Same thing you do now. Maybe, probably. And she’s still very actively involved in animal conservation issues. I feel definitely it was a special environment and it has impacted all of us. I went to school and studied modern African history. The continent of Africa has always been something that,… Read More
Well, Pam, my older sister, as I said, she probably could, maybe, speak a bit more on living in Birmingham when we lived in the zoo there, because she was a bit older. And I do remember Dad was saying earlier stories. Segregation was a very hot issue there at… Read More
Who knows what I might’ve become had you just taken me to Africa?… Read More
I was in punk rock bands and in trouble a lot. Ellen volunteered all the time. Dad took her to Africa. He didn’t take me. Read More
I was very small. Later on, I got to have really great birthday parties. That was a perk. When dad was at Busch Gardens, we would have parties there, and that was pretty great. And the Swiss House was there at the time, which was a very elegant restaurant, and… Read More
Now, was this all of your other sisters also had the similar type of experience?… Read More
Or not?… Read More
Did you have special friends, animals that you could interact with?… Read More
No, I don’t remember any… I remember just in the ape house, and I don’t remember their names, specifically, but I just remember having the real feeling that I was having a tea party, that they were (chuckles) in this with me and they were just sitting there. And I… Read More
Were you popular with your friends ’cause you lived in the zoo?… Read More
Ellen moving up with me?… Read More
But they were definite fond memories of having tea parties in the ape house and pretending that the gorillas that were behind the cage were sharing tea with me. We’d pretend back and forth, and the keepers were all very sweet and would assist in this game of tea parties… Read More
No, she moved down with Pam in Jacksonville and said she wanted to go down and live with somebody. She didn’t wanna live with her parents anymore. Wow, yeah, that’s what we all say. Yeah. But it was lonely. There’d be kids there all day long. But then, they would… Read More
You’re looking at it. (laughs) Yeah. A pain in the butt. No, it’s a great story that never fails at a dinner party. (laughs) Say, “Where did you grow up?” And you get to say, “Well, I did live in a zoo.” That’s always pretty exciting, but I think, as… Read More
Who? Me?… Read More
Yeah. Yeah, we each seven years apart. Each one had seven years. The youngest one, I remember when she was ask if she could go and stay with her sister because her sister was 14. No, what was she? Ellen was 14. Yeah, and I was- And she wanted to… Read More
What was it like growing up in the zoo?… Read More
(Robert laughs) No, Oggi was reserved for one person, and he sat in that big chair upstairs. Yeah, Oggi Busch, yeah. Oh, they had a quick question for you, Janet. Read More
Not that I can recall. Read More
Was there any time, in Busch Gardens, where Mr. Busch wanted animals named after friends of his?… Read More