The Fleishhacker Pool was a, the biggest salt water pool in the world, that Herbert Fleishhacker donated land, well supposedly. He really didn’t donate land, he sold the land to the city. And they built that pool, and while it is true, there may have been a few days in… Read More
Why would you put a pool there?… Read More
I don’t know if I had any proof of that, but I’ll bet it did. Read More
Did the Fleishhacker Pool incident work against the zoo?… Read More
Oh, I don’t think so, I don’t think so. Read More
Was the Zoo Run a good promotion for the zoo?… Read More
The Zoo Run, did you have a run?… Read More
Oh yeah, of course we did. Yeah, we had a Zoo Run. Yes, it was a real, yes it was a good promotion. Yeah it was. That was started actually before I got on the scene, but yeah, it was a good, it was a good promotion. Did it help… Read More
I mean, why are people coming to the zoo?… Read More
I mean, they’re coming because they wanna see animals, basically. I mean, that really is the reason. And you know, it’s not the kids that bring the parents. You know it’s the parents that bring the kids. I mean, so you’re telling me the kids are for zoos. Yes sort… Read More
I didn’t say, well maybe when I got used to going and liking it so much, I may have said, “Let’s go to the zoo,” but he’s the one that started it, not me. And that’s the case pretty much with almost everybody, really. Read More
And speaking about being the behest of many people, did you have a marketing strategy for getting people to come to the zoo, aside from building a new exhibit or bringing in blockbuster pandas?… Read More
Well, why would they come to the zoo?… Read More
And you can use any other word other than glamor, but. Well, I don’t know. I think that, and it’s like being a servant, basically really to, you know, you really, you need to do, you have to be ready to do the dirty work. Read More
And I don’t mean clean, you know?… Read More
Well, you can clean up too for that matter, ’cause I’ve done that too. But you’ve gotta be ready to take a lot of guff to reap the rewards. And that’s, and it is. You’re really at the behest of all kinds of people, all kinds of people, and people… Read More
You feel it’s important for directors to be involved with the national organization?… Read More
Sure, I do. Because you want, you know, I think you have to give your, I mean, there’s an organization of organizations and you’ve gotta be there to give your ideas to help. Yeah, I think it is important. Read More
If somebody said to you, “So what’s it like being a zoo director?” kinda, how would you answer?… Read More
And then the secondary question would be, after X number of years on the job, did the initial glamor wear off or was it always there?… Read More