Well I guess no, I don’t think it can survive without it. Financially it might, if they have several big donors who say, “Well look, whatever it is you want, I’ll take care of it.” I mean, there’s a number of zoos that are named after certain individuals because they… Read More
Why do they have this, you know?… Read More
How important is community support, and do you think the zoo can survive without it?… Read More
And I think it’s because, you know, they have had that exposure somehow along the way. Read More
Did they see it on TV, did they go to other zoos?… Read More
What was their experience?… Read More
Their attitudes got changed somewhere along the way, you know, to like animals. Read More
I think they serve a purpose, and yes, I think they change people’s attitudes. We talk about the animal rights people, you know, and saying, well, ’cause they would be the ones who would say, “we don’t need zoos,” maybe. Read More
But how did they become such advocates for animals?… Read More
And are you gonna be unhappy the rest of your life because you didn’t get the perfect job?… Read More
Do we still need zoos?… Read More
You know, you better be willing to be a veterinarian in private practice or teaching, or some other areas of veterinary medicine, because you may not get into a zoo.” The same thing with people who want to be curators or keepers, they may not get a position right away. Read More
Tell them, study, work, read, what do you tell them?… Read More
What do you tell a young person in college to do who has what appears to be a sincere and realistic interest in a zoo career?… Read More
Well, it is quite different than it was when I got in. I mean, to tell veterinary students or anybody today, “Oh yeah, I was offered a job even before I graduated.” They’d say, “What?” You know, they’ve been working 10 years to try to you know, get into a… Read More
I got along with everybody because I wanted to, and so I think that I respected them, and they respected me as a result. Read More
So I was, you know and I, they’re my friends, you know?… Read More
If I asked you what your, professionally what your proudest accomplishment was, what would you say to me?… Read More
I guess I would say that, I was very proud of the way that the zoo responded to me and how I responded to them. And I’m talking about the employees and that, because when I got into it, it was really new. Zoos didn’t have veterinarians, and there were… Read More
So if you could make the choice, what issues would you like to see zoos address in the future?… Read More