To the editor: As five -year employee of the Association of the Great Los Angeles Zoo. From 1994 to 1999, I see the disorder“Within the disorderly rupture of $ 50 million of the Los Angeles Zoo”, July 1).
In 1995The zoo for a long time ago was about to lose its accreditation due to outdated exhibitions, animals and deteriorated infrastructure. Tense relations between the Los Angeles and Glaza Zoo are as old as the zoo itself. It was an imperfect situation, but in the next 10 years, both organizations could join to create a master plan that brought modern exhibitions from Chimpanzee and Orangután, a state -of -the -art animal hospital and a modern animal contact area for children. The revitalized Los Angeles Zoo became a precious civic treasure that reflects the cultural mosaic of our great city, a place where everyone could adopt the diversity of the natural world.
Upon realizing that this success required a tremendous work that recovered the confidence of the philanthropic community, which has been tested in the last two decades. Without a support organization, the city will be responsible for the current and future challenges of the Los Angeles Zoo.
Perhaps the best feature of the Los Angeles Zoo as a public zoo is that the admission is affordable, less than half of the price of the San Diego Zoo, to provide access to a broader audience. A world -class city like Los Angeles, with its extraordinary and conspicuous wealth, deserves a world -class zoo that can teach us both about ourselves and about animals.
John Collinson, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Officials of the city of Los Angeles think they own the $ 50 million raised by Glaza. Atty of the attached city. Steven are stating that those who contributed to Glaza were really donating to the city.
What a total group of, to keep it educated, Balonito. I donated for many years and at no time did I think I was giving money to Los Angeles, it was only for the zoo. Suggesting otherwise is ridiculous.
Joan Maggs, Granada Hills
