BGuthrie Photos: CA -- Los Angeles -- LA Zoo & Botanical Gardens

CA -- Los Angeles -- LA Zoo & Botanical Gardens:

Bruce Guthrie Photos Home Page: [Click here] to go to Bruce Guthrie Photos home page.

Recognize anyone? If you recognize specific folks (or other stuff) and I haven't labeled them, please identify them for the world. Click the little pencil icon

underneath the file name (just above the picture). Spammers need not apply.

Copyrights: All pictures were taken by amateur photographer Bruce Guthrie (me!) who retains copyright on them. Free for non-commercial use with attribution. See the [Creative Commons] definition of what this means. "Photos (c) Bruce Guthrie" is fine for attribution. (Commercial use folks including AI scrapers can of course contact me.) Feel free to use in publications and pages with attribution but you don't have permission to sell the photos themselves. A free copy of any printed publication using any photographs is requested. Descriptive text, if any, is from a mixture of sources, quite frequently from signs at the location or from official web sites; copyrights, if any, are retained by their original owners.

Accessing as Spider: The system has identified your IP as being a spider.
IP Address: 3.145.156.250 -- Domain: Amazon Technologies
I love well-behaved spiders! They are, in fact, how most people find my site. Unfortunately, my network has a limited bandwidth and pictures take up bandwidth. Spiders ask for lots and lots of pages and chew up lots and lots of bandwidth which slows things down considerably for regular folk. To counter this, you'll see all the text on the page but the images are being suppressed. Also, some system options like merges are being blocked for you.
Note: Permission is NOT granted for spiders, robots, etc to use the site for AI-generation purposes. I'm sure you're thrilled by your ability to make revenue from my work but there's nothing in that for my human users or for me.
If you are in fact human, please email me at guthrie.bruce@gmail.com and I can check if your designation was made in error. Given your number of hits, that's unlikely but what the hell.

Help? The Medium (Email) links are for screen viewing and emailing. You'll want bigger sizes for printing. [Click here for additional help]

