{"658698":{"#nid":"658698","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Remember when... the Atlanta zoo was a \u0022national disgrace?\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the early 1980s, Atlanta\u0026rsquo;s zoo was known as one of the country\u0026rsquo;s worst \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;a depressing and woefully managed city-owned-and-operated mess. Animals died or disappeared, when they weren\u0026#39;t\u0026nbsp;confined\u0026nbsp;to cages with little to no shade and with no access to open-air environments. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/emeriti\/373\u0022\u003ETerry Maple\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026mdash; then a Georgia Tech primatologist, now a member of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u0026#39;\u003C\/a\u003Es\u0026nbsp;emeritus faculty \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;was the one who called it \u0026quot;a national disgrace.\u0026quot; Maple was appointed executive director after an investigation, and is given credit for turning around the zoo\u0026#39;s fortunes. Maple rallied investments and donations.\u0026nbsp;Now named \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/zooatlanta.org\u0022\u003EZoo Atlanta,\u003C\/a\u003E the facility has grown in size, diversity of animals, and is one of Atlanta\u0026rsquo;s biggest draws.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-06-03 17:34:57","changed_gmt":"2022-06-03 17:34:57","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/atlanta\/2022\/06\/02\/atlanta-zoo-national-disgrace","dateline":{"date":"2022-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"190749","name":"Terry Maple"},{"id":"6765","name":"zoo atlanta"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}