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"'Ooh, ah,' that's how it always starts. But then later there's running and screaming."
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Dr. Zia Rodriguez is a member of the Dinosaur Protection Group and its in-house paleo-veterinarian, who made her first appearance in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. [1]
Story
Zia Rodriguez grew up in Seattle with a pet cat named Kizzy. Zia spent her childhood looking after animals and studied pre-veterinary medicine at Berkeley. She dreamed of working at Jurassic World in the dino-healthcare field. Zia however never set foot on Isla Nublar because not long after accepting an internship at the park, Masrani Global and InGen created the Indominus rex and the incident occurred.[2]
Some time later, she joined the DPG and became its dinosaur biology expert. Though never having seen a dinosaur in person before, Zia not only hoped to be able to study and work on the animals once the group had accomplished its goal of rescuing them from their exploding home, she hoped to fulfill her ambition of bringing the subject of dinosaur health to the public and teach people about it.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Zia goes to Isla Nublar with Claire Dearing, Owen Grady, and Franklin Webb. She ventures through Nublar's jungles with Owen as he tracks Blue, but it turns out to be a double-crossing. After Blue is shot by a soldier, Zia is taken captive by the mercenaries so she can operate on Blue and Owen is tranquilized. Zia performs emergency surgery on the raptor, pulling a bullet from her hide and giving her a transfusion of Tyrannosaurus blood taken from Rexy with the help of Claire, Owen, and Franklin who managed to escape the island. Soon after, Zia is brought to Lockwood Manor, where the captive dinosaurs were to be sold, and chained to Blue's cage by Henry Wu . She is rescued from Wu by Franklin Webb, who disguised himself as a scientist. Zia lets Blue loose on two unsuspecting guards. In the ensuing fray, a container of hydrogen cyanide is breached, which threatens to kill all the dinosaurs in the manor's sub-basement. Zia tries to help Franklin save the dinosaurs from being poisoned by the gas, but both are unsuccessful. So, Maisie Lockwood, opens the cage doors and frees the dinosaurs despite Owen’s warning. Zia and Franklin travel to an unknown destination offscreen.
