Interview 2817 – Caption Index: 445
Somebody give you that advice?… Read More
Somebody give you that advice?… Read More
Yeah. A couple of times. Who was it, your boss. Read More
Yeah, when I was like, I’m talking to you right now and they’d say, “That’s not your job, do your job.” You told that to other people?… Read More
Then you get species that go post reproductive or go into reproductive senescence, and you can never turn it around so that it’s lost completely then. And it’s happened with primates, it’s happened with hoofstock. It’s a tough, tough situation that we find ourselves in now. And it’s certainly a… Read More
Well, you’re giving some advice, but what’s the most important piece of advice that you received that stayed with you throughout your career?… Read More
Do your job. Read More
Why?… Read More
Because we feel responsible for them, because we brought them into this situation. Yeah, we did, but you have to look in the longterm and this animal is keeping other animals from maintaining their status within the captive collections because you don’t have room for their offspring. And it’s a… Read More
But when the SSPs decide to shut off the breeding program because they don’t have anything to do with the offspring, what does that say about the SSPs?… Read More
And I’m sure the vet, I guess it’s like the doctor’s oath do no harm, but you have to look at the reality of what’s going on. Read More
And I mean, I talked to a lot of people, a lot of friends of mine in the zoo profession about euthanasia, and it’s a word that is absolutely an anthima with AZA, they’ve been talked about and talked to about, what are you gonna do about euthanasia?… Read More
What are you gonna do with the animal rights groups?… Read More
Because it’s something that is gonna face us constantly. And especially with the finite resources that zoos have today, and the fact that it’s hard to get animals in to begin with. You can’t breed some of them ’cause you don’t have the space. So they sit there and take… Read More
They were surplus anyway, we had a lot of them, we don’t need to have these back. They were set up to be euthanized and you’re telling me that that wasn’t right that we can fix them, we can take care of the broken leg, but now, I’ve got a… Read More
What am I gonna do?… Read More
Put it in one exhibit with a sign saying, you know why it’s running around with three legs?… Read More
Well, I think we’ve just gone over a lot. I mean, I think the quality of the curatorial staff needs to improve. I think the quality of the keeper staff is okay. But I think that when you manage a collection of wild, you have to keep in the back… Read More
It becomes a pet. And we’ve had keepers that have gotten their hands bitten, their hair torn out because, “Well, I was just patting, he likes to be patted,” but then he bit off your finger. It’s not a pet. You don’t go up and stick your head in the… Read More
But at the end, it’s not their decision. Really, it isn’t. I mean, especially if after you’ve talked to them and put them on the same page you are. And then after all that, they still say, “Well, she can still live another five years or something if you treat… Read More
Well before, I mean, I had favorites too, and I felt bad when one of them died, but if we had to ship them out or something, it was part of the job, they went out of the zoo. That was it or they died. Well, we lost babies. That’s… Read More