Well, you know what you’re looking for when you see it, so it’s kinda hard to say what exactly. You want somebody who can recognize the animals and what their needs are and the people to look after them. Read More
Were you looking for anything special in these people?… Read More
Well, I’d try to bring in people from inside, unless there was nobody available. Read More
Or were you bringing them from outside?… Read More
Did ya bring people from within the organization that you thought showed promise to be curators and assistants to you?… Read More
Busch never did? No one?… Read More
Well, not that I… Maybe after I left there, they might have, ’cause, actually, while I was there, there wasn’t that much going on that I can recall. You said you were able to hire people, for the most part, to help you do the job, except, when you were… Read More
No. Read More
In any places, did you ever have to deal with animal rights people who were against zoos?… Read More
Oh, they can certainly promote. Any zoo any size can produce good things. Read More
Did you use that philosophy, that trick of the trade?… Read More
Do you think that, sometimes, the medium-size and small zoos, because they sometimes have problems financially, that they can make a difference in conservation or people’s attitude toward animals?… Read More
Well, we only had a male. Okay, woulda been hard no matter how (laughs) high the grass got. Read More
Brookfield, yeah. Brookfield. Now, how many…… Read More
Yeah. Read More
You brought okapi back to Busch Gardens?… Read More
Now, this was at Brookfield Zoo?… Read More
They weren’t doing anything. They showed no interest in each other as long as there weren’t weeds, if it was pure, clean grass. So they cut the grass all down and let it grow over. And it grew up. As it grew up, the more amorous they became. And so,… Read More
Mm-hmm, that was something… Okapis, nobody ever could breed okapis. They didn’t do anything. My father, I guess, wandering around, walking through to visit everybody, finally figured out there was a problem here. The problem was weeds. The okapi yard was slick and clean; everything, cut down. But okapis require… Read More
“That was a very big accomplishment.” D’you ever breed the okapis?… Read More