该动物园将性别平等与气候变化挂钩，且纳入了将多元包容视为使命“核心组成部分”的计划
2026年8月27日 美国东部时间早上5:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
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专家就动物园内的科学政治化问题发表看法：“这会引发问题”
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【福克斯新闻独家报道】 随着特朗普政府持续打击史密森尼学会内部的极左宣传与议程，福克斯新闻数字频道的审查发现，史密森尼国家动物园近年来也在推行自身的“觉醒式”宣传与项目。
史密森尼国家动物园与保护生物学研究所每年在华盛顿特区的园区接待约200万游客，并在全球40多个国家开展保护研究项目。根据其官网信息，该机构一直将多元包容、气候变化等议题作为工作重点。
“性别平等、公民自由与公正是实现和平与繁荣的必要条件，同时它们也会直接影响资源利用与气候变化，”该机构官网2021年的一篇文章写道。
这篇文章由海鸟生态学家奥顿-林恩·哈里森与珊瑚生物学家玛丽·哈格多恩撰写，论证了“我们可以通过解决全球范围内医疗与教育领域的不平等问题，直接推动气候行动”。
【特朗普对决史密森尼：白宫围绕“觉醒式”历史叙事的斗争时间线】
福克斯新闻数字频道的审查发现，国家动物园一直在推广多元包容、 LGBTQ+ 与环境正义相关举措。（塞拉尔·居内斯/阿纳多卢通讯社通过盖蒂图片社 摄）
在动物园官网搜索“气候变化”可得到近400条结果，其中包括关于气候变化对季节性池塘、蝾螈、野火、珊瑚苗圃以及其他多种野生动物影响的相关文章。
除了福克斯新闻数字频道此前广泛报道的史密森尼学会内部清除政治宣传行动外，特朗普政府还将重点放在清除联邦政府内部的多元包容相关举措上，而这些举措似乎正是史密森尼动物园的工作重点。
“多元化与包容性是史密森尼学会各项工作不可或缺的组成部分，也是史密森尼战略规划的关键要素，”2023年《史密森尼多元化与包容性倡议报告》解释道。该报告包含数页专门介绍动物园的多元包容工作。
【声称多元包容“必须居于机构核心”的史密森尼高管薪酬高得惊人】（https://www.foxnews.com/politics/smithsonian-exec-said-dei-must-be-at-center-institutions-raking-eye-popping-salary）
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该报告概述了国家动物园与保护生物学研究所该财年开展的多项多元包容项目，包括以多元化为重点的实习项目、动物园内面向LGBTQ+家庭的活动（设有以彩虹为主题的动物丰容项目），以及在动物园与水族馆行业推广包容性语言。
“美国人参观动物园是为了了解保护工作、欣赏动物，而非被说教或感到愧疚，”独立妇女论坛能源与保护中心主任加布里埃拉·霍夫曼告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“令人遗憾的是，保护领域已经被多元包容、环境、社会和公司治理（ESG）以及气候恐慌论的势力渗透。这会给本应优先以科学为核心的领域带来混乱与分裂。”
2021年《史密森尼杂志》的一篇文章介绍了国家动物园如何协助发起“少数族裔动物园与水族馆专业人士协会”，该协会旨在通过网络社交、外联指导与职业发展，增加少数种族与族裔在动物园与水族馆行业的从业比例。
“作为史密森尼国家动物园的大型食肉动物管理员，同时也是动物园行业中为数不多的黑人男性，我长期以来深切意识到，在我选择的这个领域里，黑人和少数族裔面孔稀缺，”史密森尼动物园管理员克雷格·萨福在题为《为何一群动物园与水族馆专业人士希望确保行业未来更具包容性》的文章中写道。
“多年来我一直在思考自己能做些什么来改变这种局面，最终我决定，正如我母亲从小告诉我的那样，‘别再说了，行动起来’。”
【前民主党幕僚、多元包容领袖在政治风暴中塑造史密森尼领导层】（https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-democratic-staffers-dei-leaders-shape-smithsonian-leadership-amid-political-firestorm）
2026年7月15日，在华盛顿特区的史密森尼国家动物园与保护生物学研究所，大象罗比·克拉克正握着5个月大的亚洲象幼崽林迈的鼻子。林迈于2026年2月在该动物园出生。（马克辛·华莱士/《华盛顿邮报》通过盖蒂图片社 摄）
LGBTQ+家庭相关活动一直是史密森尼国家动物园的固定主题，该园利用每年的“国际家庭平等日”面向LGBTQ+群体开展外联活动。动物园表示，这项免费活动自2018年起每年举办，活动内容包括动物互动、饲养员讲解、音乐、游戏与社区活动。动物园工作人员还为园内动物制作了以彩虹为主题的丰容项目与零食，包括彩色冰蛋糕。
2024年，该活动扩大了社区合作范围，动物园接待了来自LGBTQ+社区中心、SMYAL（华盛顿特区青年服务组织）、彩虹家庭协会、勇敢步道以及史密森尼骄傲联盟的代表。活动内容包括LGBTQ+及盟友群体GenOUT青年合唱团的表演、与当地LGBTQ+组织共同举办的社区野餐，以及突出酷儿身份与包容性的音乐表演。外界团体将这场活动称为“动物园同性恋日”，而动物园的官方活动名称仍为“国际家庭平等日”。
