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Los Angeles Zoo Beastly Ball


GLAZA president Connie Morgan, Los Angeles Zoo director John Lewis, and bird keeper Kari Scaletta with Scooter (a Mulaccan cockatoo). 

The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA) raised $1,208,474 at the 37th Annual Beastly Ball on June 16 under the stars at the zoo, chaired by Emmy-award winning actress Betty White.  The event, one of Los Angeles's most popular and consistently sold out fundraisers, honored Nickelodeon and Chris Gifford and Valerie Walsh, the creators of its top-rated preschool show Go, Diego, Go!, in which Diego and friends encourage kids to use scientific thinking and investigative strategies to help animals in trouble.  On hand for the evening were  Gifford, Walsh, and Brown Johnson, who is executive VP and executive creative cirector of Nickelodeon's Pre-School Division, plus Nickelodeon characters "Diego" and "Dora the Explorer," also created by the Gifford/Walsh team.  More than 1,000 guests attended the party, which featured "Animal Walkabouts" and animal feedings, fare from top restaurants, live and silent auctions, and entertainment.
 
The Beastly Ball is GLAZA's major annual fundraising event with proceeds going toward the development of exhibits, conservation, programming, education and volunteer programs, research and other programs for the city-owned Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens.  The Los Angeles Zoo is an international leader in the conservation of endangered species and one of the city's major cultural and entertainment resources.


Co-honoree Chris Gifford with event Chairman Betty White, "Dora" and "Diego".


Albert Brooks, his wife, Kimberly Brooks, and GLAZA chairman Tom Mankiewicz.


Bradley Whitford and Jane Kaczmarek (left) with LAPD chief William J. Bratton and his wife, Rikki Klieman.


Dominic Purcell and his wife, Rebecca.


GLAZA Trustee Laura Wasserman, her husband, Casey, and their daughter, Stella.


Neil Papiano and Sharon Thralls.


Sisters Carly and Shelby Segal.

Photos: Jamie Pham
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