And we put it in that exhibit on top of a utility pole. Within two years, we had white-tailed sea eagles. So, that nest structure worked. And I always remembered that nest structure and in fact, I published in an article on the white-tailed sea eagles ’cause that hadn’t been… Read More
My last exhibit question is, can you tell me the bateleur eagle story and what your involvement was, how it came about?… Read More
Like we gotta get hummingbirds here or not?… Read More
I don’t think, when I went to St. Louis, I was pretty much focused on what the issues were that existed there at that time. Couldn’t really think a lot about we oughta do this or we oughta do that other than just getting what we had in order, getting… Read More
I think any experience like that makes you aware of one thing, it’s you’re very vulnerable if you aren’t careful what you’re doing around wild animals. It’s just brings it all home. After I went to Oklahoma City, we had a very serious accident happen to a young lady and… Read More
When you came to St. Louis, did you bring things with you from Philadelphia?… Read More
Some of these accidents that you had to deal with at St. Louis in a sense, stood you in experiential good stead in your later career?… Read More
So, you got a call?… Read More
I got a call at the dentist’s office (chuckles) and they said, “It’s an emergency. We need to talk.” So, I answer, “Hello.” (chuckles) And they told me what had happened and I told the dentist, I said, “You gotta put this thing in as quick as you can. I… Read More
What was your position at the time this happened?… Read More
I was deputy general curator. Read More
Now, the keeper or the curator, probably still walks with the limp today because the animal damaged his foot pretty badly. Read More
And as it was told to me, the one security person just happened to be there when this happened, fired a shot from the public space and hit the zebra. Hit the zebra in the side, then a keeper came up, got the gun from, this is an interesting story. Read More
But at the time when you were at the zoo, did you get calls, like if you were there oh, somebody shot a zebra?… Read More
Well. (laughs) We’ve had a couple of incidents at the zoo. We had a curator who was taken by down by male zebra. And I wasn’t on the grounds at the time, I was having a crown put in my mouth. Charlie, the general curator was on a road trip… Read More
A lot of that was spurred on by him. He liked to do those kinds of things and I’ll admit they were fun every once in a while. But most of my downtime, off-time was spent with my family. I didn’t really do a lot of socializing with the others… Read More
Do I have a story at St. Louis that stands out on my mind?… Read More
Well, I don’t know that I really do. I was the only curator. (chuckles) This sounds really strange but this is a fact, I was the only curator at that time that had a family. Now, there were two other curators that were married but they had no children. And… Read More
More so than I think what people realize, without that knowledge, you need it for home and you need it for work too. During your time at St. Louis, you were not only curator of birds, you were deputy general curator, you held a number of other titles. So, you’re… Read More
You got a story that stands out in your mind?… Read More