In January 1994, the shorter name American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) was adopted.

"He could die on camera," says Michael Hutchins, an official with the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, "while children are watching."

In recognition of the situation, the American Zoo and Aquarium Association has announced a national campaign aimed at tackling the little-known problem.

At the age of sixteen, Whitt joined the American Zoo and Aquarium Association.

Most aquariums have been big successes, drawing millions of people a year, according to the American Zoo and Aquarium Association.

Generate a roll of petition signatures for dispatch through the American Zoo and Aquarium Association to African heads of state?

The American Zoo and Aquarium Association in Silver Spring, Md., lists 36 accredited aquariums.

The current thought among experts in the animal world, particularly the members of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, is that elephants need room to roam.

(In 1993, 34 million people visited aquariums nationally, up 28 percent from the year before, according to the American Zoo and Aquarium Association in Washington.)

Another 1,000 tigers are held worldwide in zoos, conservation parks, circuses and the like, according to the American Zoo and Aquarium Association.