We always, obviously a lot of people can have a lot of applicants for keepers. But we got keepers with five years experience and, and great keepers and some, some we promote it within. And then of course when I was there we just had like three curators and they’ve… Read More
Could you see if somebody would take some Arabian ORs and gimme an old copy?… Read More
I mean he told this guy to, you know, 24-year-old curator to try to do that. So I was calling people like Georgia RAP or whatever they thought I was crazy. And, but you know, it was, it was great training and I’m sure that had a lot to do… Read More
So you just asked me a five part collect question, so if I don’t get it all right, remind me and I’ll go back and answer. But I thought about this a lot. I had a great opportunity and I don’t know that zoos do this anymore. There are probably… Read More
And he, I mean he, he gave me things to do that, that even the best curators, he says, look, we have had all these Arabian ORs, people gotta want them. Read More
Do you think that’s an issue?… Read More
And what would you include in a training program for curious?… Read More
And how should curators be trained today to do what’s expected of them in running a collection?… Read More
It was accredited at that time. I saw one of the simplest things I ever saw, I don’t know if this is as much as enrichment, but in the elephant barn, they had a chain across the, the stall, two feet off the ground. And they just trained the elephant… Read More
It’s, it’s not very successful. But I think it’s important. And You talked about good animal person, good business person, how they might work together, a complaint sometimes from the new directors. There are too few good curators in the community today. Read More
What they do is provide animals, something to think about and something to do so they’re not just standing around. It could be giraffe feeders, it could be, you know, I, I love to watch our rhinos in Cleveland. And as I said to your colleague over here, I still… Read More
What’s your feelings about enrichment programs and what they do or don’t do or how they might be shaped?… Read More
You build these 10, 1500 million dollar exhibits and you put serial boxes out and I, I think it’s somewhat distracting, but the, if you go do an accreditation inspection, you look in almost any exhibit and they have a chart, they chart enrichment, so they’re not doing the same… Read More
Did I answer that pretty completely or was there other things you wanted me to say?… Read More
No, I, I I think that was very good. And, and you mentioned one thing about behavior with the elephants and enrichment. Read More
So I don’t know if that’s gonna turn around, it won’t turn around the people that really hate zoos. But you gotta understand, even a ZA 190 million people come to our 240 zoos. That’s more than all the rational sports combined. So there are a lot of people that… Read More
And when a baby happens, they’re, they’re ecstatic. So there’s a lot of people that love zoos. So I think they greatly outnumber the, the animal welfare, animal rights people. Read More
And then of course give ’em a food reward. But I mean, they seem very happy. So the animal extremists you lose, you know that they have a lot of things they say that just really aren’t true. That, oh, they say, look, we should release ’em all back in… Read More
The keepers ask them politely, will you do this?… Read More
What we were doing with elephants 30 years ago wasn’t the best. What we’re doing with elephants now is beautiful. You look at the four elephants, older elephants in Cleveland, I would never say this but I’m gonna say it, they’re happy. They like each other. They move around each… Read More