’cause I, I work with them, you know, I love rhinos. I, I’ve been known to go in with my rhinos sometimes, but I can’t do that now that I’m a ZA. So I don’t, but I know I could if I in an emergency, you know, something like that. Read More
Thank you Rick Ry. I’m tired. Read More
We talked about successes, but you learn way more from your mistakes. If you make big mistakes than you have several times, then you deserve to die. But, but, but if, but, but if you can. But if you, if, if, if you try something and it doesn’t work, I,… Read More
But, but I hope people realize that, you know, we made, i I made the decisions for the good of the organization, not for myself. I was unselfish in terms of, well, we’re all selfish, but I was less unselfish than most in terms of doing what was right for… Read More
I was too close with my animals, you know?… Read More
Even when you’re a, a zoo director, you know, you’re talking to somebody that’s just coming into the field. I think that’s important. But I don’t know if people, they’re gonna remember me, if anything, probably for long neck matter. ’cause it’s the last thing I did and it’s, it… Read More
Don’t do it unless you can do it right and, you know, and, and, and spend the money you got. You gotta be able to spend the money. I always had, you know, even when I went to Houston from Disney, they said, you’re the Disney guy. We don’t have… Read More
Tell me what, how, how would you like to be remembered?… Read More
But, but you, but you, but it is, it’s, it’s a super commitment. Animals are not gonna go on your timetable. You have to be on their timetable. Read More
What your legacy, Dogmatic, arrogant little Italian guy I guess. But that, that’s what I came across with. I think on that last question. I think I like to be remembered as somebody that always had the time to talk to people. I, I made a lot of time, ’cause… Read More
What do you know about that profession you’ve devoted your entire life to, what do you know about it?… Read More
You can’t come into a zoo that’s got substandard or small exhibits or animals that are sleeping and not doing anything and look miserable all the time and say, yeah, but we’re giving millions of dollars to conservation. It doesn’t work that way. The first thing you have to look… Read More
It’s changed quite a bit, obviously for the better. It’s got a long way to go. I may not be right. I mean this is Rick Ji’s opinion, but again, we have to take a much more active role in, in saving habitats in the wild. And sometimes I think… Read More
They’re not gonna be able to walk the talk. You’ve been in the profession over half a century. Read More
Your conservation budget is what you’re doing with animals, you know, in, in outside of the zoo and other habitats. So I think there’ll be zoos, but I think there’ll be, there’ll be more like the, the zoos I mentioned earlier. I think there’ll be bigger zoos. I, I don’t,… Read More
Are you concerned about zoos and aquarium staying viable and pertinent in the next 25 years?… Read More
What direction would you think will help keep them relevant?… Read More
Well, I’m not, I don’t want to see zoos survive in the next 25 years. If they’re not doing the right things that we talked about, conservation animal care, I think there’ll be less zoos in the future. I think they’ll have less species, but bigger quality habitats and, and… Read More
And, and I, I, I think the big zoos have these mega exhibits and they’re, they’re, they’re amazingly powerful immersive exhibits. We call it immersive naturalistic habitats. They have their place if you can afford it. But to say, well, you know, well just give that money to the wild,… Read More
And is it, is it worth, is it worth that money?… Read More