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There's a National Geographic article from 1957 about the National Zoo, with a photo of William Mann with a tiny baby circus elephant in his apartment.
William Mann was an entemologist. He once said that if people were'nt so impressed by size they would find an ant much more fascinating than a rhinoceros. The next National Zoo director, T.H. Reed, said almost the reverse when he expressed frustration with the fact that the public was more fascinated by a $50. squirrel monkey than by a $10,000 rhino. Today the William M. Mann Memorial Lion-Tiger Exhibit at the National Zoo is obviously named in his honor. When this complex was under construction between 1974 and 1976 the National Zoo's three orange tigers, Ramana and Kesari, who were Mohini's offspring, and Marvina, who was Kesari's daughter born in 1973, were all boarded at the Cincinnati Zoo. At the same time the zoo's two white tigers-Mohini and Rewati-were boarded at the Brookfield Zoo. With regards to the three orange tigers Devra Kleiman of the National Zoo said that she was well aware of the white gene and specifically told the Cincinnati Zoo not to breed from any of these tigers. The National Zoo wanted to get out of the white tiger business. The Cincinnati Zoo had been shopping around for a white tiger and found that no owner was willing to sell at any price at the time.
Wade: T.H. Reed died just a few months ago at age 90. His so is the director of the Sedgwick County Zoo. Sincerely Paul
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