“在国家动物园这样的机构，尤其是像国家动物园这样由纳税人资助的组织，其核心使命本应是保护、物种管理与栖息地管理之类的工作。当意识形态或至少是存疑的科学开始主导甚至统治这类机构的管理时，问题就会出现，”传统基金会能源、气候与环境中心高级研究员杰森·海斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
2025年1月，史密森尼学会宣布将撤销其多元化办公室，以配合特朗普政府的相关行动，但同时表示将“保留访客无障碍服务相关工作，因为这是一项至关重要的职能”。
然而截至本周，动物园官网列出的多个工作简介仍有语言表明，多元包容是其日常工作的一部分。其中包括动物园咨询委员会成员、目的地华盛顿总裁兼首席执行官埃利奥特·弗格森的简介，文中称推动旅游与酒店业发展是他的工作重点，且他的工作包括“多元化、公平与包容”、种族主义话题对话以及为有色人种拓展机会。
该简介还提到，他曾担任“旅游多元化事务”组织的主席，这是一个专注于多元包容的酒店业劳动力组织。
【史密森尼的纳税人资金面临削减，共和党要求为“觉醒式”历史叙事问责】（https://www.foxnews.com/politics/smithsonians-taxpayer-funds-face-chopping-block-gop-demands-accountability-woke-history）
作为美国最大的博物馆与研究综合体，史密森尼学会正处于白宫改革其美国历史展示方式运动的中心。（J·大卫·埃克/盖蒂图片社 摄）
史密森尼国家动物园与保护生物学研究所的保护能力主任里卡多·斯塔诺斯在2023财年多样性报告中被列为一个正在推进的社区咨询小组的首席研究员。该小组与华盛顿特区领导人举行了倾听会，并探索开发以多元化为重点的实习项目，以及开设专注于环境正义与气候变化的硕士学位课程。
此外，动物园的大平原科学项目官网目前将“包容性”列为其核心价值观之一，承诺为来自少数群体的人士创造参与其工作的途径，并培养新一代保护主义者。与该项目相关的多位研究人员的个人简介都强调了其对包容性与原住民社区参与的重视。
该动物园还继续与将多元包容作为核心工作的组织合作，包括动物园长期认可的会员机构——动物园与水族馆协会（AZA）。该园参与了动物园与水族馆协会的保护与动物管理项目，必须满足其认证标准，其中包括要求会员机构制定书面计划，打造无障碍、受欢迎的组织文化。
动物园与水族馆协会官网称，多元包容“贯穿于我们的一切工作”，该组织2020年曾写道：“系统性种族主义根植于我们的结构、文化与组织之中，我们致力于推动积极且持久的变革，消除这些障碍。”
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现任史密森尼国家动物园与保护生物学研究所主任布兰迪·史密斯于2008年加入史密森尼学会，此前她曾担任动物园与水族馆协会动物保护副主席长达10年。
除了动物园与水族馆协会的认证外，史密森尼学会还是国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）的成员。该全球保护组织当前的性别政策呼吁制定符合性别视角的保护措施，并在种族、性取向与性别认同方面实现包容性参与。该政策适用于国际自然保护联盟的工作人员，并对会员机构具有指导意义。
该动物园还与伦敦动物学会合作开展弯角剑羚的恢复工作。伦敦动物学会的“更公平保护”项目表示，其采用“去殖民化视角”，旨在将“正义、公平与包容”融入其保护工作中。
福克斯新闻数字频道就史密森尼国家动物园的情况征求其置评，并询问了该机构目前是否在推行多元包容相关工作，但未收到回复。不过，一位发言人提供了一份声明，称：“史密森尼国家动物园与保护生物学研究所是美国的国家动物园——在这里，人们可以体验野生动物、了解自然世界，并亲眼目睹保护行动的开展。”
该发言人补充道：“该动物园让数百万人与野生动物建立联系，同时推进拯救物种的全球使命。”
霍夫曼解释说：“活动人士长期以来一直以动物园为目标，仅仅因为它们的存在。”
“迎合这些极端分子——以为 adopting these views 鳄鱼最后才会吃你——只会加速灭绝，而非延长存续时间，”霍夫曼说。“史密森尼动物园不应该用政治说教与空洞的陈词滥调疏远游客。动物园应该专注于展示大熊猫，而非讨好激进分子。如果不再推行与保护工作背道而驰的觉醒式政策，如今本可以有更多濒危物种得到保护与恢复。”
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Gender equity, DEI, climate action: How the Smithsonian’s woke push ‘infiltrated’ America’s most beloved zoo
The zoo promoted gender equity as linked to climate change and was part of a plan calling DEI ‘integral’ to the mission
August 27, 2026 5:00am EDT / Fox News
By Andrew Mark Miller
Expert weighs in on politicization of science within zoos: ‘You start to have problems’
Fox News Digital spoke to researcher Jason Hayes at the Heritage Foundation about the far-left push within the environmental and wildlife conservation space.