Share: Facebook Twitter Digg
[1] LAZOO_110726_001.JPG	[2] LAZOO_110726_005.JPG	[3] LAZOO_110726_010.JPG
[4] LAZOO_110726_015.JPG	[5] LAZOO_110726_019.JPG	[6] LAZOO_110726_023.JPG
[7] LAZOO_110726_027.JPG	[8] LAZOO_110726_031.JPG	[9] LAZOO_110726_038.JPG
[10] LAZOO_110726_043.JPG	[11] LAZOO_110726_061.JPG	[12] LAZOO_110726_065.JPG
[13] LAZOO_110726_068.JPG	[14] LAZOO_110726_073.JPG	[15] LAZOO_110726_075.JPG
[16] LAZOO_110726_090.JPG	[17] LAZOO_110726_121.JPG	[18] LAZOO_110726_129.JPG
[19] LAZOO_110726_152.JPG	[20] LAZOO_110726_157.JPG	[21] LAZOO_110726_168.JPG
[22] LAZOO_110726_183.JPG	[23] LAZOO_110726_186.JPG	[24] LAZOO_110726_203.JPG
[25] LAZOO_110726_207.JPG	[26] LAZOO_110726_211.JPG	[27] LAZOO_110726_213.JPG
[28] LAZOO_110726_240.JPG	[29] LAZOO_110726_248.JPG	[30] LAZOO_110726_253.JPG
[31] LAZOO_110726_267.JPG	[32] LAZOO_110726_268.JPG	[33] LAZOO_110726_272.JPG
[34] LAZOO_110726_285.JPG	[35] LAZOO_110726_297.JPG	[36] LAZOO_110726_302.JPG
[37] LAZOO_110726_304.JPG	[38] LAZOO_110726_324.JPG	[39] LAZOO_110726_339.JPG
[40] LAZOO_110726_351.JPG	[41] LAZOO_110726_360.JPG	[42] LAZOO_110726_368.JPG
[43] LAZOO_110726_373.JPG	[44] LAZOO_110726_376.JPG	[45] LAZOO_110726_380.JPG
[46] LAZOO_110726_384.JPG	[47] LAZOO_110726_389.JPG	[48] LAZOO_110726_393.JPG
[49] LAZOO_110726_396.JPG	[50] LAZOO_110726_399.JPG	[51] LAZOO_110726_401.JPG
[52] LAZOO_110726_406.JPG	[53] LAZOO_110726_413.JPG	[54] LAZOO_110726_416.JPG
[55] LAZOO_110726_422.JPG	[56] LAZOO_110726_428.JPG	[57] LAZOO_110726_433.JPG
[58] LAZOO_110726_451.JPG	[59] LAZOO_110726_466.JPG	[60] LAZOO_110726_473.JPG
[61] LAZOO_110726_490.JPG	[62] LAZOO_110726_506.JPG	[63] LAZOO_110726_534.JPG
[64] LAZOO_110726_542.JPG	[65] LAZOO_110726_549.JPG	[66] LAZOO_110726_556.JPG
[67] LAZOO_110726_563.JPG	[68] LAZOO_110726_577.JPG	[69] LAZOO_110726_582.JPG
[70] LAZOO_110726_587.JPG	[71] LAZOO_110726_592.JPG	[72] LAZOO_110726_596.JPG
[73] LAZOO_110726_599.JPG	[74] LAZOO_110726_605.JPG	[75] LAZOO_110726_627.JPG
[76] LAZOO_110726_636.JPG	[77] LAZOO_110726_659.JPG	[78] LAZOO_110726_663.JPG
[79] LAZOO_110726_667.JPG	[80] LAZOO_110726_669.JPG	[81] LAZOO_110726_671.JPG
[82] LAZOO_110726_675.JPG	[83] LAZOO_110726_676.JPG	[84] LAZOO_110726_680.JPG
[85] LAZOO_110726_692.JPG	[86] LAZOO_110726_696.JPG	[87] LAZOO_110726_699.JPG
[88] LAZOO_110726_702.JPG	[89] LAZOO_110726_709.JPG	[90] LAZOO_110726_727.JPG
[91] LAZOO_110726_732.JPG	[92] LAZOO_110726_735.JPG	[93] LAZOO_110726_741.JPG
[94] LAZOO_110726_743.JPG	[95] LAZOO_110726_748.JPG	[96] LAZOO_110726_752.JPG
[97] LAZOO_110726_756.JPG	[98] LAZOO_110726_760.JPG	[99] LAZOO_110726_762.JPG
[100] LAZOO_110726_766.JPG	[101] LAZOO_110726_770.JPG	[102] LAZOO_110726_774.JPG
[103] LAZOO_110726_782.JPG	[104] LAZOO_110726_785.JPG

Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. LAZOO_110726_297.JPG: The kids watching went kind of crazy when this couple started doing their thing. She wasn't interested.
2. LAZOO_110726_473.JPG: Totem Pole donated by Riley "Jungle Boy" Kershaw
3. LAZOO_110726_680.JPG: The Elephant Parade at the Los Angeles Zoo adds an artistic perspective and community aspect to our celebration of Elephants of Asia. In addition to being visually pleasing, the artwork also represents the respective cultures of the countries featured in this extraordinary exhibit: Cambodia, China, India, and Thailand. The Elephant Parade consists of nine vibrantly painted fiberglass elephants that lead Zoo visitors to the new habitat. The models stand approximately five and half feet tall and have been placed in several locations throughout the Zoo. The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens worked with the City of Los Angeles's Cultural Affairs Department in selecting amazing artists to represent the countries and cultures highlighted here. Two painted elephant sculptures represent each country -- Cambodia, China, India, and Thailand. The ninth elephant represents the Earth's intricate web of life, depicting animals and plants from habitats around the world. We hope that this pachyderm parade enhances your experience in Elephants of Asia.
4. LAZOO_110726_702.JPG: Galapagos Tortoise by Joseph Martinek, 1972
5. LAZOO_110726_766.JPG: The Selig ZOo Statues: Fifteen elephant and lion statues originally adorned the entrance of the first zoo in Los Angeles, the Selig Zoo in Lincoln Park, founded by "Colonel" William Selig, a film producer from Chicago. Selig's zoo housed many animals that were featured in films of the era, and was used as a location for movies such as the first Tarzan film. Produced by sculptor Carlo Romanelli in 1915, the statues were grouped above the Mission-Revival style entrance to the zoo until they were lost in the 1950s. The statues were rediscovered in 2000 and donated to the Zoo by Larry Davis. Restoration work on the figures was generously funded by a gift from the American Family Foundation and artfully completed by Griswold Conservation Associates. Restoration Funded by American Family Foundation.
AAA "Gem": AAA considers this location to be a "must see" point of interest. To see pictures of other areas that AAA considers to be Gems, click here.
Wikipedia Description: Los Angeles Zoo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Los Angeles Zoo (formally the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens), is a 113-acre (46 ha) zoo founded in 1966 and located in Los Angeles, California. The City of Los Angeles owns the entire zoo, its land and facilities, and the animals. Animal care, grounds maintenance, construction, education, public information, and administrative staff are city employees.

