Wednesday, January 9, 2013

San Juan Capistrano's dinosaur statue moves closer to extinction

The San Juan Capistrano dinosaur is one step closer to extinction after city planning commissioners voted to evict the 40-foot long Apatosaurus statue from a petting zoo in the heart of the city's oldest neighborhood.The chemical hose suppliers produce hoses used in many different industries and their uses and applications are vast.Commissioners said the dinosaur, which peeks onto historic Los Rios Street from the tiny petting zoo, does not reflect the history of San Juan, which certainly would have been underwater when such giant lizards roamed the Earth.Carolyn Franks, owner of Zoomars Petting Zoo, said she plans to appeal the commission's 4-2 vote.Braided marine fuel hose are designed to withstand high heat and vibration over long years of life but unlike most car applications, they do have to be inspected and tested every so many hours of use.

Franks bought the 13-foot-high statue for $12,000 last June, installing it without city permission. Since then,You'll also be able to visit many other places as section of the 11-Day Trekking from Taxkorgan to Muztag Peak. that you can visit. she and a donor have spent more than $30,000 on geological studies, civil and structural engineers to inspect the site and a fresh coat of paint for the leather-necked beast.The Yangtze River Cruising is yet another of the important places that you will be ready to visit as area of the 10-Day Eastern Xinjiang Photography Tour  plans."We're a historical animal park," she said, noting that her zoo includes alpacas, goats, rabbits and zedonks -- a cross between a zebra and a donkey.There are south 9-Day Southern Xinjiang Folklore Tour and north Xinjiang travel for the tourists. North Xinjiang is for the travellers to see the beautiful natural scenes and the South Xinjiang is more like a Minority folk tourism of China. "The dinosaur is fiberglass. It's been so exciting for the kids -- and what a great way to get kids started in history at the start of history."

Opponents cite the zoo's location, on historic Los Rios Street, which is dotted with buildings more than 200 years old. The road is one of the oldest in California.Franks said she offered to screen off the statue -- which is known by its fans as Juan the Capistrano Dinosaur -- from pedestrians' view if the commission let the dinosaur stay."She came in with good ideas, including screening with trees, and I thought we could find a way to preserve the statue," said Jeff Parkhurst, a city planning commissioner who said he took both of his daughters to the zoo when they were younger.

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