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Article: Los Angeles Residents by 3-to-1 Majority Want LA Zoo's New Elephant Habitat Completed.
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- January 26, 2009
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LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles city residents by an overwhelming 3-to-1 majority want the Los Angeles Zoo to continue to expand and upgrade its care for Asian elephants by completing the new Pachyderm Forest rather than halting construction, according to results from an independent polling firm, Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates (FMM&A), released today.
The results, which come on the eve of a Los Angeles City Council vote Wednesday on whether to continue the project, show 67% of Los Angeles residents believe the zoo should enhance elephant care by finishing the habitat. Pachyderm Forest will house Billy and other Asian elephants, whose future on our planet grow ...