Interview 14294 – Caption Index: 286
Did you record this historically, this major move or not?… Read More
Did you record this historically, this major move or not?… Read More
We did not record it unfortunately, but back in those days, no, there wasn’t much to record with movie cameras I guess. But no, we didn’t. Maybe some of the TV stations still have video of it. I don’t know. But it’s unfortunate that there wasn’t a recording of it. Read More
When we drove up to an overpass, they lowered their heads by themselves till we got underneath it, through it and they raised them up again. And the traffic lights weren’t a problem either. We had some taken down, but they put their head under, and the others they weren’t… Read More
And the cow went absolutely berserk. I thought she was gonna tear that crate, that semi trailer apart, thrusting back and forth. And so we just turned the calf loose finally and let her run up into the pen with her. We weren’t gonna put her in there ’cause we… Read More
But we knocked them down and put them in crates and took them the… The rhinos I remember we anesthetized them used M-99 on them and knocked them down. Put them in the crate, took them down, woke them up. That was no problem. We did learn a very, very… Read More
What were the major obstacles?… Read More
When we moved the animals from the old Crandon Park Zoo to the new zoo. We felt that giraffes were gonna be the most difficult animals to move. ‘Cause we’re gonna have to take down traffic lights and take down some wires, and somehow get them under the… I think… Read More
It must have been a massive kind of thing. Read More
How were you preparing for it?… Read More
I have no idea if Bob Yokel was surprised to be named director. I really don’t know. But also after I retired, he remained director for a year or two after that. And then the parks department director retired, they put a new director in, and the first thing he… Read More
Can you talk a little about the amount of animals you had to move?… Read More
Was Bob surprised to be named director?… Read More
It’s not gonna accomplish anything. And I wanted to stay in Miami ’cause I wanted to see this new zoo built and developed the way it should be. And I think by and large, it has been developed that way. Read More
How were you able to work with the new guy in this new position?… Read More
You obviously accepted it. When I found out when the (indistinct) director told me about my new role, the first thing I did was I immediately called all members of my family to tell them what happened, and all my friends so that they wouldn’t be surprised if they read… Read More
I was been paid in my new position by the county. It was the county. And I didn’t lose any pay. It was just a lateral transfer, I guess you’d say. But yeah, it was a different assignment. If I can ask the question, how did you handle this abrupt… Read More
I guess, an (indistinct) employee and were- Well, after they brought in their new political appointee as a director, I was assigned to be the educational curator and worked with the zoological society and educational programs. But also I filled in for our veterinarian, which we went through several of… Read More
In your new role were you being as education person were you paid by the zoo society or were we being paid again by the city?… Read More
And it just worked beautifully for us because we could get on top of the rock work, or just climb up one of the trees out on the exhibit. And no problem. You could actually jump on the animal if you had enough courage, I guess. But it was easier… Read More
So it was a beautiful natural moat system. And there was no need for concrete retaining walls or anything like that. And then the night house areas or the holding pen areas, we disguised behind artificial rock work. We made out a gunite wire, reinforcing gunite, and it worked beautifully. Read More