Interview 26791 – Caption Index: 330
It is, but the money’s not there. Read More
It is, but the money’s not there. Read More
And yes, is it a money related thing?… Read More
Yeah. You know, welfare can be a slippery slope. Everybody has a different opinion of what welfare is. And some of that’s driven by animal rights community. Who thinks that welfare is in a different slot than what the conservative zoo community thinks. Without question, we have to be providing… Read More
And what does this mean?… Read More
Don’t kid yourself. Had to make tough decisions in ZooTampa, like that species is gonna be, we’re taking it outta the collection ’cause we can’t do it well. Read More
It’s like, no, you know?… Read More
If anything, your cost will drive you to re-looking at some of these plans. Read More
What would you say is the zoo’s responsibility to animal welfare?… Read More
Mm, I think realistically, three to five years in today’s world, I think there’s too many variables that change and to have something current that you’re aware of public needs and perceptions. I think that, you know, five years, you need to be revisiting your plan. It depends on the… Read More
None of us are architects. You can’t turn it over to them. You’ve gotta be part of it. When I hear my colleagues complaining about, oh, that didn’t turn out the way I wanted it because, that’s because you were absent, you’re an absentee owner, you gotta be involved, you… Read More
They were doing what I asked them to do. But it’s every time I went by and I went by at different times, there’s no sticks on the nest. Anyway, now today, that pair is legendary, they produce so many chicks, I can’t even keep track of it anymore. So… Read More
What would you say is the shelf-life of a master plan?… Read More
And they loved it, absolutely loved it. And I tell you, to be honest with you, I enjoyed it too. You know, get really tired, lost some weight, was fantastic. Enjoyed every bit of it. And then, you know, I’d have to stay back and we’d have management meetings or… Read More
Yeah, they should have put ’em on there. I said well, there’s no sticks on the nest now. So day three, there’s still no sticks on the nest. So I said okay. I called on the radio and I said can you meet me, you know, behind-the-scenes I need to… Read More
And the manager said we’ve put sticks out there three times and they’ve thrown ’em off. Okay, all right, that makes sense, now, tell me how you’re gonna resolve that. So the next, they said we’ll have it resolved by tomorrow. I said okay, went out tomorrow, all kinds of… Read More
Okay, why aren’t there sticks on the nest?… Read More
I said did they get the message about sticks?… Read More
I almost made the mistake of breaking up the pair because nobody was breeding. But all of a sudden one of the pairs started to breed. And you know how they like sticks and whatever on their nests. Well, I said to the staff put sticks on the nest. Okay. Read More
Went to the manager. Read More
Yeah, I didn’t do hardly any hands-on, I mean, if there was an operation going, I might jump in and help out just because I was curious. Make rounds every day. Go different directions, different routes at different times. Not trying to catch anybody but just wanna see the zoo… Read More