You and I and our generation, we were book collectors. These gentlemen and women wrote books that told of their history of how they developed things, what their philosophy was. Those are books that are sitting on shelves somewhere where the younger generations aren’t looking for ’em. And you won’t… Read More
Why do you think, or what’s your opinion on why people younger curators or animal keepers don’t know who a heine hadger was?… Read More
And I, I think, I think he actually did a lot, even though a lot of people kind of didn’t want to deal with Jack. And I thought, well, that maybe that’s a mistake, but I don’t know of anyone right now that I would say stands out that could… Read More
I think you see the picture behind me, I’m standing there with who was his face. We, we were in DC at a ceremony and I got what was called a conservation hero of the year. And you know, he promotes su there were a few others out there that… Read More
I mean, I think of Jake Goodall, I think of Jack au people that are no longer around. Read More
No, I don’t think we do. Everyone always made fun of Jack Hannah. And, and Jack and I did a number of things together. I was on his show a couple times. He came down to Miami and I’m sure you’re aware of the conversations that took place and people… Read More
Do we have anybody like that now or not?… Read More
So Do you feel within the zoo community that we have any charismatic or committed heroes to help move public opinion for conservation?… Read More
And like I mentioned earlier, some of the stuff I’ve done when, and when I talk about sustainability in our crocodile class that I do, I I basically say, you know, commercialization’s not necessarily bad if it sustains a species, but there’s a point in time where surplus has to… Read More
Well, I think we need to collaborate more with private individuals so that we gain more space. ’cause zoos are, if we talked about our limited space, I think we have to be very pragmatic about what it is we’re trying to accomplish. If we’re trying to accomplish sustainability of… Read More
How do you think zoos should be dealing with surplus animals?… Read More
So it’s, it’s analyzing that interview. How do you think, we talked about this a little bit. Read More
You know, I’m, I’m managing these animals. That’s exciting. It’s great, you know, who gets to work with elephants and things like that. But it’s not what I originally had conceived of being a conservationist. And so I, I try to make sure what they are and if I can… Read More
Do you really understand what zoos do?… Read More
Rarely do you get the opportunity to get out in the field as a zoo person, unless your zoo has a really robust, substantial program and they want to, they want to do that. Otherwise you’re pretty much tied to the institution and here’s what, here’s what that job is. Read More
I try to have a con conversation with new applicants about do you really wanna work at a zoo?… Read More
Would you recommend the zoo and aquarium field to a young person with sincere interest in wildlife and conservation today and why?… Read More
And he looked at me, he says, well you’ve invested a lot in it. And I said, you know what? Doesn’t matter. That’s not why I did it. And so we, we opted out of it and then some rhinos came in and rhinos passed away. And I think the… Read More
And that’s when George, you know, basically said, well, you’d be true to yourself. So I went back to my zoo director and Miami was very much involved with it. And I thought we were the ideal spot for Soat RINOs. I mean, we were tropical, we could grow all… Read More
That was, it Was it, That was his advice because we, we were going through some issues at the time, a ZA was, and Tom Fuss and I had just Dr. Fuss and I had just come back from Southeast Asia and you know, we were trying to get the… Read More