As Zoos Cautiously Reopen, Humans Are Excited, Big Cats Seem Ambivalent

The Smithsonian

“We haven’t seen the cats get superexcited about seeing people, but that’s honestly to be expected,” says Craig Saffoe, curator of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, which reopens Friday.

(Image credit: Mehgan Murphy/Smithsonian’s National Zoo)

“We haven’t seen the cats get superexcited about seeing people, but that’s honestly to be expected,” says Craig Saffoe, curator of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, which reopens Friday.