Animal Care and Management at the National Zoo Interim Report (2004) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction and Background
1 Introduction and Background
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Unlike most other zoos receiving substantial public funding, the National Zoo does not charge admission for its estimated two million annual visitors. Despite its quasi-government status, the National Zoo is a complex business operation, which depends on private as well as federal support for its operations.
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SOURCE: NZP Budgets, September 24, 2003. TABLE 1-2 National Zoological Park Capital Budget from the Smithsonian Institution's Federal Appropriation ($ millions)
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Best Practices have been developed for the following departments or units at the National Zoo: · Office of the Director · Office of Communications and Public Affairs · Department of Animal Programs · Department of Conservation and Research · Department of Administration and Technology · Department of Exhibits and Outreach · National Zoological Park Police · Department of Animal Health · Department of Pathology · Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations
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SOURCE: NZP Animal Health Department Organizational Chart (received February 11, 2004)
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As shown in Figure 1-7, the number of animals acquired annually by the zoo was fairly stable from 1993 through 1999, but starting in 2000, there was decrease in the number of animals acquired by the zoo annually, with a 67 percent decrease in annual acquisitions from 1999 to 2002. Even though annual acquisitions of animals remained relatively stable throughout the 1990s, the size of the animal collection continued to decline.
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Animal Acquisitions by the National Zoo 1993-2002 1200 Born/hatched 1000 Other acquisition als 800 imnAfore 600 mb Nu 400 200 0 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Year FIGURE 1-7 Annual animal acquisitions by the National Zoo. Acquisitions include animals born at the National Zoo or acquired from other institutions.
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Annual mortality rate at the National Zoo, by animal group. The annual mortality rate is calculated as a percentage of the animal collection that dies each calendar year.
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reported by each institution; approximately 50 percent of the National Zoo staff is involved directly in animal care and management (Animal Programs, Animal Health, and Pathology departments, and the Animal and Support Department at CRC)
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FIGURE 1-10 Annual budget for AZA- accredited institutions reported in 2003. SOURCE: Tabulated from the 2004 AZA Membership Directory (AZA, 2003b)
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FIGURE 1-12 Vertebrate collection inventory for AZA- accredited institutions reported in 2003. SOURCE: Tabulated from The 2004 AZA Membership Directory (AZA, 2003b)
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Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens Milwaukee, WI 2,024 90 294 19,053,680 Baltimore Zoo Baltimore, MD 2,037 52 283 11,600,000 Minnesota Zoological Garden Apple Valley, MN 2,060 1,053 240 15,782,351 Louisville Zoological Garden Louisville, KY 2,202 62 152 9,336,400 Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington, DC 2,278 214 292 34,000,000 Sedgwick County Zoo Wichita, KS 2,279 384 130 6,600,000 Detroit Zoological Park Royal Oak, MI 2,320 996 245 20,525,680 Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Cincinnati, OH 2,324 45 230 19,385,000 Brookfield Zoo Brookfield, IL 2,412 2,862 470 35,100,000 Wildlife World Zoo Litchfield Park, AZ 2,627 100 35 3,500,000 SOURCE: The 2004 AZA Membership Directory (AZA, 2003b)
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