Los Angeles Zoo puts new ‘mob’ of meerkats on exhibit

The Los Angeles Zoo’s new breeding group of meerkats is now on exhibit. The “mob” of meerkats includes 4 males and 3 females. The males arrived from the Zoo de Granby in Quebec last September. The 3 females came from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, in January. The 2 groups were slowly introduced to each other at a quarantine facility. In late February, they entered their outdoor habitat together. Meerkats are tiny members of the mongoose family. Keeper of Los Angeles Zoo : Samantha "So, we scattered their food all around the exhibit, and released them all into the exhibit at the exact same moment to make sure that they all had access to food. That there would be no fighting over the food, since meerkats don't share very well." They are native to deserts and grasslands of southern Africa. The Los Angeles Zoo’s elderly meerkats passed away. Now it is rebuilding its meerkat collection with a genetically diverse group. Video Credit: Los Angeles Zoo Photo Credit: AP Photo/Richard Vogel