Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens Historical Timeline

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okapikpr

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I need help filling in gaps. Please feel free to post any missed historical items or events that are missed concerning this timeline or any of the other N American zoo timelines that I have posted. Thanks

1956 - $6.6 Million bond measure passed to build new zoo
1966 - Grand Opening in current location
1967 - Arrival of Arabian Oryx
1970 - 1st Black Rhinoceros born
1971 - Adult admission increased to $1.25
1972 - AZA Accreditation
1974 - Education Center
1977 - Gorilla “Ceasar†born, 1st via Caesarian section
1978 - African Succulent Garden
1981 - California Condor Recovery Program created with San Diego Zoo
1982 - Koalas arrive from Melbourne, Australia
1984 - Temporary Giant Panda exhibit
1989 - Adventure Island
1990 - World of Birds show debuts
1998 - Chimpanzees of Mahale Mountains
2000 - Red Ape Forest
2001 - Dragons of Komodo; Winnick Family Children’s Zoo
2002 - American Association of Museums accreditation
2005 - Zoo Entry Plaza; Children’s Discovery Center; Sea Lion Cliffs
2007 - Campo Gorilla Reserve
2008 - Golden Monkey exhibit
2009 - Pachyderm Forest
2010 - Reptile & Insect Center; Rainforest of the Americas
 
I found some pics of how the Los Angeles Zoo used to look.

Los Angeles Zoo - a set on Flickr
This person also has recent photos of the zoo. Some cool photos in that set are of the Golden Monkey, of Caesar (silverback gorilla that died in 2004), of the penguins (in the Koala House), and of Billy when he was young.
 
okapikpr said:
I need help filling in gaps. Please feel free to post any missed historical items or events that are missed concerning this timeline or any of the other N American zoo timelines that I have posted. Thanks

1956 - $6.6 Million bond measure passed to build new zoo
1966 - Grand Opening in current location
1967 - Arrival of Arabian Oryx
1970 - 1st Black Rhinoceros born
1971 - Adult admission increased to $1.25
1972 - AZA Accreditation
1974 - Education Center
1977 - Gorilla “Ceasar†born, 1st via Caesarian section
1978 - African Succulent Garden
1981 - California Condor Recovery Program created with San Diego Zoo
1982 - Koalas arrive from Melbourne, Australia
1984 - Temporary Giant Panda exhibit
1989 - Adventure Island
1990 - World of Birds show debuts
1998 - Chimpanzees of Mahale Mountains
2000 - Red Ape Forest
2001 - Dragons of Komodo; Winnick Family Children’s Zoo
2002 - American Association of Museums accreditation
2005 - Zoo Entry Plaza; Children’s Discovery Center; Sea Lion Cliffs
2007 - Campo Gorilla Reserve
2008 - Golden Monkey exhibit
2009 - Pachyderm Forest
2010 - Reptile & Insect Center; Rainforest of the Americas
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In 1984 when we had Pandas (Yun Yun and Ying Xin), the zoo also exhibited a pair of Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys. I think they stayed at the zoo for a couple of years.
 
Blackduiker

mstickmanp said:
I found some pics of how the Los Angeles Zoo used to look.

Los Angeles Zoo - a set on Flickr
This person also has recent photos of the zoo. Some cool photos in that set are of the Golden Monkey, of Caesar (silverback gorilla that died in 2004), of the penguins (in the Koala House), and of Billy when he was young.
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"Penguins in the Koala House?" Never! The Koala House was never used as a Penguin Exhibit, and the photo in question is definitely not at the L.A. Zoo. As one who was at the premiere viewing of the Koala House, it was built specificly for the display of Australian animals; other than the recent display of Spiders and for a short time Dinosaurs! ...Animatronic ones of course.:(

They have exhibited Penguins in the past(Humboldt and Cape), but always outdoors in the Aquatics Section, like the current Chinese Alligator exhibit.
 
Blackduiker said:
"Penguins in the Koala House?" Never! The Koala House was never used as a Penguin Exhibit, and the photo in question is definitely not at the L.A. Zoo. As one who was at the premiere viewing of the Koala House, it was built specificly for the display of Australian animals; other than the recent display of Spiders and for a short time Dinosaurs! ...Animatronic ones of course.:(

They have exhibited Penguins in the past(Humboldt and Cape), but always outdoors in the Aquatics Section, like the current Chinese Alligator exhibit.
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Thanks for the correction. When I first saw the photo I wasn't sure if it was really at the LA Zoo, so I asked the guy and he said he was sure that he took it at the LA Zoo. I guess he got confused.
 
Blackduiker

mstickmanp said:
Thanks for the correction. When I first saw the photo I wasn't sure if it was really at the LA Zoo, so I asked the guy and he said he was sure that he took it at the LA Zoo. I guess he got confused.
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Very confused. He must have been on a tour of California and gotten his photos mixed-up. And although I'd very much like to see a state-of-the-art Penguin exhibit at the L.A. Zoo someday(my youngest son's favorite animal), there has never been anything like that shown in the photo here in the past, and I've been consistantly going to this zoo since 1966. Probably is Sea World.

I had the privilege this past Oct. '08 to visit the Saint Louis Zoo and its much discussed Lichtenstein Penguin Exhibit. Aaahhh, maybe here one day.
 
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