And I want to know about it. Those things will happen. In the best of zoos, you’ll have problems. But I want to know about them, ’cause I’m the one that’s gonna have to, either, not necessarily solve them, but bear the brunt of it. And communicate to the public,… Read More
As director, how would you describe your style of directing?… Read More
It’s changed. It has changed from… In Fort Worth, I, you know, grew up with that zoo, and built it, and was familiar with every little brick, and all that stuff. I think I had a pretty good. At first, I did a lot, which I needed to delegate, but… Read More
That’s a hard question to answer. I’m not sure if I can answer that question. I think you’ve got to have the public. You can’t have a zoo without public support, in my opinion. So you have to work on public support. And if you don’t have it, I don’t… Read More
They all need to be present. Read More
So we seem to be hitting a brick wall here. The breeding programs. Today, I mean, when they’re putting these intrauterine devices in animals, and they’re castrating males and all that, the breeding programs seem to have sort of tapered off, the importance of them. But there’s still an awful… Read More
That’s it?… Read More
Four qualities, four factors. Read More
Which is the most important?… Read More
What were some of the, if you could rank them, were these the important factors?… Read More
And what were you think would be the first one, or what’s next or?… Read More
Well, you’ve asked about education. Animal exhibits. Animal exhibits. The public. The public. Breeding programs. Breeding programs. Read More
Can you rank some things?… Read More
What are the, were the most to you, the most important factors at the zoo?… Read More
The public, animal exhibits, breeding programs, education. Read More
So it was important to have this trust in here. Oh, the trust! It was the best… I thought, and still do, it was the best medium. It was the best medium between having a society, which in this case they never really raised any money. The city bought, they… Read More
I’m sorry, what was the question?… Read More
And we weren’t gonna get any more bond money until we get did the millage thing. It was a truce between the, normally the two opposing forces, and most zoos in this country, the city municipality and the society. Read More
That had a few political problems. One of my society trustees was a complete asshole, and a Conservative, ultra-conservative. One of the, redneck senators that I had lined up on the millage, it had to be approved by the state. He didn’t, he hated him. And this guy hated, it… Read More
We can take them to wherever we’re gonna do something, and we can educate them, though. So we got the zoo trust was approved. And within the next month or so, every one of those trustees had been to the zoo. They got the treatment. I mean, we weren’t trying… Read More