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The zoo is transferring out their three remaining chimpanzees to other AZA facilities, and halting their program with them.
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/sf-zoo-to-rehome-last-three-chimpanzees-halting-program/

While I'm generally against the zoo losing more species, it's probably the right thing to do. As I've perviously said, the zoo doesn't currently have adequate facilities to humanely house both Chimpanzees and Orangutans. Building a new enclosure or renovating an existing one will take years. Rehoming the Chimps and moving the Orangs to the Chimp area will allow them to do work on the triple grottos as an expanded area for the Orangutans and potentially Gibbons.
Another species that needs to be rehomed are the poor Francois Langurs, who've been cooped up in those awful archaic cages for years. None of the zoos existing exhibits are ideal for housing them and it's unlikely to be able to build in a new one in a timely manner.
 
The Zoo has talked about creating an "Asian conservation zone".
With Orangs and potentially gibbons taking over the chimp area, the Zoo could also make use of the indoor space across from the Chimps day room. The large hall has largely been closed off to the public aside from a few temporary exhibits over the years. The Zoo could use it to show case herp and small mammal species found in the same biome as Orangutans.
 
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