Interview 34507 – Caption Index: 661
Does everybody draw the line on when you can euthanize an animal just for management?… Read More
Does everybody draw the line on when you can euthanize an animal just for management?… Read More
Re a perfectly healthy animal. I remember at Disney we had a, a, we, we, we would not at that point in it euthanize an any animal. If it was, it was just for convenience. So Ray Mendez sends us these hissing cockroaches. He sends us all males. Read More
There’s plenty of places they could have sent that giraffe and they could have, but they wanted to make a point. But I know, I think that point backfired on them. Read More
So again, you know, at what level do you draw?… Read More
You bet your ass. It does, but it depends on the, it, you know, we all have a different level of tolerance. Some it’s okay to euthanize fish and insects. Okay, others, you know, you go a little higher. But when you get to a giraffe or an elephant or… Read More
You know, how could they, how, how could they do it?… Read More
That’s just not right. You, you have to, but you have to build that into your budget to begin with. Because when it comes to that point, you didn’t budget for it. You said, well, I, well, yeah, that’s your own damn fault because you, you knew this was gonna… Read More
Does euthanizing of endangered species still pose a political problem for zoos and aquariums?… Read More
Because as soon as it’s built, it’s overcrowded and you can’t build, you can’t. If you’re gonna do it, build build into it. I have a draft barn that can hold 12 giraffes. I got five. Now when I get to 12, then I’ll have that problem of, of, of,… Read More
Well, I wouldn’t call ’em surplus, first of all. You know, they’re animals that, that, that they don’t have space for. So, you know, they’re, they’re gonna have to go someplace else. It’s, I mean, that’s just a terminology thing. But I don’t like the way they, if, if they’re,… Read More
But you know, that, that, that entitlement thing that we have nowadays is, is also more of a, you know, a challenge than it is a problem. More than it is a benefit. Everybody thinks they can run everything now. They can. They know everything. And I, I’ve had keepers… Read More
How do you think zoos should be dealing with surplus animals?… Read More
What, what are you doing here, kid?… Read More
You could still run my business. But you know, you, you have to, you have to stay the course. And, and that commitment, it’s so much more difficult now to stay, to do one thing when there’s so many other temptations out there. And you wanna be promoted now right… Read More
First of all, I paid for most of it. He said, we paid for all this education, and you’re still shoveling shit into a dump truck. Read More
They’re doing so much more. And I think it’s a really good avenue for people to get to. But they have to realize that the first few years this is gonna be shoveling shit. Okay. They’re you. Yeah. I, I had a master’s degree and I’m still throwing elephant shit… Read More
I, I, I can tell if I’m giving a talk, if I’m gonna, when I’m gonna shut it down, or I’m going, or I’m gonna pivot and do something else, you just look at how they’re reading their cell phones, you know, something like that. There, there’s so ma there’s… Read More
You know, you would’ve brought that, you know, and listen, Rick, don’t jump into that conversation. Let the guy finish first. You know, make sure you’re be a much better listener. Because, you know, I can be a, it’s funny, I can be a talker, but I’m an only child… Read More
How I can be better and say, should I bring that up?… Read More
I question myself all the time. Read More