Interview 22877 – Caption Index: 9
So what do you remember about your first zoo, the Seneca Park?… Read More
So what do you remember about your first zoo, the Seneca Park?… Read More
Oh yeah, Seneca Park Zoo, got pictures of my sister and I in our matching Easter outfits, visiting the zoo and visited the zoo regularly, zoos and mus. And when we moved to Washington, it was soon after the disaster at the National Zoo where the little girl was killed… Read More
My mother was a homemaker and my father was a lawyer, a government lawyer. Read More
So he was a government lawyer in Rochester?… Read More
In Rochester, he was the district attorney. And then the Republicans got voted out and he went back to his law school to get career advice and was told about a job in Washington and he started at the National Science Foundation and then moved on to the, he was… Read More
And what was your childhood like?… Read More
You know, just a traditional childhood. We moved to Washington, DC when I was seven, so I grew up in Washington, DC. Lived there until I left for Milwaukee. Read More
And what did your parents do?… Read More
My name is Elizabeth Frank. I’m called Bess. I was born in Rochester, New York. My birthdate is November 21st, 1951. Read More
How would you like to be remembered?… Read More
Your legacy. Maybe that I cared too. That I was one of a group. And of a lot of people that really do care. That’s all I need. Or to be recognized that you did do something. Toward making things better. There, that’s it. Read More
Thank you. Thank you. Read More
Yeah. I know it’s good at the base. I mean it’s… It’s got a good heart. I think it can do so much. As we move forward. I think we gotta, we can always improve. I think. Read More
What do I know of it?… Read More
I think anybody that gets involved with it should feel the passion that many of us do. I mean like any career or job, some people come and go. But I think there’s a core group of people that truly care about animals. Truly care about people. Truly want to… Read More
It’s gonna take some cooperation. To keep things moving forward. And I would hope that that openness and that willingness to communicate and see how you can work together is gonna maintain zoos. You’ve been in the profession a number of years. Read More
How do I say this differently?… Read More
What do you know about this profession that you have devoted so many years of your life to?… Read More
Will they survive the length of a time that municipal zoos have?… Read More
In some instances they have very large and valuable collections. And do much for conservation. Yep. And again, I would hope that. We’re smart enough as an organization. To work with those groups. I don’t know if the heart… If somebody is in a private zoo, as long as their… Read More