Well, their conference was rough simply because the keynote speaker was the CEO from the Human Society talking to people as he would to a minion audience. And he reminded me of a car salesman or an evangelist pontificating on how well they’ve cared for animals. You know, they make… Read More
And they’re all connected. When you look at the spiderweb of humane groups that don’t want animals in our lives, there’s connections of they’ve either worked for each other or money’s going somewhere. They wanna deny all that, but it’s in there 1099s. I mean, if if they can be… Read More
And therefore, then, will people come to zoos and aquariums?… Read More
HSUS us and PETA don’t want zoos and aquariums, period. They’ve said that for years. Read More
And why they change their spots?… Read More
Do you think that empowers HSUS and PETA and other organizations to make it difficult for zoo and aquariums to continue programs, not only in the marine mammals, but elephants or gorillas?… Read More
Absolutely it empowers them. If they can do it to SeaWorld, they can do it to anybody. And it’s one species at a time here. They’re just gonna go boom, boom, boom, boom, boom until most of the big mega-vertebrates are gone from zoos and aquariums. Read More
Is it something that was in the plans?… Read More
I mean, you brought polar bears in or how would that occur?… Read More
I don’t know if that’s in their future plans right now. Most of the polar bears that were acquired by us were either born in zoos or orphaned. I think, again, for polar bears you need to build the proper habitat. And some of the ones that were built 20… Read More
So we need the animals to have that visual cue, that auditory cue that so that people can have a part in that decision making on changing their behavior that might help change the behavior of where the animals live. You had mentioned that, in March of 2016, the CEO… Read More
’68, I think it was, 1968, or ’78, 1978 to play rugby. But I got to go to some game safari places to see the game and the animals. And I just fell in love with the animals. And going back to Zimbabwe and sitting there watching elephants 20 feet… Read More
And I ask children, “Do what a pollinator is?” And they look at me like, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I said, “These butterflies are important. They’re pollinators.” I said, “About 60% of your food comes from pollinated food. It’s the pollinators. If we lose the pollinators, where… Read More
Would this type of marine mammal come back on exhibition?… Read More
Are you started to like terrestrial mammals?… Read More
I love terrestrial animals. I mean, some of my best trips have been to South Africa and Namibia and Botswana. Read More
My first visit to South Africa, though, was in, when was it?… Read More
It was in, gosh, how long ago?… Read More
’16, I wanted them to understand that the company had made a decision. And I was probably not in fully supportive it because I didn’t think allowing these social animals to have the ability to breed when it’s managed is not practical. I don’t think it’s fair to the animals. Read More
We talked about it and I was asked about it. But I just didn’t think I could support it in that form or fashion. So I kind of wanted people to realize that people are gonna make decisions that you should be more involved with somehow and try and avoid… Read More