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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1965 



Services Administration, by authority of the Federal Property and 

 Administrative Services Act of 1949 (Public Law 152, 81st Congress, 

 approved June 30, 1949), General Regulation 100 of the General Ac- 

 counting Office, and Budget-Treasury Regulation No. 1, there is need 

 for three additional clerks. 



STATUS OF THE COLLECTION 



Animals on hand July 1, 1954 2,980 



Accessions during the year 2,347 



Total number of animals in collection during the year 5, 327 



Removals for various reasons such as death, exchanges, return of animals 

 on deposit, etc.^ 1, 917 



In collection on June 30, 1955 3,410 



Respectfully submitted. 



Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 



Secretary^ Smithsonian iTistitution. 



W. M. Mann, Director, 



* Many Bmall creatures are given to the Zoo that have been pets In homes where they 

 are no longer welcome, or where circumstances necessitate giving them up. These Include 

 ducks, chickens, and rabbits given to children at Easter time, parakeets, alligators, caimans, 

 guinea-pigs, etc. Also many of the common local wild things that are found by children 

 or adults who think the creatures need help are brought to the Zoo. Tlils Includes a wide 

 array, but particularly gray squirrels, cottontail rabbits, opossums, skunks, raccoons, 

 foxes, woodchucks, blue jays, robins, sparrows, box turtles, as well as other less plentiful 

 forms. The quantity of these recehed far exceeds the need for exhibition animals and 

 facilities to care for them; therefore, some are used In exchange for other animals that 

 are needed, and some are liberated. During the past year there were 925 Individuals of 

 27 different kinds of such unneeded animals brought In. These were accessioned and 

 therefore are recorded, which accounts in part for the large number of removals listed. 



