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It’s still an in incredible place, white oak. And, and I think that, that, that one could be a model for the future for private ownership. I’m not sure the one in India is gonna be that way. ’cause I think that, that, that’s a much larger collection of animals. Read More

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Was it a capture? But in the end, he’s got very good facilities. I haven’t been to the one in, in India. I was talking to a colleague that had been there and was really blown away with what he’s doing. But it, if he’s not also helping animals in… Read More

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The, the, when you use the word rescue sometimes, and you, you, you gotta make sure, is it really a rescue?… Read More

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I’ll figure that one out too. But conservation’s different, it’s much more complex ’cause you have to cooperate with other people. And most of these, most of these people made their money not by cooperating, not by diversifying but by taking big risks and it worked for them. So, you… Read More

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And it was, it is a beautiful place. He sold it to a a where he died and then the, and then the attorneys got, didn’t handle the finances right. So it had to go for sale. Fortunately, the new owner, Mark Walter, who owns the Dodgers and a lot… Read More

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And you got a lot of, the little, the little private facilities are, are kind of like that. The, the big billionaires, they do it for different reasons, but I just don’t see unless, and they don’t wanna have a board because they don’t wanna be billionaires, don’t want to… Read More

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It’s not gonna continue forever. Nothing’s gonna last forever. But I, but, but I think that they, the wealthier ones, especially in Texas, they’re, they’re doing it right for the animals. But eventually they get too many animals. And then the animals do go to other places. Whether they, they… Read More

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I made a billion dollars, why do I need to use your advice?… Read More

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What will happen to them?… Read More

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And you believe No, they may not. I think private individuals that are wealthy that are not doing it to make money, but doing it because they just like animals or their, their, their wife or their kids think it’s a cool thing to do. Their intentions are very good,… Read More

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Will they be, will they live the same amount of years as a municipal zoo because of this?… Read More

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He said, well, I got the Ator Rx and I put ’em out there like a herd and let them, you know, survive. And, and they were fine. And he says, and I worked with the, and I had directors back then, like Conway that understood it. The directors changed,… Read More

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And sue’s tend to sometimes, you know, intensive management, individual animals. So he was, he was disappointed that it, it didn’t work. But nowadays there are some very wealthy people out there doing, there’s a guy in India that has this incredible thing. He’s calling it a sanctuary, but it’s,… Read More

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Well why? This is what the land’s worth more money. Just get rid of it. Again, the legacy has to be solid so that it’s passed on to the kids or somebody else. And I’ll, I’ll tell you what I’m doing at Long Neck Matter for that. ’cause I’m 73,… Read More

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How do you think that private breeders can be partners with zoos?… Read More

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That’s a struggle for the last few decades. It’s worked. In some cases it doesn’t work long term. I was talking to David Bamberger, who’s 93 years old now. He was, he did, I don’t know if you know the name. He did Hor Orx on his ranch. He has… Read More

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So I said, David, why didn’t it work in the long run?… Read More

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It’s anthropomorphic, but it works. And it’s the way we should, we should move forward with that On another event. Zoos have to at sometimes acquire animals. Read More

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Tell ’em about Betty White. She was born on Betty White’s birthday. She’s had five calves. She’s a great mother. And she, and she would rather stay in the bar and then come outside half the time. You know, so just tell ’em what you’ve learned. You’ve gotta do the… Read More

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They care about, and the keepers are your frontline fundraisers, not your director. You know, when people come to the zoo, they’re talking to a keeper, usually they’re not talking to the zoo director. So you have to, you have to have keepers. We call ’em animal care specialists now. Read More

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