Interview 21409 – Caption Index: 582
They don’t speak that language, right?… Read More
They don’t speak that language, right?… Read More
What’s this animal thinking about, what does this animal need?… Read More
And then tailoring your care and training program to that animal’s needs as opposed to what we wanna make ’em do. So instead of trying to get the horse to go into the barn, instead of trying to make the horse go in the barn, we wanted the horse to… Read More
And I was searching for a way to evolve and improve our care of, particularly the elephants, but all of our animals. I wanted to, to develop a new model for keeper training and to look at a new way to look at the animals in our care and how… Read More
And so that most closely matched. So we started bringing that program in, and we started doing that program. And literally, it’s a very good program where it teaches you to read body language, teaches you to read the animal, and to figure out what kind of animal this is,… Read More
And that most closely matched our Elephant program, because of course, we don’t put halters on our elephants to lead them around, right?… Read More
They are content and happy animals. So space is not really the issue. You need to provide ’em some space, of course, but they don’t have to have hundreds and hundreds of acres to roam, because they don’t do that. Even at the ICC, where we have huge pastures, huge… Read More
So what we did was we would put hay far away from the barn. So they would have to go out and get the hay. We’d put it further away the next time we put it out, so that we would encourage them to walk and to move. And as… Read More
They’re one of the few elephants in zoos that know what the wild is. And yet they still acclimated, and they’re like, yeah, we know where the food is. Here’s the food, here’s the water. This is where we want to be. So that’s very important. But I think that,… Read More
We came back three weeks later and the elephants were in the exact same spot. They had not moved. So elephants move for three reasons. They move for water, they move for food, they move for sex. Three reasons. So if you provide ’em water, food, and sex, if they… Read More
So we came through early in the trip, the Yoko Vangogh Delta, and there was a herd of elephants in this beautiful, lush, green area, and some of ’em very recognizable, ’cause they had tears in their ears or whatever, right?… Read More
I’ve seen this. I went to Africa one year and had the good fortune of being there three weeks. And so we came through in the Yoko Vangogh Delta part of that time. Read More
Elephants are absolutely wonderful creatures. One of my favorite animals. I have a lot of favorite animals in the zoo. Elephants are up there, obviously, ’cause Pittsburgh has a fabulous elephant program. I think that the key, the zoos do need to continue to maintain elephants. And there’s some groups… Read More
I mean, I tried to take vacation on a cruise ship, and I look up and there’s elephants across the theater canopy, all elephants. They’re the most recognized animals in the world. And so they’re really kind of a cornerstone for education, and for programming, for conservation. And so it’s… Read More
Some of the happiest people live in one room houses. All you have to do is look at some of the cultures that are very happy, who have one room houses, all live together in the same house, and yet do fine, do wonderfully, love each other, have loving relationships,… Read More
So that was one of the hardest things to manage, because people in the world, that’s the worst thing about social media is people can say whatever they want to say under the cloak of anonymity. And so people say stuff you shouldn’t say, you have no right to say. Read More
I mean, I’m sure that she wasn’t in any shape to bear that. So we had to go out and we had to tailor our message, and make sure that we went out there and were clear that yes, a horrible accident had happened, but we weren’t going to go… Read More
Well, given your experience with elephants, what’s your view regarding zoos maintaining elephants, and how it should be done correctly?… Read More
They were just vicious. And we had to shut down our Facebook page completely because people were so vicious and against her, not against the zoo, against her. Read More
It’s bad enough, but to be vilified in the world?… Read More