The importance of what we did and how it made a difference in her or in their lives, of the grandkids lives. And in people that she taught. So. Again, it’s education through them. You just have to put things on a different level depending on who it is ’cause… Read More
Which board?… Read More
Because to me, the only thing that’s gonna make a difference is people to people. Computers are great. For knowledge and putting all this stuff together, but it’s people that get things done. You worked in a park district system. Correct. Governmental. You also had to deal with a board… Read More
What was your philosophy in dealing with the board of directors?… Read More
Not unlike slavery and what it went through. Read More
I mean isn’t that what future is all about?… Read More
So same thing applies with… There’s been a lot of good people that know a lot of good stuff of basic information that you have to have respect for. Because as they say. If you come by and see that turtle sitting on top of a post, he didn’t get… Read More
You know, if we don’t learn lessons from the past of what we did right or wrong, how are we gonna make the right decisions in the future?… Read More
That’s the hard part. It has been said that many newer younger zoo and aquarium professionals are computer curators. With probably little knowledge of the precepts of Heini Hediger. Or Lee Crandell or William Conway. Or knowledge of publications such as the International Zoo Yearbook. Read More
I might be old fashioned, but I think you have to. I mean if we don’t learn lessons from our past. Read More
How important for the future of zoos is it to keep a link with the past?… Read More
Some, not everybody has to have an elephant, you know?… Read More
And how do we get from here to here and get people to buy into it?… Read More
And shouldn’t have an elephant. So I think the more we can put into “nature” and NC2 conservation the better. But again, it’s a balance because you’re gonna have to show people and have something there that they can relate to. But do it right. You know, you don’t want… Read More
Would this be better spent and sent to conservation of elephants, or what do you see are the issues and problems?… Read More
Huge sums of money. Yep. Read More
Again, it’s a balance between, you’ve gotta have…… Read More
You have to make a decision. And in my mind I thought until people saw what the zoo could be, they weren’t gonna. Take a lot of money just to take bars out of, you know, this exhibit or to expand this and you had to see something brand brand… Read More
And what do you take out of what?… Read More
Which was started, but I didn’t, I had to come back to it to see it open. That was very proud. Very proud, I mean at the time I wish I had done… That we had enough money to build the new Africa part and do something at the old… Read More