Interview 22877 – Caption Index: 408
(Elizabeth laughs) What animal species would you consider be the most significant that you acquired, that you acquired in your career?… Read More
(Elizabeth laughs) What animal species would you consider be the most significant that you acquired, that you acquired in your career?… Read More
That I acquired?… Read More
I don’t think I ever acquired anything that wasn’t already part of the collection. I switched from, we had arctic wolves when I started and, oh, I acquired a lot of, in Milwaukee, I acquired a lot of native species. I mean, they didn’t have a badger at the Milwaukee… Read More
And if so, any stories about them?… Read More
Did you have any favorite animals?… Read More
What animal species would you consider to be the most significant that you acquired in your career?… Read More
And John was great to work with, so. Read More
Do you have a favorite animal?… Read More
Are some animals easier to work with?… Read More
I guess when I started at Milwaukee, I was excited to be able to work with moose. I like moose. I always wanted to see a moose. Read More
Some animals require a greater level of care to work with. Yeah, some animals are easier to work with. Some animals you don’t need to, I mean, like most hoofstock, if you’ve got the right social arrangement and you feed ’em and, you know, it’s set up well, they’re fairly… Read More
I’m sure, the things I remember most, and it was from our trip to China, I was like, God, I wish if, you know, an animal escaped, I had a trained gibbon to go up and get them down out of the tree. Read More
I thought that was wonderful, (chuckles) but that would never fly here. (chuckles) That and when we got the question on how do you ship a zebra by train?… Read More
I’m thinking, oh, you need to talk to a circus person. (chuckles) I’ve never done that. I can ship lots of things, but I’ve never shipped anything by train. Read More
Were you able to travel to see other zoos?… Read More
Well, when I went to conferences, yeah. Never when I was in Washington. My first AZA meeting was the year I went to Milwaukee and I got there and they said, “Oh, you’re in charge of enter or food for the conference this year.” I’m going, “What?” (chuckles) Luckily someone… Read More
Were you able to apply things you learned from other zoos to some of the animal management or exhibitry at Milwaukee?… Read More
At the Milwaukee Zoo?… Read More
Did you have any input in it?… Read More
No, it really, most of it was done by the reptile people. And Boese was instrumental with the Birds without Borders. And I think that started when he was director and carried on when he was director of the Society. I was more interested in local conservation, so my conservation… Read More