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Fresno Chaffee Zoo zookeepers administer a solution into African savanna elephant Amahle’s trunk as part of health care, seen during a tour of the zoo Thursday, April 7, 2022 in Fresno.
Fresno Chaffee Zoo is embarking on designs for new exhibits. Work on other projects are expected to get underway within weeks. Some will open in 2018.
FRESNO, Calif. (KGPE/KSEE) – Zoo Boo is back at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo for three weekends in October. Organizers say this is an annual Halloween event hosted by the Fresno Chaffee Zoo is fun for ...
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Fresno’s zoo was formerly known as the Fresno Zoo from 1929 to 1990. Since then it has come to be known as the Fresno Chaffee Zoo. But who, or what, is Chaffee?
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- For 90 years, the Fresno Chaffee Zoo has delighted millions across the Central Valley and beyond.
In the Fresno Chaffee Zoo live three elephants: 27-year-old Nolwazi (whose name means “mother of knowledge” in Zulu), her 12-year-old daughter Amahle (“the beautiful one”) and an 18-year ...
Much of the cost is for the underwater viewing and water filtering system, said Scott Barton, the zoo’s director. When it opens, it will end 15 years without hippos at Fresno Chaffee Zoo.
Fresno Chaffee Zoo just doubled the size of its herd of African elephants.. Two new elephants — a 24-year-old female named Nolwazi and her 9-year-old daughter Amahle — arrived from the Dallas ...
New Director at Fresno's Chaffee Zoo. kfsn. By ABC30. Saturday, March 21, 2009. Fresno, CA, USA The Board of Directors sifted through about two dozen applicants before making their decision.
The Fresno Chaffee Zoo in California is asking the public for help after an alleged birdnapper stole two threatened species from its aviary early Sunday morning.. Security footage shows a person ...
FRESNO, Calif. -- Our sister station KFSN has confirmed one of the birds stolen from the Fresno Chaffee Zoo was returned Monday afternoon, one day after police say a man in dark clothing jumped a ...