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What role did their participation play in developing Omaha Zoo?… Read More

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Say again?… Read More

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Sorry. Thank you. They say that the, it’s easy to say the zoo is for the families, for the kids, families. Read More

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How do you get teenagers to want to come to the zoo?… Read More

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And plus now we expanded that by acquiring more land, and recently the, you know, the Rosenblatt stadium, the ballpark, we just acquired that and are in the process right now of tearing down the stadium. So we picked up another 37 acres of prime parking land, you know, right,… Read More

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And plus you can do it even if it’s raining or cold or really hot. Read More

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I mean, was it just public relations?… Read More

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Well, I think that, you know, the thing, the thing that, that we, unlike a number of places where, you know, particularly in a Nebraska summer, and, you know, there, there are zoos that you can go in the summer and, you know, you better have your hiking. You better… Read More

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Then that left the main part of the zoo as a, as an open park with hoofstock and, and, you know, pachyderm, elephants rhinos and things that, and in our big walkthrough aviary, cause we’ve got a four acre walkthrough aviary that really aren’t good exhibits in the wintertime anyway. Read More

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No. I can’t remember who’s idea that was. Read More

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(laughs) Not taking credit for that?… Read More

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No. That it made a really good story. Read More

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(chuckling) How’d you go about getting people to want to come to the zoo?… Read More

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Several of the board said, you can’t do a thing like that. And, but the ones that counted said, okay, good. Stick to it. And yeah, several of them were fairly aghast and said, you just can’t do things like that. And, but we did it. And the guys that… Read More

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Not all media is honest, as you well know. Read More

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Was it your idea of the weather predicting Siberian tiger?… Read More

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Necessary evil?… Read More

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Some were, you know, really active pro-zoo supporters that, you know, that we’ve had over the years. Over the years, we’ve had, we’ve had a lot of reporters that we could sit down and let our hair down with and say, okay, I want to go off the record here… Read More

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You board supported you?… Read More

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So did you special events for them to come?… Read More