Groups suing Los Angeles say more analysis of environmental impacts should be conducted before L.A. Zoo is reshaped.
want to build a new visitor center and develop a wildlife exhibit in an open space area officials are calling “Condor Canyon.” Officials also want to modernize some facilities that were mostly built in the 1960s. Zoo officials have also said that the expansion wouldBut critics say the city’s plan would result in the destruction of 16 acres of native vegetation filled with natural wildlife.
“Planning to demolish additional acres of healthy natural woodland habitat for any built purpose is a travesty to the thousands of Angelenos who constantly visit, enjoy and appreciate every acre” of Griffith Park, Darden added. “They did say those things, but there’s nothing legally enforceable,” Michelle Black, an attorney for the groups suing the city, said in an interview.A spokesperson for City Councilmember Nithya Raman, whose district includes the zoo, said on Friday, Sept. 15, that under advice from the city attorney’s office, councilmembers can’t comment on active lawsuits., known as “alternative 1.5,” to be used as a roadmap for developing the zoo’s facilities and operations.
“I feel really confident that the concerns that are out there right now are going to be able to be addressed in the next phase as we come back with these concrete designs,” Raman said during last month’s meeting. Critics have also raised concerns about the proposed “Condor Canyon” wildlife exhibit. Initially, zoo officials proposedof soil and rock to create a man-made canyon, which has received community pushback. The lawsuit noted that zoo and city officials said they would consider building a tunnel instead of a canyon if feasible.
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