Interview 5420 – Caption Index: 645
Is it there are too few good curators in the community today?… Read More
Is it there are too few good curators in the community today?… Read More
Is there still a place for that kinda thing and should it go on or just follow the dictum of the national?… Read More
Well I think as long as they’re tying all the resources into some individual private program, then I see no problem with them having an area of special interest. Might be somethin’ that’s local interest but has insignificance nationally. Zoos in many cases are afraid to confront animal welfare, animal… Read More
Can you give us your thoughts of how best to deal with these groups or how you did?… Read More
Should every zoo have a breeding program?… Read More
I would think every zoo. If they’re a zoo and they have any animals at all, they definitely should have some kind of a breeding program and it should be part of the AZA. An integrated breeding program and not an individual on its own. At times, zoos have worked… Read More
Is their place in today’s zoo for a zoo director to put forth their own idea of what species should be reproduced?… Read More
For example, the tuatara’s not a national breeding program. Right. it was important enough to wanna do it. Read More
Again, St. Louis is a large zoo. Read More
What can a small or medium zoo do today to be involved in wildlife conservation either nationally or internationally?… Read More
Well I think if it’s a real small zoo with limited budget, they should try to have some conservation program that involves species in their community or in their state whether if it’s an insect, a butterfly or a burying beetle or an amphibian or a frog. But be proactive… Read More
Is there any one piece of advice that you’ve consumed that has stayed with you your entire career?… Read More
Always do the right thing. Be fair. Read More
What do you think of smaller?… Read More
Well zoos are much more sophisticated and I think I had to learn managing people. I had to learn managing budgets. I guess a zoo director today has to have more training in those skills. But definitely has to have good skills for hiring people who support him. Read More
In the United States, what would you say is the largest professional problem facing zoos today?… Read More
And if you can identify a problem, what would might be your solution to it?… Read More
The only problem I can think of is getting minority participation in the zoo. And I think you have to identify in your particular area what you can do to enhance that, whether it’s career fairs and the minority communities. But hopefully work study programs, education programs would not only… Read More
Enthusiasm, curiosity, willing to do whatever had to be done without getting recognition or pay. I mean I was always doin’ something that needed to be done, whether they gave me the pay for it or not. But if I felt it was a learning experience, I did it. I… Read More
But what skillset qualities does a zoo director need today as compared to when you started as a zoo director?… Read More