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SF Zoo Considers Layoffs To Stem $2.2M Shortfall

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Jun 21, 2009 3:32 pm US/Pacific

SF Zoo Considers Layoffs To Stem $2.2M Shortfall

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / AP) ― Costly safety upgrades following a fatal Christmas Day 2007 tiger attack, fewer donations and falling attendance is forcing the San Francisco Zoo to consider layoffs and reducing park hours.

The zoo indicated that cost-cutting actions are being discussed to help make up a $2.2 million revenue shortfall.

Zoo spokeswoman Lora LaMarca said the financial problems are a direct result of the tiger attack, which left one teenager dead and two others wounded.

The zoo reported that it lost $430,000 in canceled memberships after the attacks and $1.2 million in donations.

Also, attendance dropped by more than 20,800 in the 2008-2009 fiscal year.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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