Bactrian Camels Born at Front Royal

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Summary

Five bactrian camels (Katie, Lis, Berkley J, Roseann Roseannadanna and Barbara) are born at Front Royal. Names were chosen in honor of [Conservation and Research] Center staffers, their spouses and a popular TV personality. These births set the Front Royal camel population at twenty.

Subject

  • Conservation Biology Institute (National Zoological Park)
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, "The Torch," May 1980, p. 1.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Spring, 1980

Topic

  • Animals
  • Camels
  • Childbirth

Place

Front Royal (Va.)

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