Here Zoo Director Lucy Spelman works with a California sea lion at the National Zoo in Washington on 27 June 2000. Spelman resigned on Wednesday after an expert panel criticized the park's handling of animals, including cases of two poisoned pandas, a starved zebra and a tubercular elephant. "It's time for me to move on at the end of this year," Spelman said at a news conference. "I've become a lightning rod for too much attention."




华盛顿动物园：动物生病 园长辞职
　　图为在华盛顿的国家动物园,动物园主任鲁西·斯拜尔曼正在察看一只加州海狮,时间是2000年6月27日。本周三斯拜尔曼提出辞职,此前一个专家组对动物园的管理提出了批评,其中包括两只熊猫中毒,一只斑马挨饿以及一只大象患了结核病。"本年末是我离开的时候了,"在新闻发布会上斯拜尔曼说道,"我已经像避雷针一样引来了太多的批评'雷电’"。

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