Interview 34507 – Caption Index: 709
You’re spending all this millions of dollars and what, how’s it saving gorillas?… Read More
You’re spending all this millions of dollars and what, how’s it saving gorillas?… Read More
There are two different pots of money. It, the, the person that’s gonna give you millions of dollars for a gorilla exhibit is not necessarily gonna give you millions of dollars to save them in the wild. They’re different type of people. ’cause you are at a zoo with 2… Read More
That, you know, he, he was glad that he made that impact. But, but I, nobody’s perfect. He did a lot of things that were, were, were questionable. We all, we all have to some degree. Read More
Is it worth, is it worth, is it worth this kind of double standard sometimes that we put ourselves in?… Read More
But you have to think about, you know, what, what’s the end result gonna be for this?… Read More
They called Jack Hannon. They didn’t call Bill Conway. They didn’t call the experts. They called Jack. So Jack, Jack was a figurehead for us. But some of the real scientific people think he made, he, he, he kind of degraded our profession by clowning around on tv. It’s a… Read More
Yes. Again, the end justifies the mean means. Jack Hannah was a clown on TV with David Letterman. But people liked him and he brought attention to stuff. And he really was committed to conservation. He, that’s the only way he could do it. That Jack was Jack, you know,… Read More
But, but Jane, Jane was, Jane was very spiritual, you know, I, I asked her one time if she believed in God, and she said, I believe in God, but religion gets in the way. Now one other person, She doesn’t like me to quote, Well, no, no one other… Read More
Did he do things in, in your opinion, for betterment of the zoo community?… Read More
You know, it’s, it’s, we judged, we judge fame differently, reward things differently. But for some reason, Jane said the test of time and, and we’re finding that out more in that she passed, how many people she impacted. But she, she traveled all the time. She, and she lived… Read More
You, you know, you know, there’s names p that people are famous going, what are they famous for, for being stupid on tv?… Read More
You know, people become, you know, famous after a couple of years from just, you know, they go viral on TikTok or something and they become, you know, these like stu stupid. Read More
I think it’s, I hope so, but I think it’s unlikely. But I don’t think people commit to all the dedication and, and sacrifice that you have to make early on. I think people get too tempted with other things. And it was, it was a different world back then. Read More
I want to preserve what, what they did for me. I’m giving back to them. And that that’s a unique, and, and Jane walked the talk, you know, you could disagree with her, but nobody, she could have taken money for herself. She never did anything like that. She, she… Read More
But Jane, Jane was out. Jane could transition from the forest to civilization. Diane Fossey could not do it. Diane Forsey did great things for gorillas, but Jane was so much more effective. Jane and I would, would talk about Diane Forey quite a bit, you know, ’cause she, she… Read More
Well, there’ll never be another Jane Goodall. Read More
Will there be somebody like her in the future?… Read More
Obviously the example of Jane Goodall Jacque au. Read More
Are there any people that are now in that vein that can help us?… Read More
Do you think there are any more charismatic, committed heroes to help shift public opinion for conservation?… Read More