Interview 22877 – Caption Index: 166
And when you left the National Zoo, what was your title?… Read More
And when you left the National Zoo, what was your title?… Read More
I was a collection manager when I left the National Zoo. Read More
No, well, I worked one weekend, because there was a congressional delegation coming down and they didn’t have enough keepers, so I went to work the weekend, worked with the birds. Why I didn’t work with birds, I still have a scar from a scarlet macaws that they said, “Oh… Read More
(Elizabeth chuckles) You became a mammal person for sure then?… Read More
I knew I was a mammal person all along, yeah. Read More
Did you have any relationship with it when you were there at the National Zoo?… Read More
I did, but mostly transferring animals back and forth, you know, that they had a collection of sable antelope, the Pere David deer moved to Front Royal, yeah. Read More
So you moved there, but you didn’t stay out there?… Read More
And where does that sit in the hierarchy?… Read More
It’s a branch of the Smithsonian Institution, Institute, excuse me, it’s not the Smithsonian Institution. It’s the Smithsonian Institute, yeah. So this, and when I was there, the National Zoo also developed the Front Royal Preserve. It’s a 3,000 acre preserve in Front Royal, Virginia. It used to be a… Read More
It was a support group that was there to raise money and support the zoo. They produce the zoo magazine and most zoos have Friends groups. Friends of the National Zoo is no longer in business. I think the Smithsonian decided to terminate the relationship within the last five years… Read More
And just as the structure, where does the National, the National Zoo is the only federal zoo?… Read More
Correct. Read More
And can you explain who they are, that group?… Read More
I don’t know. The Friends of the National Zoo asked me if I wanted to go and I said yes. Probably ’cause the pandas were part of my area. Read More
The Friends of the National Zoo?… Read More
How were you picked to take this trip among all the senior staff?… Read More
Oh, I think the birth of the panda, you know, that had worked, so they’d worked so long and so hard with that that that was… Oh, I shouldn’t say that, because I did, I did go to, I did a trip for the Friends of the National Zoo. Went… Read More
But during your time at the National Zoo, did you receive or were you able to have international experience?… Read More
What would you consider your professional high point working at the National Zoo?… Read More