You know, years and years and years and years ago, back in the early eighties, part of my inspiration to get into the zoo world was one, Gerald Durrell, who built the Jersey Zoo on the allo jersey in the English Channel. Okay. It became a Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. Read More
We can be great at getting the word out about saving the natural world. Mention zoos. Read More
So I’m very, very proud of the photo arc that the Lincoln Children’s Zoo, we said yes. We said yes. And he has got that message out now internationally, Lincoln Children’s Zoo animals have been, have been projected on the Vatican, the Hague, the UN building in New York, all… Read More
And we put the naked mo rat went in the commissary, the diet kitchen at the zoo on the white chopping block and put the naked mo rat there. And Joel came in with his cameras and his lighting and, and he says, let’s do another species. So we kept… Read More
And he’s got his lens in through the little front there, taking the, the photo or we painted, if it’s a holding area, like for a tiger, you paint the holding area all black or all white, and you floodlight it from outside, obviously cut a little hole in the… Read More
You know, you’ve, you’ve been in the water swimming, taking, taking all kinds of phenomenal pictures and have you sacrificed your health going out around the world?… Read More
He says he, he was inspired, I forget who the artist was ’cause I want an animal on a white background or a black background. So all you do is focus on that animal. You just see that animal directly. He said, I what animals? He says, all animals. I’m… Read More
I said, what do you mean portraits?… Read More
I said, you travel the world. You get pictures of these animals in their natural habitat. You’ve got grizzly bears. Read More
I’m gonna go steer crazy. I love my wife, I’m gonna be here for her, but I’m gonna go steer crazy if I’ve got something creative to do. I wanna do portraits of animals. Read More
Okay. Joe Sartore, national Geographic photographer, decades, came to me many years ago, over about 20 years ago, and said, and he lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. He lives just a couple minutes from my house. Couple minutes from the zoo. Joe said, Chappo, I need to talk to you. I… Read More
Very, very proud of that. There’s even something that we did many, many years ago back really before digitization digitized and things got able, we did a thing called Zari with label the carry with Larry, the cable guy, Larry, the cable guy is kind of a odd comedian that… Read More
How did it start and what was your relationship with its start?… Read More
Some animals have a fun thing. So, you know, the photo arc science photos, poker program, zoo Ari. But what I’m probably also proudest of is that the zoo has launched some really wonderful people in the zoo world. We’ve launched zoo directors, zookeepers teachers, some phenomenal people got inspired… Read More
So I’m very, very proud of the photo arc, the beautiful photo arc that launched at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo with the naked Molera. That was our very first animal. Very proud of the photo arc. I’m very, very proud of the science focus program, our collaboration with the Lincoln… Read More
Can I say several? Sure. You know, I’m really, really proud of the photo arc being launched at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo, Joe Sartor in the photo arc. And its documentation of currently over 16, getting close to 17,000 species. Many of them before they went intis, he’s now, he… Read More
Just horrible little boxes. I wish I would’ve stayed there long enough to demolish that building. It was horrible. When I inherited it, I kept, I had retrofitted that thing a dozen times. Okay. Improving the, the animal care and the animal management in that facilities through many, many dollars,… Read More
What’s your proudest accomplishment as you think back?… Read More
There’s an old facility at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo that when I walked in there in 86, it was considered the, it was considered the new building. It was built in the, the late seventies. It was outdated when it was built. It was called the Animal Kingdom building. It… Read More
Are there programs or exhibits that you would’ve implemented during your tenure that didn’t happen?… Read More