It becomes a pet. And we’ve had keepers that have gotten their hands bitten, their hair torn out because, “Well, I was just patting, he likes to be patted,” but then he bit off your finger. It’s not a pet. You don’t go up and stick your head in the… Read More
But at the end, it’s not their decision. Really, it isn’t. I mean, especially if after you’ve talked to them and put them on the same page you are. And then after all that, they still say, “Well, she can still live another five years or something if you treat… Read More
Well before, I mean, I had favorites too, and I felt bad when one of them died, but if we had to ship them out or something, it was part of the job, they went out of the zoo. That was it or they died. Well, we lost babies. That’s… Read More
It’s a bivariate, I’ve got bivariates, but it’s not listed as a particular species. And we went round and round on this thing, you got to broaden the collection plan. So I’m given at least enough leeway that I don’t have to ask you because I’m bringing in a particular… Read More
And I did, I stood up and I said, “Excuse me, but that is absolutely not true. I don’t know where you got that information, but it’s not true. And I resent the fact that you’re standing up in front of this entire audience here and telling something that is… Read More
Well, when you’re talking about truths, can you tell me in your opinion, what’s a major professional problem facing zoos today and what can we do to correct the problem, politics?… Read More
Why are you getting it in?… Read More
Is it in the collection plan?… Read More
Well, no, but why does it have to be in the collection plan?… Read More
Did you get the proper documentation?… Read More
And has it been whatever?… Read More
So in to a certain extent, it also became a problem, at least with me and in the registrar at the zoo because I was running into problems even writing species acquisition proposals, because she would question where are you gonna get this thing?… Read More
What’s it gonna cost to build the exhibit for the animal?… Read More
And if you don’t have all that information in your head, when you go out to try to find something because it looks like it might be a neat species to bring in, and then you find out you got to do a permit, but you’ve never done a permit… Read More
And she kept on our butts all the time about the information that she needed, where’s it coming from?… Read More
Who is this guy you’re getting it from?… Read More
How do you think that this of evolve that they don’t know or at least many don’t seem to know the basics of the animal management part?… Read More
Because, I don’t think they really have a understanding of what it takes to run and manage a living collection in a zoo. Read More
And in that entails, not just how do you get animals in and what’s required to do it, but what does it take for you to get this animal in?… Read More
I mean, how much keeper time is it gonna take, what’s it gonna cost to feed this particular animal?… Read More