That’d be wonderful, but it’s not gonna happen. That money, whether it’s from the government, from the city or the county or from donors, is going to your local zoo. The few of those dollars would ever go to just conservation. So it’s unrealistic to say you could take that… Read More
Those kind of things. Is it lost or, Yeah, I think it’s somewhat lost. I, I would always push those articles on any new people. I think it’s, but I’m a history buff, you know, I, I like all kinds of history, but I think it’s important that people read… Read More
I keep Crandall in my, I’m always interested and if I have a new species I haven’t worked at, what did they do in the past with it?… Read More
Do you feel that within the zoo community, the people, whether they be directors or other positions, understand about the seminal papers and ideas such as Heine, Heger being the father of zoo biology, if they read them or understand them, or the Lee Crandall who’ve written books on the… Read More
Yeah, well they’ve both been important and Jane at sometimes was a little critical of zoos, but she’s been a zoos have really supported over a lot of her work. You know, Jack Hannah was, whether you liked them or not, or thought, I thought he was a little silly… Read More
He’s, he’s in all those presses. I think he can, he can do, they bring him along all the time. But I think particularly the Spanish speaking the community, he’s very important. So we’ve always, we don’t have a Marlon Perkins anymore, so, you know, but there’s always been somebody… Read More
Do you feel we need, or do we have any charismatic and committed heroes to help shift public opinion for conservations?… Read More
Obviously example of Jacque Gusto or Jane Goodall?… Read More
Yeah, it does. I mean, as when I was in Sacramento, we certainly did it with hoad and I think you can do it with hosta because they’re basically animals that we eat, you know, and so people sort of have a, we’re never gonna u we’re never gonna euthanize… Read More
I think it’s very important. That’s how we have these species, those species we have that are endangered conservation breeding, if that’s what you want to call it. So they’re parting for our education programs and to teach people about different types of conservation such as human animal, human wildlife… Read More
What do you feel is the role of conservation breeding in zoos relative to other conservation activities?… Read More
And does euthanizing of endangered species ’cause of surplus genetic issues still pose a political problem for zoos and aquariums?… Read More
How should zoos think about dealing with surplus animals?… Read More
You gotta understand as, as when people ask Bill Conway how many animals die in a zoo?… Read More
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He said, a hundred percent, you know, he is, you gotta understand you’re gonna have some sad times. Never bothered me too much. I’m not saying I’m not, didn’t feel bad when an animal passed away. But I, the ones that, the ones that bothered me the most were elephants… Read More
Would you recommend the zoo, aquarium field to a young person with a sincere interest in wildlife and conservation today? Why?… Read More
But I just, I just enjoyed it. But I don’t know what’s not to enjoy about it. Again, you, we’ve talked a little bit about politics and depends how the zoo is organized and sometimes that can cause a problem. Read More
I think ’cause it’s a great profession. You gotta be passionate about it, you know, you gotta understand it know, I think it’s a great profession and there it’s a lot of fun. I mean I, you know, I travel the world as a zoo director for god’s sake. So,… Read More
I supported my best friend Mike and the other guy got elected. So I wasn’t gonna get appointed to the Hees saw that I got appointed to a position so I could have something to do for that semester. So I’ve, I’ve learned things from, a lot of people have… Read More