Interview 7568 – Caption Index: 404
A lot of people are retiring or removing themselves from AZA. See, there shouldn’t really be any competition between the two. They should all work together. Read More
A lot of people are retiring or removing themselves from AZA. See, there shouldn’t really be any competition between the two. They should all work together. Read More
Is there room for both?… Read More
Absolutely, room for both. Absolutely. Because EAA, they’re managed by people as you probably well know in the zoo world, and you may know better than I do on this, but a lot of the directors in the zoological parks have changed too because of the board members and the… Read More
The gentleman that used to be at San Diego, what’s his name?… Read More
Not Kilmer, but… (indistinct). Yeah, Kil… Yeah. Very experienced people that felt that there was a need to get away a little bit more from the bureaucracy and include some of these people who had wildlife reserves and small zoos and things like that. They were basically being, I think… Read More
Well, the more you get involved in regulations, the more I think, confusion you’re gonna create with some of these private people. Now, I being a private person, having worked with animals and as a lecturer, I was able to get our lecture organization into AZA, I mean, into ZAA,… Read More
Very good. There are some people in the zoological world of captive animals. We call them capt… I don’t call animals captive, by the way. I call them out of the wild. Because, and I don’t, by the way, I know this a little off the subject, but I don’t… Read More
The USDA now thinks that animals are dangerous to people and all like that. But that’s a little bit off the subject. I think the ZAA started. I was with Pat Quinn and some of the original people. And one of the reasons is that it seemed to some people… Read More
It’s better for the AZA if they controlled everybody with animals, then they could sort of regulate the whole thing. But there were some people like Saulsbury and Pat Quinn and quite a few. Read More
Tell us about the ZAA, the Zoological Association of America when?… Read More
Oh!… Read More
And why did it begin?… Read More
Boy, what a come on?… Read More
Huh?… Read More
And I was too dumb to take her up on it. And she went out. This was her first appearance, I think on television. And my God, I had her name in mind. And now you gotta help me on this and I’ll come back to it. Well, let’s have… Read More
What?… Read More
After lunch we’re gonna talk about (indistinct). Okay. Well, let me just finish off one thing about Johnny. Read More
Okay, because you asked me how I got started?… Read More
The first time I was on Johnny Carson, there was a very vivacious woman that was gonna be on, and Oh, God! I had her name all in mind. Wait a minute. First time (laughs) I did Johnny Carson, there was a vivacious woman who was a singer and she… Read More
And so that’s one way, I think I got involved through NBC and you know, it was because I was able. And I had also had experienced being on television and lecturing and showing wildlife in a serious way. I wasn’t the kind of guy that just threw something out… Read More