Again, I don’t think zoos thought that they should budget for conservation. They thought it was a nice to have. It’s not, it’s your core mission. It’s almost the word or, or it’s implied that every, almost every mission statement in any major accredited a ZA zoo in this country. Read More
Some do more than others. Some are doing great jobs and, and we’re getting better at it. But I don’t think zoo directors thought that the board was that interested in conservation. The board was interested in, oh, just make this zoo great for our community. It’s all about our… Read More
And do they walk the talk? Do they deliver on their promise?… Read More
But it really helped certain zoos, like Cincinnati, We’re gonna talk about different aspects of conservation, but what do you think was the most difficult concept for zoos to understand and implement regarding their relationship to conservation?… Read More
And, but you know, you, you, you draw a line in the sand and you fall on your sword for certain things. But white tigers to me was, you know, it was a phase and now, now you can get ’em almost free. You know, they’re not, they’re not very… Read More
What are the, the, the goods and the bads of white tigers?… Read More
Like you said, there’s, there was good aspects to it. If you ask Ed Marca, it really, it really helped his zoo. ’cause he would, he would breed them. I, I’m not a fan of white tigers because it’s, it’s, it occurs in nature very rarely, but it usually occurs… Read More
So I, so I went to, I went to Cincinnati and bought two cups, you know, from the same litter, a male and a female. I think there was $60,000 each at that point, $120,000. My director said, no problem. We put ’em out there. Public loved them, but it… Read More
Was it a capture? But in the end, he’s got very good facilities. I haven’t been to the one in, in India. I was talking to a colleague that had been there and was really blown away with what he’s doing. But it, if he’s not also helping animals in… Read More
It’s still an in incredible place, white oak. And, and I think that, that, that one could be a model for the future for private ownership. I’m not sure the one in India is gonna be that way. ’cause I think that, that, that’s a much larger collection of animals. Read More
The, the, when you use the word rescue sometimes, and you, you, you gotta make sure, is it really a rescue?… Read More
And it was, it is a beautiful place. He sold it to a a where he died and then the, and then the attorneys got, didn’t handle the finances right. So it had to go for sale. Fortunately, the new owner, Mark Walter, who owns the Dodgers and a lot… Read More
I’ll figure that one out too. But conservation’s different, it’s much more complex ’cause you have to cooperate with other people. And most of these, most of these people made their money not by cooperating, not by diversifying but by taking big risks and it worked for them. So, you… Read More
And you got a lot of, the little, the little private facilities are, are kind of like that. The, the big billionaires, they do it for different reasons, but I just don’t see unless, and they don’t wanna have a board because they don’t wanna be billionaires, don’t want to… Read More
It’s not gonna continue forever. Nothing’s gonna last forever. But I, but, but I think that they, the wealthier ones, especially in Texas, they’re, they’re doing it right for the animals. But eventually they get too many animals. And then the animals do go to other places. Whether they, they… Read More
I made a billion dollars, why do I need to use your advice?… Read More
And you believe No, they may not. I think private individuals that are wealthy that are not doing it to make money, but doing it because they just like animals or their, their, their wife or their kids think it’s a cool thing to do. Their intentions are very good,… Read More
What will happen to them?… Read More
Will they be, will they live the same amount of years as a municipal zoo because of this?… Read More
Well why? This is what the land’s worth more money. Just get rid of it. Again, the legacy has to be solid so that it’s passed on to the kids or somebody else. And I’ll, I’ll tell you what I’m doing at Long Neck Matter for that. ’cause I’m 73,… Read More