Surprise to USDA: It Can Inspect Zoo

The Washington Post ^ | Friday, March 14, 2003 | James V. Grimaldi and Karlyn Barker

[Willie Green]

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.

Legal Error, Not Immunity, Prevented Sudden Checks of Facility for Decades

The National Zoo has been subject to unannounced inspections by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for decades, despite previous assertions that the Smithsonian facility was legally immune from the scrutiny of federal animal welfare inspectors.

The unannounced visits were never done because of a misunderstanding of federal animal welfare laws, Alisa Harrison, the USDA's press secretary, said yesterday.

[Willie Green]

High quality journalism from the Washington ComPost.

Here's a quote from a few paragraphs further in the article:

The USDA instead had done announced, "courtesy inspections."

Don't you just luv it?

[dinasour]

Their not very grammatical.

:-)

[Sen Jack S. Fogbound]

Uh, how about the Zoo at Congress?

[CFC__VRWC]

Are they series??? A vey hugh grammer errer that is.

[Willie Green]

It's bad enough that the reporter wrote it.
But don't they have editors at that paper?

[CFC__VRWC]

It's bad enough that the reporter wrote it.
But don't they have editors at that paper?

I would think so, but with some of the trash that I've seen passed off as "professional journalism" these days, sometimes I really wonder.