It’s just one species. Yeah. But it’s all part of the web, as they say. And it’s all part of our being. I don’t know how else to say it, it’s a quality-of-life issue. They all play a role for us. We have to be careful that we’re just not… Read More
‘Cause I heard for so many years like, well, why is that?… Read More
You know, you lose that animal, who cares?… Read More
What did you mean?… Read More
So left with great disappointment. The White Oak staff said well, we tried. That’s all we can say. We tried and we failed. So yeah, just watched it disappear. Watched the animal disappear off the face of the earth. You have said all animals contribute to our way of life. Read More
Well, we can’t force ’em to do it, you know?… Read More
You got nothing to talk about. And basically, they didn’t want anything to do with it. And, you know, we tried and it was I think three or four days of heavy negotiations. I mean, this was shuttle diplomacy, I call it. You know, they’re in one room, and we’re… Read More
And that was, to me, a disappointment all the way around. That individuals could basically stop what was going to be an agreed-upon process to save those animals. And just because they didn’t want to do it and lose the animal from their country, they thought it was an iconic… Read More
And then what have you got?… Read More
All paid by White Oak to bring all factions together, the captive and the wild population. And basically, the folks in Africa didn’t want any part of it. They didn’t want to take the gauntlet that was handed to them and move the animals out of that intense gorilla activity… Read More
But there was just something about the animals, he said that’s not a southern white rhino. Even though, you know, you might, at a quick glance, you might say that’s a southern white, it was not. So, you know, just a shame, again, you saw a species disappear in your… Read More
We tried to save it. We worked very hard, brought ’em in from the Czech Republic and they’re getting wiped out in the wild, like there’s none left, I’m sure now, I’m sure they’re all gone. There was only 12 or 15 left 10 years ago. So I’m certain they’ve… Read More
Yeah. You know, legitimate subspecies, I think a million and a half years ago, it evolved and unfortunately, we had too few animals, got our hands on ’em too late to save it. There was certainly talk about, I think it’s 16 generations, we could have bred 16 different or… Read More
Can you tell us the story, maybe as a cautionary tale about the northern white rhinoceros?… Read More
I mean, if you want to go back in the computer and pull it up later because it’s easier to access your article, okay, fine. But don’t gimme that deer in the headlight look like you don’t know who Lydekker was and all of that stuff. So it’s vital, to… Read More
If they don’t know everything they wrote, please understand how important those gentlemen were in our industry. And when you say the name, don’t give me the deer in the headlight look. ‘Cause it’s a dead giveaway that you don’t know who I’m talking about. I made it a practice… Read More
You know what?… Read More
It’d be beautiful to have water in gorilla exhibits, but you don’t have water moats in gorilla exhibits ’cause they’ll drown. If I picked up the phone right now and called five curators in five different zoos, I wonder how many people could answer that question correctly. So my fear… Read More
And then who’s to blame?… Read More
You gotta blame somebody. You can’t blame the gorilla. And we have to blame ourselves for not educating enough. So it’s vitally important. Read More