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FIRST ON FOX:As the Trump administration continues to crack down on far-left messaging and agenda items within the Smithsonian Institution, a Fox News Digital review found that the Smithsonian National Zoo has been adopting “woke” messaging and programming of its own over the past several years.
The Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, which hosts roughly 2 million visitors each year at its Washington, D.C. national zoo and operates a global conservation research program spanning more than 40 countries, has placed an emphasis on issues like DEI and climate change, according to its own website.
“Gender equity, civil liberties and justice are necessary ingredients for peace and prosperity, but they also have a direct impact on resource use and climate change,” a 2021 article on the organization’s website reads.
The article, written by seabird ecologist Autumn-Lynn Harrison and coral biologist Mary Hagedorn, makes the case that “one direct way we can bolster climate action is by addressing inequities in health and education across the globe.”
TRUMP V. SMITHSONIAN: A TIMELINE OF HOW THE WHITE HOUSE FIGHT OVER ‘WOKE’ HISTORY UNFOLDED
A Fox News Digital review found the National Zoo has promoted DEI, LGBTQ and environmental-justice initiatives.(Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images 😉
Searching “climate change” on the zoo’s website yields almost 400 results, including articles warning about its impacts on vernal pools, salamanders, wildfires, coral nurseries and a variety of other aspects of wildlife.
In addition to attempting to root out political messaging in the Smithsonian, which Fox News Digital has extensively reported on, the Trump administration has also placed a focus on rooting out DEI practices within the federal government, practices that appear to be a high priority for the Smithsonian Zoo.
“Diversity and inclusion are integral to all aspects of the Smithsonian Institution’s operations and key components of the Smithsonian Strategic Plan,” the 2023 Smithsonian Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives Report, which includes several pages specific to the zoo’s DEI efforts, explains.
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The report outlines several DEI programs undertaken by the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute during that fiscal year, including diversity-focused internships, LGBTQ family programming at the zoo featuring rainbow-themed animal enrichment and efforts to promote inclusive language in the zoo and aquarium profession.
“Americans visit zoos to learn about conservation efforts and admire animals, not to be shamed or feel guilt-ridden,” Independent Women’s Forum Center for Energy and Conservation Director Gabriella Hoffman told Fox News Digital. “Conservation has, sadly, been infiltrated by elements of DEI, ESG, and climate alarmism. This invites confusion and division into a space that should be science-first.”
A 2021 Smithsonian Magazine article promoted how the National Zoo helped launch the Association of Minority Zoo and Aquarium Professionals, aimed at increasing racial and ethnic minority representation in zoo and aquarium careers through networking, outreach, mentorship and professional development.
“As the curator of large carnivores at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and a black man in the zoo field, I have long been keenly aware of the dearth of black and brown faces in my chosen field,” Smithsonian curator Craig Saffoe wrote in the article headlined: “Why a Group of Zoo and Aquarium Professionals Wants to Ensure the Future of Their Field Is More Inclusive.”
“After years of thinking about what I could do to try to address this situation, I finally decided to, as my mother told me growing up, ‘stop talking about it, and be about it.’”
