Sunday, May 1, 2016

Good morning PETA, just thought since you scored the campaign against the Circuses in our country I must put to the value and know, The Zoo's are your next target.



Fleishhacker Pool

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Fleishhacker Pool
Fleishhacker Pool and Bath House (closed) (1979)
Fleishhacker Pool is located in San Francisco County
Fleishhacker Pool
Location within San Francisco
General information
Architectural styleMediterranean Revival
LocationSloat Boulevard and Great Highway
Town or citySan Francisco,California
CountryUnited States
Coordinates37.733477°N 122.505978°W
Construction started1924
Completed1925
Demolished2000
Design and construction
Architect
Earl Clements (Fleishhacker Pool)
Clarence R. Ward and J. Harry Blohme (pool building and bath house)
Fleishhacker Pool was a public saltwater swimming pool located in the southwest corner of San Francisco, California next to theSan Francisco Zoo at Sloat Boulevard and the Great Highway. Upon its completion in 1925, it was one of the largest heated outdoor swimming pools in the world[1] and remained open for more than four decades until its closure in 1971. It was eventually demolished in 2000.

Construction[edit]

It was built by philanthropist and civic leader Herbert Fleishhacker in 1924, and opened April 22, 1925. The pool measured 1,000 by 150 ft (300 by 50 m), held 6,500,000 US gal (25,000,000 L) of seawater, and accommodated 10,000 bathers. The pool was so large the lifeguards required rowboats for patrol, and was used by the military for drills and exercises. The pool water was pumped from the Pacific Ocean, filtered and heated. The pool's heater could warm 2,800 US gal (11,000 L) of seawater from 60 degrees to 75 degrees Fahrenheit each minute. This resulted in a constant pool water temperature of 72 degrees for AAU swim meets.[2]
The water provided by a series of pumps and piping at high tide, directly from the Pacific Ocean, 650 ft (200 m) away. There was also a diving pool measuring 50 ft (15 m) square and 14 ft (4.3 m) deep and a two tiered diving tower.

Decline[edit]


Remains of Fleishhacker Pool Bath House, San Francisco. The building was burned down in December 2012. The rubble has been removed and all that remains is the framing around the main entrances. Photo taken from the San Francisco Zoo parking lot, facing West.
After years of underfunding and poor maintenance, the pool was showing some deterioration when a storm in January 1971 damaged its drainage pipe. Because the repair costs exceeded the City's budget, the pool was converted to a fresh water pool which resulted in poor water quality. As a result of the poor attempt at conversion and resulting water quality, the pool was closed by the end of 1971.[2]
In 1999, the San Francisco Zoological Society was granted ownership of the pool house. The swimming pool itself was filled with rocks and gravel, with the space now serving as a parking lot for the zoo.[3] The poolhouse was derelict, neglected, and occupied by the homeless for many years until it was destroyed by a fire on December 1, 2012.[4] The remaining ruins are to be demolished, with the building's ornate porticos and some of the roof tiles to be preserved on site in memoriam.[5]


Herbert Fleishhacker

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Herbert Fleishhacker (November 2, 1872 in San Francisco – April 2, 1957 in San Francisco),[1] son of Aaron Americanbusinessman, civic leader and philanthropist. The family lived at 2418 Pacific Street, San Francisco.[2]
Fleishhacker and Delia (Stern) Fleishhacker, was an 
He built Fleishhacker Pool, the world's largest outdoor saltwater swimming pool, in 1924. The pool continued to operate until 1971.[1]
While serving as president of the San Francisco Parks Commission, he founded the Fleishhacker Zoo, later renamed the San Francisco Zoological Gardens. Fleishhacker was also president of the London and Paris National Bank and later the Anglo California National Bank. In November 1955, the Anglo California National Bank merged with theCrocker First National Bank.
He was married August 9, 1905 to May Belle Greenebaum [3] (August 12, 1884; died 1976) and had one daughter, Marjorie, and two sons: Herbert Fleishhacker Jr. and Alan Fleishhacker.
Herbert Jr. was a renowned football player at Stanford who married a San Franciscan woman whose first marriage to an Austrian Count had ended in divorce, but his daughter from this marriage was Leonora von Wertheimer.
It is possible that in the mid-1920s Fleishhacker had his portrait painted by the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury (1862-1947) who had established a new studio home in San Marino, California in 1925.
For more pictures of our San Francisco Icon:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Herbert+Fleishhacker&newwindow=1&biw=1366&bih=599&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPxtnW-rjMAhXFNSYKHXYRBh8Q_AUICSgD

