Interview 20028 – Caption Index: 6
Could you tell us a little about your childhood growing up?… Read More
Could you tell us a little about your childhood growing up?… Read More
Were animals a part of your life?… Read More
I’m an only child, first off, and my parents were both blue collar folks. Actually my mother did not work at all. She was a housewife until I was in the seventh grade. My father was a printer at the local newspaper, the state newspaper, and he worked with his… Read More
It had then 600 people, and it has today 600 residents. Very small little town. My father was actually born in Charleston, but moved to Columbia when he was three years old. So he spent his entire life in Columbia. He had a relatively long retirement. He outlived my mother… Read More
She was a, what’s called a brittle diabetic. She was, my mother was the first person in the state of South Carolina to wear an insulin pump, which today is quite common for diabetics, but she had the first one, and diabetes was not kind to her. Read More
My name is Palmer Eric Krantz III. Nickname Satch that I’ve had my entire life. Born January 27th, 1950 in Columbia, South Carolina. Read More
Who were your parents?… Read More
What did they do, your mom and dad?… Read More
The zoo was not my job, it was my hobby. It was, you know, something that I liked. I was the luckiest person in the world to be able to do it, in 2015, with what I know, where I know, I don’t think I’d work in a zoo. Read More
And then there’d be bidding for it. And it was kind of light lighthearted at times. It was fun, it wasn’t to have to be serious. You know, I was raised, if I shook my hands with the super professional, that was my word, we would do the deal that… Read More
So, that bothers me. And like, I, yeah, we used to have, there used to be auction’s not the word. Read More
They used to have a, at the conferences where zoos would get up and surplus, get up and say, I have a kangaroo to sell, anyone interested?… Read More
I don’t think I would do it over again if I was just starting, and maybe it’s because how I was raised in zoos. I mean, zoos have become so serious. And I still like a little fun. I used to get a kick out of the, AAZPA before it… Read More
I think the basic question is, if I were to do it over again, would I do it over again?… Read More
I’ve had this question asked to me before and I guess I’ve answered in different ways. Read More
Is there anything that, we haven’t covered that you’d like to mention about zoos, your career, things that were most memorable?… Read More
Is there anything that we haven’t covered?… Read More
We talk about a dozen subjects over the course of the day. Read More
No, they got together. They were okay together. Yeah, yeah. Read More
Did they ever have an opportunity to get together or never?… Read More