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by the Department of Agriculture.
The Warren County conservation center was established by the National Zoo as a place “to breed rare and endangered mammals, birds and reptiles and to conduct research on the behavioral physiology of these species so that they can be better managed in captivity,” according to curator-incharge Christen Wemmer. The old remount station is nearly perfect for what the zoo wanted. There is plenty of space, both open grassland and woodland, which permits 35 to 50 acre paddocks for most species, as well as existing barns for shelter and numerous outbuildings for everything from storage to administration.
Not only were the animals lucky when the Zoo bought the old remount station; Curator Wemmer lives in the spacious house that once served the commanding officer and other staff members also live in turn-of-the-century twostory stucco houses, once officers' quarters, all in a park - like seating under elm and sycamore trees.
THE NATIONAL zoo was anxious to establish a breeding farm because it is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain animals in the
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