Absolutely not. Mehrtens ran- At that time, from the spring-summer of ’73 until ’76, April of ’76 when he was actually fired, he had 100% control of the animal collection. He purchased the animals. He developed the diets for the animals, which is a whole another story. He wrote out the daily work routines. And, you know, I had the title of mammal curator, but my only real job was to manage the keepers. Anything having to do with the care of the animals, he wrote it out. “This is how you’ll do this and when you’ll do it.” And so, no, he had 100% control of developing that animal collection.
