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Zoo Update with CEO and Director Denise M. Verret – February 2024 Read more
It’s January, and we’re celebrating two of our favorite friends. Cherished longtime Zoo champion, trustee, and donor Betty White’s birthday is January 17, and our feisty western lowland gorilla, Angela, is turning four years old on January 18! Betty’s story and Angela’s have been woven together since our beloved Betty passed away in December of 2021. Now it’s time to remember and celebrate with Angela & Lulingu, a picture book created with funds donated in Betty’s honor.
UPDATE: Betty & Angela & Lulingu Read more
Did you know plants in the Zoo, around Griffith Park, and throughout many cities in Los Angeles County help feed your favorite animals at the Zoo? Cut branches with leaves, soft shoots, flowers, and fruit called are “browse” and are among the fresh food enjoyed by many species who call the Zoo home. Cutting, transporting, and managing browse is part of animal keepers’ jobs, and each animal in their care has special requirements and favorite browse.
The new year is right around the corner, and it’s bringing with it the annual opportunities to reflect on the past year, celebrate, and chart new paths for the future. As I look back on GLAZA’s efforts and activities during 2023, there is exciting news to report!
Zoo Update with GLAZA Interim President Dawn Petersen-Amend – January 2024 Read more
As we enter the holiday season, I am hopeful that we can all find joy and give thanks for family, friends, life, and health.
Zoo Update with CEO and Director Denise M. Verret – December 2023 Read more
We’ve reached another conservation milestone for California condors. This summer and fall, birds from the L.A. Zoo participated in successful, historic vaccine trials, furthering condor recovery efforts by creating a potential shield against highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The trial was developed in coordination with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, USDA, and U.S. Geological Service and was carried out by the L.A. Zoo, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Oregon Zoo, and Carolina Raptor Center.
Zoo Successfully Implements Avian Flu Vaccines in CA Condors Read more
In November 1963, some 200 prominent Los Angeles community leaders, including Cary Grant, filed the original Articles of Incorporation to create GLAZA in anticipation of creating a new Zoo for the region.
Zoo Update with GLAZA Interim President Dawn Petersen-Amend – November 2023 Read more
I am excited to share a new biodiversity initiative that the Los Angeles Zoo is supporting, which provides you with the unique opportunity to help support the conservation of Grauer’s gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
There’s lots of great animal news coming out of the Zoo! Catch up on the latest with CEO and Zoo Director Denise M. Verret.
Zoo Update with CEO and Director Denise M. Verret – October 2023 Read more
GLAZA Senior Editor and author Brenda Scott Royce discusses the personal and creative path that led to the publication her new book, Angela & Lulingu: Two Gorillas, A World Apart, being launched to celebrate World Gorilla Day at the Zoo.
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