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Los Angeles Zoo is home to 22 baby Komodo dragons
By SUE MANNING (AP) LOS ANGELES — Twenty-two Komodo dragons have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo this month, giving a modest boost to the world’s endangered population. The zoo’s adult female Komodo, Lima, laid the eggs on Jan. 22. The first one popped through its soft-sided egg shell on Aug. 8 and hatchlings kept [...]
27Aug2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Golden Lion Tamarin Born at Santa Barbara Zoo
Source: SB Zoo Santa Barbara, CA (June 1, 2010) – On the morning of Friday, May 15, staff at the Santa Barbara Zoo observed that an infant golden lion tamarin, been born on exhibit the night before, was clinging to its mother’s back. This is the first viable birth at the Santa Barbara Zoo of [...]
1Jun2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
What’s New at the Zoo? A litter of Red River Hogs
At birth red river hogs weigh about two pounds. KTLA News GRIFFITH PARK — The Los Angeles Zoo is debuting their latest addition, three baby red river hogs born at the park on April 22th. The litter, one male and two females, is the fourth for the proud parents. The piglets and their parents are [...]
26May2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Reggie the gator gets new mate at Los Angeles Zoo
(AP) LOS ANGELES — Reggie the celebrity alligator is getting some female companionship at the Los Angeles Zoo. The 7 1/2-foot gator, who became famous after his owner dumped him in a lake several years ago, is now sharing a space with Cajun Kate. The female gator moved in with Reggie after Methuselah, the zoo’s [...]
8May2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Bighorn sheep lamb newest addition at LA Zoo
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The Los Angeles Zoo announced the birth of a newborn bighorn sheep. The female lamb was born April 26 and is currently on exhibit with her parents in the North American part of the zoo. The desert bighorn sheep is considered threatened across its range, which includes high mountains and deserts [...]
5May2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Rare antelope twins born at the L.A. Zoo
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A rare pair of Peninsular pronghorn antelope twins was born at the Los Angeles Zoo on February 26. The twins are being hand reared in the Zoo’s nursery to make sure that they thrive. The L.A. Zoo is the only zoo in the U.S. to breed the rare pronghorn species that [...]
25Mar2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
L.A. Zoo Rhino Completes New Skin Cancer Treatment
From KCAL 9 CBS An Indian rhinoceros has successfully completed treatment for skin cancer, Los Angeles Zoo officials announced today. Zoo veterinarians worked closely with oncologists from UCLA Medical Center to administer a treatment to Randa designed to deliver electronic, X-ray-based therapy directly to cancer sites with minimal radiation exposure to surrounding healthy tissue. The [...]
18Nov2009 | Sara | 1 comment | Continued
Court: Culp’s lawsuit against LA Zoo can resume
(AP) LOS ANGELES — Actor Robert Culp can move ahead with a lawsuit to stop construction of an elephant exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo. The star of the 1960s TV series “I Spy” and real estate agent Aaron Leider filed a lawsuit against the city in August 2007, alleging that the zoo did not [...]
24Sep2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
2 snow leopard cubs, mom, move into LA Zoo home
(AP) LOS ANGELES — Two rare, endangered snow leopard cubs have a new home, no names and an uncertain future. The speckled cubs, a boy and a girl, and their mom, Asia, moved into their public habitat Thursday at the LA Zoo. The rocks, trees and streams seemed to appeal to the frisky cubs, who [...]
11Sep2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Giraffe dies at LA Zoo after birthing complications
Jean Merl – LA Times Asali, a 26-year-old Masai giraffe that lived at the Los Angeles Zoo for most of her life, has died, from apparent birthing complications, zoo officials announced today. The giraffe, who had successfully borne 12 calves since 1988, died after zoo veterinarians worked for two days to remove a stillborn calf. [...]
26Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued