And now I’m, I, I mentioned this collaboration with Loyola. I’m, I’m getting excited to speak about my field and my career and what I’ve learned with a whole bunch of eager, enthusiastic medical students that are considerably younger than my children. So it just, it’s interesting. Read More
What do you know about the profession that you’ve devoted so many years of your life?… Read More
Yeah, I think that the big challenge is, you know, succession planning. You know, if an individual, you know, an individual can have an infinite amount of money, and, and if there aren’t, if he or she doesn’t build a group around them that have a similar passion that are… Read More
To what part, are you still active in the field?… Read More
’cause we’re all going away at some point. And so, you know, it, the key to it really is there has to be succession planning. Read More
What do the pluses and minuses have?… Read More
Will they survey survive the length of time municipal zoos have?… Read More
What are your thoughts about private zoos owned by people of means?… Read More
It, it’s tough because things are so diffused nowadays. You know, when you think about, in a time when there were three networks, when an article in Life magazine could literally have a, a national, a nationwide impact with media and messaging, so diffuse it. It’s hard to, to have… Read More
Do you think we need, or do we have any charismatic and committed heroes to help what you talked about shift public opinion for conservation such as Jacques Gusto win, Jane, Jane goodall?… Read More
I think so. I, everybody, everybody needs to make career choices with their eyes open. And I think we’re, you know, whether you’re looking at zoo veterinary career or zoo career, or a career in wildlife, I, I think those are, those are all things where there are, you know,… Read More
I was just at his wedding, he works in a private practice in a aquarium out out east. And I remember, you know, he came to me at the stage when he’d been accepted to three different veterinary schools and, and I, and he said, which one, you know, who… Read More
It’s been an extremely rewarding career and you counsel people about pluses and minuses and choices. So, okay. Read More
Getting people to, to understand what nature needs to succeed and, and inspire them to, you know, to, to value nature and natural places. Read More
Why?… Read More
Would you recommend the zoo and aquarium field to a young person with sincere interest in wildlife and conservation today?… Read More
What direction will help them stay relevant?… Read More
I, I think the thing that helps them stay relevant is what I’ve talked about connecting, you know, using the zoo as a tool, as an inspiration to connect people with nature and, and to go from the zoo to your backyard, to your forest preserves to your, you know,… Read More
You know, should we, there’s a huge chunks of Wyoming and Montana that are just sitting there, you know, can’t we build hotels or run cattle on them or do whatever else?… Read More
I, I think the, the trend, and I, I think the trend and, and I think this is a good one, is going for much bigger exhibits, larger group sizes, larger social groups and mixed species exhibits. So I, I think those are, you know, the days of the days… Read More