Zoological sights in Washington, DC
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National Zoological Park
As the National Zoo enters its 120th year of existence, it celebrates a birthday attended by some controversy (several animals’ deaths in the last decade and the resignation of a director), hope (two words: giant pandas) and cautious optimism exemplified by the birth of a lowland gorilla. Still one of the best zoos around, the National gently sprawls over 163 acres cut through by a mini-Amazon, the interactive Think Tank, which examines animal intelligence, and the excellent Asia Trail, which winds around aforementioned pandas, clouded leopards and red pandas. The Smithsonian Institution zoo was founded in 1889 and planned by Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of New York’s …
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