[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 75 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 75

Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Philadelphia 
                       Zoo: America's First Zoo.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2009

    Mr. Specter (for himself and Mr. Casey) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Philadelphia 
                       Zoo: America's First Zoo.

Whereas Dr. William Camac, a legendary Philadelphia physician, led a concerned 
        community of citizens, educators, and scientists to charter the 
        Zoological Society of Philadelphia--America's First Zoo--on March 21, 
        1859, housed on a bucolic, 44-acre property in Fairmount Park along the 
        West Bank of the Schuylkill River;
Whereas the Philadelphia Zoo has emerged over the past century as a national and 
        global treasure and as one of Philadelphia's most cherished, enduring, 
        and significant educational, scientific, and conservation institutions 
        and cultural attractions;
Whereas the Philadelphia Zoo was the site for breakthrough research that led to 
        the award of the 1976 Nobel Prize for Medicine;
Whereas since its inception, the Philadelphia Zoo, through its myriad research 
        and curatorial activities, has consistently and successfully protected, 
        promoted, and preserved numerous rare and endangered wildlife species 
        around the world;
Whereas since its landmark gates opened to the general public, the Philadelphia 
        Zoo has welcomed more than 100,000,000 visitors, including millions of 
        school children from the greater Philadelphia community over 
        generations; and
Whereas the Philadelphia Zoo's sesquicentennial on March 21, 2009 is an 
        achievement of historic proportions for Philadelphia, the Commonwealth 
        of Pennsylvania, the United States, and the world conservation 
        community: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate recognizes the 150th anniversary of the 
founding of the Philadelphia Zoo on March 21, 2009.
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