San Francisco Zoo to become rescue facility?

In animal advocacy news, there's a proposal going before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to convert the San Francisco Zoo into an animal rescue facility. If the Supes approve, the Zoo would become a sanctuary for exotic animals who had been kept in poor conditions by their previous owners.

The Zoo has been in the news quite a bit since the December tiger attack when a tiger escaped from its enclosure and killed a man. It's taken heat from animal advocates who say the animals are treated and housed poorly. The Zoo's safety regulations have also come under fire.

The Board may also discuss the creation of a Zoo Oversight Commission to focus on animal welfare at the Zoo.

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Photo by Kris Larson.