AR-News: (US DC) Norton wants USDA oversight at zoo

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D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is calling for the National Zoo to be 
placed under the same oversight as other zoos across the nation, in light of a 
critical interim report on zoo operations issued Feb. 25 by the National Academy 
of Sciences.
"The report makes clear that the National Zoo has become a second-tier zoo, 
not in the class of the nation’s great zoos, such as the San Diego and Bronx 
Zoos," the District’s non-voting representative to Congress said in a statement 
issued by her office.
Norton press secretary Doxie McCoy said the congresswoman is preparing to 
introduce a bill that would place the National Zoological Park under the 
authority of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees other zoos. The 
Northwest Washington zoo is part of the Smithsonian Institution.


full story:

http://www.thecommondenominator.com/030804_news7.html 
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