With that sort of a situation, it is astonishing that the zoo associations have done so well and are continuing to do well. Although I wrote the original accreditation program so many years ago, it is much better now than it was when I wrote it. The species survival plan has had many improvements, and I think we’re seeing a steady increase in the associations effort. Their, efforts now to publish recent issues in zoo biology in their magazine (indistinct) is, I think very encouraging. So I believe that the American Zoo Association is going in the right direction.
