Interview 26791 – Caption Index: 443
Some directors have said there are too few good curators in the community. Read More
Some directors have said there are too few good curators in the community. Read More
And how should curators be trained today to do what you feel should be expected of it?… Read More
It doesn’t mean we have to ignore them though. We have to still pay attention to them. So we base our responses on facts. We say, okay, we can be better at that, so on, and so forth. We don’t kowtow it to them, though. We’re very factual with them. Read More
So it has less impact than it did in San Diego when it comes to the physical presence of them. But, you know, again, there are still groups out there that don’t want zoos. We end up on the worst elephant habitat list every few years and then fall off… Read More
We can accept that. Well, okay, that’s great because that’s what we can do. We can’t do much more. The radicals always wanted you to do more than you could financially even begin to hope for, or wanted to close you down, one of the two. And I’m saying, well,… Read More
So to me, it does not get much resignation in the community because again, it’s a hunting community, right?… Read More
I mean, you know, I was in the room, Dr. Dolan was in the room, we had veterinarian in the room, the director was there. I mean, it was a very healthy discussion, sometimes, you know, irritating, but nonetheless, a healthy discussion. And I learned that. So coming to Tampa,… Read More
Some directors, zoos in many cases today, are afraid to confront animal welfare rights groups that are anti-zoo, can we have your thoughts on the best way to deal with these groups?… Read More
Right. I learned this from San Diego ’cause, obviously, San Diego was in the crosshairs of animal rights a lot being in Southern California. And the strategy that they used, which turned out to be pretty successful, was bringing the parties to the table, inviting them to the zoo for… Read More
Because A, I won’t see Okapi in any other place unless I go, I mean, I’ll see ’em in other zoos, but they’ve got Okapi, I want to go see Okapi. They’ve got shoebill. Read More
That’s the business side. We can’t exist without them. People aren’t gonna do it just naturally. They’re not gonna come in. Oh yeah, woke up this morning, decided to go to the zoo. Well, maybe not, unless you had somebody in town. So why would someone visiting Tampa from Montana… Read More
Why would you want to come to ZooTampa?… Read More
Probably not, but street credibility, I think is extremely important. You have to build that over time. And so if the institution starts off small because it can’t do anything else but, and you build up that credibility, then it only gets better through time. Read More
Considering the financial resources available to many small and medium-sized zoos, what should be the focus of their collection?… Read More
Yeah, I think, yeah, again, I always look for uniqueness and that can be locally or nationally or internationally, but part of our job is to get people to come through our gates, right?… Read More
You know, to me it’s about street credibility in conservation. You don’t just waltz into Africa and say, hey, we’re here to save everybody. And we got a big, fat check and we’re gonna write it for you, and here we go. Or, I’ve got three scientists who will help… Read More
Now, will they turn your money away?… Read More
Yeah. They have got to set forward with their bosses, the priorities budgetarily to make sure that they are in those fields. They can’t ignore it and say, oh, you know, we’re a municipal zoo, we don’t have the money to do that. The public’s not gonna buy that. The… Read More
What do you think a small or a medium-sized municipal zoo today, what they have to do today to be involved in wildlife conservation, either nationally or internationally?… Read More
Or this is our business return on investment. You know, those are hardcore numbers that come out of a database. You got some real unknowns in the animal business that you’ve gotta be able to work through and be able to explain. Nothing is ever a hundred percent in the… Read More