Interview 24641 – Caption Index: 127
Was research important to you at the zoo?… Read More
Was research important to you at the zoo?… Read More
It’s a biology. And if you have any sense at all, you can apply a lot of that information to the husbandry of your animal, the nutrition and to its educational value. So that’s why we gave money to that. Read More
We did some psychological research, behavioral. Read More
Why was that important?… Read More
Why? Because we didn’t know anything about the animals. We didn’t know anything about half the animals. I mean, we knew what they were, taxonomically. Nutritionally, we were always on thin water. We’d do things that would work for 50 years, but that’s not knowing anything about nutrition. That’s just… Read More
People that were working on rhino research. Read More
Who were they?… Read More
Did you do rhino research?… Read More
You talking about black rhino, why was it important that you sponsor the black rhinoceros research by Garvin McCain and George Stepner?… Read More
Why did you feel that was important?… Read More
Which half of that rhinoceros is mine, the front half or the back half?” I said, “Well, which would you prefer?” “Hell, I want the front half! I don’t want to have to clean up after a rhinoceros. Thank you, right, that’s good. You go ahead and go, you go… Read More
Or is the animal $5,000, and half of it’s 2,500?” “Well, Mr. Stewart, I have to be honest with you, it’s 2,500. But if you could spare the rest, we could take care of the freight and all that sort of thing.” “Well, okay, I’ll give you $5,000 for half… Read More
But they’re ways of conning people for a good cause. And I found it to be very easy and I raised a lot of money. Read More
A wonderful lady. And my wife and she, and we all got, became very good friends. And, “May I speak with Mr. Stewart?” “Yes, yes.” So Jimmy, “Yes?” “Well, Mr. Stewart, my name is Lawrence.” “Yes. And what do you, what’s Kirk up to these days?” “Well, he’s helping us… Read More
He says, “Well, if the animal, is the animal, $10,000 and half of it is five?… Read More
That’s a lot of money in those days. But that’s the way it was. And I wanted to get a female, and I had a chance to get one, another five grand. I’ve forgotten who had it, Bill Chase, or somebody. I wanted to get that rhino. I mean, I… Read More
So Mr. Johnson gives me a list of 10 names to call to go visit to get the money, raise the $5,000. He writes out a check. Now, he was a conman. You might say I was influenced. You might say I was, you know, unduly influenced by this sort… Read More
He said, “Here, I’m gonna give you this check now, but it’s gonna be not good, ’cause I’m gonna call the bank, and tell them not to run it through. Now you take this check though to these 10 people, and you’ll get, you’ll raise the other $4,000. And if… Read More
Well, I was called a conman, inveterate conman, I think, by George Dolan. Dolan and I were close, personal friends. He was a wonderful reporter. He really was a good writer. The one thing about Fort Worth that I don’t think I communicated, in Dallas, if you got money, I… Read More
To what do you owe this description?… Read More