I recently moved to So Cal and I have been wanting to visit the LA zoo.
I finally went yesterday with a bunch of excited friends, and I was terribly dissapointed!!! The whole time I was there, I couldn't believe the number of empty cages and exhibits. The few animals I saw looked very loney and sad, which eventually depressed me.

The worst was when I got on the SAFARI shuttle. It charged $4 per person, so I thought it runs through a field with live animals. Soon I learned that it was just a shuttle that moves people from one point to another.

I left the park with a huge disappointment. When I told my co-workers the next day that I went to LA zoo, they all asked me, "WHY?!"

Save your energy. Leave LA zoo out of your schedule. There are much more things to see in LA than this collection of sad animal cages.