For your eyes only as San Francisco has carved History to deliver another plate for PETA to Strip!! So, should you live in the City be sure to go and see these beauty parcels for with the Circus gone this goes without saying.  https://www.google.com/search?q=fleishhacker+zoo+history&newwindow=1&biw=1366&bih=599&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvuuSn-7jMAhXCeCYKHdzTBzEQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=WkxCY9a0wJUPDM%3A

San Francisco Zoo formerly known as Fleishhacker Zoo!!!

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San Francisco Zoo
Date opened1929
LocationSan Francisco, California
United States
Coordinates37°43′59″N 122°30′11″WCoordinates: 37°43′59″N 122°30′11″W
Land area100 acres (40 ha)[1]
Number of animals1000+ (2015)[1]
Number of species250+ (2015)[1]
MembershipsAZA[2]
Major exhibitsAfrican Savanna, Gorilla Preserve, Grizzly Gulch, Primate Discovery Center (Lemur Forest), Cat Kingdom, Penguin Island, Red Panda Treehouse, Insect Zoo
Public transit access46th Avenue and Wawona(Muni Metro)
Websitewww.sfzoo.org
The San Francisco Zoo is a 100-acre (40 ha) zoo located in the southwestern corner of San Francisco, California, between Lake Merced and the Pacific Ocean along the Great Highway. The zoo's main entrance, once located on the north side across Sloat Boulevard and one block south of the Muni Metro L Taraval line, is now to the west on the ocean side of the zoo off of the Great Highway.
This zoo is the birthplace of Koko the gorilla, and also the home of "Elly, the black rhinoceros" said to be the oldest Rhino in Northern America. It housed more than 1000 individual animals representing over 250 species as of 2016.

History[edit]

Originally named the Fleishhacker Zoo[3] after its founder, banker and San Francisco Parks Commission president Herbert Fleishhacker, planning for construction began in 1929 on the site adjacent to what was once the largest swimming pool in the United States, the Fleishhacker Pool.[1] The area was also already home to a children’s playground, an original (circa 1921) Michael Dentzel/Marcus Illions carousel, and the Mother’s Building, a haven for women and their children. Most of the exhibits were populated with animals transferred from Golden Gate Park, including two zebras, a cape buffalo, five rhesus monkeys, two spider monkeys, and three elephants (Virginia, Marjorie, and Babe).
The first exhibits built in the 1930s cost US$3.5 million, which included Monkey Island, Lion House, Elephant House, a small mammal grotto, an aviary, and bear grottos. These spacious, moated enclosures were among the first bar-less exhibits in the country. In 1955, a local San Francisco newspaper purchased Pennie, a baby female Asian elephant, and donated her to the zoo after many children donated their pennies, nickels, and dimes for her purchase.
Over the next 40 years, the Zoological Society became a powerful fundraising source for the San Francisco Zoo, just as Fleishhacker had hoped when he envisioned: "…a Zoological Society similar to those established in other large cities. The Zoological Society will aid the Parks Commission in the acquisition of rare animals and in the operation of the zoo."[citation needed] True to its charter, the Society immediately exerted its influence on the zoo, obtaining more than 1,300 annual memberships in its first 10 years (nearly 25,000 today). It also funded projects like the renovation of the Children’s Zoo in 1964, development of the African Scene in 1967, the purchase of medical equipment for the new zoo Hospital in 1975, and the establishment of the Avian Conservation Center in 1978.
In November 2004, Tinkerbelle, San Francisco Zoo's last Asian elephant, was moved to ARK 2000, a sanctuary run by PAWS-Performing Animal Welfare Society located in theSierra Nevada foothills. She was later joined in March 2005 by the African elephant Lulu, the last elephant on display at the zoo. The moves followed the highly publicized deaths of 38-year-old Calle in March 2004 and 43-year-old Maybelle in April 2004.[4]
In early 2006, the SF Zoo announced its offer to name a soon-to-hatch American bald eagle after comedian Stephen Colbert.[5] The publicity and goodwill garnered from coverage of the event on the Colbert Report was a windfall for the zoo and the city of San Francisco.[citation needed] Stephen Jr. was born on April 17, 2006.

