Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington in United States


Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington
Ambika, Kandula & Shanthi. National Zoo 06/2009. Photo: © Ryan Easley
Ambika, Kandula & Shanthi. National Zoo 06/2009. Photo: © Ryan Easley
Typezoo
Owner
Founded1889
First elephant arrived1891
Address 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Zip-code 20008
Place Washington, DC
Country United States
Website Website
Directors: Theodore Reed (director)
: William Blackburn (director)
Key People
Veterinarians
Elephant department
Elephant managementProtected Contact, since 2011
Head keepers
of elephants		 1987-: Marie Galloway
(elephant head-keeper)
1968-1977: Al Perry
(elephant head-keeper)
Elephant keepers 2017-now: Ashley Fortner (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates2025-03-16: 2025-03-17: 2025-03-18:
Latest document update2025-03-18 07:27:11
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Description

Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington, located at 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, in Washington, DC, United States , was founded in 1889 and the first elephant arrived in 1891

Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington elephants are managed in Protected Contact, since 2011

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Living elephants

At the Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington lives 6 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. ♀ Bozie born 1975
  2. ♀ Maharani (Rani) born 1990-07-14
  3. ♀ Nhi Linh born 2013-08-10
  4. ♂ Spike (Ganesha) born 1981-07-02
  5. ♀ Swarna born 1975
  6. ♀ Trong Nhi born 2003-05-13

Comments / picturesSmithsonian National Zoological Park Washington in United States United+States
The Zoos first elephant Dunk (Duncan).

The Smithsonian National Zoological Park, commonly known as the National Zoo, is a zoo located in Washington, D.C.

It is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).

Founded in 1889, it consists of two distinct installations: a 163 acre (0.7 km²) zoo within the Rock Creek Park in Washington D.C., and a 3,200 acre (13 km²) Conservation and Research Center located in Front Royal, Virginia, at the edge of the Shenandoah National Park.

The zoo in Washington is free and open to the public and is dedicated in large part to education.

The Conservation center in Virginia is closed to the public and is used primarily to breed and study endangered Species. Altogether, the two facilities contain some 2,000 animals of 400 different Species.

*wikipedia

The $50 million Elephant Trails, set to open in 2011, will give eight pachyderms the majority of four acres.

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