Oh. Well, Sherman didn’t have a zoo. And my recollection of zoos was quite limited. And I’m not sure I understand why, but there was a zoo in Dallas, there was a zoo in Fort Worth. There was one in Houston, but I never went to it, they never took… Read More
And I had things like that. Read More
What are your recollections of the first zoos that you were seeing?… Read More
And I’d put them in jars, and I’d keep them there for a while. And anytime we were driving on the highway, we have a lot of box turtles in Texas, we did then. They’re disappearing along with the rest of the fauna. And we would stop and get that… Read More
Well, I have to tell you, where I grew up. I was born in Galveston. But in two years we moved to a little, kind of a hick town in North Texas, north of Dallas called Sherman, Texas. And we grew up there. I did. For some reason, it can’t… Read More
And we had a miniature turtle-arium And I just made that word up, but it sounds okay. So I grew up and then, oh! We had a fish pond. I didn’t want goldfish. We would go fishing at one of the lakes and we’d bring perch back. We’d bring a… Read More
What are your recollections of those beginnings?… Read More
What kind of zoos did you see when you were growing up?… Read More
My full name is Lawrence Lloyd Curtis. And my friends call me Lawrence or Larry, or sometimes things I wouldn’t want to, you know, you don’t want it on the camera. But anyway, I’ll answer to anything. I’ve even been called Reverend Dr. Curtis. And I answer to that. When… Read More
Your full name?… Read More
What else did you want?… Read More
(Frank and Connie laughing) Nobody’s perfect. (Frank and Connie laughing) That’s what he used to always say to me. That’s a, that’s a- Nobody’s perfect. (chuckling) That’s a good memory. Read More
That’s what we strived for. (sniffles) And Frank, how would you like to be remembered?… Read More
I’m not that proud. I’m proud of some of the animals I handle, and I think they would be proud to have me say so. Read More
(Frank chuckles) He’s gonna tear up. I’ll say something here. When he started his import business, whether it be birds or mammals, he and I and our oldest daughter helped a lot through some of those years. She was wonderful with birds. But any shipment we got, we felt a… Read More
Any in particular?… Read More
You were always saying that feet need good care, feet. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yes, and so you have to be able to treat their feet. Yes. Read More
What would you say is a proud accomplishment of yours in the profession?… Read More
What are you proud about in the profession that you’ve done?… Read More
Given that experience, what’s your view about zoos maintaining elephants and how it should be done correctly?… Read More