Los Angeles Zoo - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • In the 1971 20th Century Fox film Escape from the Planet of the Apes, the characters Zira and Cornelius are briefly quarantined at the Los Angeles Zoo.
  • Remnants of the original zoo were used in the 2004 film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
  • The Los Angeles Zoo was also featured in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.

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