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If you could give zoos a directive. And have them address certain issues in the future. Read More

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What issues?… Read More

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Based on your history, what would you want zoos to address in the future?… Read More

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And help their level grow up too. Give them the means so that they can expand their knowledge, get more involved in some of these other projects. So this thought process about what a director should do, which you just talked about, you kind of evolved that thinking over the… Read More

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I guess I didn’t have a specific idea of what a director was. Per se. And maybe it’s different at different places. I just knew where I was. We needed to do something to change some of what we had. So if that meant me going out and doing fundraising. Read More

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Or you knew that’s what it was?… Read More

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I didn’t feel it as pressure. Because I thought that’s what I was there to do. I was there to do whatever I needed to do to make it better. You know, as long as you’re… I didn’t want to just be a manager. A manager can operate a zoo. Read More

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Did you feel that pressure?… Read More

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Or to run the programs, not only the zoo, but the programs to pay your staff to keep them “happy,” you know?… Read More

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Do you think there there is undue pressure on directors to raise money to be part of the major force in raising money?… Read More

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Your boards. The politicians in your city. The people with – the movers and shakers that had the money. And how to make that all work. Right. Yeah. Read More

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Money. (laughs) Worrying about getting enough money to do what you wanted to do or how to do it best. And. That was probably one of the biggest ones. That and. Probably staff and public relations. You know, how you dealt in-house and how you dealt out-house. Well not out-house,… Read More

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What issues caused you the most concern during your career?… Read More

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I think we kind of went like this and now we’re on the training, or were in the training, to get them back. I think it’s at a higher level now where the general public appreciates zoos more. Read More

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And how do you see the future regarding these same concerns?… Read More

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I hate to get back to- What kept you up at night?… Read More

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And then when some of the public started to go huh, are they treating the animals right?… Read More

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Are they spending the money in the right places?… Read More

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Are we doing this? Are we doing that?… Read More

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In your years in the profession, what changes have you seen regarding visitor attitudes?… Read More