The activity level changed dramatically, but any time we decided to get involved with an acquisition of an animal, or a disposition of an animal, I would just simply take it to my boss, John, and others who succeeded him, and just said, “Here’s what I’m doing, here’s why. I just want you to know. I’m not gonna surprise you.” One of the things I learned early on, way back in my Marineland days, don’t surprise the boss, and hopefully the boss won’t surprise you. And so communication up and down is so important, and sideways, so that you just, you know, don’t surprise people, ’cause that doesn’t make for good relationship. And it worked out very well.
