Los Angeles Zoo animal keepers regularly participate in field projects where their expertise benefits species in danger of extinction. Established in 2003 by donor and former Zoo Commission President Shelby Kaplan Sloan, the Animal Keeper Advanced Studies Fund (now underwritten… read more →
Did you know that the Los Angeles Zoo has been an integral part of California condor conservation efforts since the inception of the California Condor Recovery Program (CCRP) in 1982? Were you aware that the Zoo has housed this iconic… read more →
Today, at 4:42 a.m. (local time), Sumatran rhinoceros Ratu delivered her second calf fathered by Andalas, who lived at the L.A. Zoo from 2003 through 2007. The Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park, Indonesia—where Andalas, Ratu, and Harapan (Andalas’s younger… read more →
Since it began in 1990, Bowling For Rhinos has generated more than $6 million to control poaching and protect ecosystems that support rhinos and the species that share their habitat—and the Los Angeles Zoo has led the way for the… read more →
Every year, cell phones create some 65,000 tons of electronic garbage that contains toxic materials including lead, nickel, and beryllium. When phones are discarded with other trash (illegal in California), these toxins leach out into the environment, polluting the soil… read more →
