RIP Theodore H. Reed

Veterinarian Turned National Zoo into International Destination

Zoos and aquariums, even the smallest, are incredibly complicated, a combination of personalities, committees, organizations, animals, missions, sometimes-conflicting purposes, and finances.  Sometimes it seems impossible for anyone to make anything significant happen.  Now and then, however, along comes a man like Dr. Reed of the National Zoo to show the zoo community that one man can, in fact, make a difference...