• Interviews
  • Galleries
  • Documents
  • News & Press
  • About Us
  • Search
Zoo & Aquarium Video Archive
  • Interviews
  • Galleries
  • Documents
  • News & Press
  • Donations
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsors
  • Endorsements

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 421

Was the, did the Zoo Society pay?… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 422

I mean, there was obviously expenses to keeping the pandas, the exhibit work and just the things you had to do. Yes they, yeah- Was the Zoo Society coming through with all the money, or was it through the- Yes, they did. No, no, the city gave some money, but… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 417

So if you were going to mentor some zoo director who was thinking about this type of exhibit, what would you be telling them?… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 418

Well be ready for a lot of crap from your other zoo directors who are jealous of you. That’s what I would say, ’cause that’s the deal, I think. When all these people who are so, you know, and who have done plenty of other things, you know, that were… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 419

Did you have a lot of people who would become your friends all of a sudden, to be able to see the pandas?… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 414

I knew all the guys there and I went to vet and I said, “look, how sick is this panda?… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 415

I cannot have him dying in San Francisco, I cannot do it.” And he said, “No he won’t, he won’t do that. That’s not gonna happen, he’s getting better now. And he’s, he just has a mild problem, it isn’t bad.” So I looked at him myself too, not that… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 416

I mean it was lucky of course, but it was great, yeah. Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 411

I, boy it’s hard to remember that. I think they may have come to us, actually. Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 412

So in the end with the pandas, was it worth it?… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 413

Yeah, yeah. It was a, you know it was hassles, of course there were hassles. But you know the male panda, I don’t know if a lot of people know this, the male panda of the two, it was a pair, you know, two animals. The male got sick in… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 408

Deal or relationship agreement with the Chinese?… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 409

Oh yeah. Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 410

Was that something you wanted to initiate, or did they come to you?… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 405

I really need to know, because we have to get ready for them so we can treat them right, and do the right thing.” And he said in his true Chinese fashion, he said, “Well if I were you, I’d get ready.” (laughing) He did, he didn’t say yes or… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 406

And I said, “Oh, thank you.” And then i knew boy, and then the wheels started turning and it was really a, that was the one event, you know, truthfully, getting the pandas was the one event that really brought us, well it brought our attendance over a million, and… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 407

And it brought, people wanted to see them. Once they knew about them, they wanted to see them too. ‘Cause you know, they’re a striking animal, very striking animal, and it’s, and they did extremely well with us too. Was the, were the golden monkeys a separate- Yeah, agreement. Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 402

And I said, “You know what?… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 403

I really have this feeling it’s gonna happen.” They all go, “Well maybe so, okay maybe so.” One day, we had gone to China, and we had talked to a number of these people, but still we weren’t given a yes and weren’t given a no. And one day I… Read More

Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 404

You know, you can’t ask right outright. But I decided that I was going to do it outright, just say. You know, I said to Mr. Lee, “There’s a lot of things that we have to do for the pandas if we were to get them really, and that we… Read More

1 2 … 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 … 1,315 1,316

The Zoo & Aquarium Video Archive could use your help.

Show your support

Zoo & Aquarium Video Archive
Interviews Galleries Documents News & Press Endorsements Sponsors About Us Donations Contact Us
Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions
©2025 Zoo & Aquarium Video Archive.
Co-founded by Loretta Caravette & Mark Rosenthal.