Now, when we opened Australia, we had a camel ride. It was actually a camel sit ’cause the circle was pretty small and those, those camels were this there during season and then went back to the guy’s place in Missouri. I thought they were fine. They’re primarily drama dairy… Read More
But it’s so rare if you consider the millions of animals that are kept worldwide. Again, I think it’s, it’s a misconception because of, of our new media, Facebook, everybody knows there’s an animal that, that if a poisonous snake attacks a keeper in Thailand, we know the next day… Read More
People liked it, they’d pay for it and just for a quick ride ’cause it was unique and got pictures and photographs and stuff and pony rides mostly. You have to walk with the person now. I mean, you just can’t put a kid on a pony and let it… Read More
We’ve got a lot of studies that show that, you know, they move around as much as they would in the wild if they had the choices. So I think animals are well, well cared for. But I, I do like, I do not like the animal extremists that, that… Read More
I think most, most animals in modern a ZA zoos and in the case of good European zoos are well taken care of and, and, and are they happy?… Read More
But I, I don’t think they need to earn their way or keep in a in a sense of sense of the strict terms of the, of that, Your opinion about animal rights?… Read More
Well, we talked about it a little bit again, I, I think the extremists are wrong in a lot of things. I think they, they exaggerate what zoos are doing. Read More
You know, like our wolves are usually in the, during the heat of the day or sort of in the back behind logs, but at least you can see them. And actually we have a TV screens with infrared cameras so you can see where they are in the exhibit. Read More
Didn’t you have a second question with the feeding question that I didn’t answer or Well, do you feel that animals need to earn their Ke Oh, to earn their keep?… Read More
But I know we have a lot of keeper for the day programs where kids win a prize or something and spend with keepers and, and that kind of thing. And that’s a nice idea. A lot of, you know, it gets people excited about keepers. Read More
Yes and no. I mean, they’re there, they’re there to represent endangered species and a lot of times in, in, in conservation efforts. So if we’re saving animals by them, there is that county earning oria. I don’t, and I like to see zoos, I’m a little ambivalent now why… Read More
Positive, negative doesn’t, You mean like kids, Adults?… Read More
Oh, Be an animal keeper for a day. Oh yeah, I guess that, I don’t think I’ve had a zoo that we’ve done that. You mean we’ve certainly had donors come in and spend a day with an animal keeper I suppose. But yeah, that, that’s not a bad idea,… Read More
So unfortunately some zoos like Cleveland right now has a couple giraffe that don’t really do it very well, but they’re slowly learning ’cause they have new drafts. So these kids, you should see smiles on their face when they give a, a piece of lettuce and see the 18… Read More
So when they first start opening, the birds don’t come over as readily as they used to. So you have to kind of wait till the birds come over. But I think those are two examples where you can get people close to animals and can appreciate animals. And I… Read More
Two different questions and I’ll answer the first about feeding. We’ve changed. One USD made us change USDA, you have to have somebody there all the time. So most zoos still have a barnyard feed and I like that. Maybe they don’t feed, maybe they just go in and pet. Read More
What’s your opinion at two levels about feeding programs and does that mean that you think animals need to earn their keep In a sense?… Read More
We know we, you know, guests are just a pain and you know, butt. So, but that changed and, and Columbus has done a great job of operating now and I think it’s, it’s just a wonderful facility, accredited zoo. Do you feel that you, you talk about people going… Read More
So it’s a great facility. And they’ve also found ways to make revenue. They have a campsite, they have a, they have a y yurts where PE people can stay and they actually have a very nice lodge that you can rent out, has five bedrooms. So they find ways… Read More
And speaking of space, do you feel it’s a luxury that some zoos have breeding centers?… Read More