MISC

Slash loves elephants and going to the zoo

FYI, Slash knows animals and he loves the zoo. Yeah I know, I thought the zoo is what Guns N Roses called their backstage area (because of that crazy giraffe Duff). Apparently he visits zoos while he’s on tour and now he’s supporting the construction of the Pachyderm Forest at the Los Angeles Zoo. It’s going to to cost $42 million dollars to build six acres for 5 Asian elephants and 3 of their babies to walk around and it’ll have two pools and a waterfall (Geez! I wanna live there!)

“It’s really beautiful,” Slash said. “It’s really well done. It gives the elephants an amazing amount of room to move around. I’m a huge advocate of this particular exhibit.”

Karen Poly, a 25-year animal keeper at the zoo, said she has “always been impressed with Slash’s knowledge of animals. In many cases, he is even able to identify the different subspecies, something that most people can’t do.”

Go here for more on the city’s battle with the zoo.

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Tags: Duff McKagan, Guns N Roses, Slash, Velvet Revolver