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Yeah, yeah, but usually, I never spent that much time. There always seemed to be good staff people available that were just waiting in the wings to get a chance. Read More

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Now, was Brevard interested in education?… Read More

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Were you free to hire your own staff?… Read More

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Yeah, yeah. you wanted to bring to the- We had a curator of education. Read More

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Did you have plans if something bad got out in a hurricane?… Read More

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we had concrete buildings that we’d put things and lock them up in. In most cases, we had jaguars, which are most dangerous things we had. Other than that were small or non-evasive. Read More

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yeah, we even sent people to the police department, learn how to shoot. Read More

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Except Cicero. (laughs) Then we have other things here. Read More

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And you had, then, emergency planning that you had to be aware of for hurricanes with dangerous animals: lions, tigers, gorillas?… Read More

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Really?… Read More

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Hurricanes. (Robert coughs) Excuse me. About three years, and I was in there. I think must at least two hurricanes. That must be a different thing than you had to worry about at- Everywhere I been, it’s been hurricanes. Read More

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D’you ever have problems with weather?… Read More

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Hurricanes and things?… Read More

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Or did they already have interest that- Oh, there was interest in the zoo. It was a very nice little zoo, very pleasant, very jungle-like. Read More

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This was a small zoo, so what was your thought of bringing people to this zoo?… Read More

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How’d you think you were gonna get some interest in the zoo?… Read More

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And how involved did you get in this fundraising?… Read More

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Did they want you to go out literally and bring back money?… Read More

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Well, I was probably less than I shoulda been. I hated fundraising with a purple passion. But it was a necessary thing. Yes, usually try to get yourself involved with somebody else to take ’em with ya, somebody else that knows somebody in the crowd to work ’em over. Read More

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Wasn’t Busch Gardens. No, no, no, no, I’m trying to remember whether it was… Maybe Brevard County, I guess. And when you were at… You had worked on this Down Under, starting it up, and you had helped Victoria get back up. Read More