ROOM FOR ONE MORE; BABY CHIMP RESTING AT NEW HOME IN L.A.Byline: Amy Raisen Staff Writer Abandoned by her mother at a Florida zoo, the 8-week-old chimpanzee chimpanzee, an ape, genus Pan, of the equatorial forests of central and W Africa. The common chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, lives N of the Congo River. Full-grown animals of this species are up to 5 ft (1. named Zoe arrived at LAX and was resting Wednesday in quarantine at 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. . ``Zoe is tired, she's a sleepy girl,'' said Brenda Irvine, wildlife curator at Lion Country Safari Lion Country Safari is a drive-through safari park located in Loxahatchee (near Wellington), in Palm Beach County, Florida. Founded in 1967, it claims to be the first 'cageless zoo' in the United States. and Zoe's main keeper since her birth. Irvine accompanied the chimp Tuesday on the flight from Florida and said Zoe is adjusting well on her first day. ``She's drinking her bottles and she even went through a laughing phase,'' Irvine said, describing the tendency of chimps to smile broadly when happy. All animals new to the zoo must be quarantined to ensure the health of rest of the animals, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. zoo officials, so Zoe is expected to be separated from two other young chimps for a maximum of 30 days. Zoe's August birth at Lion Country Safari in West Palm Beach, Fla., surprised the staff, since her mother had had tubal Tubal (t  `bəl), in the Bible, son of Japheth. ligation ligation /li·ga·tion/ (li-ga´shun) the application of a ligature.tubal ligation sterilization of the female by constricting, severing, or crushing the uterine tubes. surgery in 1997. Transferring Zoe seemed logical because the Los Angeles Zoo is raising two other young chimps who were not safe in their environments with older chimps. ``It's better to be raised with their own kind, and we have the space,'' said Lora LaMarca, marketing and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most director for the Los Angeles Zoo. Irvine, who was bringing Zoe to her own home at night for the first two weeks of the chimp's life, will return to Florida tomorrow. She is confident that this move will be best for the animal. ``She's young and she's resilient,'' Irvine said. ``The older she got, the more attached she would have become to her keepers, so this is the right time for this.'' After Zoe's quarantine is lifted, she will meet chimps Jean and Jake, about five and four months old, respectively. ``I would love to come back for the introduction stage,'' Irvine said, ``but I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. when I'm coming back.'' The young chimps, together with Zoe, will be re-introduced slowly to the zoo's older chimps, said LaMarca. ``Our plan with all three babies is to begin to take them up to the adult exhibit and let them hear them, let them smell them and observe them. ``After about two years, the babies could be introduced into the actual exhibit,'' LaMarca said. ``You never just throw animals into an environment.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Zoe, the baby chimpanzee from Florida, is held by Brenda Irvine as she reaches out to a new friend on staff at the L.A. Zoo. (2) Zoe clings to her moose toy as she arrives in Los Angeles. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer |
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