New at the Zoo
There are always new arrivals at the L.A. Zoo. Some births are a happy surprise, but most are carefully planned as part of our efforts to save endangered and vulnerable species. Here are just some of the latest!
Right now, we’re celebrating the birth of a male colobus monkey, the first nine California condor eggs laid of the season, and the arrival in its habitat of the recently born ocelot kitten. A bigger cat is also new to the L.A. Zoo; in January we welcomed a new male snow leopard! And, last fall we welcomed four-year-old Marshall, a greater one-horned rhino.
New News Is Good News
In collaboration with other institutions accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), the L.A. Zoo ensures that animal populations in human care are sustainable – healthy, biodiverse, and exhibiting the natural behaviors that would be essential for survival in the wild. That means births and new arrivals at the Zoo are good news! Many species, including the black-footed ferret, Arabian oryx, Spix’s macaw, and the California condor, have been restored to the wild thanks to these efforts.