But, but there was so many things that happened, you know, in, in use in, in San Diego. Like the day EO Wilson came at Wilson, came to the zoo to see a Sumatra rhino that had just arrived. It was the first time he ever seen a sumach and… Read More
So it was, and, and Diane was fine with going to, to San Diego from Miami across country. So it was, it, you know, I could have stayed at Miami, but I couldn’t, I you can’t turn down San Diego. And I just thought it was a, a, a great… Read More
Well, I would’ve preferred the animal park probably, but curator of the San Diego Zoo wasn’t a bad gig. And, and Jim Dolan was the one that wanted me back. So he had been talking to me and it’s, it’s San Diego. Miami was starting to get a little frustrating… Read More
So from 1988 to 1993, your curator mammals at San Diego Zoo, number one, why do you leave your job at Miami?… Read More
What prompts you to want to return to a zoo and not the animal park?… Read More
So it was easier to get a job back at San Diego. Read More
In 1986 I did a copy and a conservation project. And when you start doing papers at a ZA conferences, that, that’s, that certainly helps your resume. And, and also helped me, you know, and then I went back to San Diego. But those, those years in Miami were, were… Read More
He was really good about that. And, and then I did, did I got involved, that’s when I started giving papers. ’cause Dr. Hubl was big in a CA, he had been president one year, but he was the head of the programs community for many years. He goes, Rick,… Read More
It was a brand new zoo. Brand new zoo, 700 acres. Amazing piece of property. And, and all the mostly moats because you just dug down and you had natural and you had water. It was all water moats with coral rock. It was, it was a great learning experience… Read More
We don’t even have marine, marine mammals. What do he said?… Read More
Oh, well she was nice. And she came in first in her class. She’s a really good runner. I said, okay, I’ll interview her. Read More
What kind of zoo was Metro Miami was?… Read More
And I go, Kurt, I said, why did you give my number out to somebody in grad school in Marine?… Read More
The zoo had opened before I got there. But that was just a small preview center. That’s why I met Dr. Hubble. We talked about him. He was the director at, at a certain point, but then he became, then he decided they had him as education curator. ’cause getting,… Read More
She came in for an interview. She was in graduate school, in, in marine biology. And I remember my head gorilla keeper coming up to me one day and said, I gave your number to this girl that I met in this 10 K race. You know, that’s, that’s in… Read More
And you know, with the, with with me sitting on top of the crate, you know, trying to get its head down as we went through. So we tr we transported G ass. And it was, it was fun. You know, we had a new zoo. I was lucky to… Read More
It wasn’t that hurricane proof we found out later with Andrew. But, and so one of the first things we did was move the giraffe. And, but we were, we moved them ourselves with open crates on the top. So their heads were sticking out and we’re going down. We… Read More
It just, and then they really wanted me even more. Jim did me a big favor. And, and, and so they hired me. And I was curator there for about six years. Read More
Are we done with, are we done with San Diego or did you want more?… Read More
We’ll come back to San Diego again. No, no, of course we will. But your, your curator of mammal’s job was 1982 to 1988. Yeah. At At Miami Metro. It Called Miami Metro. Now it’s Sue Miami. Yeah. And no, go ahead. So they, they hire you, They hire me… Read More