I think it was helpful to me to be a veterinarian first and then become a zoo director. But when I look at being a zoo director, I think there are two skills, two groups of knowledge that you have to know. One of them is you have to have a good knowledge of the animals. I mean, if you’re running a business, you gotta know what the business is all about. And that’s why I object to politicians running zoos, because they don’t know about the animals. They don’t know about animal husbandry. But the other thing, the other character that a zoo director must have, is he must have good management skills. He’s gotta be able to manage people.
