75% of the people that come to Walt Disney World are return visits. So they spend a lot of time on that. They’re coming back for a reason. You know, they’re, they’re having fun, but they’re also, they also know that it’s, it, it that just by, just by coming… Read More
The, the key was, you mean you’re gonna charge more to come in?… Read More
But the city doesn’t run ’em, the city is not set up to run zoos anymore. Maybe it, it was, it was the best way to do it 50 years ago, but now it’s, it’s certainly not the model for the future. The, that’s why all these zoos, we’ve privatized… Read More
So as you look back on it now, curiously, is there a difference in the culture between a government or municipal type zoo and a private zoo and the corporate zoo such as Disney? Was there a different culture?… Read More
Well, the, it, it, I don’t know the, if it’s a different culture or it’s just a different structure and way of doing business. You have non-profit and for-profit, I would put it in those terms. They’re, they, they act non-profits are not gonna be successful unless they run like… Read More
No, it’s not that comparison. That’s not what a zoo is about. A zoo is about, you know, inspiring, enlightening people and giving hope. And, and once you bring those politicians out, most of them will, will become your, you know, they’ll be, they’ll become your supporters rather than your… Read More
It’s really good for our city. It’s, it’s, it’s, it’s a community treasure. Read More
It’s not that, why should we give money to animals when we got people starving over here?… Read More
Invite, did You have to do it at Disney?… Read More
Oh, in, oh no, it, well, Disney, you had higher ups that did that kind of stuff. You know, if they had to meet with the mayor, sometimes we have, we’d have them come out the, the local mayor and stuff. But you bring them to your facility and you… Read More
Is there, what do you think is the most efficient way to deal with elected officials and municipal bureaucrats in order to develop and manage the zoo today?… Read More
Do you give it a, a trophy even when it comes in last, you know, you, you gotta exper you’ve gotta experience both, you know, the, the highs and the lows of life. And I don’t know how you do that with animal welfare. ’cause animal welfare is just always… Read More
Definitely. So animal wellbeing is a, I guess is the term that they use now. But, you know, Terry Maple was a big, he led the charge on that a lot. I think sometimes we, we make assumptions about animals though. Like we handle them with kit gloves and we… Read More
Do you just reward the kid every time for whatever they do?… Read More
Do you think zoos and aquariums need to, are more involved with animal welfare as a group?… Read More
They don’t know how to answer that. We talked about animal rights, animal welfare. Read More
I I think many of my colleagues that are still directors, if I say, are you having fun right now?… Read More
You know, you came in late 10 times, we’ve warned you now you come in late and now you’re gonna be fired because you just, it just doesn’t sink in. So dealing with people as, as you get promoted to more supervisory positions, you get more alienated from the animals… Read More
And you go, why, why did you do that?… Read More
I said, the human. I said, I said, the animals aren’t always looking to change. They’re creatures of habit. Don’t change too much. You know, unless it’s for the good, you know. But, but people, the more you give ’em, the more they want. Sometimes the, when you have 400… Read More