Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens Los Angeles Zoo News 2020

The latter of course should have been the other way round, really. LA Zoo supporting ex situ in range states to set up captive-breeding with mountain tapir. This is somewhat different than some would have us believe. ALPZA is now a fully fledged regional zoo association and both Colombia and Ecuador have very active zoo organisations. Over and above, mountain tapirs are regularly confiscated and rehabbed in zoos for re-release. The onus would be on ALPZA zoos to take up the banner mountain tapir ex situ conservation breeding (it can be done coupled with the LA Zoo knowledge and support).

 

But if they don't want to set up a captive program then LA's support for one won't go very far..

~Thylo

 

Every US dollar in South America goes further and has more buying power locally than in the US. It is a question of political will and determination (and quid pro quo which in the one-way deal for unrelated mountain tapir to LA Zoo for in situ / ex situ support being an unhappy and counterproductive deal - it is certainly not a win-win for South America).

 

Yes they are starting to get better with the addition of the LAIR and Amazon section and we do know they have an entire master plan ready, so with their amazing collection and soon to be modern exhibits I feel like the public opinion about the zoo will change soon.
Also a new map was added onto the site which gives us a good idea of what to expect when the zoo reopens.
This map is similar to the old one but much cleaner, also this map includes the red ukari exhibit.

 

Whoa

 

Very sad, but that's probably been the worst exhibit in the zoo for a while, at least considering the animals' size. It's certainly the one I'm most embarrassed by when I bring guests.

Zoo added on Instagram "We have no plans of getting more lions at this time."

 

Perhaps for now because of the coronavirus pandemic has halted animal transactions between zoos.
In the Vision Plan, the lions would be getting a new exhibit of the Africa area in the Kopje which would also House Rocky Hyrax and Meerkats. Since the lions would have have a rock kopje formation in their exhibits similar to Pride Rock from “The Lion King”.

 

That Vision Plan should be out in autumn this year, right?

 

Technically it's been out as a draft since 12/18, but we've been waiting on the environmental impact statement for a while now. They didn't even have the budget to execute it at first, but I believe it was suppose to be done now-ish. We'll see how the pandemic affected it.

Minisite:
LA Zoo Vision Plan EIR

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

 

Two new Congo Peafowl chicks announced via Twitter with video in post https://twitter.com/lazoo/status/1292151154915319811?s=21

 

Like it seems there are three adults present two are males and one is females in the video though are they monogamous, the other male is their previous offspring that hatched November last year who’s now an adult by now and a big brother to the chicks who would be soon sent to another zoo to help with the breeding program who now has a name Eric.
This was filmed in the avian conservation center which an off-site bird breeding facility next to the Australian nocturnal house that houses the Southern hairy nosed wombats, the birds in the center are keep off-exhibit so they can breed as they are shy around crowds of people. The center houses blue-throated macaws, Bali mynas, red and yellow Barbets, raggiana bird of paradise, blue-breasted kingfishers, and blue-faced honeyeaters.

here’s an article that talks about the chick that hatched last year and how they managed to Breed the Congo Peafowl.

Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens | A CONSERVATION SUCCESS STORY: L.A. ZOO HATCHES FIRST CONGO PEAFOWL IN OVER 20 YEARS!

 

More Congo Peafowl is good, they're a nice species!

 

The zoo just posted on Instagram. Since the death of the lions, lots of fan art has been coming in. It's great to know the lions will be missed and the community is doing something to remember them

 

Latest animal transactions:https://www.lazoo.org/wp-new/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/08.2020-Animal-Transactions.pdf
July meeting minutes: https://www.lazoo.org/wp-new/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Zoo-Commission-Minutes-July-2020-FINAL.pdf With news about the Vision Plan

 

Is the zoo phasing out babirusa?

~Thylo

 

I certainly hope not but it appears they are in the current Vision Plan online in the Asia section yet it could change, they are so unique to observe!

 

I heard from my co-workers in my volunteer program that they renovate the babirusa current exhibit which would also allow breeding so perhaps they’re just switching Females?!

 

Which babirusa do they have now exactly?

 

The Zoo is reopening for members and general admission as of next week! Here’s the info on their website Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens | Reopening, opening date is August 26th. Reservations start at Noon today.

 

Hatching of a Californian condor :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=337647833944694