But zoos, certainly is the case, experience and education. And to get both of those, you know, it’s gonna take you time. It’s not gonna be something that’s done overnight. It’s gonna be years before you get that. But you, if that’s what you wanna be, you gotta work for… Read More
What changes have you seen during your years in the zoo field regarding visitor attitudes and administration at the national level, but certainly visitor attitudes about zoos?… Read More
Did you see that there was a problem in that area?… Read More
How do you think curators should be, or can be trained today to do what’s expected of them?… Read More
Would you give money to them, to protect, you know, for their animals?… Read More
I wouldn’t, because there’s some cheap politician probably buying the goddamn ivory. I wouldn’t, and that’s what’s happening, because if they wanted to stop it, they would stop. They could stop it, they could stop it, Because of the poaching, they could stop it and they don’t want to stop… Read More
And the point is they don’t wanna stop it because too much money is involved. And that’s the deal, unfortunately. So I would say it’s not wrong not to give it to them because in most cases, in my opinion, it’s right not to give it to them until they… Read More
If there is no guarantee that’s gonna be doing any good, some cheap politician is gonna take it rather than give it, put it where it’s supposed, or leave it where it’s supposed to be. I would say, don’t give it to them, don’t give it in. Don’t give it… Read More
It isn’t, I mean, why would you give money to Kenya?… Read More
Who’s protecting their elephants and the rhinos in Kenya really?… Read More
Well I personally, if this was the best of all possible worlds, of course yes, you should be giving money back to the wild, but this is most assuredly not the best of all possible worlds. Read More
I think that, where are you going to be giving money to?… Read More
Where is the wild, and who are the stewards of the wild?… Read More
They’ll breed without your having to give them a program, you know?… Read More
I think they will, you know, any place, any zoo person I’ve ever known, I think honestly wants to have their animals be successful, which means reproduce and live a long time. I don’t think that’s a problem or any, you know, or would be a problem, or whether you… Read More
Is that good, is it bad?… Read More
Should every zoo strive to have a breeding program?… Read More
Well, I think that it’s sort of inadvertent, anyway, a lot of times. Read More
Oh yeah, I think so, I think so. I think that for a zoo, a non-invasive research of course would be, that would be, you know, would be the best way to go. I don’t think, you know, you wanna do invasive research there, but regular, you know, research on… Read More
What’s the most important piece of advice that you received and has stayed with you throughout your professional career?… Read More