Insect Zoo[edit]

The Insect Zoo opened in 1979[6] and features terrariums containing live arthropods, including millipedes, centipedes, Madagascar hissing cockroaches, tarantulas, scorpions,velvet ants, termites, walkingsticks, and bees. Visitors can examine specimens under microscopes, and there are insect-themed books, videos, puppets, and games.

Exhibit renovations[edit]

Animals and exhibits[edit]

Peafowl roam the zoo grounds freely and are acknowledged officially on the zoo's website.

African Region[edit]

African Savannah[edit]

African Aviary[edit]


Female gorilla with eight-month-old baby boy Hasani

Primate Discovery Center[edit]

Cat Kingdom
South America
Pelican Beach
Bear Country
Children's Zoo

Safety incidents and animal deaths[edit]

March, 2015: Treatment of chimps endangers SF Zoo's accreditation: http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/S-F-Zoo-s-remaining-chimps-endanger-6120334.php
November, 2014: Baby Kabibe, Western Lowland Gorilla crushed to death by automatic door, SF Zoo ignored safety: (http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/12/investigator-of-baby-gorilla-death-says-time-to-dramatically-upgrade-sf-zoo)
2004: Elephant deaths and antiquated habitat (http://articles.latimes.com/2004/dec/12/local/me-elephants12)

2007 Tiger attacks[edit]

Main article: San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks

Tatiana, a Siberian tiger that attacked three people in total and killed one.
On December 22, 2006, Tatiana, the 242-pound Siberian tiger, attacked zookeeper Lori Komejan, causing the keeper to be hospitalized for several weeks with lacerated limbs and shock. The Lion House was closed for ten months as a result. California's Division of Occupation Safety and Health found the zoo liable for the keeper's injuries, fined the zoo, and ordered safety improvements.[7][8][9]
On December 25, 2007, the same tiger escaped from her grotto and attacked three zoo visitors after being taunted by the visitors. Carlos Sousa, 17, of San Jose, California, was killed at the scene. The tiger was shot and killed by police as she was attacking another victim, who survived. Three other tigers who shared Tatiana's grotto did not escape.[10][11] Tatiana arrived at the San Francisco Zoo from the Denver Zoo in 2005, in hopes that she would mate.[12] (This "Tatiana" is not the same as the one successfully breeding in the Toronto Zoo.) The attack is the first visitor fatality due to animal escape at a member zoo in the history of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, according to the association.[13]

Species survival projects[edit]

The San Francisco Zoo participates in Species Survival Plans, conservation programs sponsored by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The program began in 1981 for selected species in North American zoos and aquarium where the breeding of a species done to maintain healthy, self-sustaining, genetically diverse and demographically stable populations.[14] The zoo participates in more than 30 SSP programs, working to conserve species ranging from Madagascan radiated tortoises and reticulated giraffes to black rhinos and gorillas.


"The San Francisco Zoo that we know it today was established in 1929, and was built in the 1930s and 1940s as part of a depression-era Works Progress Administration (WPA) project. The Zoo was originally called The Herbert Fleishhacker Zoo, after its founder."
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