Well, I think a qualified person should be in charge and frequently, frequently directors, leaders of institutions come from not even allied professions and they come because they come with a business sense. They come with a way to see the future and to see how to make the institution… Read More
IUCN, you’ve been a member of these committees, how effective have they been?… Read More
The best thing about visiting other zoos is that you can compare it to what you know, and you’ll find lots of things that you don’t necessarily agree with, or even like, but you always find something that you look at and you say, “Wow, that’s really special. I’m gonna… Read More
What do you see as the pros and cons of these things?… Read More
Well, you have, we have today we have two, we have conflicts, a zoo is about animals, but on the other hand, zoos have to be self-sustaining. So it needs to be a blend of animal care plus business. And frequently those two are in conflict. One of the ways… Read More
It takes away from the animal. Read More
You talked about when you visit other zoos, how important was it in your professional career to visit other zoos?… Read More
And what would you say to young zoo people wanting to enter the profession about seeing other zoos?… Read More
What were your feelings about the use of animals for experimentation?… Read More
Oh, you have to remember what, but you have to remember what my history was. And that I’d come out of medical research. I had no difficulty balancing the needs of the balance of needs, human needs versus animal needs. I knew that everything that was done at Searle in… Read More
With the advancement in exhibit design, with all its that takes place, landscape, immersion, and so forth, a lot of emphasis has been on an enrichment with animals and their welfare, are zoo animals better off now than compared to when you started?… Read More
Zoo animals are probably better off in 2016 than they were in 1967 for a number of reasons. We know more about them. We’re better able to meet their nutritional needs. Veterinary medicine has advanced, we’ve had the insight of behavioral studies and we’ve learned that animals need to be… Read More
I was at the zoo at the time. Read More
What was your position?… Read More
I think at the time I was probably assistant director and then, excuse me, and then director of collections. Read More
Can you tell us about the organization?… Read More
Was there some assistance from Searle. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee is a federally-mandated committee that oversees in any organization that deals with animals that they comply with federal guidelines. I worked, I volunteered for Searle pharmaceuticals for five-year period as their outside Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee… Read More
And you were at the zoo at the time?… Read More
Absolutely, it’s a reflection on the zoo. I mean, whenever your employees, regardless of what the organization is, reach a certain level, in a sense, the epitome of a career, then you wanna join in on that. You wanna celebrate that, you want, that’s a reflection of the institution and… Read More
And during your time as president, again, just to reinstate it, there were certain high water marks that you helped to establish, those were what?… Read More