And you got a lot of, the little, the little private facilities are, are kind of like that. The, the big billionaires, they do it for different reasons, but I just don’t see unless, and they don’t wanna have a board because they don’t wanna be billionaires, don’t want to… Read More
I made a billion dollars, why do I need to use your advice?… Read More
What will happen to them?… Read More
Will they be, will they live the same amount of years as a municipal zoo because of this?… Read More
And you believe No, they may not. I think private individuals that are wealthy that are not doing it to make money, but doing it because they just like animals or their, their, their wife or their kids think it’s a cool thing to do. Their intentions are very good,… Read More
He said, well, I got the Ator Rx and I put ’em out there like a herd and let them, you know, survive. And, and they were fine. And he says, and I worked with the, and I had directors back then, like Conway that understood it. The directors changed,… Read More
And sue’s tend to sometimes, you know, intensive management, individual animals. So he was, he was disappointed that it, it didn’t work. But nowadays there are some very wealthy people out there doing, there’s a guy in India that has this incredible thing. He’s calling it a sanctuary, but it’s,… Read More
Well why? This is what the land’s worth more money. Just get rid of it. Again, the legacy has to be solid so that it’s passed on to the kids or somebody else. And I’ll, I’ll tell you what I’m doing at Long Neck Matter for that. ’cause I’m 73,… Read More
How do you think that private breeders can be partners with zoos?… Read More
That’s a struggle for the last few decades. It’s worked. In some cases it doesn’t work long term. I was talking to David Bamberger, who’s 93 years old now. He was, he did, I don’t know if you know the name. He did Hor Orx on his ranch. He has… Read More
So I said, David, why didn’t it work in the long run?… Read More
It’s anthropomorphic, but it works. And it’s the way we should, we should move forward with that On another event. Zoos have to at sometimes acquire animals. Read More
Tell ’em about Betty White. She was born on Betty White’s birthday. She’s had five calves. She’s a great mother. And she, and she would rather stay in the bar and then come outside half the time. You know, so just tell ’em what you’ve learned. You’ve gotta do the… Read More
And, and then maybe it’s about giving to people, right?… Read More
They care about, and the keepers are your frontline fundraisers, not your director. You know, when people come to the zoo, they’re talking to a keeper, usually they’re not talking to the zoo director. So you have to, you have to have keepers. We call ’em animal care specialists now. Read More
Is there methodologies that can help them buy into it?… Read More
So now they care about the animal, then you go to their head and then you can educate them. And then you can say, well, you know, these guys are doing okay, but they could use help in the wild. And we have organizations that we can help. And then… Read More
You know, yes. And, and, but they’re little steps. You know, we talk about the behavior change. You can change a visitor’s perspective, but you don’t do that by attacking them. When they first come in saying, oh, do you realize, you know how urgent this is and we need… Read More
You know, is it 3% of your budget? Is it 5% of your budget?… Read More
Do visitors, are there ways that one can engage visitors to help conservation to give when they’re at the zoo to give money?… Read More