And we had a hurricane hit on a Friday. People don’t want to hear that they’re not gonna get paid. Now, yes, most all checks are done electronically, but there’s a handful of people that still get a paper check. Read More
The short answer is everything. We have about an inch and a half thick, severe weather protocol and policy that includes every department in it. And what they’re supposed to be doing from office staff, HR, and animal care. Obviously, animal care is a big part of it. So there’s… Read More
But the plan goes as deep as from food service, to HR, and where are the payroll checks going to be?… Read More
And what does a zoo have to think about if they’re in an area as you were in San Diego with fire, what does a zoo have to think about in preparation for natural disasters?… Read More
How did you prepare for this?… Read More
And the CEO jumped in and said, then all these other priorities change. The priorities that you all have sitting in front of you, that we all agreed are important. Those priorities have to be stopped to make room for this purchase. You know, silence, absolute silence in the room. Read More
Grevy’s zebras will be back at ZooTampa. But just not in the foreseeable future. And you know, again, easy to stop, hey, we had this born, we had that born, we had. But when you gotta do that because the facilities are substandard and the welfare is the problem. And… Read More
We can’t justify this anymore. Just can’t. ZooTampa sits in an area where there are natural disasters, hurricanes. Read More
Why can’t we?… Read More
Why can’t we, why can’t we?… Read More
Tough part’s when I gotta tell you one of these stories. And I told ’em, we’re gonna eliminate the species from the collection because we don’t have the proper facilities and there’s nothing in the cards that will say that we are gonna have this in the foreseeable future. Read More
There’s something wrong in the exhibit. There’s something missing. And we weren’t barning those animals at night, which we probably should have. So one of the results was to redo the exhibit, create a barn and do all that. It wasn’t in the cards. So, you know, as I told… Read More
Oh, wait a minute, why can’t we get the money to do this?… Read More
Now, the animal ended up having a secondary medical issue and it had to be euthanized eventually. But even if it didn’t, there still needs to be some heavy lifting done to determine what you can do better. Because it’s just, I guess the way I look at it, if… Read More
Even though they’re little guys. So they provided some alternative methods for the animal to get up off the ground. Still wasn’t right. You know, still not right. Read More
Well, it’s kind of vital for an owl, right?… Read More
Is that the quality of life we want that animal to have?… Read More
We can sit here and hold our breath, but tomorrow morning those animals wake up in a substandard environment. You know, they don’t have two years to wait for the money to make that better. So sometimes you’ve gotta make some tough decisions. And it’s been an interesting dialogue with… Read More
You know, it’s just not providing the animal with the welfare that we thought it was going to. And you need to be able to, you know, look at those, make adjustments, and move forward, that you’re always looking at that. So they’ve developed, and I think this is now… Read More
Let’s be honest, okay?… Read More