Interview 31514 – Caption Index: 232
So I think they’re very important. Do I understand them?… Read More
So I think they’re very important. Do I understand them?… Read More
No, but when the marketing people tell me what they’re doing with them, I’m very impressed. ’cause we get so much information from that. What they like, what, what they dislike and where they’re coming from. You certainly wanna know where people are coming from. You want to know where… Read More
I guess it does. Well I’m sort of on the marketing advisory committee for Akron and they, they talk all these terms. I don’t understand that, what you just mentioned. And it’s just important because all, some people that’s all they know is the, is the social media and all… Read More
How does that help promote or how do you think it helps promote the zoo?… Read More
How can this new technology assist in promoting zoos, Twitter, Facebook, remote cameras?… Read More
Did you have favorite animals in the zoo?… Read More
So did you have a great Favorite?… Read More
I have favorite animals everywhere, but, well now it has to be these gorillas with these babies. But gorillas are always special. You know, ’em by name and you know, to watch them as a family, it’s amazing. The elephants, same reason ’cause it’s a family. Their interactions are special… Read More
One of the animal stories you have shared at times was in orangutan, you knew a long time ago. And then you reunited with the orangutan Name with Jonathan. When I got to Los Angeles as a keeper, I was assigned to the nursery and we had a gorilla, a… Read More
So I left Los Angeles and went to San Francisco, Sacramento, Cleveland, Jonathan went from Los Angeles, Topeka to Buffalo, to Cleveland. When we opened the rainforest, Jonathan was our male. Well, I don’t know, I I, I looked at him, he looked at me. I wouldn’t say he recognized… Read More
Being honest, being out front, you know, being out front with anything that happened. Going to them, not just sending out press, we press releases, but, you know, having them again, maybe it happened 10 times, maybe six times. If it were bad news, tell them fir you know, get,… Read More
Don’t try to hide anything. Somebody’s gonna see it. A keeper’s gonna see it and report it to, you know, go around you and report it so you can’t hide anything in it. So you might as well show ’em, show ’em what it’s all about first. So we did… Read More
How did you nurture your relationship with the press?… Read More
When you retired, did you give the new zoo director any advice? Did they ask?… Read More
And so it’s, it’s worked out better. Read More
No, no. I mean, he worked for me for three or four years. So, and we, we, we, when I first retired, we’d have lunch every once in a while. We see each other all the time now. I mean, I see him a lot because I’m there and we,… Read More
What would you say the shelf life of a zoo master plan is?… Read More
About five minutes. Well, when you put the ink on it, it’s already outta date. But I still like ’em. I, I, I like the process more than actually happening. I think the thought process of thinking about what we’re gonna do, even if you don’t do it all is… Read More
Lewandowski or something that we needed a hospital. Well, we did, wasn’t the next thing we were doing, but came forward with enough money to change our mind. So that, that was fine. Read More
No. Did I clean up animal stuff? No. But I, I was there when people were doing things and I, you know, I just stayed aware of stuff. I believe that you, again, goes back to one of my strengths planning. We had a mission. We had 10 goals or… Read More