They had a lot of money. They threw the money around. They had hospitality suites. They took their zoo director clients to expensive, fancy restaurants, and they were a major force within the profession. There were three who dominated the zoo business in terms of providing animals. One in New York, one in Miami, and one in Michigan, in Detroit. And they had a lot of say-so about what went on. But fortunately, for me anyway, within a few short years, their influence waned.
