Posted on:
Nov 14, 2007
12:26PM

And baby makes 6 at new Campo Gorilla Reserve

11907_zoo Councilmember LaBonge with GLAZA President Connie Morgan.

The gorillas are back at the Los Angeles Zoo — all three prior residents, plus baby, and a pair of bachelors. They were frolicking in their new Campo Gorilla Reserve as city, zoo and GLAZA officials unveiled the exhibit for the first time to the public Thursday. “It’s an amazing experience to be close up to these extraordinary animals inside this re-creation of a West Central African jungle,” said Councilmember LaBonge standing in the misty, $18 million compound snapping photos. “If ever there was a reason to visit the zoo, this is it.”