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Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 207

Is, are we doing enough?… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 208

No. Because there’s more that needs to be done than we can possibly do. I guess the thing about zoos is, is that I think we get a lot more bang for our buck that a dollar at that is much more productive is much better spent if it’s being… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 209

That’s $60 million evaporated as it filtered its way through the government of Indonesia. And I think a lot of government projects. So I, you know, actually when you’re spending the money yourself, it’s really effective. You know, it’s, it’s for these trees that Ed and his group are planting. Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 202

And, and all, I guess I lost track of what the other part of that question was. Let me follow up here. You mentioned ex situ. Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 203

Do you feel zoos have done as much as they can or should in in situ work?… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 204

Well, I think, there’s never enough, on the one hand, There are, there are, there certainly are zoos that have constraints in that if you have a board that pays close attention to and/or, and/or dictates what you can and can’t do, you know, there’s a, there’s an old cliche… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 205

(chuckling) You’re spending how much money over there?… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 199

We’ve got hidden off site and on view, out of sight, we’ve got an assurance population of about 10,000 frogs, small frogs of many, many different species that we’re breeding and maintaining because of the chytrid fungus problem. We’ve got, you know, we’ve got programs that have been running, these… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 200

And I say that, I say we, but that’s that doesn’t include, it doesn’t include all zoos. Not every zoo can politically do that. You know, we’ve always been free to pretty much spend our money however we wanted and do whatever, you know, whatever we thought was, was necessary… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 201

It’s the only species, a collection, and an orchid from China and things, a lot. And we’ve got about three zoos that, and plus the Zoo Horticultural Association or Society that regularly support Marge. You know, Ed gets support from, and they’re, zoo like Columbus, who doesn’t, who decided, made… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 196

Hey, well, major events, I don’t know. Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 197

How do you, how do you, how do you classify major events?… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 198

I, I think in the beginning, in the beginning, when I first got into this field, everybody talked about zoos being conservation organizations, but of course it wasn’t true. We weren’t. I mean, you know, basically, basically in those early days, we were basically what we get accused of being… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 192

He’s actually was quite good. And one morning about, I dunno, two o’clock in the morning or so, it seems like things happen about then. You know, two of the kids came in and ’cause we’d put the kids in sleeping bags in the basement and turn the kids’ rooms… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 193

He was thinking. He’d woken up, had an idea, and he liked to play the piano while he thought. And, you know, I looked over and Joe Gale was peeking out from under the blanket on the couch. But those early, you know, those early work, you know, programs, you… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 194

Well, during your career, what would you consider to be the major events that affected zoos, in general, and the Omaha Zoo?… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 195

And how did you deal with negative issues that might’ve come up?… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 188

I mean, when you had a problem, you got on the phone and said, okay, here’s my problem. And, you know, and I think the key to that is not, is not being afraid to tell somebody that you don’t know, that you need help because it, you know, interestingly… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 189

But the interesting thing was is that the National Zoo, you know, with Clint Gray and well, then Mitch Bush and, and Dave Wilton and that group, and then Ulie Seale. And I want to talk a little bit about Ulie somewhere in this thing, because Ulie bears actually a… Read More

Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 190

And we would spend a week or 10 days, you know, working, you know, 16, 18 hours a day. We had no, you know, we had no, you know, we had no money and resources then. So they all slept at my house. Marie cooked for them. I, really lucky,… Read More

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