Dispatch opinion and engagement editor Amelia Robinson talks with Columbus Zoo and Aquarium CEO Tom Schmid on the latest edition of the “Then What Happened podcast?”
During this episode we talk about Tom’s favorite Columbus Zoo critters - one very big and the other very, very small.
Who he thinks will be the next "Jack Hanna," how reindeer donated by the Wolf family helped started it all for the zoo, and why the zoo's tagline is changing from "empowering people" to "saving wildlife."

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