Well, when I look at the zoo profession as a whole, and I look around, at least in my era, the major outstanding zoos were led by animal men, people that understood- It’s likened to me if you were to take all your finances, all the money that you had… Read More
Well, here you’re investing, you’re putting a invaluable, priceless collection of animals to a person that knows nothing about them. So my opinion is that you have a good animal man at the top, and you have a good support system. This is what boards are for, a board of… Read More
There are medium zoos, small zoos. Read More
In saying that, should the zoo director, the age old question, should the zoo director be an animal man with a good business person behind him?… Read More
Or should he be a good business person with a good animal person behind him?… Read More
Again, how do we make that a cohesive- Take that group and work on ways to develop voting for the proper people, or I mean, the why of why you want to vote in a certain direction?… Read More
Because the power is in the vote, and we don’t have it right now. We’re kind of scrambled out there. I don’t know if I’m, in my own sense, I don’t know if I’m phrasing properly the way I’m- I gotta maybe rethink that for a moment, but if we… Read More
Well, speaking about putting your feet in the fire, what skillset, which you kind of came in with a little, or qualities does the zoo director need today as compared to when you started?… Read More
Well, when I started in the zoo profession, certainly it was an advantage to have passion, passion for my chosen profession. But today I think it’s obviously, in a more complex world, it requires perhaps a little more. When you consider that communities, municipalities are facing problems in terms of… Read More
But now how do you combine all of that and present that to the public?… Read More
That’s one way, and the other is how do you deal with- you know what the real crux of it is?… Read More
Politics. Read More
That’s the trick, and that’s where AZA can play an important role. Read More
What do you think, how can they, how can zoos do that?… Read More
As much as I, I don’t like to manage by committee, I think there’s an area where we really should get some of the sound minds in this organization, define the problems globally and see how we can- We’re certainly not alone gonna solve them, but how we can play… Read More
A lot of our buildings are green buildings. Now they’re renting all kinds of- They’re designed with energy saving in mind, so they’re doing marvelous things in our zoo in terms of energy. Read More
What were the strengths and weaknesses of AZA?… Read More
Well, on a personal note, I think one of the strengths of AZA is the fact that you’re collecting together a group of like individuals and you’re sharing information, you’re sharing problem solving, you’re sharing legislative elements that need need a larger voice in order to be effective. Some of… Read More
Now, how do we collectively use that power?… Read More
Well, I was- I just really- I don’t think I had that much to contribute. I just was coming into the business at that time, so I was rather young, a young Turk, yes, but a very, very young one learning. Read More