Zoological Society of San Diego original seal, and Zoo founders: Dr. Harry Wegeforth, Dr. Paul Wegeforth, Dr. Fred Baker, Dr. J.C. Thompson, and Frank Stephens. "These five organized and incorporated a society which would function as a scientific, nonprofitable institution for teaching children to love wild life. As a means of doing this, a zoo was to be built which would include a hospital for the study of animal diseases and bettering the condition of wild and domestic animals." —Belle Benchley