People will take that cat, turn it out in the yard and it’ll kill the whole… My cat don’t kill no birds, bullshit, they’ll kill anything. They wanna hunt, they’ll kill it. Cats will kill birds and others things, lizards. Cats will eat the things that our foxes at our… Read More
Usually state or federal regulations have been the most irritating, I think, and restrictive. Some of it has been necessary, but much of it has been pushed by lobbyists from people that have these PETA type people, the lawyers working for them. It may not be the best road to… Read More
What were they?… Read More
What issues caused you the most concern during your career at Gulf Breeze?… Read More
Well, I think zoos are very important. I think in a community that needs good theaters, good symphonies, good opera, good libraries, good museums, and then good zoological parks. It’s part of our cultural assets and educational assets in any community. Read More
In your years, what changes have you seen during your time in the zoo field regarding visitor attitudes for zoos?… Read More
Number one, the HSUS should be thinking about, you can create another frigging dog, you cannot create another elephant or rhino. Not that I’m against dogs, I love them, I got four of them. But you gotta put your energy where it’ll do the most good and most practical. Wildlife… Read More
They’re loaded with money, but how many animals have they saved?… Read More
It’s like HSUS, how much money do they have?… Read More
Lion Country Safari, that was long time ago. That’s what they wanted to do. That turned me off. Read More
That was at Lion Country, wasn’t it?… Read More
PETA. I forgot what group it was, but that was one of those. Asked me to trap an animal so they could film it to sell memberships. And that turned me off on them. Read More
I had, not the SPC, what’s that other PETA?… Read More
I had that group. Cleveland Ambers, Fund for Animals. Fund for Animals. Read More
Well, I had an animal rights group, Fund for Animals, you know what that is?… Read More
And how did you handle them?… Read More
That’s what I wanted. Read More
Well, have you had experience with animal rights groups?… Read More
Well, what was that question again?… Read More
First of all, the animal rights people, those zealots are dealing with emotion only and no science, I can tell you that, it’s an emotional thing. Now, you’re supposed to have a little emotion, but this is all emotion and no science. Read More