Interview 21409 – Caption Index: 461
Right?… Read More
Right?… Read More
Do you think that’s a problem?… Read More
And how should curators be trained today for what is expected of them?… Read More
Well, I think one of the things that we do, many zoos do very well, is they bring people on, and they orient them, and they train them when they first come on. And then a lot of the training after that is on the job training, which is great. Read More
And the room laughed, because the question was so idiotic. So you really, a reporter’s looking for an angle. He’s looking for a way to be sensational, especially today, in this day and age. I think, but to answer the question directly, yes, we need, as organizations, to speak up… Read More
I’m like, have you got any common sense?… Read More
Does that make any sense to anybody?… Read More
How much do they weigh?… Read More
And so it’s really, you have to kind of pick your fights. I, for one, have gone up against media many times about different issues and just been very straightforward and blunt with them. One time I had a reporter say something so idiotic to me, I said, “Have you… Read More
And I’m all, I was always very protective of the zoo, so I would always want to, and I’m a big mouth, so I would always want to address it, right?… Read More
But our PR people taught me that you need to pick your fight, because what you do sometimes, when you address that letter to the editor or you address that little story in the paper, when you address it, then it gives it what they call legs. So now you’ve… Read More
“Zoos are bad for animals, we beat our elephants.” Who beats an elephant for God’s sakes?… Read More
Well, it’s interesting because I frequently had disagreements, strong, great arguments, or discussions with our PR people at the zoo. Because I would want to address a certain attack we got or something, letter to the editor or something, and they’d go, no, no, no, just let it go or… Read More
Pick your fights and be aware of the, what’s the word for it?… Read More
Be aware of the fallout from them. Fallout. Be aware of the fallout from them that might happen that you unintentionally brought on board. So, we would get a letter to the editor, and I’m one that always wants to set the record straight. Read More
Sadly, we have people in top positions in our field who seem in line with what these non-biologists have to say. Read More
Can you give us your thoughts on how best to deal with these groups?… Read More
Oh, any zoo of any size can be involved in conservation these days. And then in fact, we need ’em all. If we’re gonna have a chance at saving the animals in the world, we’ve got to have everybody involved. Little zoo, big zoo, every possible way that we can… Read More
And support can be sending staff over to help on a certain project, it can be sending money, money’s always good, but sending funds can also be involved. You can also have long-term commitments. You might not have a whole lot of money that you could raise. Maybe it’s only… Read More
There was two zoos that were state, but most of ’em, city, county. And then that’s flip flopped now over the years to where there are more private zoos than there are governmental zoos. And so you have to be able to fundraise to a large extent, because there are… Read More