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By THERESA REYNOLDS
Rappahannock Staff U ritcr
In a hilly compound just north of the RappahannockWarren County line, zebras graze in rocky meadows, camels strut by startled motorists on Route 522. and reindeer make their stately way between chain link fence and stucco stable.
They are residents of the Conservation and Research Center of the National Zoo, a 3,100- acre former horse and mule-breeding farm. These acres now house animals threatened in the wild and difficult to manage in captivity.
In recent weeks the exotic residents of the center have been overshadowed by the intense local and national attention focused on a more commonplace animal which roams the Center's fields and woods: the white-tail deer. The numbers of deer presently within the center’s boundaries have grown to more than 1,000. a number that the Center's directors feel is threatening the food supply and health of its animals as well as posing a serious threat to the wellbeing of the white-tail herd itself.
Last year the Center opened an area to hunters in an attempt to curtail the growth of the herd, but this year’s efforts to repeat the public hunt have stirred protests from a few local citizens and a loud outcry from members of the Humane Society of the United States, in Washington, D.C. and other individuals and groups.
“We can understand the concern of the people who have objected," said Curatorin-Charge Christen Wemmer. "To people who sympathize with the work of the zoo and
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