Interview 16470 – Caption Index: 598
Well, I had an animal rights group, Fund for Animals, you know what that is?… Read More
Well, I had an animal rights group, Fund for Animals, you know what that is?… Read More
And how did you handle them?… Read More
That’s what I wanted. Read More
Well, have you had experience with animal rights groups?… Read More
Well, what was that question again?… Read More
First of all, the animal rights people, those zealots are dealing with emotion only and no science, I can tell you that, it’s an emotional thing. Now, you’re supposed to have a little emotion, but this is all emotion and no science. Read More
And if you have, how did you handle it?… Read More
What experience have you had with your zoo with animal rights people?… Read More
I think that part of their goal now, whether it’s, I don’t know about the city zoos I don’t know how they do that. But the private sector, I think should make a commitment to some organization that is important for conservation of animals. It could be The Nature Conservancy,… Read More
What can a small zoo or maybe even a medium size zoo do today to be more involved in conservation, either nationally or international, what can they do?… Read More
Well, selfishly, I was doing what my heart told me to do and what I had struggled to do all my life. So I was happy that I had chosen that career and I regretted not having more education. But I didn’t have the time to do that, I was… Read More
To begin with, what do you think made you a good zoo director, you personally?… Read More
Well, you include my experience with wild animals at home and in the wild, it’s a long time. But I was in AZA in the ’60s. In the ’60s. Yeah, you joined in the ’60s. About ’65. I went to the first conference in Busch Gardens, that’s where my first… Read More
How long have you been in the zoo community?… Read More
I think they have different motives somewhat. I think most of the AZA zoos now, and I don’t know many of them that are privately owned, I don’t know. But I know that there has been a trend, and you don’t have to be a big city board to have… Read More
Do you think the two organizations are covering different things?… Read More
Door. Read More
Because you did work for accreditation. Pat felt it was very important. You want your facility to meet the high standards. Even if you’re a little park, even if you’re privately owned, you want your facility to be a first class facility, you want to meet the standards, you want… Read More
Why was it important though to be AZA accredited?… Read More
Or Wide Oak. Or Wide Oak, yeah. Or probably Fossil Rim. Fossil Rim. Read More