Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens Los Angeles Zoo News 2019

Latest animal transactions: https://www.lazoo.org/wp-new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/03.2019-Animal-Transactions.pdf

February meeting minutes: https://www.lazoo.org/wp-new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Feb-2019-Commission-Minutes-FINAL.pdf

 

The loss of a female babirusa and Black Duiker are troublesome..

~Thylo

 

Why? They could have died of old age or a known ailment.

 

The zoo had 2 babirusa pairs. Question is: old pair or newest pairing.
(I would rather assume and expect it is ... the old pair)
Can anyone find out?

What struck me on the minutes: There is an ad interim Zoo Director (!???).
What is the story on or around the Interim Zoo Director, Denise Verret.

 

Mayor Garcetti announces nationwide search for next Zoo Director following retirement of John Lewis

Denise Verret was second-in-command, she's covering the role temporarily.

 

Because both populations sort of need all the breeding females they can get, especially the duiker. Breeding animals have mostly all been transferred to LA in hopes of getting the program back on track and the loss of a female is not good news. The babirusa program is doing better but it's by no means safe from failure, especially with zoos shipping animals off to Europe where they're very unlikely to return.

~Thylo

 

Again did the old babirusa die .... please confirm!!????!

 

Which is exactly what I did in Nov 2018.........

 

Fortunately, there are three other species of duiker in North American zoos whose populations are (probably) in much better shape. I doubt North American zoos can manage that many species of duiker long-term anyway. Considering that black duikers also aren't listed as threatened and aren't particularly unique, I'm not sure why the effort needs to be invested.

Last I heard babirusas were breeding just fine here; so much in fact that the zoos breeding them were running out of space and new zoos to send them to, which was probably a factor in sending a few of them to Europe. Even if it was the young female that died, that's obviously not great but I doubt it will have a significant impact on the population.

 

I have no idea unfortunately.

~Thylo

 

New Francois' langur baby born.

Rare Langur Baby Arrives in LA

 

Latest animal transactions: https://www.lazoo.org/wp-new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/04.2019-Animal-Transactions.pdf

March meeting minutes: https://www.lazoo.org/wp-new/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Mar-2019-Commission-Minutes-final.pdf

 

Looking forward to caiman lizard and aracari exhibits. Is the Peacock Bass exhibit one of the full-height tanks in front of the giant otter window?

 

Yes it is.

~Thylo

 

Interest to me of the 3.1 Lowland Paca transferred from SDZ Safari Park! Had no clue the park kept the species off display, particularly that many.

 

I read it as the pacas were already at LA Zoo and SDZSP was transferring ownership to them.

 

That's possible, yes.

 

That's how I read it as well, but rereading it it very easily could mean they just received the animals from SDZ, who also transferred the ownership.

~Thylo

 

New details have been released for the Los Angeles zoo master plan

http://www.visionplan.lazoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/LA_Zoo_Vision_Plan.pdf

LA Zoo Vision Plan EIR

 

Finally...was beginning to think I'd imagined that masterplan meeting I went to