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- U.S. President Donald Trump pressured the Smithsonian National Zoo to eliminate its Office of Diversity in January 2025.
- The zoo still lists DEI responsibilities on staff profiles and program webpages as of August 2026.
- Smithsonian reports DEI and climate-change messaging appear in nearly 400 website articles.
- Heritage Foundation senior fellow Jason Hayes warned DEI-driven ideologies could undermine the zoo’s conservation mission.
