Interview 22891 – Caption Index: 274
How do – say that one again?… Read More
How do – say that one again?… Read More
How do you think zoos need to deal with surplus animals?… Read More
How do zoos need to deal with surplus animals?… Read More
It’s not just run by the seat of your pants anymore and do what you can to make your money and then go somewhere else. Now you have to work in that education and the conservation. In addition to just the “fun times” and the recreation. But yeah, some of… Read More
Did your zoo deal with animal dealers?… Read More
Back in the day. We did. We would have one or two. And that was before I was director, and actually some of it before I was curator too, so we had some animals come in and we had one guy that we had always worked with that would bring… Read More
But I think it was through the AZA and them setting up some different breeding programs and more cooperation between them that they were able to then move animals around that way versus just going out to the, not that we ever got a lot from the wild but, you… Read More
‘Cause there used to be a lot of those programs where bringing in baby animals was what was helping “sell” the zoo and they just thought it was normal. But then it again took that education to explain you can’t just keep bringing babies in. They gotta go somewhere when… Read More
Where did some of these baby tigers come from, you know?… Read More
What do you see as the cause of this change?… Read More
It did change a lot because you used to get animals you never quite knew ethically where they came from. You had to go with trusting who it was you were working with. But you’re never, you know, they weren’t necessarily keeping records or sharing where they had gotten them… Read More
And how has the role of individual dealers and companies changed with respect to the development of modern zoos?… Read More
I think it’s gotten better. But again, depending on what the ages are and what the sexes are in some of them, you can have some date nights at the zoo. Kind of thing. You can do anything that’s a little bit different. You just gotta… It’s a tough one. Read More
And if you make it fun for them. And it’s not like something I have to do. It’s like somewhere I can go and feel important. That I’m helping do something and it’s fun. It’s not too long, it’s not stretched out. But you know, we’ve had some people come… Read More
It did. Read More
Teens are hard. Read More
What you do for a five year old is gonna be different than trying to get a teenager in there, you know?… Read More
Do you have any secrets for teens and having them have an interest in the zoo?… Read More
And so bringing people there, what would you say were the keys to maintaining your visitor’s attention?… Read More
And depending what age you’re working with. You personalize it to them. Read More