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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
National Research Council
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
and
Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
Committee on a Review of the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park

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Congressional Briefings
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
1306 Longworth House Office Bldg. -- 4:00 p.m.
and
B308 Rayburn House Office Bldg. -- 5:00 pm.

And

Wednesday, Feburary 25, 2004
1309 Longworth House Office Bldg. -- 8:00 a.m.

on

Animal Care and Management at the National Zoo: Interim Report

by

R. Michael Roberts, Curator's Professor of Animal Science, Biochemistry and Veterinary Pathology, University of Missouri, Columbia and Chair, Committee on a Review of the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, The National Academies

Charles C. Capen, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, and Member, Committee on a Review of the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, The National Academies

Rebecca Remillard, Staff Veterinarian, Clinical Nutritionist, and Director, Hospital Continuing Education and Clinical Research, MSPCA Angell Memorial Animal Hospital, Boston, and Member, Committee on a Review of the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, The National Academies

Stephen L. Zawistowski, Senior Vice President and Science Advisor, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and Member, Committee on a Review of the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, The National Academies

Requested by the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on House Administration, which is responsible for oversight of the Smithsonian Institution -- the body which administers the National Zoological Park and the Conservation and Research Center (CRC) -- this interim report examines animal care and management at the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. in the wake of a series of untimely animal deaths. A final report is expected to be released in the summer of 2004.

These series of briefings were for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on February 25, 2004 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.