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I mean, what kind of zoo was it?… Read More

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It was a one-man zoo. The previous year, they had built a reptile house. It was one of the most complete reptile houses in the country. The man in charge of the reptile house was a kid, 19 year old, roughly, kid. But his stepfather was John Mertens. Steve Mertens… Read More

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Sheer money. But they survived. Okay, let’s recap a little, and that is Mr. Lindemann has let you go, and you’re moving to Florida. You were thinking about fish, but you go to the Fort Worth Zoo about 1961. But how did you get… Here’s my question. Read More

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The director of the Fort Worth Zoo was at one of the Zoo directors conferences. As a matter of fact, I think I sold him a pair of tapirs that we had at the, we had brought them in from South America. Little weight, little guys. Weighed 20 pounds a… Read More

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How did you know there was a job at the Fort Worth Zoo as general curator?… Read More

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Roland had connections?… Read More

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Well, Roland, of course, visited all the zoos in Europe, and he had a lot of money, and he offered enough money to buy these things. Read More

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A lot of what we got in those days were what?… Read More

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So you were- So you were at the game farm when some rare animals, like the Somali wild ass, came through the game farm?… Read More

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Do you remember how that came about?… Read More

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Which was very rare. Read More

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He went in place of him. I was replacing Roland Lindemann, who had suddenly been called overseas or whatever. And I went to Chicago to represent the game farm. My God, (chuckling) I was terrified. But I met Marlin Perkins, who was doing weekly TV show. I was assigned, assigned… Read More

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I met her, and I was assigned a job of collecting some funds from everybody there. I survived the week, and I went to the, I think, the next, next with Roland, but I don’t remember. Read More

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Is that Chicago?… Read More

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Anyway, it was- That sounds to me, maybe that was Chicago. Read More

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Yeah, the first, right?… Read More

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Connie, can you remember where I went the first time?… Read More

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Oh, yes. Roland took me to a couple of annual meetings of zoo directors. Zoo directors had annual meetings. The leading person in charge of each zoo attended most of these meetings. And I went to several. The first one I went to was in Chicago. I guess probably…… Read More

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The first time, first zoo conference with Roland. First conference. I went instead of Roland. Instead of Roland. Oh, God. Read More

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At Fort Worth?… Read More