{"id":456657,"date":"2026-09-07T23:33:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T23:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456657\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T23:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T23:33:06","slug":"fresno-chaffee-zoo-set-to-host-toss-the-tusk-ivory-trade-awareness-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456657\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Chaffee Zoo set to host \u201cToss the Tusk\u201d ivory trade awareness event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is partnering with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to host the \u201cToss the Tusk&#8221; event to teach about the illegal ivory trade.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be held at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo on September 11th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on the 12th from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The event will include an ivory collection, educational chats around the zoo, and a screening of a video telling the story of Assembly Bill 96, which 10 years ago banned the sale of ivory and rhino horn in California.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/fresno-chaffee-zoo-welcomes-new-female-masai-giraffe-calf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fresno Chaffee Zoo welcomes new female Masai giraffe calf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AB 96 strengthened the authority and ability of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to combat illegal wildlife trafficking that threatens global biodiversity and encourages the poaching of endangered species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is partnering with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-456657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}