What:
Beginning Friday, June 10, 2005, Woodland Park Zoo will make available to the public the 2004 Annual Report to the Superintendent. The review and comment period on the Draft Annual Report will close midnight July 1, 2005. The Annual Report recaps the prior year’s activities for the Superintendent of Seattle Parks and Recreation.

The 2004 Annual Report to the Superintendent is the third in a series of annual reports required by the Zoo Operations and Management Agreement between the City of Seattle and the Woodland Park Zoological Society. The Annual Report is required to provide: a summary of zoo operations for the prior year; a financial accounting for all funds, including use of Pro Parks Levy proceeds and major maintenance funding; a list of all capital investments made at the zoo; an evaluation of zoo performance in the area of customer service; and a description of the zoo’s ethics and conflict of interest policy and compliance with that policy.

How:
Interested individuals may access the 2004 Annual Report on Woodland Park Zoo’s Web site, and 8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. at Woodland Park Zoo’s Education Center near the South Entrance at N. 50th St. & Fremont Ave. N.

Written comments on the 2004 Annual Report may be mailed to: Woodland Park Zoo, 601 N. 59th St., Seattle, WA 98103, “Attention: Jim Bennett-2004 Annual Report Comments.” Comments may also be submitted electronically, accessible from the 2004 Annual Report to the Superintendent on the zoo's Web site. The Final Annual Report will respond to all comments postmarked by midnight July 1, 2005.

Accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, award-winning Woodland Park Zoo is famed for pioneering naturalistic exhibits and setting a standard for zoos all over the world. With conservation, education and excellent animal care at the core of the zoo’s mission, the zoo is helping to save endangered species in Washington state and around the world including tree kangaroos, snow leopards, red-crowned cranes, African wild dogs, western pond turtles and Oregon silverspot butterflies. By inspiring visitors and others to care and act, Woodland Park Zoo is making a difference in our planet’s future.