Interview 2817 – Caption Index: 529
I don’t think that’s gonna happen, but again, that’s somebody looks at that building and say small mammals, I mean, who wants to look at small mammals?… Read More
I don’t think that’s gonna happen, but again, that’s somebody looks at that building and say small mammals, I mean, who wants to look at small mammals?… Read More
they’re just a bunch of little furry things. But we can turn this into a good educational building on conservation, that would really be great. That’s where the mindset goes in a lot of these places. Let me take you back to 1992 kind of through 1996. Read More
Can you tell me about that time period and what was evolving and how it ended for you and why?… Read More
Although you’ve identified a number of challenges for zoos, are you proud that you were part of the profession?… Read More
Absolutely, yes. Yeah, absolutely. I think I contributed my share to captive populations in zoos and to better their conditions, and to make it a more exciting visit that they go to because of some of the exhibits said I was involved in designing and having built because of some… Read More
How would you like to be remembered?… Read More
They were zoo, people came in to see the animals. They had a good time. There wasn’t any talk about the demise of the elephants or we couldn’t get this in because they weren’t available. They were available. The scary thing about it is it’s only been 40 years, 50… Read More
That’s where I think if zoos are really serious about what they’re doing, they ought to start turning their energies into really doing something to try to stop what’s taking place with the wild populations. And until they do that, whether they do it with their own money, or they’d… Read More
and if you join the society, that’s community support. So if they don’t wanna spend the money to be part of the society, they’re not gonna go to the zoo. What do you know about the profession that you devoted so many years of your life to. Yeah, I’m not… Read More
Well, what do you know about this profession?… Read More
You’ve been in it for over 40 years?… Read More
Well, I know it’s a profession that was established many years BC in Egypt. And then over in Europe, I mean, people have always been interested in exotic looking animals and exotic looking animals are usually wild animals for the most part. So I mean, zoos have been in existence… Read More
That we’ve already discussed. I mean, they’ve got to start looking at the long range plans and the reality of what’s facing them. Read More
Now, you mentioned that when you came to the zoo the second time and tried to move things along, you were involved in public relations and other things, how important is community support for the zoo and can a zoo survive without the community support?… Read More
I would say if you wanna use the National Zoo as an example of that, I’d say that as much as we need the community support and we would be crazy to lose it, that we’d survive without the community support because we’re a major destination for tourists. And the… Read More
Ideas for the deer or for the zoos?… Read More
For the zoos. Read More
What are those ideas?… Read More
Give me a couple of or we’ve already discussed?… Read More
Well, yeah, they are, but they’re destroying the undergrowth dramatically. For the first time, you can really see the understory in the parks in the Washington, Maryland, and Virginia area. Before you could look into these parks and you couldn’t see through through the woods because there was so much… Read More