I mean, they’re coming because they wanna see animals, basically. I mean, that really is the reason. And you know, it’s not the kids that bring the parents. You know it’s the parents that bring the kids. I mean, so you’re telling me the kids are for zoos. Yes sort… Read More
I didn’t say, well maybe when I got used to going and liking it so much, I may have said, “Let’s go to the zoo,” but he’s the one that started it, not me. And that’s the case pretty much with almost everybody, really. Read More
And speaking about being the behest of many people, did you have a marketing strategy for getting people to come to the zoo, aside from building a new exhibit or bringing in blockbuster pandas?… Read More
Well, why would they come to the zoo?… Read More
And you can use any other word other than glamor, but. Well, I don’t know. I think that, and it’s like being a servant, basically really to, you know, you really, you need to do, you have to be ready to do the dirty work. Read More
And I don’t mean clean, you know?… Read More
Well, you can clean up too for that matter, ’cause I’ve done that too. But you’ve gotta be ready to take a lot of guff to reap the rewards. And that’s, and it is. You’re really at the behest of all kinds of people, all kinds of people, and people… Read More
You feel it’s important for directors to be involved with the national organization?… Read More
Sure, I do. Because you want, you know, I think you have to give your, I mean, there’s an organization of organizations and you’ve gotta be there to give your ideas to help. Yeah, I think it is important. Read More
If somebody said to you, “So what’s it like being a zoo director?” kinda, how would you answer?… Read More
And then the secondary question would be, after X number of years on the job, did the initial glamor wear off or was it always there?… Read More
AZA? I was never involved in the- On the American Zoo- AAZPA you mean, AAZPA?… Read More
Well I was involved in the sense that I was on their executive board at one time. Read More
Well, obviously I felt very strongly that we had to be independent of the Parks Association. I mean, we had nothing really, well we had, I can’t say nothing in common, we of course did. But very little in common with them. And I think that those guys who, one… Read More
And I remember it very distinctly. Read More
How involved were you in the new AZA?… Read More
Now you were part of The Zoo Association, or the zoos when they were part of the parks department?… Read More
Yes, I was. Read More
And what was your impression of the AAZPA when it was part of the Parks Association, and as it evolved to break away?… Read More
What was your relationship with your senior staff?… Read More