Grevy’s zebras will be back at ZooTampa. But just not in the foreseeable future. And you know, again, easy to stop, hey, we had this born, we had that born, we had. But when you gotta do that because the facilities are substandard and the welfare is the problem. And… Read More
We can’t justify this anymore. Just can’t. ZooTampa sits in an area where there are natural disasters, hurricanes. Read More
And the CEO jumped in and said, then all these other priorities change. The priorities that you all have sitting in front of you, that we all agreed are important. Those priorities have to be stopped to make room for this purchase. You know, silence, absolute silence in the room. Read More
Why can’t we, why can’t we?… Read More
Why can’t we?… Read More
There’s something wrong in the exhibit. There’s something missing. And we weren’t barning those animals at night, which we probably should have. So one of the results was to redo the exhibit, create a barn and do all that. It wasn’t in the cards. So, you know, as I told… Read More
Tough part’s when I gotta tell you one of these stories. And I told ’em, we’re gonna eliminate the species from the collection because we don’t have the proper facilities and there’s nothing in the cards that will say that we are gonna have this in the foreseeable future. Read More
Oh, wait a minute, why can’t we get the money to do this?… Read More
Now, the animal ended up having a secondary medical issue and it had to be euthanized eventually. But even if it didn’t, there still needs to be some heavy lifting done to determine what you can do better. Because it’s just, I guess the way I look at it, if… Read More
Well, it’s kind of vital for an owl, right?… Read More
Is that the quality of life we want that animal to have?… Read More
Even though they’re little guys. So they provided some alternative methods for the animal to get up off the ground. Still wasn’t right. You know, still not right. Read More
We can sit here and hold our breath, but tomorrow morning those animals wake up in a substandard environment. You know, they don’t have two years to wait for the money to make that better. So sometimes you’ve gotta make some tough decisions. And it’s been an interesting dialogue with… Read More
Let’s be honest, okay?… Read More
You know, it’s just not providing the animal with the welfare that we thought it was going to. And you need to be able to, you know, look at those, make adjustments, and move forward, that you’re always looking at that. So they’ve developed, and I think this is now… Read More
And yes, is it a money related thing?… Read More
It is, but the money’s not there. Read More
And what does this mean?… Read More
Don’t kid yourself. Had to make tough decisions in ZooTampa, like that species is gonna be, we’re taking it outta the collection ’cause we can’t do it well. Read More
Yeah. You know, welfare can be a slippery slope. Everybody has a different opinion of what welfare is. And some of that’s driven by animal rights community. Who thinks that welfare is in a different slot than what the conservative zoo community thinks. Without question, we have to be providing… Read More