Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 451
‘Cause you got that whole long swim, you know?… Read More
‘Cause you got that whole long swim, you know?… Read More
And that was before my time, you know. But when I got here, I learned about it and I said, Well one of the things that I wanted to do was get animals, bring animals to the zoo that were animals that people wanted to see, and let them help… Read More
It’s gotta go for something worthwhile.” So I told them, I told Hunts, “I want a flock of penguins, many as I can get.” ‘Cause you know, what’s the point?… Read More
Penguins need a lot, need a big group to breed, and to bring in five or six, what’s the point of that?… Read More
Were you side dealing with animal dealers?… Read More
No, no I- How were you trying to acquire, or move animals?… Read More
Well, we dealt with, well one thing of course that we did, and that was a really fabulous move was the, prior to my time, the same guy who, the same director who had let this girl take the gorilla out of the zoo, wanted to get an okapi for… Read More
During your time, was it difficult to replace animals?… Read More
Were you dealing mostly with zoos at the time?… Read More
Were you trying to, not to put a dollar amount on the animals?… Read More
It was nothing. And even they were, they even, was it the “Today” show, or it was one of those morning shows. Read More
The man who was the director of the Philadelphia Zoo, what was his name?… Read More
No, that’s a different, that was a different thing. Sorry, that was a different thing. (laughing) But at any rate, there was no, there wasn’t really any, you know, a lot, most people didn’t believe what this bunch was talking about. No, there was never a big thing about that. Read More
Did you have a philosophy for handling the type of press that you were getting with these people?… Read More
Well, we weren’t getting bad press from that. We never, we never really did. Read More
I mean, they wanted to, but what could they find out was bad?… Read More
And so it was, and we did, we sent them to China. Read More
What was your philosophy though in handling the demands of these type of donors with the best interest of the animals?… Read More
Well the donors always wanted the best interests of animals, that was never a problem. I never had, none of these people were donors anyway, who were complainers, they weren’t donors of anything. They never gave anything to the zoo. So there’s no problem. Read More
So they really, you know, and this is a whole bunch of other people, because they were saying, “We can’t send our San Francisco orangutan to China.” And you know, that’s all I need to hear, I can’t do it. Read More