Interview 14794 – Caption Index: 469
What do you think a small or a medium size municipal zoo today can do to be involved in wildlife conservation either nationally or internationally?… Read More
What do you think a small or a medium size municipal zoo today can do to be involved in wildlife conservation either nationally or internationally?… Read More
But then again, too, serving your public, when someone comes to zoo, what do you wanna see?… Read More
Are you best seeing a wonderful exhibit of a limited number of species or a diverse collection of species, with lesser numbers, I guess that’s all in, it becomes a personal choice. You were involved in a medium size zoo in Mesker Park, you went to bigger zoos that wish… Read More
And the face of the director would be the face of the zoo, would be the embodiment of the zoo. If you had a zoo director that loved reptiles, it’s amazing, but a good reptile collection you’d have in your facility, if you know, mammals or primates, you have a… Read More
Well, I don’t know, to start with Sauls, evolution not revolution, don’t expect to change things overnight, nobody, nothing will be able to do that. Zoo is for people. I used to say that zoos are run for zoo people. You know, a deer is a deer, is a deer,… Read More
You’ve received a lot of advice I’m sure in your career, what strikes you as maybe some of the most important advice you’ve received that stayed with you, maybe you’ve even passed on to other people?… Read More
I mean, maybe you play your cards right. And you go to some plumbing company or something, and they may wind up doing that. But it’s not too often that people wind up giving their money blindly and saying here here’s the do what you think you need to do. Read More
I’m old school with my opinion of what a zoo should be. And though, you need the animals and you need conservation and you need education and you need research. The only one that should be, well for the most part, the only one should be the animals. People should… Read More
What would you like to maybe see them become in the future?… Read More
Well, I think a huge problem is, it all comes down to the mighty dollar. Unfortunately, zoos are such an expensive facility to operate, it costs so much money, and I think that the zoos have been going, more and more zoos have been turned over from city operations to… Read More
How would you describe conventional zoos now?… Read More
What would you say are the largest professional problems facing United States zoos today and what could we do to correct the problem in your opinion?… Read More
Yeah, it certainly was a huge rollercoaster ride over the 32 years I was at San Francisco. the Lincoln Park and Evansville years, there was huge ups and downs. It’s hard to say what I felt, whether it be my biggest failure or the most disappointing time with my career,… Read More
What was maybe the most difficult time at the zoo for you?… Read More
She had a group of at one time, 60, 65 spider monkeys that dwindled down to smaller numbers from inbreeding animals weren’t bred in, the exhibit was, you know, a 60 year old falling apart, concrete mess. And I remember that they wanted to have a picture, get a picture… Read More
What had you hoped to accomplish but were unable to finish?… Read More
I’m not sure I really ever had a life goal. I was always a behind the scenes guy. I did not like being up front. I liked the idea of being able, whether to acquire the animal, to get the permit, to get the stuff done, to get the animal… Read More
Simplest thing, I was maxing out on my pension. It wouldn’t get anymore if I worked longer, very simple. So it was more of a financial consideration. Yeah. I mean, like I said, I certainly knew my time has come, but yeah, it was a financial decision. Read More
How did you know it was time to retire?… Read More
And I just, I’m not that type of thinker where I think you have to manage a collection of animals and you can love the animal, but love the individual. It’s not my cup of tea, it’s not my style, whether we’ve gone too far at San, whether they have… Read More