National Zoo Admits Mistakes in Animal Care: “The National Zoo has filed a formal response that disputes the claims of a former staff pathologist who said he uncovered a pattern of poor animal care, but the zoo acknowledges making numerous mistakes in treatment and record-keeping…

While presenting a detailed response to Nichols’s allegations of veterinary mistakes in 21 animal deaths, the zoo acknowledged a range of staff errors in caring for 15 animals that died. The mistakes included failure to keep complete and accurate veterinary records; failure to examine some animals in a timely manner; failure to perform tests that would have more accurately diagnosed some ailments; and failure to closely monitor the care of some animals.” —Washington Post