He believed in museums and zoos and cultural things for the community. And he lived up to that and he’s coming out to the zoo and right as he got to my office and we’re getting in the golf cart to ride down, ‘cos the office is outside the actual perimeter fenced area of the zoo property. And I got a radio call that the elephant is in a moat. And I’m sitting there thinking, oh crud. And he’s all excited. And then he looked at me and said, “This isn’t good, is it?” I said, “No.” So we went down and watched the staff very professionally get the elephant out of the moat. And there was no problems, but my example became my instant nightmare there for a little bit. But you know, as director, I realized very quickly that you’re responsible for every animal in that zoo, every employee’s safety and every visitor that comes to the zoo.
