The Santa Ana Zoo is bringing its creatures into the community. Its city council on April 20 unanimously approved the purchase of a Ford Transit Crew T-350 van that will serve as a mobile zoo. It will be used to provide offsite youth educational programs by transporting ambassador zoo animals to designated locations. “I think it’s fantastic: An opportunity to take our zoo animals into the city, into neighborhoods where they wouldn’t really have the access to our zoo,” Mayor Pro Tem David Penaloza said during the April 20 meeting. “As we move forward, we look at creative ways where we do these pop ups throughout the neighborhood … [to] show our armadillo, show our bunnies … We could rent out the Zoomobile for a birthday party for a couple hours and generate some revenue on the private side, because I’m sure there are residents that would like to privately [use] the Zoomobile.” The Santa Ana Zoo’s community connections, including its “The Zoo …