Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 137
And how does, how could zoos potentially correct this kind of thing or is there a matter of concern at all?… Read More
And how does, how could zoos potentially correct this kind of thing or is there a matter of concern at all?… Read More
But you know, the paperwork and the budget and all of that, those were just things that you did in order to be able to do the things that were fun. And the animal part of it was fun. So I always kept my hand in, even, you know, when… Read More
Now, what were you looking for in curators?… Read More
What kind of skillset?… Read More
Well, I think, yeah, certainly a work ethic, but some, some animal experience. And I guess probably the most important thing is, is a passion, a fire in the belly for animals. I get really nervous. I get really nervous around people who tell me how much they love animals. Read More
Are there training or upgrading?… Read More
What were you thinking about?… Read More
Well, I was hands on because in the early days you didn’t have any, you know, you didn’t have any choice. You had to participate in, you know, in the, you know, even as director, you know, there were times when, when you had to participate in the care and… Read More
Obviously the staff is growing. Yeah. Read More
How did you develop the curators and the staff?… Read More
And he said, he’s laying in the middle of the floor in the hay curled up. I said, okay. You know, because I’d learned that you better come look. When he said you better come look, you better come look. I went out. And there was, it look perfectly normal… Read More
He died. And underneath him in the straw was a black widow spider that matched the bite wound. It was a zebra duiker, one of the rarest little antelope in the world. You know, I couldn’t do anything about it. How do you treat a black widow spider bite in… Read More
And I think that’s the thing that we’ve lost in the zoo world to a large degree is people with a farm background, with an animal livestock background, with an animal husbandry, you know. And in those, in the early days, there were a lot of people who came to… Read More
What was your relationship with the, your zoo staff?… Read More
And I said, what’s wrong?… Read More
And he said, he hasn’t moved. And he usually moves at least twice by this time of the night. Read More
And I said, what’s he doing?… Read More
No. No. And I think that’s a big problem in that if you lose track, I mean, what zoos are about, what zoos are about are animals and animal husbandry and animal care. I mean, that’s what, you know, that’s, that’s what it’s all about. And, and then if you… Read More
They, they, you know, they, they’re kind of desk bound by the book types who really don’t, you know, who really don’t have that connection, that touch with their, with the animals. And that’s how a lot of mistakes are made because you can’t, you know, you can’t just have… Read More
We were desperate for somebody to be there all night and make the rounds and watch the furnaces and whatever. And we’re hired him and found out that number one, he hardly, hardly spoke English. And secondly, he was a raging alcoholic. But by the time we found that out,… Read More