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You weren’t the first director?… Read More

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Then Busch Gardens, you left them, and you went on to the Louisville Zoo?… Read More

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Yeah. Read More

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And how did you make that decision to go from Busch Gardens, where you had all of this money and all of this responsibility?… Read More

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Crocodiles? Or alligators?… Read More

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What’d you have to be aware of?… Read More

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Well, alligators and crocodile, mostly alligators, but no, it was just capturing them, getting them, ’cause they’re a very powerful animal, actually, but the capture. Then we brought them up to Tampa. Put ’em in our lakes and ponds there to control the aquatic grasses and things. You musta been… Read More

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Yeah, occasionally. Read More

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Overseas?… Read More

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I guess one of the most interesting ones that I had was trapping manatees down the Everglades, going out at night. Tell me about it. Just capturing them. Fun and games. Kinda scary in a way. Read More

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Did you ever go to get animals yourself?… Read More

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Just their philosophy about… One would seem like it was to promote a product, Busch, and the other was- what the whole thing was about, promoting a product. And now, it’s a Belgian company. Busch doesn’t even own it anymore. Read More

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So the philosophies were different from the private zoo that you worked at and the public zoos you’ve worked at?… Read More

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Not many. Yeah. Read More

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In how many zoos do you see that?… Read More

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If it was a project he was interested in, he’d wanna make sure that it was gonna be funded properly and wanna know if I asked for enough money: “Do you need more money, then?… Read More

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I think I can handle it. Just lemme know if you need more money,” sorta begging you to take money. Read More

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No, there was the board. The board met. I had a group of… They weren’t board members; I dunno what their positions would be; but did answer to the board, and that’s usually who we went through to get permission to address the board for whatever we might need. And… Read More

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I don’t know. I don’t recall having bad spots. Read More

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Or there was a buffer?… Read More