Delay means Honolulu Zoo entrance will cost $402,000 more Jan 25, 2010
The city is paying $402,000 more than planned for a new Honolulu Zoo entrance in part to compensate the job's contractor for a three-year delay ... "You can take staff off of civil service and that, in and of itself, saves. On the revenue side you can be more creative. I think by privatizing it and freeing up the resources at the zoo you can lower costs and increase revenues."It has tremendous opportunity to be so much more," Djou said.Privatization of the Honolulu Zoo, which employs about 80... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Obama visit costly for HPD Jan 20, 2010
Obama and his family also visited a high school friend on the North Shore and enjoyed private visits to popular tourist attractions such as Sea Life Park, the Honolulu Zoo and Hanauma Bay. The Coast Guard also set up a security zone for Kailua Bay around the first family's beachfront rental home. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Island Images Jan 19, 2010
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARBULLETIN.COM TAKING A LENGTHY LOOK: A giraffe in the Honolulu Zoo seemed to take a liking to a couple passing outside the zoo yesterday in Waikiki. JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARBULLETIN.COM KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE: Terry Booker, center, and other members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. walked yesterday during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. parade along Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Art calendar Jan 18, 2010
Art on the Zoo Fence, works by more than 35 Island artists; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays; Honolulu Zoo fence on Monsarrat Avenue. Classes. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Animal-rights group say elephants need room to roam Jan 14, 2010
The Honolulu Zoo refutes claims that its elephants are mistreated and says plans are under way to build a $6 ... A California animal-rights group asserts that the Honolulu Zoo is no paradise for elephants, but a city official says the findings are wrong ... Honolulu Zoo is "no paradise for pachyderms," said the report by the San Rafael, Calif. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Honolulu Zoo rated 3rd-worst for elephants Jan 14, 2010
An animal rights group says that Honolulu Zoo elephants Mari and Vaigai are being mistreated, noting that the city hasn't followed through with a decade-old promise to build a larger enclosure for them ... They said In Defense of Animals has been called an "anti-zoo extremist" organization by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, an independent organization which has accredited Honolulu Zoo ... In Defense of Animals ranks the Honolulu Zoo third on its list of 2009 Top Ten Worst Zoos for... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Zoo visit closes first family's stay Jan 10, 2010
On their last day here yesterday, the Obamas visited the Honolulu Zoo and the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, where Obama's maternal grandfather, Stanley Dunham, a World War II veteran, is entombed ... ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama and daughter Sasha visited the Honolulu Zoo yesterday along with first lady Michelle Obama and older daughter Malia ... On their last day here yesterday, the Obamas visited the Honolulu Zoo and the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, where... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
