Volume 2, No. 12. June 28, 2002
New Arrivals
It’s
an animal health center!
The Los Angeles Zoo in Los Angeles, California, announces the arrival of the
Animal Health and Conservation Center, June 27, 2002. Measurements: 29,000 square
feet total (8,788 square meters) including a 5,500-square-foot (1,667-square-meter)
holding area, 5,750-square-foot (1,742-square-meter) hospital, 5,500 square-foot
(1,667-square-meter) quarantine area and 4,728-square-foot (1,433-square-foot)
commissary. Delivered by architects NBBJ.
To say the rest of the zoo staff is jealous is an understatement. Dr. Bob Cooper
and his team of three full-time and two part-time veterinarians yesterday officially
moved into their new digs, a dramatic modern building wedged into the side of
a hill at the back of the Los Angeles Zoo. The $13.4 million center features
a radiology suite with table and wall-mounted X-ray equipment and even dental
X-rays, intensive care units with moveable walls, and general purpose rooms
that can handle everything from aquatic animals in pools to monkeys needing
climbing structures.
City Councilman Tom LaBonge appropriately brought a loaf of bread as a housewarming gift for the new hospital. After the official dedication before a crowd of donors, city officials, Friends of the Zoo and envious zoo staff on a beautifully breezy summer day, the entourage moved indoors to tour the building. Though some animals are already using the quarantine area, the hospital received its finishing touches—mostly decorative matter—in the hours leading up to the dedication.
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