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JULY 2014 VOL. LXXXVIINO. 7 MANAGING EDITOR KAREN E. WORLEY ASSOCIATE EDITORS PEGGY SCOTT DEBBIE ANDREEN STAFF WRITERS WENDY PERKINS KARYL CARMIGNANI SAN DIEGO ZOO GLOBAL PHOTOGRAPHER KEN BOHN DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNICIAN TAMMY SPRATT DESIGN AND PRODUCTION DAMIEN LASATER • CHRIS MARTIN HEIDI SCHMID • LISA BISSI JENNIFER MACEWEN PREPRESS AND PRINTING BROWN PRINTING COMPANY
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hat an exciting summer this is for all of us at San Diego Zoo Global! Our annual summer events, Nighttime Zoo and the Park’s Summer Safari presented by LivingSocial, are underway and welcoming visitors with all kinds of fun—and longer hours to enjoy them. At the Zoo, Australian Outback continues to be a hit, and Sydney’s Grill and the Koalafornia Boardwalk are great spots to delight in some of our Aussie-themed entertainment. The new mountain lion exhibit, made possible by an anonymous friend, is now open as well, and you can read more about these cats in this issue. The big excitement at the Safari Park is the Tull Family Tiger Trail, the beautiful, new adventure featuring our six Sumatran tigers. If you haven’t seen it yet, I hope you’ll visit to experience it for yourself—I think it’s the best thing we’ve ever built! And the Park’s summer celebration features an Asian theme in honor of Tiger Trail. I also want to let you know about an event that our friends at Living Coast Discovery Center in Chula Vista are having on Saturday, August 2, from 4 to 7:30 p.m.: the Farm to Bay Food & Wine Classic. It’s a great evening on San Diego Bay featuring dozens of food and beverage vendors, plus live music, auctions, and animal encounters, all to support Living Coast’s wildlife conservation and education efforts. We’ve worked with Living Coast on conservation projects such as the reintroduction of the light-footed clapper rail and are pleased to support their efforts on behalf of local wildlife. It’s shaping up to be an extraordinary summer, and I hope you can join us at the Zoo and Safari Park for all the excitement!
Douglas G. Myers President/CEO JULY 1 Summer Safari presented by LivingSocial continues, Safari Park 1 Nighttime Zoo continues, Zoo 4 Fireworks-free Fourth of July Roar & Snore, Safari Park 5, 25 Critter Connections Roar & Snore, Safari Park 7–11 Summer Camp, Zoo and Safari Park 11, 26 Wildlife Wonders Roar & Snore, Safari Park 12 Summer Brewmaster Dinner and Roar & Snore, Safari Park 12, 19, 26 Family Sleepover: Carnivore Campout, Zoo 14–18 Summer Camp, Zoo and Safari Park 18 Plant Day and Orchid Odyssey, Zoo 18 All Ages Color Safari Roar & Snore, Safari Park 19 Safari Sampler Roar & Snore, Safari Park 21–25 Summer Camp, Zoo and Safari Park 28–8/1 Summer Camp, Zoo and Safari Park
AUGUST 1 Summer Safari presented by LivingSocial continues, Safari Park 1 Nighttime Zoo continues, through September 1, Zoo 1, 30 Critter Connections Roar & Snore, Safari Park 2, 9, 23 Black & White Overnight, Zoo 2, 22 All Ages Color Safari Roar & Snore, Safari Park 4–8 Summer Camp, Zoo and Safari Park 8, 15, 23, 29 Safari Sampler Roar & Snore, Safari Park 9 Wildlife Wonders Roar & Snore, Safari Park 11–15 Summer Camp, Zoo and Safari Park 16 Summer Winemaker Dinner and Roar & Snore, Safari Park 16 Family Sleepover: Carnivore Campout, Zoo 17 Summer Safari presented by LivingSocial ends, Safari Park
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