MAYOR'S MONKEY BUSINESS BACKED.Byline: Mariel Garza Staff Writer A City Council panel gave the nod Tuesday to an agreement to pay $100,000 a year to Chinese officials to rent three endangered en·dan·ger tr.v. en·dan·gered, en·dan·ger·ing, en·dan·gers 1. To expose to harm or danger; imperil. 2. To threaten with extinction. golden monkeys for the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. . The monkey business was announced in November during Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Mayor James Hahn's 10-day trip to Asia, where he met with officials from the China Wildlife Conservation Association. Hahn had hoped to secure the loan of a giant panda panda, name for two nocturnal Asian mammals of the order Carnivora: the red panda, Ailurus fulgens, and the giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca. but was instead offered the golden monkeys - no other zoo in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. has any - for a 10-year visit. The Chinese golden monkeys, which have distinctive blue faces and golden hair, are considered endangered because there are only about 15,000 left in the wild. While the deal will total $1 million - and more if the two female monkeys and one male reproduce - it's a relative bargain compared with the $1.2 million-a-year price to rent a giant panda, officials said. The action by the Arts, Health and Humanities Committee to send the memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. to the City Council for approval is the beginning of a process that is expected to take about a year. ``The mayor would like to see them here next month, but it will probably be next year,'' said David Towne of the Giant Panda Conservation Association, who was hired by the city to help negotiate with Chinese officials. In addition to working out the details with the Chinese officials and getting the appropriate permits, the Los Angeles Zoo also has to build a facility for the monkeys, said Denise Verret, assistant general manager of the zoo. The cost of the monkey exhibit has not been calculated. |
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