And the the thing that I’ve always looked at is that there’s some bad eggs out there. We know that, you know, there’s some unethical people out there in the animal business Sure. And they get the predominant media coverage, obviously. But there’s a lot of good people. And I… Read More
I think they have to be, look at the bird industry. Most of the breeding reproduction in birds and reptiles and amphibians occurs in the private industry. Now they tend to be commercialized. Yes they do. Read More
But when you’re tight for space, when you need genetic material that you can no longer import or where you can’t expand your population to meet the demographic needs, where are you gonna go?… Read More
How do you think private breeders can be partners with zoos?… Read More
They’re specialists and they came in and said, you’re a good zoo or you’re a bad zoo. To me that’s a better message. So I think that’s something we need to look at On the animal front. Read More
Well, you gotta pay for that inspection. You’re damn right because they have experts that are outside the zoo, welfare experts that are coming in to evaluate you. It, it isn’t a self-policing thing, which is what they want their accreditation to be. That’s all self-policing. And it’s like, yeah,… Read More
Why wouldn’t you go with American Humane?… Read More
A ZA won’t do that. You have a problem, get a ZA out there to testify for you if pulling teeth. And I think, I think that’s a real issue, you know, so it’s, it’s finding your supporters, it’s getting that one message and, and knowing that when you get… Read More
And they put together two or three movies now. In fact, one’s come out in the theaters about six years ago, I guess, and the zoo world got really upset at it. And it’s like, well, you know, we, we were beginning to talk to American human or to HSUS… Read More
Doesn’t look at restrooms, doesn’t look at concession stands, doesn’t look at the budget, it looks at what’s going on with your animals, what’s going on with your exhibits, how are you managing sound?… Read More
You know, how do you manage sound and tropic world that isn’t disturbing?… Read More
We created, about 15 of us, created their welfare program, what they call their conservation program. It’s strictly an evaluation of an institution’s welfare. Read More
You know that, boy, that’s a strong message that stays with you. The animal extremists are good at that and they, they get that impression off. And we’ve not been able to counter it because, well, we’re too diverse. Ours isn’t the same. Our problem is this or our problem… Read More
I mean, how many times have you seen or heard Sarah McLaughlin sing or song and see some poor dog chained up outside in the snow shivering?… Read More
If you could develop one message and get it out very clearly, like animal extremists have done, zoos are bad and we go, zoos are good. You could start making an impact if you put the funding together from all the zoos to get out on television, to get out… Read More
Well, I, you know, I think the biggest concerns that that evolved as I matured into the profession was again, the perception of the public about what we are and what we do. And that impacted how we operate substantially in our decisions. And the only way to deal with… Read More
What issues caused you the most concern during your career?… Read More
And how do you see the future regarding those kind of concerns?… Read More
I’m say ask what Issues caused you the most concern during your career and how do you see the future regarding those saying concerns?… Read More
And so I think they’ve influenced zoos the most and how we look at exhibitry and where we spend our dollars. Can we educate them to say that’s not necessarily always the case. You can, it’ll be hard because they’ve been, they’ve evolved into that aspect of what their expectations… Read More