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Campo Gorilla Reserve

To be Completed: Fall 2007

A grand adventure, Campo Gorilla Reserve will immerse visitors in the misty, tropical environment of a West Central African rainforest.  Exhibits for a family and a bachelor’s group, respectively, will offer stunning botanical plantings and innovative behavioral enrichment devices to stimulate the animals’ keen mental and physical skills.  Educational graphics will explore the differences among gorilla species and threats to gorillas. GLAZA is pleased to have raised $7.5 million to support the construction of Campo Gorilla Reserve and salutes the Zoo in constructing a most innovative and natural habitat for this popular species.

 

Golden Monkey Exhibit

To be Completed: 2008

Within the Zoo’s new Asian Forest, sloping terrain and a stand of pines will provide a comfortable tree-top habitat for these beautiful and rare “natural treasures” of China, whose magnificent blue faces and unique vocalizations have entranced humans for generations. A Chinese viewing pavilion accessed via a rustic bridge places the visitor right in the tree canopy where the monkeys are most active.

 

 

 

Pachyderm Forest

To be Completed: 2009

More than six acres in total size—nearly seven times the size of our current elephant space—this Asian elephant will be one of the largest of any urban zoo in the country. The largest and most expensive exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo at a cost of $38.7 million, this exhibit will set the standard for zoo management of this endangered species. Three interconnected yards spanning 3.7 acres will allow the elephants to rotate from one to the next. They will enjoy waterfalls for washing and playing, waterholes for bathing, a selection of natural surfaces for walking, climbing and standing to promote foot and joint care, and varied topographic and planted environments. State-of-the art equipment such as a specialized ultra-sound unit, a walk-through articulated squeeze for keeper and animal-safe elephant examinations, and a dedicated area for dietary and nutrition programs will make veterinary care ….

Five distinct Asian-inspired gateways will tell the cultural and natural histories of this highly endangered species—its long partnership with man,  the impact of human encroachment on elephants’ natural migration routes and habitats and human-elephant conflicts that must be solved if the species is to survive. The Wasserman Family Thai Viewing Pavilion will provide for up close viewing of the elephants and encounters with their keeper staff.