It, it’s tough because things are so diffused nowadays. You know, when you think about, in a time when there were three networks, when an article in Life magazine could literally have a, a national, a nationwide impact with media and messaging, so diffuse it. It’s hard to, to have… Read More
What are your thoughts about private zoos owned by people of means?… Read More
I was just at his wedding, he works in a private practice in a aquarium out out east. And I remember, you know, he came to me at the stage when he’d been accepted to three different veterinary schools and, and I, and he said, which one, you know, who… Read More
I think so. I, everybody, everybody needs to make career choices with their eyes open. And I think we’re, you know, whether you’re looking at zoo veterinary career or zoo career, or a career in wildlife, I, I think those are, those are all things where there are, you know,… Read More
It’s been an extremely rewarding career and you counsel people about pluses and minuses and choices. So, okay. Read More
Why?… Read More
Would you recommend the zoo and aquarium field to a young person with sincere interest in wildlife and conservation today?… Read More
Getting people to, to understand what nature needs to succeed and, and inspire them to, you know, to, to value nature and natural places. Read More
You know, should we, there’s a huge chunks of Wyoming and Montana that are just sitting there, you know, can’t we build hotels or run cattle on them or do whatever else?… Read More
What direction will help them stay relevant?… Read More
I, I think the thing that helps them stay relevant is what I’ve talked about connecting, you know, using the zoo as a tool, as an inspiration to connect people with nature and, and to go from the zoo to your backyard, to your forest preserves to your, you know,… Read More
I, I think the, the trend, and I, I think the trend and, and I think this is a good one, is going for much bigger exhibits, larger group sizes, larger social groups and mixed species exhibits. So I, I think those are, you know, the days of the days… Read More
Are you concerned about zoos and aquarium staying viable and pertinent in the next 25 years?… Read More
The minority of folks are ever going to be lucky enough to do what we have and go out and see elephants in the wild. They’re going to, they’re gonna learn firsthand about elephants by seeing them face to face. And, and I think we, we have a responsibility to… Read More
Does euthanizing of endangered species, surplus genetic issues, et cetera, still pose a political problem for zoo and aquariums?… Read More
I, I think it does for that same reason. And euthanasia is not something that, I mean, there are different, what you’re talking about, I think particularly is management euthanasia as opposed to euthanizing animals that are having a severely declining quality of life. That’s, I I think it’s something… Read More
Given your experience, what is your view regarding zoo’s, maintaining elephants, and how should it be done correctly?… Read More
How do you feel zoos need to attack the problem of surplus animals?… Read More
Animals?… Read More
That’s a, that’s a challenging one because I think, you know, I heard presentations at the recent a ZA meeting talking about one of the, one of the big ways that we dealt with surplus animals over the last half of my career was not creating surplus animals. We, we… Read More