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First name is Ken, K-E-N. No middle name. Last name is K-A-W-A-T-A. T as in Texas. Born in 26 April 1937 in a little town in southern Japan called Miyazaki, M-I-Y-A-Z-A-K-I. Japan. Read More

Interview 20028 – Caption Index: 469

Second term had an interesting beginning. I was sworn in in September, and four months later, Christmas is there. And the entire AZA staff had taken off Christmas day, except for Steve Feldman, who at the time was the AZA’s public relations person, and being of the Jewish faith was… Read More

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And it was a member of the AZA staff. And he said, “I’m not sure what is happening here, but apparently a tiger has escaped in the San Francisco Zoo and killed somebody, a visitor.” I was standing up, (laughs) and I sat down. I kind of plopped down and… Read More

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So had a great time as president, but it sure didn’t start out that way. Well, Satch, thank you very much for taking time to talk with the Zoo & Aquarium Video Archive. I enjoyed it. Thoroughly, thank you for asking me, I’m honored. Read More

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Well, thank you very much for spending the time with us and giving us- Sure. It won’t take but six or seven minutes. Ask me about my second term as president of AZA. (interviewer laughs) Satch, you’ve been president of AZA two times. Read More

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Can you tell me about your second term as president?… Read More

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How do you think new technologies assist in promoting the zoo, the Twitter, the Facebook, remote cameras to draw attention to wildlife?… Read More

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I have a two-part answer to that. (laughs) The Facebooks and the Twitters, I despise. Social media, I think is a horrible thing. And we fought it with our employees constantly. And it was a generational thing. You know, in those last few years that I worked, 2015, ’16, ’17,… Read More

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But those other things that you mentioned are all good. When we had the koalas and we had our first baby, we had a camera and a website devoted to it, and we were getting emails from all over the world every day. And some of them were a little-… Read More

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Oh, yeah, every…… Read More

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You mean like new exhibits and baby animals types?… Read More

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Oh yeah, all the time, yeah. My last question, Satch, is on the press. Read More

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Did you ever plan special events for them to cover?… Read More

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The press?… Read More

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And, you know, how can you not talk about a baby koala or whatever and not be warm and fuzzy?… Read More

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So the best comment that I ever got, in the last, before our paper was… Well, we had a family-owned newspaper, and it was bought by one of the biggies, and then they sold it to McClatchy. And every time it was sold, the reporting staff got smaller and smaller. Read More

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I thought I had been that way, but to have him actually tell me was pretty fun and gratifying. Read More

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Talking about the zoo and getting the word out, did you have a good relationship with the press, and how did you nurture that?… Read More

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I had a great relationship with the press, and that actually started with the termination of John Mehrtens. He had no relationship with the press. He was very disdainful of the press. And I don’t know, I guess just innately I knew that I needed to foster some kind of… Read More

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We had the plans ready to go, everything. All I needed was this last 100-150 grand. So one day, out of the clear blue sky, I get a call from an attorney. He said, “Hey, I want to let you know one of my clients passed away, and she left… Read More

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