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Aug 8, 2008 11:42 am US/Pacific

New Mission For San Francisco Zoo Approved

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― San Francisco city officials have given preliminary approval to a proposal to turn the local zoo into a sanctuary for rescued wildlife and domestic animals. 

A committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 2-1 to send their plan on to the full board next month. Supervisor Chris Daly proposed it in the wake of the criticism that descended on the city-owned and privately managed zoo after a tiger scaled its enclosure and killed a teenage boy on Christmas Day.

The measure would prohibit the zoo from acquiring animals unless they were rescued from abusive conditions or had been acquired illegally.

Zoo officials are opposing the proposal, saying that it would cost the San Francisco Zoo its accreditation and many donations.

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