Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 304

I don’t recall any great assistance from…… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 303

Were they helpful to zoos, as you recollect?… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 305

You talking about AZA?… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 300

Or did you have to help them along?… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 301

Yeah, part of the problem was we had a commission and a society, and nobody could figure out who was in charge of what, so I had to work it around getting them separated ’cause they already had used them to fight, one the other; otherwise, it was a bit… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 302

What kind of organization was it when you were zoo director at Louisville and Busch Gardens?… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 298

Was there a zoo society there that helped the zoo?… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 299

And were they helpful to you?… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 297

No, I mean I just… He sometimes wanted anything. He might want a… “The girls are staying out too late” or “should they be coming home?” And I’d have to tell him that he lost his opportunity to run things in my house: “You can just go elsewhere and do… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 295

Well, no, not really, not specifically on his feelings about my zoo. (laughs) There were times when he and I had some scuffles about whether he gave up his opportunity to run the place (laughs) when he didn’t put me in charge to start with. Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 294

Did you ever talk about it with him? Or not?… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 296

Give me example. What do you mean a scuffle?… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 291

No, my father died right after I went to Louisville. Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 292

Do you know how your father felt about you becoming a zoo director?… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 293

I think he liked it. Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 288

Were you interested in conservation at the Louisville Zoo?… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 290

Now, all the time you were in these various places, being director and running the zoo, did you still have contact with your father?… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 289

Well, I think we assumed we were involved in it all the way. Everything we did was, hopefully. Or education? Was there- We had spent a lotta money on education, facilities and everything. Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 286

Did you mentor them?… Read More

Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 285

I picked the staff, but I was very careful on that. Try to find people that were at least as smart as I was. I didn’t want a bunch of dummies (chuckles) working for me. Read More