San Diego Zoo Safari Park San Diego Zoo Safari Park News 2025

A couple of updates from the Park :)

- Mombasa Lagoon has been refilled, and the babirusa are back on exhibit.

- Some of the birds are starting to return to exhibit. The East African grey crowned cranes and southern ground hornbills have returned to the Bird Delta along the Africa Tram, joined by the colony of European white storks that were previously in the former secretarybird exhibit.

-There are no longer any bachelor lowland nyala in the South Africa field exhibit.
 
Great Argus said:
Former? Did they get moved around or are they now off display entirely due to bird flu concerns?
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The zoo transferred their secretarybirds in early 2024 up to the Safari Park and them and the Safari Park's existing secretarybirds were taken off-habitat by late-April, possibly due to bird flu concerns as you say. However, they still have several individuals and continue their breeding program for them with multiple different breeding pairs.
 
Nile Hippo Expert said:
them and the Safari Park's existing secretarybirds were taken off-habitat by late-April, possibly due to bird flu concerns as you say.
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Mid-April would be more likely to be coming back on exhibit if bird flu is the concern, as the primary carrier species would be gone. Would seem they are either playing it safe and/or putting an emphasis on breeding.
 
Hey I’m new here ,so I have some questions
A few days ago I’ve seen a video of Facebook about the black-footed cat from the Safari Park. I want to know that can I see the cat in the safari or I should pay for another Guide tour there?:)
 
CXQ-LK25 said:
Hey I’m new here ,so I have some questions
A few days ago I’ve seen a video of Facebook about the black-footed cat from the Safari Park. I want to know that can I see the cat in the safari or I should pay for another Guide tour there?:)
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Welcome to ZooChat! :) Unfortunately, the black-footed cats at the Safari Park are only housed in a behind-the-scenes breeding area and are not on display or a part of any paid tours.
 
Kudu21 said:
It was announced today via the Reid Park Zoo's socials that 0.1 generic giraffe "Msituni" was transferred to the Reid Park Zoo earlier this week. This leaves the Safari Park with 1.6 generic giraffe.
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Does San Diego plan to shift entirely over to Masai at the Safari Park at some point, or is this generic population a permanent exhibit population?
 
DavidBrown said:
Does San Diego plan to shift entirely over to Masai at the Safari Park at some point, or is this generic population a permanent exhibit population?
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The former was the plan a couple of curatorial staffs ago, but that is no longer the case. The plan for the foreseeable future is to continue with a breeding herd of generic giraffe in the East Africa field exhibit and a breeding herd of Masai giraffe in the South Africa field exhibit.
 
Kudu21 said:
Welcome to ZooChat! :) Unfortunately, the black-footed cats at the Safari Park are only housed in a behind-the-scenes breeding area and are not on display or a part of any paid tours.
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Thank you！So can I see the Aardvark in the safari？(I think that I will visit the zoo soon, but I haven’t been there, so I’m making a plan. Hope that you can help me!):)
 
CXQ-LK25 said:
Thank you！So can I see the Aardvark in the safari？(I think that I will visit the zoo soon, but I haven’t been there, so I’m making a plan. Hope that you can help me!):)
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The aardvarks at the Safari Park are ambassador animals that are not on permanent exhibit. Seeing them is totally by chance — it’s just if they happen to be out-and-about at that time and that day.
 
Kudu21 said:
The aardvarks at the Safari Park are ambassador animals that are not on permanent exhibit. Seeing them is totally by chance — it’s just if they happen to be out-and-about at that time and that day.
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Got it，so is there any animals that I should take time to look for it？
 
CXQ-LK25 said:
Got it，so is there any animals that I should take time to look for it？
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That depends largely on where your interests lie. The platypus are, famously, the only ones outside of Australia and the Nilgiri tahr are the only ones on public display in the world, but there are numerous other rare hoofstock and birds, which are the Park's specialties.
 
Kudu21 said:
That depends largely on where your interests lie. The platypus are, famously, the only ones outside of Australia and the Nilgiri tahr are the only ones on public display in the world, but there are numerous other rare hoofstock and birds, which are the Park's specialties.
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I think I like the animals from Africa,I also like big cats. I don’t care about the pandas because I come from China and I can see them everyday :(
 
CXQ-LK25 said:
I think I like the animals from Africa,I also like big cats. I don’t care about the pandas because I come from China and I can see them everyday :(
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The Safari Park is most famous (at least historically, the platypuses might be what it is most well known for now) for its sprawling field exhibits, which are mostly filled with herds of African ungulates, including crowd-pleasers like giraffe and southern white rhinos and particular rarities like Ugandan kob, red-fronted gazelle, fringe-eared oryx, amongst others. The Park has historically also maintained an impressive African bird collection; however, many of those birds are not currently on display due to HPAI concerns. The lion and Sumatran tiger exhibits at the Park are both widely considered to be some of the best of their kind, so they should not be missed for someone who likes big cats! There is also an exhibit for cheetahs in the African Outpost and an Arabian sand cat in the Nairobi Village for cats of other sizes :p
 
Kudu21 said:
The Safari Park is most famous (at least historically, the platypuses might be what it is most well known for now) for its sprawling field exhibits, which are mostly filled with herds of African ungulates, including crowd-pleasers like giraffe and southern white rhinos and particular rarities like Ugandan kob, red-fronted gazelle, fringe-eared oryx, amongst others. The Park has historically also maintained an impressive African bird collection; however, many of those birds are not currently on display due to HPAI concerns. The lion and Sumatran tiger exhibits at the Park are both widely considered to be some of the best of their kind, so they should not be missed for someone who likes big cats! There is also an exhibit for cheetahs in the African Outpost and an Arabian sand cat in the Nairobi Village for cats of other sizes :p
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I personally think the park’s most famous residents in their history were their Northern White Rhinos, which they had two of the last six in existence, though yes I think platypuses are most famous at the moment.
 
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