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National Zoo Head to Resign National Zoo director Lucy H. Spelman announces she will quit at the end of 2004 after an independent study criticized the zoo's care, pest control, record-keeping and management practices. The review, which came after a string of high-profile animal deaths, found that the health and safety of zoo animals are threatened. NPR's Nancy Marshall reports.

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National Zoo director Lucy H. Spelman announces she will quit at the end of 2004 after an independent study criticized the zoo's care, pest control, record-keeping and management practices. The review, which came after a string of high-profile animal deaths, found that the health and safety of zoo animals are threatened. NPR's Nancy Marshall reports.