I think so. I hope so. Yeah, I do. I think people are more accepting and maybe it’s because there’s just so much more out there with media coverage. That people are seeing bigger pieces. It’s not just this individual animal. Although I mean there’s gonna be a few. On… Read More
Do you think that zoo education has made any headway in educating the public in the differences between the wellbeing of a creature individual and the survival of a species?… Read More
We did not. Read More
As far as a sister zoo, you mean more like something in a different country?… Read More
We did not ’cause honestly, we just weren’t that big yet. We weren’t that involved in offsite that we could support anything like that. You know, ’cause you would think you would want to go to each other’s places and then share animals and do… We just hadn’t gotten to… Read More
They were very focused on home base. You know, they wanted to improve here. We hadn’t gotten them into that next level yet. Which I think should have or will be coming along because of what we did build with the new part. It’s a process. Read More
And maybe a little something about zoos in the future. Read More
And do you think that’s important?… Read More
Did the Peoria Zoo have a sister zoo relationship?… Read More
You know, this person liked pelicans. And this person liked something or other. Read More
And you had to explain, you know, it’s great to get them in, but the ongoing costs were not – you’re gonna have to raise a lot more money to keep something like that. So it was a training process, a give and take on some, so we tried at… Read More
Why don’t we do this?… Read More
How did personalities or individuals influence the direction or the development the zoo went in?… Read More
How would you say your board shaped the zoo?… Read More
For the most part they let us go, and we involved them in the process of what we were gonna build with the new zoo. So we got their involvement from the beginning. Although we kind of tried to, you know, sell them on why this might be better if… Read More
There were always some board members that had special teams you know what we need?… Read More
Oh, the way I approached it, not my involvement. No because our part was pretty much all on raising the big funds for. Africa in the new part of the zoo. We hadn’t got to the next level where it would be different. You know, then you build some of… Read More
Did fundraising, as far as you were involved, change over time with your involvement or did it always just stay the same the way you approached it?… Read More
So he was able to do that. It was very individual. Politics sometimes get in the way and sometimes they help. Read More
‘Cause you were a park. Entity. Read More