Absolutely. Oh, absolutely. We also circulated press releases frequently about new arrivals. They loved to have pictures of baby animals for the front page of the Post-Dispatch or for TV program. So we would call them when we had somethin’ special. They were glad to have it. But sometimes they’d… Read More
Well first of all, we always told the truth. We didn’t hide the information because we wanted to have a friendly relationship with the media and we wanted to have a friendly relationship with the public. So things that were good or bad, we always put the word out in… Read More
How did you nurture that relationship with the press?… Read More
When things at the zoo happened that were bad or good, how did you get the story out?… Read More
Especially if a prized animal, the community loved that died or you had to put it to sleep or whatever the circumstances. Read More
What was your philosophy about getting that story out?… Read More
No, I don’t. A boiler malfunctioned. Movin’ on. Read More
Did it affect a specie?… Read More
Some exotic birds died. We wanna know how you got the story out. Lemme go to a second question. Read More
What has been the reaction to the Safari Pass or the need to pay to see special exhibits?… Read More
Well the zoo is free. It’s ordained to be free so long as we receive the property tax to support it. But we can charge for special exhibits. So we do charge for the children’s zoo. But the first hour every day is free. We charge for the railroad and… Read More
But most things like the children’s zoo is free for the first hour of every day, so people aren’t prevented from it. We also charge for parking, but there’s free parking all through Forest Park. So you’re not compelled to use our parking lot. At your zoo at one point,… Read More
Remember that?… Read More
Captive, I’m sorry. The Captive Breeding Survival Group was an organization established by Uly Seal. Uly Seal is the father of our Species Survival System, Inventory System. Inventory of all zoo animals, that was Uly Seal’s concept. And then he developed that concept further that not only do you keep… Read More
And that was US Seals, Uly Seal who happened to be a scientist that worked I think University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Zoo. Now you mentioned that St. Louis Zoo is a free zoo. One of the few. But your zoo and others do have features that you… Read More
Did you have favorites?… Read More
You said, “No, we need to have this type of animal here.” Well we always wanted to have our collection represented. So we wanted to have most of the kinds of birds, most of the kinds of mammals, most of the kinds of reptiles to be represented. But we wanted… Read More
So any plans were really based on what was the concept for the time: “the industry.” Can you explain what CBSG is?… Read More
Was there a master plan to doing that?… Read More
Did you just wanna follow?… Read More