Creatures that are living, dying, reproducing every day. You’ve taken pieces of nature and brought it in to the heart of human populations. It’s important that you bring it into the, heart of these populations in a broader way into the human heart. If that is your vision, you have some of the requirements for being a successful zoo director. But if it is your idea that you’re simply going to get more people to come through the door and pay more admission fees, perhaps you should do something else. Being a zoo director is a calling, it’s not simply a job. It’s something you would do every day for nothing if you could afford to. And if you don’t have that feeling, don’t do it.
