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Did the community care about their zoo in every place you were at?… Read More

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Well, you know what you’re looking for when you see it, so it’s kinda hard to say what exactly. You want somebody who can recognize the animals and what their needs are and the people to look after them. Read More

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What kinda people do you have?… Read More

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It’s very important to have good animal keepers. Yes. Very. Did every zoo that you were at…… Read More

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Well, I’d try to bring in people from inside, unless there was nobody available. Read More

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Or were you bringing them from outside?… Read More

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Were you looking for anything special in these people?… Read More

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Well, not that I… Maybe after I left there, they might have, ’cause, actually, while I was there, there wasn’t that much going on that I can recall. You said you were able to hire people, for the most part, to help you do the job, except, when you were… Read More

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Did ya bring people from within the organization that you thought showed promise to be curators and assistants to you?… Read More

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Busch never did? No one?… Read More

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Oh, they can certainly promote. Any zoo any size can produce good things. Read More

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In any places, did you ever have to deal with animal rights people who were against zoos?… Read More

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No. Read More

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Did you use that philosophy, that trick of the trade?… Read More

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Do you think that, sometimes, the medium-size and small zoos, because they sometimes have problems financially, that they can make a difference in conservation or people’s attitude toward animals?… Read More

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Well, we only had a male. Okay, woulda been hard no matter how (laughs) high the grass got. Read More

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Yeah. Read More

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Brookfield, yeah. Brookfield. Now, how many…… Read More

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You brought okapi back to Busch Gardens?… Read More

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Mm-hmm, that was something… Okapis, nobody ever could breed okapis. They didn’t do anything. My father, I guess, wandering around, walking through to visit everybody, finally figured out there was a problem here. The problem was weeds. The okapi yard was slick and clean; everything, cut down. But okapis require… Read More