Interview 26791 – Caption Index: 579
Would you recommend the zoo, aquarium field to a young person with sincere interest in wildlife and conservation today?… Read More
Would you recommend the zoo, aquarium field to a young person with sincere interest in wildlife and conservation today?… Read More
They weren’t making the right phone call, you know?… Read More
And she said you called me at a good time. We have an animal available and we’ll get it down to you right away. That’s relationships. Read More
I mean, if Anne didn’t know who I was and I didn’t know Anne, it’d be like, boy, how do we even start this?… Read More
I just need you to put us higher on the list, okay?… Read More
But the zoos that I, you know, San Diego or ZooTampa has benefited. Before I got to ZooTampa, I wanted to bring in a male Okapi, they only had a female and they couldn’t get a male. So I called Anne Patrick, she was the coordinator. I said Anne, I… Read More
We need to get a male in, it’d be really important. Mark, that animal was there 60 days after I started. I was the hero. I really wasn’t the hero, I just made the right phone call. Read More
You know, it came from San Diego, deep pockets, not the best at paying bills. I had a zoo director in a European zoo, remain nameless, call up and say, you know, I’ve got the following species. We know you’ve been wanting these when they become available and we’re ready,… Read More
And you know, some days market’s been tough because people, you give ’em an honest answer they don’t want to hear it, but they eventually come around, because they trust you and you’ve got that relationship. And I was always told, if you keep the relationships going, I still, like… Read More
Relationships?… Read More
You gotta have the door open then I’m sure it’d be fine. So I just think that is such a sea change. And when you talk to the novice who haven’t seen that, while they get a little goofy about the probe and everything, but that’s all part of it,… Read More
What was the most important piece of advice you received that stayed with you throughout your career?… Read More
But they worked with this animal and that’s the tenacity that they have to say, okay, we can take this and make it better. And I just think, I was able to see the sea change in that species management from the days of an angus and forceful management to… Read More
They’re just getting, you know, her ready for all that and it’s going great. And I looked down and the chute door is open so she could walk out into the rest of the habitat. I said the chute door is open and she’s still standing there. And they said… Read More
Not saying it’s a hundred percent, but it’s certainly much better than it was. And you talk about care and passion. You talk about working with their animals to accomplish things. The best example I can give of doing the right thing for an elephant is we have the oldest… Read More
Yeah, I think we’re in a much better spot than we were 10 years ago. I think the days of one and two elephants in a zoo are gone. And they should be, we should not be exhibiting or housing elephants like that anymore. It needs to be in a… Read More
Some will say, well, what’s big enough?… Read More
Well, okay, we can use the standards as a baseline, but you know, you’re never gonna be big enough. Tampa’s not big enough for the elephants that we’ve got in there, but they do fine in the exhibit. Zoos still need to be part of elephant management, whether it be… Read More
Yeah, I think the Berlin Zoo in Tierpark Berlin. I think I’ve always admired them. They, again, strong, strong science collection related, collections of animals. And still today, are working on some great stuff. But I always admired them as far as the width and breadth of their collection and… Read More
Given your experience, you’ve kind of alluded to it, what’s your view regarding zoos maintaining elephants and how it should be done correctly?… Read More