{"id":24901,"date":"2018-01-29T15:06:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T23:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=24901"},"modified":"2018-01-29T15:06:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T23:06:59","slug":"zoo-valentine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/zoo-valentine\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Attraction at Zoo Valentine Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/oakz.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the 2nd oldest gorilla in the world, Vila (60), died last week at\u00a0San Diego Zoo Safari Park, many hearts were broken. Three months earlier zoo staff celebrated the critically endangered, Africa-born gorilla&#8217;s birthday with cake and treats.\u00a0Even though the matriarch of five generations outlived the species average by 20 years, San Diegans had grown to love her over the 55+ years she lived there since her arrival in 1959.<\/p>\n<p>Animal attraction can lead to strong bonds, and many zoos in California celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day with special exhibits, parties, activities and dinners celebrating LOVE.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/zoos\/zoo-valentines-events.html\">California Zoo Valentine&#8217;s Events<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>DUNLAP: Cat Haven&#8217;s Wine &amp; Growlers February 17, 2018<\/li>\n<li>LONG BEACH: Aquarium of the Pacific Valentine&#8217;s Day Dinner Feb.14<\/li>\n<li>OAKLAND: Oakland Zoo Adults Animal Amore Valentine&#8217;s Day Tour Feb.14 and 17<\/li>\n<li>PALM DESERT: The Living Desert Wine Maker&#8217;s Red Wine &amp; Chocolate Feb.15<\/li>\n<li>POINT ARENA: B.Bryan Preserve Book a Romantic Stay<\/li>\n<li>SACRAMENTO: I Heart Sacramento Zoo Feb.11<\/li>\n<li>SAN DIEGO: San Diego Zoo&#8217;s Celebration of Love Valentine Dinner\u00a0Feb.14<\/li>\n<li>SAN DIEGO: Safari Park&#8217;s Hunte Nairobi Pavilion\u00a0Valentine Dinner Feb.14<\/li>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO: California Academy of Sciences Penguin Valentines Feb.13-14<\/li>\n<li>SANTA BARBARA: Kids Club Valentine&#8217;s Day Feb.10<\/li>\n<li>SANTA ROSA: Safari West Valentine Rumble in the Jungle with\u00a0Wild Jungle Love Amour Safari Tours Feb.10-11<\/li>\n<li>SAN PEDRO: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Birds and Bees Under the Seas Feb.12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bonus Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SAN DIEGO: The San Diego Natural History Museum hosts The Secret Society of Adultologists: Courtship, Love, and Sex Feb.9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the 2nd oldest gorilla in the world, Vila (60), died last week at\u00a0San Diego Zoo Safari Park, many hearts were broken. Three months earlier zoo staff celebrated the critically endangered, Africa-born gorilla&#8217;s birthday with cake and treats.\u00a0Even though the matriarch of five generations outlived the species average by 20 years, San Diegans had grown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24901"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24902,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24901\/revisions\/24902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}