Interview 24153 – Caption Index: 443
Well, now what kind of skills do you think a new director today needs as compared to when you were director?… Read More
Well, now what kind of skills do you think a new director today needs as compared to when you were director?… Read More
And when you got to Jacksonville, did you continue the volunteer program because of your experience or did they already have one?… Read More
No, not because of the experience. We already had one and I continued it. It didn’t work out as successfully as the one in Evansville. Read More
Did you start the volunteer program at the zoo there?… Read More
I was able to get my ideas across. They weren’t very complicated, and they were fairly simple, and they accepted. The people in charge accepted what I did. I started a magazine. They’d never had a publication before. We had a monthly magazine that we publish every month. You had… Read More
Three actually. Three public zoos. Three. Three, right. Or four, sorry. Four private zoos. Catskill. I’m sorry, Roland, you’re correct. (Connie chuckling) The zoo in Evansville, Indiana. Read More
What do you think, well, why did you think that was the most important?… Read More
Yes. You did learn your lesson. (chuckling) I learned rapidly. I was gonna go to some general questions now. Of the two zoos that you worked at- Three. Read More
We have to call her and thank her for this- The nameless rescuer. Yeah, thank goodness. Yeah, the snakes are very effective. We got her in her box. The next night I did the same thing again, and she didn’t strike again. Wait a minute. Read More
He said he had just two left inside. I’m going in to help him. And they begged him to see those two, and he let them in. I remember hearing the girl scream, (laughing) as she look over the wall. Thank goodness. in pretty bad shape on the floor, but… Read More
And I was putting the snakes away one night, and I was in a hurry. Instead of waiting for the ticket seller to close down his operation and come in and help me get the 18 footer in her box for the night, I tried to do it myself. It… Read More