Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park

This guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park opens on the park's opening day, April 22, 1998, as federal investigators were still weighing whether to let the gates open at all. It follows the animal-welfare investigation that preceded it, the deaths reported at the construction site, and the timing of the government's clearance, which one animal-rights lawyer called suspicious. Listen for the story of the carved tree towering over the park's center, and the primatologist who asked for one more figure to be added to it.