No, I, I didn’t wanna run a zoo. But when I was at Cornell, my freshman or sophomore year, there was a, they had just opened up this theme park, this safari park, sorry, in West Milford, New Jersey, Northern Jersey called Jungle Habitat. And two recruiters were on campus. Read More
I was raised Catholic, but that wasn’t, that, that certainly didn’t influence me very much at all. So I’m, I’m like Jane Goodall, I believe in God, but religion gets in the way. Read More
And did you even think that you wanted to run a zoo?… Read More
So when did you decide if you can remember that you wanted to work in a zoo?… Read More
My English teacher had a, and it had nothing to do with animals. In 10th grade, I had, that was the best teacher I think I ever had. And he, he, he just took a liking to me. And I was an, I was a pretty good student, but I… Read More
I was just, I was, I was kind of boring, I think at that time. And I was, I’m a late bloomer, so I was kind of shy until I got to my senior year in high school. Then I had three different girlfriends at different times. But, but I… Read More
Did any teachers have any effect on your life?… Read More
Doolittle type type stuff. So it, I just read a lot of books, call it the Wild and White Fang and all these books that I think at a young age. And I, I I, I had made up my mind early on my life was gonna be with Wild… Read More
The Catskill Game Farm. ’cause that was just a, a short drive. Upstate New York, we called it. And then the Bronx Zoo. Those were the two zoos. And I was just fascinated with animals. I remember, I think it was a Spider Monkey. I think that, I think that… Read More
So it, so some of these school trips helped me out a lot. I think the fact that I was an only child, I gravitated to animals because they were, you know, especially the, the dogs. But I, I, my mother really loved animals too. And I think that, but,… Read More
I met some other guys. One was on a Fulbright Scholarship, another was on a Rotary scholarship. It was just, it was just a great time to, you know, be young and free and, and, and, and have that adventure. So, let’s me back up a bit. Read More
And so I did that on the five days a week. And then I would go on trips. But Africa changed my life. That was really, I mean, it was like Peace Corps, but my own version. And, and, and then I was hooked, you know, that first trip to… Read More
As you were growing up, you had kind of indicated, what zoos were you, did you go to see if any, and what impression did they have on you?… Read More
And I, I introduced myself and she said, where were you?… Read More
You know, I was waiting for you. She walks away and, and, and, and, and even don’t worry, she’ll come back. You know, she likes talking to young men. She just, she said, she’ll be back. And she did. She came back. And then she was very nice. She recommended… Read More
I start walking up and this woman comes out and says, can I help you?… Read More
I said, well, I’m looking for Joy Adams. And she, oh, she’s gonna be here in about an hour. She had a lunch appointment. I said, well, I was the lunch appointment. She says, oh boy. She says, okay, you don’t know her, do you? I said, no, no. She… Read More
And so I stayed to the side. And Gary Collins, the actor, you know, and we talk. And finally she says, okay, come up. Read More
I got up to, because he knew, I said, joy Adams. And he didn’t speak English, but he, he said, no, I know, I know. He ended up being the cook for, they were shooting a TV series unborn free. And he knew who. So I get off the bike,… Read More
And I go in, I said, I’m, where’s Joy Adamson live?… Read More