Absolutely, I had to, I was shamed into it by my children who like snakes. And as a result of my own phobia, I knew that I was going to have to make sure that my children didn’t experience the same thing. Because I don’t believe you’re born with a… Read More
Can’t say that I remember when I felt that connection, we had farm animals, we had dogs and cats, we had poultry, in fact, we had chickens as one of the major products that we had. We raised turkeys for a period of time. And so I just essentially grew… Read More
And they said, “Would you like to go for a ride around town?… Read More
We’ve got a wagon and these mules.” And so I said, sure. They hitched up the horses and hitched up the wagon that was in a barn and we went for a ride. And when they got back, they couldn’t put the wagon back in the barn. And they tried… Read More
Were there any animals that you disliked?… Read More
And so most of my high school years, I spent working in an auto mechanic shop and an airplane engine shop, so that I had tremendous experiences with mechanics, my brother was by then a machinist, and so he had that background. I learned from him, and learned how to… Read More
She didn’t say anything, she just went and milked the cows. That was the first time that that ever happened, and it didn’t happen again. And it was necessary for us to spread manure on our fields where we had cows. And so we had a manure pile that in… Read More
How did you learn about animals and when did you kind of feel that strong connection to them?… Read More
Could you tell us a little bit about what your childhood was like?… Read More
As I said, I was raised in the Salt Lake Valley on a small farm. And at the time it was a very poor farm, and we were poor people. We went to the area first to live in a tent because the home that we eventually acquired was an… Read More
We started out farming with horses so that I knew how to manage them. First, I rode the cultivating horse. We planted trees, we had an orchard, primarily peaches and apricots, and we graduated eventually to a tractor, but it wasn’t until I was probably out of the house that… Read More
And I was doing major farm work at age 12, I would go out and mow hay all day long. I learned actually to drive an old pickup truck when I was about eight years old, I had to put blocks on the pedals of the car. So I just… Read More
My name is Murray Fowler. And actually I was born in Glendale on Whidbey Island in Washington a few years ago, and grew up essentially in the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. Read More
And what’s your birthday?… Read More
I was born on July 17th, 1928. Now you’ve had a pretty unusual childhood by today’s standards. Read More
“This just isn’t working out like I wanted it to work out. “This just isn’t working out like I want it to work out. Read More
“Can I can I, can I leave?” You know what?… Read More
I’ll find that person a job quicker than the guy that sits there and makes it miserable for everybody else. Let me know if you don’t like it you’ll be the best employee there is by doing that. Read More
You’d probably be pushed out by the keepers. But now today we accept our interns. Most all zoos do. We accept those people who want to volunteer. We accept those kids that want to do our zoo volunteers up until age 13, where they can then start working after that. Read More
And yet it is something a lot of people want to do, but you know what?… Read More