Panel Studying Deaths at Zoo Won't Lay Blame

The chairman of a National Academy of Sciences panel looking into animal deaths and care at the National Zoo said yesterday that despite expectations of some of the facility's critics, his committee will not "be pointing fingers" at top managers.

Yeah, that'll be real useful. No better way to fix a problem than to not hold anyone responsible. Oh, and a cheetah died at the zoo yesterday, although apparently from old age.