Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 478
And you had, then, emergency planning that you had to be aware of for hurricanes with dangerous animals: lions, tigers, gorillas?… Read More
And you had, then, emergency planning that you had to be aware of for hurricanes with dangerous animals: lions, tigers, gorillas?… Read More
Really?… Read More
Except Cicero. (laughs) Then we have other things here. Read More
Hurricanes and things?… Read More
D’you ever have problems with weather?… Read More
Hurricanes. (Robert coughs) Excuse me. About three years, and I was in there. I think must at least two hurricanes. That must be a different thing than you had to worry about at- Everywhere I been, it’s been hurricanes. Read More
This was a small zoo, so what was your thought of bringing people to this zoo?… Read More
Or did they already have interest that- Oh, there was interest in the zoo. It was a very nice little zoo, very pleasant, very jungle-like. Read More
How’d you think you were gonna get some interest in the zoo?… Read More
And how involved did you get in this fundraising?… Read More
Well, I was probably less than I shoulda been. I hated fundraising with a purple passion. But it was a necessary thing. Yes, usually try to get yourself involved with somebody else to take ’em with ya, somebody else that knows somebody in the crowd to work ’em over. Read More
Did they want you to go out literally and bring back money?… Read More
What did you learn from these start-ups that you could bring to Brevard?… Read More
Well, basically, best display methods. Read More
Well, I think, just to run the place and make sure it’s operating as it should be. Another public place. No. Actually, I can’t even remember whether it was a public or… I think it was more… You know, I don’t know. Can’t remember whether it was… As I say,… Read More
Wasn’t Busch Gardens. No, no, no, no, I’m trying to remember whether it was… Maybe Brevard County, I guess. And when you were at… You had worked on this Down Under, starting it up, and you had helped Victoria get back up. Read More
Well, they figured, they see a director: “That’s all he knows anyway.” Well, what did they want when they brought ya in?… Read More
What were they asking you to accomplish?… Read More
Did they want you also to raise money?… Read More
They were having some problems and wanted somebody to help ’em straighten it out, and we put it together. Read More