So we seem to be hitting a brick wall here. The breeding programs. Today, I mean, when they’re putting these intrauterine devices in animals, and they’re castrating males and all that, the breeding programs seem to have sort of tapered off, the importance of them. But there’s still an awful… Read More
That’s it?… Read More
Four qualities, four factors. Read More
Which is the most important?… Read More
What were some of the, if you could rank them, were these the important factors?… Read More
Well, you’ve asked about education. Animal exhibits. Animal exhibits. The public. The public. Breeding programs. Breeding programs. Read More
And what were you think would be the first one, or what’s next or?… Read More
What are the, were the most to you, the most important factors at the zoo?… Read More
Can you rank some things?… Read More
The public, animal exhibits, breeding programs, education. Read More
I’m sorry, what was the question?… Read More
So it was important to have this trust in here. Oh, the trust! It was the best… I thought, and still do, it was the best medium. It was the best medium between having a society, which in this case they never really raised any money. The city bought, they… Read More
And we weren’t gonna get any more bond money until we get did the millage thing. It was a truce between the, normally the two opposing forces, and most zoos in this country, the city municipality and the society. Read More
We can take them to wherever we’re gonna do something, and we can educate them, though. So we got the zoo trust was approved. And within the next month or so, every one of those trustees had been to the zoo. They got the treatment. I mean, we weren’t trying… Read More
And one of the trustees used to be the city manager, and he knew everything about it. I mean, he helped with it. And as soon as the, we got rid of this redneck on the council, on the trust, we would move on it. The other thing is that…… Read More
That had a few political problems. One of my society trustees was a complete asshole, and a Conservative, ultra-conservative. One of the, redneck senators that I had lined up on the millage, it had to be approved by the state. He didn’t, he hated him. And this guy hated, it… Read More
Develop the trust. Oh, develop the trust. Okay. So the city cut our, they cut… Well cut, they cut everybody. But they cut about 10 positions out of the zoo, just like that. We had a city manager who was, I mean, I don’t blame him. He didn’t have any… Read More
And so even though it was just ceremonial, so to speak, she was listed, she’d participate. And we used to, ne thing I used to do, Mark, and I found this to be very effective. Every Friday Kirkpatrick would come to the zoo. He was an ex-admiral. And apparently, there’s… Read More
How long has that been vacant?” “Oh, about three months.” “Cut it.” “Keeper, such-and-such keeper. What’s that?” “Well, that’s a swing keeper and they can work anywhere in the zoo.” “Is it filled right now?” “No, but we’ve interviewed applicants, and we’re recommending to the city who to hire.” “Cut… Read More
Well, that was the best compromise that I could come up with. We were a city department. But the price of oil and the oil glut in the late ’70s. We were raising money for an aquarium, dolphin area, or porpoise-ry is the word I used to like. We had… Read More