History and overview:

The zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,100 animals from around the world. The first zoo opened in 1912 and was about two miles (3.2 km) south of its current site until about 1965. Remnants of the zoo remain and were used in the film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. The site of the current zoo was formerly the location of Rodger Young Village, which was itself built on the land which had been used for the Griffith Park Aerodrome.

It has been successful in its breeding program of the rare California Condor, helping to grow the number of condors in the world from a low of 22 in the 1980s to over 330 today. It is one of the few zoos worldwide to contain Mountain Tapir.

In the 1971 20th Century Fox film Escape from the Planet of the Apes, the characters Zira and Cornelius are briefly quarantined at the Los Angeles Zoo.

In 1998, the zoo opened Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains, followed by Red Ape RainForest in 2000, The Komodo Dragon Exhibit, The Winnick Family Children Zoo in 2001, The Entry Plaza, Children's Discovery Centre and Sea Lion Cliffs (Now Sea Life Cliffs) in 2005, Campo Gorilla Reserve in November 2007, And Elephants of Asia in Winter 2010.

The zoo is open from 10am–5pm every day of the year except December 25.

Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association:

The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA) was created in 1963 and is a nonprofit corporation created to support the Los Angeles Zoo in its mission to nurture wildlife and enrich the human experience. GLAZA's primary responsibility is to seek and provide financial support for the zoo’s programs and capital projects. GLAZA also provides support through membership, organizing special events and travel programs, producing award-winning publications, coordinating one of the largest zoo volunteer programs in the country, administering the contract for visitor services concessions within the zoo, and supporting community relations, and public relations.

Botanical Gardens:

In 2002, the zoo became a certified Botanical Gardens and the official name of the institution was changed to the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Spread throughout zoo grounds, there are 15 different collections, highlighting over 800 different plant species, with a total of over 7,400 individual plants.
Gottlieb Animal Health and Conservation Center

Named after philanthropists Robert and Suzanne Gottlieb, the Gottlieb Animal Health and Conservation Center is a 33,589-square-foot (3,100 m2) facility situated in a restricted area in the upper reaches of the zoo. Among other features, it includes a state-of-the-art intensive care unit, an on-site commissary, a surgical suite with observation area, and research facilities. In 2007 the facility handled 853 medical cases. The smallest patient treated was a spider tortoise (0.08 kg) and the largest was an Asian elephant (4,826 kg).
Bigger photos? To save server space, the full-sized versions of these images have either not been loaded to the server or have been removed from the server. (Only some pages are loaded with full-sized images and those usually get removed after three months.) I still have them though. If you want me to email them to you, please send an email to guthrie.bruce@gmail.com and I can email them to you, or, depending on the number of images, just repost the page again will the full-sized images.
Connection Not Secure messages? Those warnings you get from your browser about this site not having secure connections worry some people. This means this site does not have SSL installed (the link is http:, not https:). That's bad if you're entering credit card numbers, passwords, or other personal information. But this site doesn't collect any personal information so SSL is not necessary. Life's good!
Photo Contact: [Email Bruce Guthrie].