One day a month, they would have a project where they’d get civic groups together to work on landscaping or paint something, the zoo where you could, all of a sudden you get, I mean, it could be from 10 to hundreds of people and in a day you have… Read More
And do you think the zoo can survive without it?… Read More
It’s becoming so hard to do that nowadays. But once again, it’s the dollar and cent. You look at 25, 30 years ago, municipalities were running the zoos. You know, you had that government money. Many zoos were free, many zoos, there’s not, I think I can think of two… Read More
How important is the community support?… Read More
Absolutely. I mean, like I say, I’m not the strongest advocate. I have no problem with having zoos strictly for fun for the family, I really don’t, come and see the animals. Am I saying you have to ride an elephant, no, come and see the animals. Read More
Do you feel we still need zoos?… Read More
Well, it always comes back down to, you know, no matter where they are in school, whether they’re working on a bachelor’s, master or even a PhD, the academic community, the crystal palace is a lot different than working in a real zoo, go to a zoo. And just not… Read More
What do you say to them about study or work or reading, what advice do you give them?… Read More
As a mentor, what do you tell a young person in college who appears to be realistic and sincere about wanting a zoo career?… Read More
What skills did you have or skill that allowed you to survive?… Read More
I guess at some point in time, when I realized, I mean, once again, looking at my own personal self and retirement, if I could just stay under the radar, do what I have to do or do nothing if I had to do nothing. I mean, not that I’m… Read More
I’ve seen people come and disappear. Never to hear from them again. People you would think, that I considered were, good guys who got good zoo guys, man, or woman, but for whatever reason, whether it was by choice, by necessity or by mandate, they left the profession, and maybe… Read More
You can’t choose everything and think you’re gonna succeed out everything with the limited resources of zoos, universities, national parks, governments, you can’t save everything. So I guess, choose your battles wisely. You’ve done a lot of things. Do you have anything that comes to mind that is really a… Read More
Well, yeah, they certainly have a role, now, you know how successful they are with the role. I can’t subscribe to a zoo being successful in terms of conservation. It’s almost once an animal becomes considered endangered or site one or whatever. You want to have some sort of designation,… Read More
Do zoo have a role in conservation in the tenants of education and research?… Read More
Make sure they do it. You’re very direct. They need to be able to manage, and whether that be fund, give enough guns. I mean, manage the collections, the wild populations of animals in a meaningful way. Now, let me say this too about that, extinction is a normal part… Read More
We can’t devolve man. We can’t euthanize the population. We can’t bring the world back to way it was, whether it’d be a hundred years ago, a thousand years ago or a million years ago, it’s evolving. I don’t know if two years ago, certainly still talk about it, that… Read More
What issues would you like to see zoos address in the future?… Read More
Yeah, it is one of those subjects that you can’t argue. It’s like talking. I equate it to trying to convert someone to religion or politics. If a person has a feeling that zoos are horrible places that just keep animals caged with a miserable life, that the animals have… Read More
What would you say to those who still believe zoos are nothing more than places where you cage an animal?… Read More