And that, I think has worked out very well. And from that came the species viable plan, taxonomy groups, that are focusing on different species within the species plans. And that was something Bill Conway started and it has worked very well. The species are getting a lot of attention… Read More
What can we do to make their programs better?… Read More
I suppose it has. There’s more interest in endangered species. We didn’t have any endangered species list when we started in the zoo field. That drives some of our efforts. Find what’s endangered, don’t lose what’s endangered. Read More
Has the role of the curator changed from when you started?… Read More
Then words explaining how they use their nose. And so, brief messages like this are something that we can do well because we have the animals in there and now we’re learning something about them and you can learn something about them too. Read More
Why does the proboscis monkey have such a big nose?… Read More
Something we found and I don’t know if they still feel this way now, ’cause I’ve been away for so long, if you ask a question of the visitor and then you provide the answer, just ask them a question. You can get them to think about the answer and… Read More
One of our messages, it’s got to be to get out the word about what these animals are doing, what they’re capable of doing and through our education programs and whether it’s dealing with school groups in the school, or when they come to the zoo. We try to give… Read More
That comes into the question of why is education so important in zoos?… Read More
No, I started the elephant rides. I started the elephant rides in, I forget what year now but I’ve seen them at various places. What a nice experience for kids, to ride on an elephant. I would love to have ridden on an elephant when I was a seven-year-old or… Read More
When you started at the Bronx, weren’t there elephant rides?… Read More
And I hope they will keep doing shows like you see today. I’m not looking for lion and tiger acts, or anything like that. But whatever you can do that will make people more aware of what amazing animals we have here, all around us. Read More
I believe they are. I certainly support them. I think, the extreme is the orcas. That’s the big one. And Sea World and all the marine parks that have had orcas over the years. I don’t think one person in 100 knew what an orca was prior to marine parks… Read More
Are animal shows still viable today to teach a message?… Read More
Do animal shows, like bird shows in flight, do they get their message across to visitors about a group of animals or conservation?… Read More
Close the Bronx Zoo.” They wanted us close everything down and move everything out. So, you know as long as we went with them, when they were leading the way, it was fine but once we were off the track, then we had problems. You kind of just touched on… Read More
Now, what’s next?… Read More
That was wrong. So we had a wonderful cooperation between us and this animal rights group. They said, “Oh you have to take all the animals up to the Bronx.” We said we would. Well after we talked about closing that zoo, then they said, “Okay, well, we’ve done that. Read More
I think that’s one of the big ones, is going out to work with, try and work with these animal rights groups. We did it in New York. There was an animal rights group in Brooklyn. They wanted the Brooklyn Zoo closed. We didn’t disagree with them. It was a… Read More
What would you say, and you kind of maybe touched on it but what are the largest problem, professional problems that face U.S. zoos today and what might be done to correct the problem?… Read More