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Did the horse people ever get involved in Louisville with the zoo?… Read More

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Didn’t care about- you talking about?… Read More

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No, they’re in horses. Read More

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Were you expected to raise money for the zoo?… Read More

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Who’s big-time in Louisville, moneywise?… Read More

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Anybody and everybody was. We had some companies there. Trying to think of the companies. Read More

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What kinda frustrations did you have at the Louisville Zoo?… Read More

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Well, I suppose so, but I’m hard-pressed to remember all those folks ’cause I had help from a lotta people, and companionship. Read More

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You mentioned you gotta keep people, you can’t get rid of ’em. There were certain board members that were very difficult, always were. Was a constant struggle, but we overcame all that in time. So there was politics you had to deal with. Yes, there were a lotta politics. Read More

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When you were at Louisville and before, who were some of the zoo directors that you interacted with and that you, maybe, got advice from or looked up to that were helping you in your career as you were moving around?… Read More

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Were there colleagues that you talked with when you had frustrations or problems?… Read More

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I don’t know. Read More

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What kind of zoo did ya find when you came there?… Read More

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What kind of a zoo?… Read More

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Well, it was a developing zoo. Some of the displays that were constructed just prior to my getting there were, I think, overdone and wasted money, and they had to redo a lotta things, but otherwise, it had an interesting collection. Read More

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I assume. I don’t know. Read More

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And when you applied for the job, were they aware of your family background?… Read More

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What was it like when you first came? What’d ya find?… Read More

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No. No, he had a house on the grounds, but I didn’t. And then, the parks director, the minute I came to Louisville, he took the house on the grounds, so I had to buy a house. You saw this opening at the Louisville Zoo and decided you wanted to… Read More

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What were some of the issues you had to deal with at Louisville?… Read More