Interview 16470 – Caption Index: 326
Now, did you have to travel to other parks?… Read More
Now, did you have to travel to other parks?… Read More
Well, the guy that was my boss left Lion Country, that’s why I moved up. Bill York recommended you for the job and you accepted it. They recommended you. Read More
How did that occur? Did they just come to you or?… Read More
Tell me about when you came from zoo director to corporate manager of all the parks, how did that come to happen?… Read More
I don’t know, You know what, I don’t remember you being necessarily so frustrated on the job. But what you were frustrated with, well, what you were disillusioned by was that, and this was one reason why you left Lion Country, was that there were verbal promises made. The way… Read More
What were the things that frustrated you on the job as director?… Read More
It was a good PR move. Jerry Coburn, our PR guy. Frazier was about a 26 year old lion, came out of a Mexican circus, had very few teeth. Jerry Corbin and I talked about it, Jerry said, “He’s an old animal and females are bringing him food.” And he… Read More
Could you tell me what was his impact on the population and what was his impact on Lion Country?… Read More
Yeah, there would be giraffe in there, white rhino, buffalo, wild dogs, cheetahs, hyenas. Now, you had a lion named Frazier. Frazier’s the Sensuous Lion. Read More
Did you have drive throughs for giraffe?… Read More
Hippo, rhino. You had chimps, that’s one. Chimps. But these were all drive throughs in those areas. Yeah, you drove through those areas. We had islands with animals on it that couldn’t swim. Read More
What did you have at Lion Country?… Read More
God, there’s so many megavertebrates from Africa. Read More
So what kind of animals are the best in an African exhibit, forgetting the lions that are not carnivores?… Read More
Well, first you’ve gotta have predators, you gotta have lions, if you open it. Then you’ve got to watch your sex ratios to make sure that somebody’s gotta be dominant or you’re gonna have some problems. The conflict often brings on peace because once a conflict is complete, then somebody’s… Read More
What advice would you give me about managing that open air space, important things?… Read More
So if I was a young zoo guy and I was putting together an open air African exhibit, what animals would you say I should have?… Read More
He got pretty old. Then you hired Don Dooley, the vet worked for you, Don Dooley. Don Dooley later became one of our investors in Gulf Breeze Zoo. Read More
Then didn’t he eventually retire?… Read More
Oh, yeah, had a full-time vet. But it’s a whole different ballgame because you’re trying to sneak around and get a dart into an animal. After you do that one time, they get savvy about it. So you gotta be really sneaky. You know what I remember, the first vet… Read More