He was visiting Miami and he visited the zoo I guess, because he just liked to go to zoos. I can’t remember everything that happened, ’cause that was so long ago. But he seemed to like the overall plan anyway. And just one other person just because he’s name is…… Read More
What kind of individual was he?… Read More
You had talked about people looking at your plans and even Heini Hediger, the father of zoo biology and an how did that come about?… Read More
Living in South Florida, developing this in South Florida. It seemed like the natural thing to do, ’cause we could grow the vegetation that made these exhibits look realistic, and we could develop outside exhibits, motored exhibits, relatively inexpensively. So we chose a zoogeographic theme featuring Asia and Africa first. Read More
But one main walkway. Now this walkway undulated back and forth because we put in a monorail. We knew we were gonna put in a monorail and that would have to follow a straight curve. And so we designed the walkway so that it would bulge out on one side… Read More
When we designed the new zoo, we had of course a choice of things, we could do all the big cats in one area, all the herbivores and in another area. And do it by type of animal. Or we could do strictly natural habitats and do a rainforest area… Read More
In your mind what was your approach to animal exhibits and layouts?… Read More
I felt comfortable every time. We were talking about designing the zoo, and you were telling us about it. What was your… You had this opportunity. Read More
And I fortunately did not let go of the antlers. So I landed on my back and he landed on his side. And the keeper that I picked up ran in and he helped me subdue him and carry him into the next pen. But as I was gathering up… Read More
We let him run loose in the office, in the hospital area. And then we took him out to schools and let the kids pet him and all that. Cheetahs are interesting animal. They’re whole different animal than a lion or a tiger. Their whole disposition’s different. They’re spooky animal… Read More
So I did find him walked over to the deer exhibit and I knew there was empty pen in the next door, and this’ll be easier. I just opened up the gate and heard him right in. So I opened up the gate, walked into the exhibit my god, he… Read More
But he was very tame. When the keepers cleaned out his chain link exhibit, they’d just walk right in with him and he’d come up and stand beside him, he’s scratching behind the ear on top of the head. And he just loved it. Well, I walked over that way… Read More
Can you tell us about the deer story?… Read More
Yeah, you know, one thing about working with zoo animals and wild animals in general, is that they’re unpredictable. I think people buy exotic animals as pets thinking that they’re gonna tame them down. They’re always gonna be nice animals, but they’re wild animals and they just don’t make good… Read More
Was because we had these people that… You know, the (indistinct) that thought they were doing something good by complaining about the way animals were kept in cages, I guess. But we pretty well dispelled that and nothing really came of that. Can you tell us… We’re talking about stories. Read More
1975. It must have been Crandon Park Zoo then. We had keepers that… In fact, I remember the television reporter that came out to investigate animal abuse allegations. He said, “You know, here are a list “of 10 complaints or something.” And one of them was a male lion that… Read More
Was it Crandon Park Zoo?… Read More
We did get it into her. She survived and she had several calves normally after that. So it was a successful procedure. Now from the crazy things that happened in 1975, there was a report that was submitted that some of the animals were being abused. Read More
Was there any evidence of abuse and how did you handle that kind of situation?… Read More
We gave her a long acting penicillin, and I figured, okay, I was gonna have to give her a shot every other day, a long acting penicillin, just to make sure we didn’t get peritonitis. This whole thing. Well, the first shot wasn’t so bad. You know, she stood there… Read More