The Zoo sets up a stand to inform attendees about how they are continuously collecting phones in order to stop gorilla habitat disruption on April 21 at the Santa Barbara Zoo. “The material used to help phones work, or coltan, is mined in Gorilla habitats,” zoo volunteer Ariel Muniez said.
Following an arboraceous pathway surrounded with monkeys, tigers, and birds, The Santa Barbara Zoo holds an annual event hosted by the Community Environmental Council, highlighting Santa Barbara’s valued holiday, Earth Day. Volunteers and Zoo keepers walk children and visitors through the steps in which they could take to make the world a cleaner place, specifically in hopes of creating safer animal habitats.
Two kangaroos bathe under the sun in their open habitat on April 21 at The Santa Barbara Zoo. The Australian Walkabout experience allows visitors to visit the habitat of a Kangaroo, open from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. (Sylvia Stewart)
Volunteer Silbur Erwin demonstrates how trash thrown in bodies of water is extremely dangerous for our environment on April 21 at The Santa Barbara Zoo. “All our bodies of water connect, so when people liter, it spreads across the world,” Erwin said. (Sylvia Stewart)Senior keeper Natalie Hoffman shows the comparison of a sea lions’ skull versus a cats’ skull on April 21 at The Santa Barbara Zoo. Dozens of animal fossils lay about the table as Hoffman educates visitors. (Sylvia Stewart)The Chilean Flamingos sit in their flock on April 21 at The Santa Barbara Zoo. According to The Santa Barbara Zoo website, more than two dozen chicks have hatched in the past five years. (Sylvia Stewart)A taxidermied fox sits at the front of The California Department of Fish and Wildlife booth on April 21 at The Santa Barbara Zoo. “This one is only half grown, they are everywhere and people need to be aware of it,” Jerry Shultz from CDFW said. (Sylvia Stewart)City College student Jennifer Handlos watches as zoo volunteer Silbur Erwin pours water onto her polluted lake, causing trash to spread throughout the water, on April 21 at The Santa Barbara Zoo. Avoiding littering can help conduct a cleaner environment. (Sylvia Stewart)From left, senior Natalie Robinson, senior Amelia Moore, and junior Izzy Serrao sit at the entrance of the earth day festival, on April 21 at the Santa Barbara Zoo. The UCSB Child Studies Lab comes together to research adolescent minds from ages 2 – 5 and perform studies based on how an adolescent comprehends a story being read aloud. (Sylvia Stewart)Rubber fish and metal fishing rods guide visitors’ knowledge of the impact pole fishing can have on wildlife rather than net fishing on April 21 at The Santa Barbara Zoo. “Whales getting entangled in the netting, and other animals as well,” zoo volunteer Gail Wright said. “Net fishing is awful, pole fishing is much safer.” (Sylvia Stewart)
