Interview 22877 – Caption Index: 535
And if so, why?… Read More
And if so, why?… Read More
Well, I think history’s important to everybody, but I don’t think most zoos, I mean, they care about their history when the centennial comes up or every 25 years, every 100 years, that’s when they wanna know what their history is. And most zoos don’t save any history. I started… Read More
You know, you need to know that Sim the lion was the mascot of the Cudahy-Massee Expedition for the Milwaukee Public Museum and lived in the top floor of the public library until he was two and then they decided, well, he really should go to the zoo. And then… Read More
How important is zoo history to today’s zoos?… Read More
What does it offer?… Read More
Should it be?… Read More
Should every zoo strive to have a breeding program?… Read More
I’m not sure where they’re with lions now. We worked with the guy in, Berkeley who had the hyena colony. We worked with him on hyenas. We never did breed hyenas. And we now breed, I think jaguars have, we had a breeding program, of course when Pat was there,… Read More
I think every zoo should strive to have, if they’re going to have a breeding program, they should commit to, they can’t breed everything. You know, you just need, I think you need a specialty. I mean, we would, Milwaukee is not set up for cheetahs. We’re never going to… Read More
And I think every zoo should be involved locally, nationally, and internationally, every big zoo, because why should you be out doing conservation in Namibia if you’re losing the gopher turtle in your backyard?… Read More
So that’s where the small and medium zoos can do, they can do statewide, they can do local conservation and then they, most of Milwaukee’s international programs was just contributing money to people whose programs we believed in. I mean, animals, I believe that you should support projects that, animals… Read More
The keepers did trapping on what we have,, ’cause of course the most popular animals at the zoo, if you’re under two, was a chipmunk. You know, and we had, when I started, we had thirteen-lined ground squirrel on the zoo grounds. And they disappeared after a couple of things… Read More
Did you find that to be true?… Read More
It’s true. If the paperwork isn’t right, they’re gonna get ya. We talked about smaller city zoos. Mm-hmm. Read More
I think they need to be in wildlife conservation locally. Read More
What do you think a small or medium size, Milwaukee being bigger, sized municipal zoo today, what do they need to do to be involved in wildlife conservation nationally or even internationally?… Read More
Drawing a blank. Read More
That was the most important piece of advice?… Read More
Yeah, no, I can’t think of anything. Ah, yes I can. When I was in my museum studies program, working with many Smithsonian lawyers and they said, “The registrar’s job is to keep you out of jail. That’s how important they are.” And that stuck with me forever, yep. Read More
Well, the style is all different, but mostly it’s the lead from the top and, I mean, yeah, I mean, most of my communications have been with my immediate supervisors and not with the zoo director. Chuck was that way. Gil was that way. Ted was that way. Robinson was… Read More