The 20,000 square foot Warner building houses administrative staff offices. Another 17,000 square feet of office space is leased in the House of Hospitality and other off site offices for the planning and architectural staff, Zoonooz, some marketing, and other functions. Administrative offices related to guest relations and admissions are located in offices adjacent to the Zoo s main entry. A new administration building is proposed. A warehouse is leased in Rancho Bernardo for storing souvenir shop merchandise.
Landscape is cultivated to supplement the dietary requirements of animals.
The Zoo collaborates with others to meet its needs. A minimum of an additional 10 acres of easily accessible, suitable land is needed for browse production. The hospital includes a surgical theater, surgical preparation area, treatment room, quarantine facility, pharmacy, radiology room, library, food preparation, storage space, and staff areas. The facility provides health care services to the more than 4,000 animals housed at the Zoo and provides the only quarantine and laboratory facilities for the Zoological Society of San Diego. In 1999, a new off-exhibit bird breeding complex was completed at the Wild Animal Park.