Not far from Hollywood is a
group of brand new performers
who do their show business bit
in the new Los Angeles Zoo.
They've already received the Kitty's
seal of approval as top entertainers.
Their reward may not be fame and fortune,
they'd rather receive a fish anyway.
The California Sea lion often
incorrectly called a seal,
is one of the more frequently
seen performers in any zoo.
It's always a favorite of the children
and makes an excellent center of
attraction for the Children's Zoo.
This three acre children zoo was
open to the public some eight months
before the rest of the zoo officially
went into operation three weeks ago.
The zoo was located in Griffith Park,
just about a mile and a half
from the old Los Angeles Zoo.
Happy Hollow is the name of this
barnyard area in the Children's Zoo,
where children may pet and feed
several different kinds of animals.
It's the only place on the zoo grounds
The public is allowed to feed the animals,
so it's a unique experience here.
The kids can feed the kids.
The baby elephant compound is a place
where small things come in big packages
on hand to look over the facility with us
the other day.
Fred Childress,
Ken Warfield and Bill Seaton of the San
Diego Zoo Public relations department.
Baby animals are housed here inside the
zoo nursery when the animals grow up,
they're moved to the big zoo.
This baby orangutan is 8 months old,
according to attendant Betty Bryant,
who explained that the child is a
bit camera shy inside the nursery.
Baby animals that need it
can get very special care.
The Los Angeles Zoo has a mini bus service.
The buses don't pass close to
most of the individual exhibits,
but instead transport visitors
from one area to another.
A tape recorded narration explains
that the animals are grouped in
separate areas according to the
continents they normally inhabit.
Australian animals in one section,
African and another, and so on.
The MINI buses travel from one
area to another along peripheral
roads with one ticket,
passengers may leave and reboard the
bus after seeing each stopping place.
It's not the kind of informative
guided tour that the San Diego
Zoo bus drivers offer.
Zoo goers all over the
country that would benefit by
having new zoos in every city.
Zoos that the cities can be proud of.
Oh yes, there's it's one big fraternity.
All zoos work together.
We have a a common association and we
all work in unison and cooperatively.
Around the year to be
helpful to the other fellow.
And this can do nothing but benefit the
entire community, entire community,
and the whole area of zoo entertainment,
zoos and aquariums.
And we're delighted with what
they've done in Los Angeles.
And we're going to do everything possible
to encourage its growth and its importance,
as they say they can use your help.
And of course, we're delighted
to work with them and help them.
And I think they've done a very fabulous job.
They have a long, long way to go.
Well, they've done it in a short
period of time.
And of course you have helped.
You couldn't build it for them,
but they speak very highly of the fact
that you've been most friendly and most
cooperative in offering suggestions.
Well,
I think when you offer suggestions,
some are accepted some are
partially accepted and some are bypassed.
I think there are many areas where they will
learn that they have to make drastic changes.
This will not be apparent to the public,
the public,
I think will be quite properly impressed.
I think they already are and they do
have a fine collection of animals and
we think this will do little more than
supplement zoos around the country
and more especially the San Diego Zoo.
We will still have a good attendance
from the Los Angeles area.
There of course is the inevitable question.
San Diego zoos
attendance has been tremendous and this is
a valuable source of revenue for the zoo.
What effect do you think the
new Los Angeles Zoo will have on
attendance here in San Diego?
Well,
in our surveys we learn that perhaps
only 8% of the people from the
greater Los Angeles area come to the
zoo as contrasted with 100% of the
population of San Diego attending the zoo,
we hopefully will continue
to get this eight to 10%.
From the Greater Los Angeles
area and as the population grows,
this will more than saturate
the San Diego Zoo and exceed our
ability to accommodate them,
so we see nothing in that area or
the activities they Los Angeles Zoo
that will interfere with the rising
attendance from LA in San Diego.