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No, not at the Houston Zoo. No, I was between jobs, and I was working with Frank Thompson. Frank Thompson. Yeah, Frank and I were buying and selling animals. Read More

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You know the zoo director?… Read More

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Well, some thought there might be something to it, and some thought I was an old hair-brained bluenose director. No, I don’t know. I did enjoy that because it was thought of by a lotta folks that maybe it really was ivorybill and that I did see an ivorybill, the… Read More

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This was in the ’70s?… Read More

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What was the reaction when people heard that?… Read More

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(Robert laughs) Well, I was driving; it was down through Alabama, not Alabama, Louisiana; and saw this bird fly across in front of me in the swamps of southern Louisiana. Bird flew across in front of me the way parrot, I mean woodpeckers, fly, and I saw this bird: “My… Read More

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There were some fellows that think they saw it. I don’t know. Read More

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In the wild?… Read More

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But you were involved in a very unique situation with a very unique bird, weren’t you?… Read More

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The ivory-billed woodpecker?… Read More

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Did you have favorite animals at Busch or at Louisville?… Read More

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Well, no, more or less all of ’em. I didn’t really have a real specific. Read More

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Were there some group you really liked?… Read More

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Or was it always fun?… Read More

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Did the glamour of being the zoo director wear off in the day to day?… Read More

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Maybe there was bad days. There mighta been. Yeah, there were the good and the bad, but no, I think it was always… I used to have a wonderful office, when I was at Busch, especially. It was kinda like this except that whole wall was a window, and I… Read More

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Yeah, AAZPA PA. Read More

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You know, I can’t even remember how much involvement I had at that time. Now, would you say that, after a few years on the job at Louisville or even at Busch Gardens…… Read More

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Were you involved in the national organization?… Read More

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Were they helpful to zoos, as you recollect?… Read More