Los Angeles Zoo

 

click photo to enlarge
The Los Angeles zoo covers 133 acres. The Zoo, the land and the animals are owned by the City of Los Angeles. The zoo was started in 1966. The first zoo in the city was the Griffith Park Zoo located about 2 miles from the current one. We got there at just the right time, about 20 minutes before it opened. We were one of the first ones in line. By the time they let us in there was a few hundred behind us.

click photo to enlarge
For the first few hours the zoo was nice as it was not very crowded. By the time we left is was a real zoo<grin>. I have been to zoos that are better for photographing the animals because this one has fences around almost all of them making it very difficult to get good pictures. But ya takes what ya gets and make the best of it.

click photo to enlarge
I happened to be there the Saturday after Thanksgiving and am thinking because of the holiday that is why it  was crowded. By noon it was really packed as we decided to leave rather then fight the crowd. But it was nice to see my family in the pictures to the left.

click photo to enlarge

               click photo to enlarge