FORMER DEMOCRATIC STAFFERS, DEI LEADERS SHAPE SMITHSONIAN LEADERSHIP AMID POLITICAL FIRESTORM
Elephant Robbie Clark holds 5-month-old Asian elephant calf Lihn Mai’s trunk on July 15, 2026, at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C. Lihn Mai was born at the zoo in February 2026.(Photo by Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
LGBTQ family programming has been a consistent theme at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, which has used its annual International Family Equality Day to conduct outreach to the LGBTQ community. The free event, which the zoo says it has hosted annually since 2018, has featured animal encounters, keeper talks, music, games and community activities. Zoo staff have also created rainbow-themed animal enrichment and treats, including colorful ice cakes, for animals throughout the park.
The event expanded its community partnerships in 2024, when the zoo hosted representatives from the DC Center for the LGBTQ Community, SMYAL, Rainbow Families, Brave Trails and the Smithsonian Pride Alliance. The program included a performance by the LGBTQ-and-allied GenOUT Youth Chorus, a community picnic with local LGBTQ organizations and music that highlighted queer identity and inclusion. The outside groups referred to the gathering as “Gay Day at the Zoo,” while the zoo’s programming was formally billed as International Family Equality Day.
“In places like the National Zoo, especially a taxpayer-funded organization like the National Zoo, zoos have a primary mission of conservation and species management, habitat management, that kind of thing, and when ideologies, or at least science that is in question, start to take over and really rule the management of an organization like the zoo, then you start to have problems,” Jason Hayes, a senior research fellow with the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Energy, Climate and Environment, told Fox News Digital.
In January 2025, the Smithsonian organization announced that it was eliminating its Office of Diversity in line with the Trump administration’s efforts but noted it is “retaining our efforts at visitor accessibility as it serves a critical function.”
However, several work profiles listed on the zoo’s website as of this week still contain language suggesting DEI is part of their daily activities, including the zoo’s profile of Elliott Ferguson, president and CEO of Destination DC and a member of the zoo’s advisory board, which says advancing the tourism and hospitality industry is a priority for him and that his work includes “diversity, equity and inclusion,” conversations about racism and expanding opportunities for people of color.
The profile also notes that he previously chaired Tourism Diversity Matters, a hospitality-workforce organization focused on DEI.
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The Smithsonian, the nation’s largest museum and research complex, is at the center of a White House campaign to overhaul its presentation of American history.(J. David Ake/Getty Images)
Ricardo Stanoss, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s director for conservation capacity, was listed in the FY2023 diversity report as the principal investigator for an in-progress community advisory group that held listening sessions with D.C. leaders and explored development of a diversity-focused internship program and a master’s degree focused on environmental justice and climate change.
Additionally, the zoo’s Great Plains Science Program website currently lists “Inclusion” among its core values, pledging to create pathways for people from underrepresented groups to participate in its work and cultivate a new generation of conservationists. Several of the researchers associated with that project have biographies that underscore its emphasis on inclusion and Native community engagement.
The zoo also continues to partner with groups that have made DEI a central focus, including the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), of which the zoo is a long-standing accredited member. The zoo participates in AZA conservation and animal-management programs and must meet its accreditation standards, including a requirement that member institutions maintain written plans for accessible, welcoming organizational cultures.
AZA’s website says DEI is “embedded in everything we do” and the group wrote in 2020 that “systemic racism is embedded in our structures, culture and organizations, and we are committed to positive and sustained change that dismantles these barriers.”
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Brandie Smith, the current director of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, joined the Smithsonian in 2008 after spending 10 years as AZA’s vice president of animal conservation.
Beyond its AZA accreditation, the Smithsonian is a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, a global conservation organization whose current gender policy calls for gender-responsive conservation and inclusive participation across race, sexual orientation and gender identity. The policy governs IUCN staff and is advisory for member institutions.
The zoo also works with the Zoological Society of London on the scimitar-horned oryx recovery effort. ZSL’s FAIRER Conservation program says it uses a “decolonial lens” and aims to embed “justice, equity and inclusion” in its conservation work.
Fox News Digital asked the Smithsonian’s National Zoo for comment and inquired about any current implementation of DEI in the organization but did not receive a response. Instead, a spokesperson provided a statement saying, “The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is the Nation’s Zoo—a place where people can experience wildlife, learn about the natural world and see conservation in action.”
The spokesperson added, “The zoo connects millions of people with wildlife while advancing a global mission to save species.”
Hoffman explained that “activists have long targeted zoos simply because they exist.”
“Kowtowing to these extremists — thinking the crocodile will eat you last by adopting these views — will invite extinction, not longevity,” Hoffman said. “The Smithsonian Zoo shouldn’t alienate visitors with political lectures and empty platitudes. The zoo should stick to showcasing pandas, not pandering to radicals. More imperiled species would be conserved and recovered today by de-emphasizing woke policies that are anathema to conservation efforts.”
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.