So now we had a couple babies, you know, and that mother was actually taking care of the baby. Then Fort Worth Zoo had a baby and they tried, excuse me, they tried and tried, but they couldn’t get the mother to take it. Read More
But Freddy, they put it there. Freddy came and grabbed that baby. Now her other adopted baby Kabi was, was, you know, two and a half years old. So it was fine. And to now to see those baby gorillas in that exhibit and to tell people that story, most… Read More
They still trained the gorilla, the, to Freddy to bring the baby over to the, to the mesh to give it a bottle. I mean, absolutely amazing. First they trained Freddy to hold the baby, although she had had babies before. So they trained Freddy to hold the baby and… Read More
Yes. Were they expensive? Probably yes. And that’s probably why they had to discontinue ’em. But again, you can do things that get people really interested. We, we’ve mentioned giraffe feeding and Laura Keaton parakeet feeding and stuff. So you can get people close to animals that way. I think… Read More
So we’re, we’re all animal ambassadors. And with a lot of people out there talking to the animals, I think it adds a lot. And I have found that I spend more time in the zoo now with guests than I did as a director probably. And I found people… Read More
When you had programs for your visitors, You mean special programs for visitors?… Read More
No. Did it give them another opportunity to learn something?… Read More
Yeah, Yeah. Well when, in Cleveland, when we built a couple of exhibits, we had programs in it. We had in Australia we had quote show where they’d bring out a marine tote or something and they could talk about animals. We also had a bird flying show. Now we,… Read More
Well, I, I think I want them to feel that the animals are well taken care of. That the zoo’s an important part of the community. It’s a beloved part of the community. Like the orchestra, the, or any of the other things in the, in the, in the community. Read More
It provides everything you need it pro you can have a picnic, you can be together, you can see the animals together. You can learn something together. The parent can teach the child something. The first thing to do as a volunteer is if the father says something stupid to… Read More
So what do you want families and kids to feel about the zoo?… Read More
Yeah. To heighten their zeal, their awareness about the natural world. You know, I noticed one thing, it was reminded that, ’cause I just saw something in our newsletter, Cleveland has a 50 teenagers in vol as volunteers during the summer you have a teenage volunteer program. And, and maybe… Read More
Families love the zoos. They love coming to the zoos, whether it’s instigated by the mother or the father, because it’s a nice place. It’s outdoors. You can have some food, you can learn something. So I think families really appreciate the zoos if we don’t do as well with… Read More
For instance, as I said, I think there’s certain things, by the way this, I’ll go back to the story about his news, his new, his, he named his animals weather and sports. So he could say we have news, weather and sports. That’s what it was. Yeah. But Another… Read More
I don’t know what aspects would be, do you have any examples?… Read More
How does, do you think Zeus can improve their connection with kids and teenagers?… Read More
But anyway, it was something like that. He said, yeah, he was news and sports. So he had two news. Yeah, he, but he had came up with some breakfast with Tiffany where he had a gorilla and Tiffany and he brought in a mail and so he wanted him… Read More
No, you just need to get your name out and people, people need to respect that and, and respect the zoo. And I understand the zoo. Read More
So would you say there are some really important aspects of marketing that you really need to consider Important aspects?… Read More
And when and when we have animal birthday parties or we have animals choosing who’s gonna win the Super Bowl, you know, I think it kind of takes away from the seriousness of the zoo. I’m not saying I never did it or we didn’t do that kind of thing,… Read More