They may’ve taken it for granted, but they enjoyed it. ‘Cause they would get to have contact with a lot of animals. Now, the youngest one is… Shoulda brought some pictures. I have some pictures. But anyway, my youngest one, I gave her, for her 16th birthday, a trip to… Read More
But they all hung out at the zoo?… Read More
Actually, you know, I remember you weren’t well. I’m thinking about Pamela, our oldest one, in the days of Birmingham and the segregation ’cause they didn’t allow anybody to tour in the Birmingham Zoo at the time. And I remember Pamela, my daughter, the oldest one, decided she was gonna… Read More
Did your kids feel it was really special to be hanging out at the zoo?… Read More
(Robert laughs) Tell me about that. Read More
I mean different places. Different places. Read More
Your children were born at different zoos?… Read More
At the zoo?… Read More
Is there one accomplishment above many of them that you are the proudest of?… Read More
My three kids were born there. Read More
Or if you could, were there exhibits you might’ve built if you could’ve built them or animals you might’ve tried to save or just anything different?… Read More
If you could go back in time, are there things that you might do differently in some of these places?… Read More
Well, I don’t know. There’s so many things that you’d love to back and do again, exhibits that woulda displayed better. The animals woulda lived better, easier to maintain. I don’t know. Read More
No, I had a very good crew of elephant people. I know there a lot of carry-on about elephants these days. Yes. And I’ve not been involved in it, so I’m not aware of…… Read More
But when you were maintaining ’em, there was never animal rights groups that were upset about it or so forth?… Read More
Were you ever concerned about safety for people?… Read More
Keepers going in with them?… Read More
Or were you always…… Read More
Mm-hmm. Read More
Busch Gardens had some?… Read More