DOCTOR THOMAS CULBERSON, OR AS HIS FRIENDS CALL HIM SPEEDY - HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERING HIS TIME WITH THE ZOO'S ANIMALS SINCE 19-80. AND THE ZOO WANTED TO THANK HIM IN A BIG WAY.

IN FACT, THEY SAID THANK YOU IN A HUGE WAY....BY NAMING THE BENGAL TIGER EXHIBIT IN HIS HONOR. AND EVEN THOUGH CULBERSON SAYS HE LOVES ALL OF THE ANIMALS...THE TIGERS ARE HIS FAVORITE...AND HE WAS THRILLED TO HAVE THE EXHIBIT NAMED AFTER HIM.