And he gave a talk that the ladies had arranged for him at the brand new, what’s now the Academy of Arts, and he, again, extolled the merits of the future bird park for Hawaii. And he said, these animals are, he specifically pointed out. They’re not only much more economical to feed and care for, and they’re lovely. But in addition, they are a non-hazardous factor, unlike your elephant, that is more and more unmanageable. Two days after his talk, Daisy killed her keeper. So he had been developing that opportunity, and the opportunity came to him. And less than two years later, in 1935, Wrigley had just died. His supporter, his benefactor, was out of the picture in Catalina.
