#la zoo

[veganism]

There is hope that Billy may break the chain and reclaim his freedom! Please sign the petition

[kboo1999]

i hope we're going to get animal person buck

[follow-up-news]

A record 17 California condor chicks hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo during this year’s breeding season for the endangered birds, officials announced Wednesday. All the chicks will be candidates for release into the wild as part of the California Condor Recovery Program, the LA Zoo said in a statement. The 17th and final bird of the season hatched in June and is thriving, zookeepers said. The previous record was set in 1997, when 15 California condor chicks hatched at the zoo. “Our condor team has raised the bar once again in the collaborative effort to save America’s largest flying bird from extinction,” Rose Legato, the zoo’s Curator of Birds, said in the statement. Legato said the recent record is a result of new breeding and rearing techniques developed at the zoo that put two or three chicks together to be raised by a single adult condor acting as a surrogate parent. “The result is more condor chicks in the program and ultimately more condors in the wild,” Legato said.

[humblegoatart]

daily sketch 2023 || dec 1st

zoo sketches! i love to go to the zoo! i haven’t gotten to go very much since COVID hit the world but i miss it and its a joy every time im able to visit

[darlinhutchence]

video beat barbie!

michael & tim bringing absolute chaos everywhere they go

[rrdcooc]

Things that apparently get me all emotional:

I’ve been a member of the Los Angeles Zoo for a little over a year now, and just renewed my membership a few months ago. This means that I get emails about the zoo’s conservation efforts, etc, and it always makes me emotional to see what good they’re doing and how hard they try.

Today, I got an email about their 20-year plan, and y’all? I’m in tears. I’m so happy. They’re focusing not just on animal welfare and conservation, but on accessibility. For the first time ever, the pedestrian walkway is going to be entirely ADA-compliant, and rather than build a parking structure which encourages more people to visit by car, they’re building a massive solar panel section and working on improved public transport to the park.

They’re improving habitats across the zoo, and for the first time in zoo history, they’re going to put the California condor on display, which is a massive deal, because LA Zoo helped (and continues with conservation efforts to this day) to bring them back from the brink of extinction.

They have a massive area of native oaks that they’ve decided to leave alone and use as research for local environmental changes and preservation of local flora and fauna.

They’re rebuild/improvements will better utilize their space to not only expand and improve the habitats of all their animals, but to help the public connect with these animals in natural areas. For example, there are plans for an improved hippo pool with an underwater viewing area.

I don’t talk very often about how concerned I am for the natural world, but it’s one of those things that quietly eats me up. I’m proud to be a member of the LA Zoo, which in turn is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Their global conservation efforts are groundbreaking and award-winning.

I’m just really emotional right now, guys. Go visit your local zoo or take a walk somewhere natural, and be awed by the wild parts of our planet.

[snototter]

A bald uakari (Cacajao calvus) in Los Angeles Zoo

by Tad Motoyama

[lightningspam-photography]

Crested Fireback (Lophura ignita)

taken at the LA zoo in Los Angeles, California

status: near threatened

The male of this species! Much like Peafowl, the males are bright and colorful in a very showy way while females are a more camouflaged dull brown.

[andreahz08]

LA Zoo 8/21/24

[maepolzine]

Travel Diary: California

Sharing my vacation to California. I had a blast visiting my friends and doing the tourist things for my first true vacation in almost a decade.

I haven’t gone on a vacation in nine years. Literally, the last time I left my home state was to go to Door County with my mom and sister in 2015. Otherwise, I’ve just had staycations since then. Not that I didn’t enjoy the things I ended up doing during those breaks. But it’s different than going somewhere. So, where did I go for the first time in about a decade that wasn’t for work? Los…

[alucky316]

[whatsyourghoststory]

The Old LA Zoo: Haunted Filming Location (Parks & Rec Penguin Wedding + Anchorman)

The Old LA Zoo is essentially ruins (and a fun, easy hike), but it's also a haunted location that was used in a couple recent silly comedies - Anchorman & Parks & Rec.

I recently made what must be my dozenth visit to the Old LA Zoo (formerly the Griffith Park Zoo) on the valley side (specifically, it’s close to Glendale) of Griffith Park. In addition of having some ghost stories associated with it, some great comedies were shot right here and if you’re a follower of this series, you know I love it when silly things are shot at locations with dark histories. Ya…

[steph-photographie]

Photo originale par Steph-Photo https://www.steph-photo.fr/ Un si doux sourire ... Je pense qu'on a eu un crush ... Au Parc animalier de La Barben (13)

[florallylly]

completely idiotic concept but zookeepers stobin who mainly deal with the penguins but the penguins are the party who are the penguins of madagascar. does this make sense.... and yes i only mean the four boys like max and el are regular people

[slaughter-books]

Day 27: JOMPBPC: Rainbow Books 🌈

[ducotte-real]

We as a society should talk more about the rougarou. Catholic guilt werewolves.... you feast instead of fast and thus your hunger becomes your fault. *You’ve* done this to your appetite, let it bloat with unclean food, let your eucharistic go from the Son’s body and blood to your brother’s. Your stomach is full but you’ll never be fulfilled again.

There is no word for ‘man’ in rougarou— not like in werewolf. The latter implies that its a transformation into a beast. The former says that you’ve been a dog from the start. Inner skin becoming outer skin. I think I’m dehydrated