Last week, according to a press release from the Sequoia Park Zoo, a young red panda named Saffron moved into new digs here in Humboldt. As part of the Association of Zoos and Aquarium’s species survival plan, the little tyke, born in July of 2023 (a Cancer? a Leo?) at Garden City, Kansas’ Lee Richardson […]
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Sequoia Park Zoo Says Sad Good-bye to Sumo, the ‘Original Red Panda’
The Sequoia Park Zoo today announced Sumo, one of the original red pandas to call the Eureka facility home, has died at the age of 15. According to an announcement on the zoo’s Facebook page, Sumo’s passing was “not entirely unexpected due to his advanced age” — the species’ typical lifespan in the wild is […]
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UPDATE: Panda Found
UPDATE: The Eureka Police Department announced this morning that Masala, the 18-month-old red panda on the lam from the Sequoia Park Zoo since Thursday, was found last night and returned to the zoo safe and sound. From the EPD’s Facebook announcement: “Masala is home safe! From Sequoia Park Zoo Manager Gretchen Ziegler: For those who […]
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UPDATE: Zoo Seeks Volunteers for Panda Search Party
2nd UPDATE: The Sequoia Park Zoo is looking for volunteers to join a search party that’s going to set out tomorrow to find Masala, the 18-month-old red panda that escaped from its zoo enclosure Thursday. In a press release, the zoo asked that volunteers show up tomorrow at 8:30 or 10 a.m. at the zoo […]
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Red Panda Escaped from the Zoo
Masala, a young red panda, is missing from the Sequoia Park Zoo and thought to be in the Sequoia Park forest. City staff and the Eureka Police Department are searching for her. Gretchen Ziegler, zoo manager, said staff got a report late this afternoon from “someone in the community that they saw a red panda […]
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Name Those Pandas
UPDATE: With 202 of 645 votes, Cini and Masala (Nepalese for sugar and spice) edged out 10 other possible names for the red panda twins at the Sequoia Park Zoo. Now we just have to figure out which one is which. PREVIOUSLY: In July, our red panda family expanded again with a pair of twin […]
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Top 10 Stories of 2013
Summing up the tumult and transformations of a year in Humboldt County with only 10 stories is impossible. Collected here are some — definitely not all — of the events that stayed with us. For more on these stories, go to northcoastjournal.com. The Fires The communities tucked along the rivers in our mountains know fire. […]