SIZE OF ELEPHANT EXHIBIT MAY DECIDE ANIMALS' FATE.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer How big a yard does an elephant need? The answer could decide whether the city builds a $19 million pachyderm exhibit 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. or packs off its three elephants to an elephant sanctuary Elephant sanctuary may refer to:
Elephant experts argued for and against the two-acre exhibit this week before Los Angeles Zoo commissioners. Next week, the mayor is expected to review an independent study on elephant quarters at the zoo. ``The L.A. Zoo is a respected institution, the general manager is highly thought of, the L.A. Zoo is one of the top zoos in the world,'' said Jack Hanna Jack Hanna (born January 2, 1947 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American zoo keeper who is the Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. He was Director of the zoo from 1978 to 1993, and is viewed as largely responsible for elevating its quality and reputation. , director emeritus of the Columbia Zoo and TV host of ``Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures,'' during the zoo commission hearing Tuesday. ``The buck has to stop here - from what I've seen, the new elephant exhibit is phenomenal.'' The new Elephants of Surin exhibit would be four times larger than the current exhibit. In addition to a larger yard, the elephants would share a filtered lake, wading pond and waterfall. Critics, including some animal-welfare groups and elephant experts, say two acres is too small for animals they say require much more room in the wild. They want to see 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. follow such zoos as San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Detroit and put its elephants in large pastures where they can roam freely. ``Any way you see it, a two-acre exhibit is unfit and inhumane in·hu·mane adj. Lacking pity or compassion. in  hu·mane ly adv. ,'' Les Schobert, former general curator at the Los Angeles Zoo and a proponent One who offers or proposes.A proponent is a person who comes forward with an a item or an idea. A proponent supports an issue or advocates a cause, such as a proponent of a will. PROPONENT, eccl. law. of sanctuaries, told the commission and the 150 residents who packed an auditorium at the Los Angeles Zoo. ``That an elephant can simply stand there, and purportedly represent other elephants in the wild, is simply tragic.'' Zoo defenders such as the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association, a fundraiser for the zoo, argued that zoo elephants promote awareness and conservation in the wild. Dana Bartholomew, (818) 713-3730 dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com |
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