The main thing is there was about a 90% attendance at the live deer. They could see each one very well, they were together. Then there was a pretty high attendance of going crossover from the live deer to the taxidermy deer. And some people went to the taxidermy deer… Read More
And we would time them. Where did they go first? To the live exhibit. And the live exhibit was just plain vanilla. We didn’t even have a plant in there. I mean, on purpose, all we wanted to show was a live deer. Statistically, after about a month of that… Read More
I attended a lecture of his one time. He had what he called biophilia was a theme of his. And it was simply worship, I mean a praise or a celebration of life, love of life. I wondered about that and in a way this is a little stupid. Read More
Why do people like live animals?… Read More
Now. that’s, I guess a stupid, in many ways it’s a stupid question, but maybe it isn’t. And then I started asking myself, maybe they don’t really like live animals. Maybe a mannequin, maybe a mechanical animal will get just as much attention. This was in Riyadh. After the zoo… Read More
Absolutely. We need zoos. If we see the movies that’s two dimensional. I did an experiment. Read More
Have you ever heard of EO Wilson, Ed Wilson?… Read More
Do we still need zoos?… Read More
I bet they were healthier than any other. Well, circus elephants, I think are in good shape. But sometimes they may be a little abused and all that. But I think we should have elephants if at all possible. I think they’re becoming semi domesticated now. They give them another… Read More
Well, they’re leading the way in educating the public on use of their marine sources. You’ve had experience with elephants. Read More
Should zoos continue to keep elephants in captivity?… Read More
Well, that’s a good question. I’d have to say yes. And then I would qualify it by saying that we really need to study our modes of care of feeding, I don’t think is a big problem, but behavior. I remember an exhibit I saw in, I’ve forgotten where it… Read More
I mean, you have to look at all the deals. Public service, I hear on the radio all the time. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has put out a list now, new list of marine life organisms that are commonly sold over the counter as food, and which ones are in… Read More
But Arizona Sonora Desert Museum and, even with some fish life, Baja, California, it is in my opinion, still a classic. A lot of it has been copied, which is great. But I still think they are the classic. Maybe other people have done it a lot better. I haven’t… Read More
Now, what’s that got to do with the fish there or that aquarium?… Read More
Conway initiated it, this during his reign. Read More
You were at Lincoln Park 35 years. You’ve seen the same thing. So I think that, I’m very impressed with that zoo. The second zoo I am most impressed with is not a zoo, but it’s the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. I think that place is, it’s in a way… Read More
What was he there about 35 years, something like that?… Read More
And why do you admire them? And where are they?… Read More
It’s easy one for me to answer. You know, you’re gonna, you ask 10 people, 10 zoo people that you’ll probably get 10 answers. And one of them will be the zoo that they run. I think that the Bronx Zoo leads the world in all of the qualities that… Read More