Interview 30880 – Caption Index: 268
And so it’s hard to say, do you need the business person or do you need the animal person?… Read More
And so it’s hard to say, do you need the business person or do you need the animal person?… Read More
’cause you gotta remember, I don’t know what the, the typical tenure is anymore for a zoo director. In the old days, it was like me, I had 30, well, I think we had 36 or 7 37 years. ’cause some of those were his president emeritus. You know, you… Read More
What are the institution’s needs?… Read More
And so are you there for five years, 10 years?… Read More
Is is the, you know, what is the mission of the institution?… Read More
What’s the resources of the institution?… Read More
And, and, and you know, and, and we’ve seen it all happen. We, we’ve seen people who ran corporations take over zoos. We’ve seen retail people take over zoos. We’ve seen researchers take animal researchers take over zoos. We, we’ve seen a little bit of it all. I guess it… Read More
Oh, and that’s and why?… Read More
So going to other institutions is vitally important. Vitally important for all levels. I don’t care if you’re guest services. I don’t care if you’re animal keepers. I don’t care if you’re facilities, I don’t care if you’re horticulture. I don’t care if you’re management. You need to go and… Read More
So the, the controversy of who should lead a zoo, what’s your position on good animal man or a businessman?… Read More
The zoo director, zoo staff, to go see how other zoos are doing it, be it good or be it bad to talk to peers. You know, quite often I would go to the zoo and not tell my peer I was coming. I just wanted to sneak around being… Read More
You know, I think a really phenomenal creature is the Komodo dragon. And I would love to have seen Komodos come to the zoo. Never made it happen. You know, and that’s okay. But I, I, I got to see so many things come and such a diversity of things… Read More
How important do you think it is for a zoo director to travel to other zoos and, and see things Vitally important?… Read More
That’s good. So you have some genetic diversity. So, you know, and I’ve seen bars disappear, which is good. And sometimes it’s just whitewashed to remove the bars. ’cause sometimes you take off the bars and you put the fancy expensive stainless steel mesh in its place. It’s still a… Read More
That’s the biggest change anymore, is we have to worry about the public, the public perception and what the public is thinking about. About your institution and your collection. Read More
Is there one animal species that you always wanted to work with but didn’t Do?… Read More
You know, some changes have been good, some changes have been bad. You know, I think so many, if they have the resources they go to make them so immersive and to to, to change and make people feel like they’re been whisked away to another part of the world. Read More
In your career, how have you seen zoo exhibits change during your career?… Read More
I swung my leg over, put his head right there between my legs and put all my 180 pounds on top of him. And he went o And I used some expletive words to the driver about getting that vehicle moving really, really quickly. ’cause there I was sitting on… Read More
And we’ve been married. We got married in 1988 and have three phenomenal sons who are grown men today. And all because of the Lincoln Children’s Zoo, because I turned her down for a job at the Potawatomi Zoo in 1983. Well, on another deck. Read More