If you’re in the northern climate, you might wanna focus on animals that do better in, in cold weather and don’t suffer in the summer. So I, yeah, space can be a problem. But what I would do with space is I would do something like get couple of 20,000,… Read More
You mentioned and something we’re gonna touch on, why didn’t the American Zoo Association or any organization, why weren’t they successful in setting up a while ago?… Read More
Something like that. Right? Yeah. If a picture’s worth a thousand words, an experience is worth a thousand pictures. So yeah. So you gotta get ’em out there. We talked about white oak and, and their large space, which they have. Read More
Let’s talk about space. Quality of space is, is different than the amount of space animals need, need space. But certain animals, if the, like, you could give one chimpanzee and acres of land, but if you give him a half an acre with a family, he’s gonna be a… Read More
Do you think space continues to be a problem for zoos and aquariums?… Read More
A, a picture’s worth a thousand words. Right?… Read More
It it, you know, a picture, what does it say?… Read More
’cause I went to the Bronx Zoo, I went to the American Museum of Natural History. I still have this postcard that I brought back in second grade of this gorilla in the diorama, the ley hole of mammals. And, you know, little did I know, he went out there… Read More
Again, why am I in the business?… Read More
But today there’s a lot more competition out there with technology and other, you know, OO other venues that provide a lot, maybe more exciting type of thrills. But di Disney is, Disney has that combination. Now they have that Pandora, that avatar ride that is incredible. But, but people… Read More
Do you think every animal in a zoo collection should have a component in the wild of conservation? Every exhibit?… Read More
Yeah. Metaphorically. Yes. I, I think that, I mean, if you, if you’ve got a, if you’ve got a frog, if you’ve got frogs and you’re doing something, you, you can do something local with local frog populations. It doesn’t have to be that species. It could just be that… Read More
They want, they wanna make sure that their zoo is, is, is making a difference and, and, and making a difference in their community. Read More
You know, or, or last year. No, wait on that. Go to their heart first. You know, get them to have fun at that zoo and, and the animals have to earn their keep. I think that’s a question you were gonna ask me too. I mean, that doesn’t mean… Read More
I mean, kids sometimes just want to get up early and shovel and shovel the, the, the, you know, the feces with the, the animal poop with the, with the keepers. They just love doing that. So I think it’s all part of the, you know, the animals, animals can’t… Read More
And I think that in that way, the animals do earn their, keep The animals are ambassadors. We, we always talk about that. But they’re real life ambassadors that will draw your attention to their plight in the wild. And, and giraffes and rhinos, which I have, are two of… Read More
If you just write a check, you can brag about, oh yeah, we gave a million dollars to conservation this year. But it’s the quality of what you do. It has to be part of your family, your story. If you do that, I think you’re gonna have a much… Read More
And that, and fun isn’t like, oh, do you know what we did in the wild yesterday?… Read More
I, how do you justify a zoo to, to an educated public?… Read More
And you have to get better every year. Like I said, there’s no finish line. The more you do, the more you can do, the more you’re gonna have to do. Read More