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through the center of the Zoo and suggests locations for new buildmgs 

 such as a new monkey house, monkey island, lion house, hoofed-stock 

 complex, administration building, and auditorium. Dr. Carmichael 

 presented the master plan to the Board of Regents at their annual 

 meeting in January 1961. 



The "Friends'' were responsible for a brass plaque wliich was 

 placed at the base of the flag that flies at the Connecticut Avenue 

 entrance to the Zoo. Tliis flagpole was dedicated in September 1959, 

 "as an expression of warm affection for Dr. William M. jMann, former 

 Director of the Zoo," and on the day of Dr. Mann's funeral the flag 

 was flown at half-staff. 



June 5, 1961, was designated as Zoo Night for the "Friends." About 

 200 of them gathered at the Police Station at 8 p.m. and were taken 

 on a conducted tour. 



INFORMATION AND EDUCATION 



The Zoo continues to handle a large correspondence with persons 

 all over the world and from every part of this country, who write to 

 the Zoo, as a national institution, for information regarding animals. 

 Telephone calls come in constantly asking for identification of ani- 

 mals, proper diets, or treatment of disease. Visitors to the office as 

 well as to the animal exhibits are constantly seeking information. 



On his trip to India for the white tiger, the Director had an oppor- 

 tunity to visit zoos in Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, Malaya, and 

 Thailand, as well as India, and to photograph various types of new 

 construction and design. He has lectured on these Oriental zoos to 

 civic and scientific groups. His article on "Enchantress, the "Wliite 

 Tiger" was published in the National Geographic Magazine for May 

 1961. 



J. Lear Grimmer, Associate Director, continued his fieldwork in 

 British Guiana and spent 7 weeks there studying the life history of 

 the hoatzin. For 2 weeks he was joined by William Widman, senior 

 keeper. Mr. Grimmer left again for British Guiana in June 1961, 

 accompanied by Keeper Charles Hall. 



The Director and Travis E. Fauntleroy, Jr., assistant to the Di- 

 rector, attended the annual convention of the American Association 

 of Zoological Parks and Aquarimns at I^ong Beach, Calif., in Sep- 

 tember 1960. Mr. Fauntleroy stopped at Brookfield (Chicago), San 

 Francisco, San Diego, and San Antonio to study management meth- 

 ods in these well-known zoos. The Director visited Vancouver, B.C., 

 Seattle, Wash., Portland, Oreg., San Francisco, and San Diego, study- 

 ing recent construction at these zoos. In February, the Director and 

 Dr. James F. Wright attended the Midwinter Conference of Midwest 

 Zoo Directors in St. Louis, where the Director presented a paper on 

 Oriental Zoos and Dr. Wright spoke on the immobilization of animals. 



