16, 2025
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Supervisor Daly introduced an ordinance to reclassify the San Francisco Zoo as a facility primarily for rescued wildlife and to create a zoo animal‑welfare oversight advisory committee; proponents cited recent animal welfare incidents and called for stronger accountability of the Zoological Society under the existing lease.

Supervisor Daly introduced draft legislation proposing an amendment to the Park Code to establish the San Francisco Zoo as a facility that “primarily houses rescued wildlife, domestic and exotic animals” and to create a Zoo Animal Welfare Oversight Advisory Committee to advise the Department of Recreation and Parks.

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