It was well-received. We only had a few people who complained because they felt that we should have a creation exhibit as well. But it wasn’t a big enough objection that ever took place. The display has since been taken down and replaced because everything really wore out and they’ve… Read More
And then you also had I believe a Marlin Perkins animatronic that welcomed you. Read More
I had hoped to have quite honestly an education center which we were able to build, a living world and go deeper into public education. So we developed exhibits. One was the diversity of life showing the great diversity from the animal kingdom from the invertebrates to the fish, reptiles,… Read More
All the different minnows that are found in Missouri as an educational ecological exhibit from Missouri. And that was part of public education with the graphics and audios, videos. We also got a grant from Apple and had about 30 computers so that for the first time people could use… Read More
How did Darwin play in St. Louis, Missouri?… Read More
Did you have any public relations problems because of having to do this?… Read More
I can’t remember that. No, not at that time. And we’re talkin’ about education also as part of the big four, so to speak. And you had indicated you now were able to do the docents and move them ahead. Read More
Was there other visions for education that you wanted to develop?… Read More
How did you handle this kinda volatile situation?… Read More
Was it necessary?… Read More
The gaur, I don’t remember exact details. But they had infirmities due to old age and yet we suspected or we hoped that perhaps they had viable semen. So we did have to euthanize ’em. But before they euthanized ’em, they electroejaculated them and collected the semen. And then that… Read More
I’m tryin’ to remember at Nebraska Zoo, I think Oklahoma City, Brownsville, St. Louis. There were only a handful of zoos that had gaur. And he felt that if they were gonna survive, they had to be managed, just one herd. I think that’s one of the forerunners of our… Read More
Well for one thing, we’re tryin’ to do research on breeding elephants in captivity. So we did some experimental work with collecting semen from a bull elephant in Kansas City and shipping it by Greyhound bus. And then taking the semen was in capsules and the veterinarians would take the… Read More
So we know when the best time that they were fertile so that we sent them for a honeymoon with the bull in Kansas City. And outta the three, one in full-term and produced Raja the elephant. But that was one of my high priorities in research was elephant reproduction. Read More
Can you tell us what happened?… Read More
So our research began emphasizing not just on good fertility but also on contraception. So our zoo became a center for contraception research. Read More
Did you have particular research things that you wanted to champion?… Read More
Did Howard Baer?… Read More
Hang on, I had a question. It escapes me here. You’d mentioned that recreation and conservation, education were important. Read More
When you became director, was research something that was high on your list or how did you start to develop that concept?… Read More