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In January 2025, Scales was appointed to be chief of staff of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. [6] She was reportedly installed to carry out U.S. president Donald Trump and Musk's directives to purge large numbers of staff from the federal government; agencies were directed to send lists of potentially fireable employees directly to her ...
Lincoln Park Zoo, also known as Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens, is a 35-acre (14 ha) zoo in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois. The zoo was founded in 1868 and is the second oldest zoo in the United States. It is also one of a small number of zoos to offer free admission. [6]
Chicago cartoonist John T. McCutcheon was the president of the Chicago Zoological Society from 1921 until 1948 and oversaw the zoo's construction, opening and its early years, including helping it through the war years, when the zoo saw a decrease in attendance. Grace Olive Wiley briefly worked as a reptile curator at the zoo in 1935. [26]
Board of Directors of Polish Zoological Gardens and Aquaria (RDPOZiA) British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) [7] Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA) [8] Central Zoo Authority of India (CZA), Governing Authority of all Zoos in India [9] Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens & Aquaria (CAZG) [10]
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), originally the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA), is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1924 and dedicated to the advancement of zoos and public aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science, and recreation.
In 1991 the IUDZG adopted a new name, World Zoo Organization, and revised its membership rules to include regional zoo associations. [1] In 2000 the organization got its current name, the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, to reflect a more modern institution working together at a global level. The association wants to build cooperative ...
Keeled scales of a colubrid snake (banded water snake; Nerodia fasciata). In zoology, a scale (Ancient Greek: λεπίς, romanized: lepís; Latin: squāma) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an animal's skin to provide protection.
This is a list of zoos and aquariums that are members of World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA). The WAZA has two types/levels of membership. The first is an association member that is through another zoo association such as the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).