Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 246
You weren’t the first director?… Read More
You weren’t the first director?… Read More
Was that again- No, Louisville was a wonderful place, and I don’t really know how I got involved in Louisville. Read More
Yeah. Read More
And how did you make that decision to go from Busch Gardens, where you had all of this money and all of this responsibility?… Read More
Then Busch Gardens, you left them, and you went on to the Louisville Zoo?… Read More
What’d you have to be aware of?… Read More
Well, alligators and crocodile, mostly alligators, but no, it was just capturing them, getting them, ’cause they’re a very powerful animal, actually, but the capture. Then we brought them up to Tampa. Put ’em in our lakes and ponds there to control the aquatic grasses and things. You musta been… Read More
Crocodiles? Or alligators?… Read More
I guess one of the most interesting ones that I had was trapping manatees down the Everglades, going out at night. Tell me about it. Just capturing them. Fun and games. Kinda scary in a way. Read More
Overseas?… Read More
Yeah, occasionally. Read More
Did you ever go to get animals yourself?… Read More
Just their philosophy about… One would seem like it was to promote a product, Busch, and the other was- what the whole thing was about, promoting a product. And now, it’s a Belgian company. Busch doesn’t even own it anymore. Read More
Not many. Yeah. Read More
In how many zoos do you see that?… Read More
So the philosophies were different from the private zoo that you worked at and the public zoos you’ve worked at?… Read More
No, there was the board. The board met. I had a group of… They weren’t board members; I dunno what their positions would be; but did answer to the board, and that’s usually who we went through to get permission to address the board for whatever we might need. And… Read More
If it was a project he was interested in, he’d wanna make sure that it was gonna be funded properly and wanna know if I asked for enough money: “Do you need more money, then?… Read More
I think I can handle it. Just lemme know if you need more money,” sorta begging you to take money. Read More
I don’t know. I don’t recall having bad spots. Read More