I think every zoo should strive to have, if they’re going to have a breeding program, they should commit to, they can’t breed everything. You know, you just need, I think you need a specialty. I mean, we would, Milwaukee is not set up for cheetahs. We’re never going to… Read More
Should every zoo strive to have a breeding program?… Read More
I’m not sure where they’re with lions now. We worked with the guy in, Berkeley who had the hyena colony. We worked with him on hyenas. We never did breed hyenas. And we now breed, I think jaguars have, we had a breeding program, of course when Pat was there,… Read More
And I think every zoo should be involved locally, nationally, and internationally, every big zoo, because why should you be out doing conservation in Namibia if you’re losing the gopher turtle in your backyard?… Read More
So that’s where the small and medium zoos can do, they can do statewide, they can do local conservation and then they, most of Milwaukee’s international programs was just contributing money to people whose programs we believed in. I mean, animals, I believe that you should support projects that, animals… Read More
The keepers did trapping on what we have,, ’cause of course the most popular animals at the zoo, if you’re under two, was a chipmunk. You know, and we had, when I started, we had thirteen-lined ground squirrel on the zoo grounds. And they disappeared after a couple of things… Read More
Did you find that to be true?… Read More
It’s true. If the paperwork isn’t right, they’re gonna get ya. We talked about smaller city zoos. Mm-hmm. Read More
What do you think a small or medium size, Milwaukee being bigger, sized municipal zoo today, what do they need to do to be involved in wildlife conservation nationally or even internationally?… Read More
I think they need to be in wildlife conservation locally. Read More
Drawing a blank. Read More
Yeah, no, I can’t think of anything. Ah, yes I can. When I was in my museum studies program, working with many Smithsonian lawyers and they said, “The registrar’s job is to keep you out of jail. That’s how important they are.” And that stuck with me forever, yep. Read More
That was the most important piece of advice?… Read More
And have you made any observations about their style or their job responsibilities as you’ve seen it ebb and flow?… Read More
Well, the style is all different, but mostly it’s the lead from the top and, I mean, yeah, I mean, most of my communications have been with my immediate supervisors and not with the zoo director. Chuck was that way. Gil was that way. Ted was that way. Robinson was… Read More
What was the most important piece of the advice you received that had stayed with you throughout your career?… Read More
And, you know, and doing demonstrations. And I’m reading, I’m looking at the website and they’re going, well, you know, there’s a lot of tourism into Miami and if, you know, you had to hire your own translator to come with you if you needed a translator. And I said,… Read More
It’s changed to profession now, not job. But it’s changed to a profession where they don’t make enough money to support themselves. So most, so that’s, at least it hasn’t kept up, so a lot a lot of them love doing it for… A friend of my nephew’s went to… Read More
So I don’t know how, yes, zoos should be thinking of it. I think most zoos are doing that. You end up that most zookeepers are now the second income in the family. And if it changes or, you know, we have zookeeper couples that are married, they can do… Read More
And I was asking him to go to Chicago?… Read More