Interview 20028 – Caption Index: 419
What was the most significant change in the care of animals under your leadership and why?… Read More
What was the most significant change in the care of animals under your leadership and why?… Read More
Hmm. (laughs) A lot of things. The animals had to be awake. They had to move, in most cases. They had to appear to be happy, whatever that means. You know, if animals were… You know, there’s nothing better in the zoo than breeding lions. You know, people will stand… Read More
But the worst thing were sleeping animals or no animals, and that was one of the things that drove me, would at times drive me absolutely insane. And we were talking earlier about doing rounds. I walk out in the zoo, and the maintenance department has closed this exhibit and… Read More
Should all newly constructed exhibits incorporate a conservation conclusion?… Read More
He tried. (laughs) He tried. I don’t know. Nobody is gonna probably remember what I went through in those first five years, but, you know, I was… Green behind the ears doesn’t even begin to describe how little I knew about zoos. And the challenges that I was handed just… Read More
That’s it. What would you, talk about animals. Read More
What would you say were the keys to maintaining your visitors’ attention?… Read More
And it’s been that, it was that way for 40 years for me. You just meet really great people who are almost singularly focused on one thing, and that’s the animals that they take care of. Read More
How would you like to be remembered?… Read More
Your legacy?… Read More
No, I don’t believe that for a second, no, no. I don’t go down that rabbit hole. You’ve talked about the profession. Read More
What do you know about this profession that you devoted so many years of your life to?… Read More
Hmm, that’s a great question. Every time throughout my career that I thought I had it figured out, I realized I wasn’t close. And when I say that, I’m talking about a lot of things. That the CEO of any major company would probably think they got a good handle… Read More
Is this gonna cost me my job, that I’ve committed to do this thing and I’m being told I don’t have the resources to finish it?… Read More
But you do. You find a way, more out of fear than anything else. Sometimes people say, at the zoo, the animals should earn their keep. Read More
Do animals have to earn their keep?… Read More
There were a lot of them. (laughs) Just pick a card. had to do with money. You know, I think, like a lot of chief executives, having encountered instances where you have a member of your staff who let you down, somebody that you’ve relied on who you thought was… Read More
You end up finishing it, but getting from that point to that finish is nerve-racking and frustrating and angering and scary, you know. Read More
Has the selection criteria to decide what animal species become part of the survival program met with what you envisioned?… Read More
I think so. In the early days, of course, it was a handful of animals, and next thing you know, you wake up one morning and there are hundreds of them, some of which at the time didn’t make a lot of sense (laughs) because there weren’t many of them. Read More