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Bernie From Burney

Bernie From Burney Falls State Park Created more than a million years ago MacArthur–Burney Memorial Falls California State Park is far from the Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary but there’s a ...

Moving To The Miner’s Cabin

In The Past – June 2001: “Moving To The Miner’s Cabin. Forty-niners (gold seekers, not football players) invited small, but ferocious, rodent eradicating ringtails to take up residence in their ...

Growl, Howl & Wine Tickets Now on Sale!

Growl, Howl & Wine returns for another year to support the Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary (FCZS), which is a educational Sanctuary open to the public.  Last years event was enjoyed ...

Some Pig

Feral pigs throughout California are considered a nuisance to many people, a treasure to some and fair game to others. Invite pigs Wilber and Templeton to a party and they ...

Snakes!

Recently Zoo Staff gathered together at City Hall for more than an hour of insightful information about rattlesnakes provided by Mike Cardwell who volunteers his expertise at Effe Yeaw Nature ...

Cat & Bear

Some years ago a black cat moved in with bears Sequoia and Tahoe. The cat pretty much ignored female Tahoe, but apparently the female cat, now called Little Bear by ...

Rain!

After several years of drought, and thoughtfully hand-watering Zoo plants and maintaining animal water ponds at low levels, El Nino has greened-up California and piled up snow that will hopefully ...

Lily Inside

Popular tortoise Lily is inside for the winter. A current Zoo exhibit sign explains that while her wild relatives are burrowed down in the cold Mohave and Sonora deserts, Lily ...
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Gordon The Gecko

Rhacodactylus cilatus is the official name for Crested Gecko Gordon who was a pet for seven years and has moved to the warm exotic animals building he shares with Skink ...

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