The animals were mistreated. The collection was, it was somewhat, they had some interesting animals, but it was an amalgamation of ducks and goats and sheep, and a lot of domestic animals and under very poor conditions. The zoo literally run down. I mean, we had to replace windows literally for lack of paint and the maintenance was zero. So Bill needed somebody that would come in and really shape up the animal department, get the keepers moving in the right direction. He knew my leadership qualities since I was a head keeper and ran the children’s zoo, and I ran it, you know, under a pretty heavy hand and kept it going very well. That was one of Marlin’s very favorite exhibits too, so it had to be good. So Bill knew my qualities and thought I would make an excellent choice and hired me.
