The majority of the animals at the zoo were all either born at the Sacramento Zoo, or at another AZA-accredited zoo and moved to Sacramento based on a breeding recommendation by the coordinator for that species. However, the zoo’s resident pelicans, Zamboni and Montana, have a unique story of how they ended up in Sacramento. About six years ago, both birds were brought to the Sacramento Zoo from a Montana rehabilitation facility as a result of injur... Read More

The Sacramento Zoo has a new resident – a male snow leopard cub. This was the first pregnancy for the cub’s five-year-old mother, Misha, and six-year-old father, Blizzard, and the first snow leopard birth at the Sacramento Zoo since 2006. Misha gave birth to two cubs on May 6. Mother and cubs were and are closely monitored over a closed-circuit video system. Several days after birth, one cub began to decline in health and passed away. Initial exam... Read More