Interview 8364 – Caption Index: 614
Yes, but he knows him personally. I’m just kidding. So am I. (interviewer laughing drowns out speaker) That’s a long story. The short story. Read More
Yes, but he knows him personally. I’m just kidding. So am I. (interviewer laughing drowns out speaker) That’s a long story. The short story. Read More
Can you repeat that for me– How did handling the animals change– Handling the animals change and develop in your career?… Read More
Handling of animals in my career changed tremendously. First of all, what we used to call the capture gun, the immobilizing guns that we use now made it so much easier to work with many animals to give them injections of any kind to immobilize them. When we used to… Read More
Can you imagine this?… Read More
I just can’t not, you know?… Read More
What I went through with gorillas, I’ve enjoyed so much. I love birds. They’re my favorite animals too, because I worked with so many of them. So, almost every group you can think of, I can find a favorite in there. Read More
But why pick just a favorite when you can have the whole thing, you know?… Read More
How did you handle the animals…… Read More
Having done as good a job as I can. Satisfied, very satisfied with what has occurred in the three zoos that I had some involvement in. Read More
Do you have a favorite animal?… Read More
I’m asked whether I have a favorite animal almost every week by some of my friends. And it seems to me, they ask me that more than once. They keep forgetting what my answer is. I don’t have a favorite animal. I have favorites within every group of animals. I… Read More
They have done a lot as a profession. Zoos have done a lot for wildlife, both in captivity in the captive situation. I almost hate that word captive, but you have to use it. And certainly they’ve done a lot in educating people who they take to various parts of… Read More
How would you like to be remembered?… Read More
What do you know about this profession that you’ve devoted so many years of your life?… Read More
What do I know about it?… Read More
What do I know about the zoo profession?… Read More
Sure. Zoos are important no matter what the activists say. Take a look at the millions who are going to zoos now. We have more now going to zoo, as they tell me through AZA, than ever before. And it’s true in San Antonio Zoo’s case, we have over a… Read More
What do you know about the profession that you devoted so many years of your life to?… Read More
Say it again. Read More
Yes. Start at the bottom and work yourself up. Learn it, so you really enjoy it. Not at this far at the bottom that you started– Maybe not as far down as I started, but might be useful. (laughs) Many zoo directors after retiring continue to be active for animal… Read More