A child follows a chimpanzee passing by the window of its enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times) In 2022, Robert Ellis pledged $200,000 to create a garden in the Los ...

In 2022, Robert Ellis pledged $200,000 to create a garden in the Los Angeles Zoo’s bird theater. By January, the city of Los Angeles had sued its nonprofit partner, the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Assn., ...