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PHOTOS: The Cutest New Babies At The LA Zoo

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 05.20.2012

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Springtime is here and that means lots of adorable animal babies at the LA Zoo! Many new youngsters join the Sumatran tiger cubs, giant otter pups ...

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Earth Day: Where To Celebrate Mother Nature This Weekend

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 04.21.2012

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Earth Day is an opportunity for us to give back, to educate and to have fun doing it. We all leave a footprint on the planet, no matter how big or sma...

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WATCH: Woman Climbs Into Elephant Cage

Posted 12.28.2011

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A mentally ill woman who police say had not taken her medication climbed into an elephant enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo Tuesday and attempted to pe...

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WATCH: Woman Climbs Into LA Zoo Elephant Enclosure

Posted 12.28.2011

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As KTLA reports, a woman at the Los Angeles Zoo yesterday decided that she wanted to be one with the animals. She climbed over ditches and a barrier t...

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PHOTOS: Wanna Go For A Ride?

AP | Posted 12.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- You can do more than watch a peninsular pronghorn, maned wolf or serval at the Los Angeles Zoo. Now you can ride them too. The $2.5 mi...

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LA's Cutest New Residents

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.13.2011

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Story has been updated. PREVIOUSLY: The Los Angeles Zoo is booming with new life - and we have some of the cutest pictures you've ever seen to pro...

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LA Date Night: Rock Cover Bands At The LA Zoo

| Lien Ta | Posted 09.20.2011

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Yours truly's very first date in life was at a zoo. But had it included rock 'n' roll cover bands by the monkey cages ... well, perhaps we wouldn't st...

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Weekend To-Do List: Live Shows, Film Screenings, And Valentine's Day-Inspired Events

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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This weekend if you're looking for live entertainment, you can choose from indie, family-oriented and classical music events or head to a local comedy...

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Weekend To-Do List: Cupcake Challenge, Art Openings, And Puppy Bowl

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you have decided to opt out of the Chinese New Year and Super Bowl Celebrations this weekend, we've got plenty of alternatives for you to enjoy. Pe...

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PHOTOS: Family Fairs Around LA: The Zoo And 'X Life'

Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was a night of family fun yesterday evening in Los Angeles. At the Los Angeles Zoo, Billy the elephant welcomed new family members Tina and Jewel a...

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Behold Christofur: The LA Zoo's New Kikuyu Colobus Monkey

Posted 05.25.2011

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It has been a bad, bad, bad week. How about some monkey news to brighten things up some? This just in from the LA Zoo: The Los Angeles Zoo's baby Kik...

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Greening Hollywood: Genesis And Our Warm and Fuzzy Friends

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Baby seals were the stars of this year's Genesis Awards which honor members of the Hollywood community for their activism in drawing attention to the inhumane treatment of animals.

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Odd Couple at the Zoo: Slash and Betty White

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rocker Slash (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) and "Golden Girl" Betty White have joined forces to battle activists seeking to cease construction of the L.A. Zoo's Asian elephant habitat.

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The Rocker and the Golden Girl

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Few pairings could be stranger than rocker Slash... and Golden Girl Betty White. But both have thrown their weight behind the Los Angeles Zoo's new elephant habitat.

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The Myth of the Wild

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 11.17.2011

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Most animal lovers would agree they'd prefer that exotic animals live in the wild than in captivity. But with our planet increasingly in peril, how many truly wild places remain?

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Bob & Lily & Jack & Betty

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob Barker appeared before the L.A. City Council, invoking the name of his best-known gig when he said of the LA Zoo elephant habitat's $42 million cost: "The price is not right."

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Celebrities Fight Huge LA Elephant Exhibit

AP | NOAKI SCHWARTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Kids can keep visiting Billy the elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo _ for now. The City Council on Wednesday delayed a controversial...

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