Conversely then what skill set qualities does a zoo director need today as compare to when you started. A better business background now, and it used to be that to be a zoo director, you almost had to be a biologist or as zoologist. You normally came up through the ranks and this was good as far as the animal side, but as far as the rest of the side, the fundraising, the HR, personnel management, the marketing, the finances, that’s a whole nother subset that you need to know about. And so if I were going to say, I’m gonna go to school and be a zoo director right now, I think that what I’d recommend to someone would be get a degree in biology, zoology, or one of the related sciences, and then go ahead and get an MBA for the business side of it. It’s very important. A zoo is a business, just like any other business. And I always like to liken a zoo to a small city and you have to worry about electrical, water, sewer, infrastructure. You have to worry about weather.
