I can’t think of anything right off hand, but I know if you sat down – I mean maybe that’s where you get some focus groups to figure out how to do that. ‘Cause we should be making it more… Be making more of an impact on the people coming… Read More
In the face of anti-zoo groups?… Read More
Is education doing enough?… Read More
I think they’re doing as much as they can right now. I think that’s one of the main places. I think education is the… You know, when we were talking about the one-on-one. The way to reach people is more one-on-one. I think that is one of the more direct… Read More
Other things. Help me with this and what you’re talking about. We were talking about issues you’d want to see zoos address in the future. Is that the only major direction you’d want them to be taking or were there some other things that- Oh. No, there’s lots of things. Read More
Whether it’s, you know, global warming. How we can interact with governmental officials on a larger level on things like that that are gonna affect everybody. I think if we can make enough of a stance, because all the zoos together make a pretty big impact. If they all go… Read More
Do you feel that education as your proponent is doing any good particularly in boosting the images of zoos among the public?… Read More
How to work better together with different organizations. Not to be an isolationist, but to work with different groups for a common cause. If that makes sense to you, that’s just… I think we gotta do better at what we’re doing. And keep looking for new ways to keep getting… Read More
Is that a major direction that you think zoos should be taking in their future?… Read More
Are there some other items that might serve them well in the future?… Read More
If you could give zoos a directive. And have them address certain issues in the future. Read More
Based on your history, what would you want zoos to address in the future?… Read More
What issues?… Read More
And help their level grow up too. Give them the means so that they can expand their knowledge, get more involved in some of these other projects. So this thought process about what a director should do, which you just talked about, you kind of evolved that thinking over the… Read More
Or you knew that’s what it was?… Read More
I guess I didn’t have a specific idea of what a director was. Per se. And maybe it’s different at different places. I just knew where I was. We needed to do something to change some of what we had. So if that meant me going out and doing fundraising. Read More
Did you feel that pressure?… Read More
I didn’t feel it as pressure. Because I thought that’s what I was there to do. I was there to do whatever I needed to do to make it better. You know, as long as you’re… I didn’t want to just be a manager. A manager can operate a zoo. Read More
Or to run the programs, not only the zoo, but the programs to pay your staff to keep them “happy,” you know?… Read More
Money. (laughs) Worrying about getting enough money to do what you wanted to do or how to do it best. And. That was probably one of the biggest ones. That and. Probably staff and public relations. You know, how you dealt in-house and how you dealt out-house. Well not out-house,… Read More