‘Cause, I mean, I can tell ya when I left, no one ever called me from the zoo to ask me, “How did you do this? How did you do that?’ You know, we all learned sort of in a vacuum and you built your own network. So yeah, you could find a mentor out there for everyone if you look, but I don’t think most directors worry about, the assistant direct, whoever’s in charge of animal care is responsible for that. And I don’t know how many of them, I mean, Bruce was a veterinarian. I mean, he was a meteorologist before he was a veterinarian. He’d never worked with animals other than as a veterinarian. So I mean, he had no idea. He learned on the job as a curator, so he just hired curators to do their jobs. The Milwaukee Zoo is probably gonna be around for a little while, as will the National Zoo or Brookfield Zoo.
