After I left the zoo in Evansville and came down here, I didn’t sell anything for six or eight months, six months, I would say. I made a trip to California and had an appointment with a guy who was involved in building the next Lion Country Safari out there. Read More
So you were dealing with elephants that were coming from van den Brink. Yes. Yes, to Canada, to the West Coast. That’s a totally different, different matter. Read More
When you were dealing with, did you have dealings with other animal dealers at the time?… Read More
You were gonna tell me the wallaby story. I’ve forgotten what I was gonna show you. But we’ll get back. We’ll get back. Read More
Some names that I remember are the Fred Zeehandelaar, Charles Chase, International Animal Exchange. I mean- International Animal Exchange was a serious competitor. Did far more more business than I did. Bill Chase was a competitor, certainly, but a fairly good, honest competitor. The people in Michigan, animal dealers, were… Read More
Not knowing zoo people. I had become acquainted with a number of suppliers, and I’d become acquainted with the mechanism by which you find the suppliers. There was a good sale for wallabies, not full-sized kangaroos. Wallabies. Little guys. And you couldn’t export ’em from Australia anymore. But I looked… Read More
Or were there any, or was it your knowledge and knowing all the zoo people that you could do things?… Read More
Well, this was an example of something I did a lot of. These animals were looked at with a great deal of not lovability by the people and New Zealand. That paper tells another story that might be, might be useful. We’ll get back to that. Did you specialize in… Read More
You decided after you left Evansville that buying and selling animals, which you knew about, might be a good business for you?… Read More
And what were some of the, in this new business, what were some of the problems that you had to deal with or limitations in buying and selling?… Read More
Yes, yes. Obviously. Read More
So you decided that your knowledge of buying and selling animals might be, instead of running the zoo, might be a good business?… Read More
He died, and his wife is still running the zoo, the service. Read More
Beg your pardon?… Read More
It had a hell of a good collection. There was a situation where they kept a lot of stock. They were breeding for private people. These people were all on the board or something similar to being on the board of the zoo. I liked what I saw. I didn’t… Read More
Do you know anybody in H.H.?… Read More
I wasn’t disappointed when the job went to somebody else. But if you are close to getting a job, your present job becomes, maybe you look at everything’s bad about it, and I fell victim to myself. On the other hand, I knew that I, I knew that I knew… Read More
I wasn’t quite at the stage where you reached up that far. (chuckles) Okay. Okay. Read More
Were you involved in the AAZPA as director now that you were a director?… Read More
Yes, I was. I guess I was like the director, one of. One of a number of directors. Not right off the bat, but in the first couple of years, I moved up steadily. Now at some point you’re working at the Evansville Zoo, but you decide, or you leave… Read More