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Duttenhaver Blog Kenya

My Life Was Forever Changed in the Maasai Mara  A First-Hand Account From a Duttenhaver Conservation Field Study Program Participant By Jenna Thomas, L.A. Zoo DCFP 2026 “Elephants! Elephants!” Half of our group had just gotten back from collecting their camera traps and came running down the path towards camp, yelling for Team Twiga (my team, named for the Swahili word for “giraffe”) to come join them. “We found elephants!” Elephants hadn’t been spotted in […]

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Muriel Horacek

Remembering Muriel Horacek: Long-Time L.A. Zoo Docent & Friend It is with profound sadness, yet immense gratitude for a life beautifully lived, that the Los Angeles Zoo family announces the passing of beloved Docent Emeritus Muriel Horacek. Having celebrated her remarkable 100th birthday in March 2025, Muriel was an extraordinary force of nature who dedicated herself to the Zoo and its visitors since 2010. Muriel retired from being a docent earlier this year, shortly after

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Condor #939

The Harrowing Journey of a California Condor and the Veterinary Team Who Helped Save Her Life By Carl Myers Female California condor #939 was hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo in 2018 at the California Condor Recovery Facility. To prepare this chick for release into the wild, the L.A. Zoo’s California condor care team closely monitored her as she was reared, first by her parents, then at eight months old when she was placed with

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An Experience of a Lifetime – Peru

By Jolee Kuo As the group trudged through the thick mud of the post-flooded Amazon rainforest I took a second to look up at the towering, vine-intertwined trees surrounding us. Suddenly, there, a flash of movement, and then another. I alerted the other fellowship recipients and local biologist guides and we all stopped in pure awe, watching a troop of squirrel monkeys climb and play right above our heads. They leapt from tree to tree,

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Enriching Our Communities and Restoring Habitat

Digging Deeper into the Oak Woodland Restoration and Career Pathways Project By: Cortney Vargas A quiet hillside on the edge of the Los Angeles Zoo is about to tell a new story: one of ecological restoration, community partnership, and a shared vision for the future. Once used for equipment storage and long overlooked, this patch of land within Zoo grounds is being transformed into a vibrant native oak woodland through the Oak Woodland Restoration and

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Family Values

Swan Lake—the newest habitat to debut at the Zoo—owes its existence to some very special donors. The Lowy family, one of the habitat’s major funders, has been involved with the L.A. Zoo in myriad ways for more than 60 years.

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A white swan with a black beak swims along the surface of the water with another white swan in following behind
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