Interview 34507 – Caption Index: 348
What do you think though that a small or a medium, medium size zoo, particularly a municipal, municipal one, could do today to be involved in wildlife conservation?… Read More
What do you think though that a small or a medium, medium size zoo, particularly a municipal, municipal one, could do today to be involved in wildlife conservation?… Read More
I think those, there, there’s a lot of qualities, other qualities. When you read the job descriptions, there’s so many, there’s so many other, you have to have good writer. You have to be a good writer, good verbal skills. And, and even then sometimes it, it, it doesn’t work. Read More
Well, today you have to be very charismatic. ’cause you’re raising money all the time. Most of the zoos are, are not municipal anymore. So they have to raise their own money. And, and that, I think that is number one is fundraising skills. But you should have a good… Read More
Well, but what then, what kind of skillset do you think as your director needs today as compared to when you started?… Read More
And sometimes that doesn’t make you a good director in certain senses, but it makes you a good person. Read More
You know, it depends on the time period. But I would think that I did okay as a zoo director. ’cause I had good communication skills. You have to have good people skills. It’s not about the animals, it’s about the people. You know, you, you board especially, you have… Read More
Well, first of all, I’m not sure I was a good director. Read More
What, what’s the definition of a good director?… Read More
What do you think?… Read More
Tell me to begin with, what made you a good director?… Read More
She’s so steady and, and it’s just, I had a, another photographer capture that picture. And then we had her with the rhinos too. And she just, she really enjoyed it. I know she did. And that was, you know, that, that was really special. She got to meet the… Read More
So, and then it was even more special because now she’s gone. But she has a, a memorial on Tuesday in Washington DC at the National Cathedral. And Diana going to that. Joe Roddy’s going, bill, con’s going. A lot of people will be there. Read More
I had, I had, I had some, we had families come up, we had some two, two girls. A friend of mine’s girls that are really Jane Goodall fans. They’re 10 and 12. They were amazing with Jane. And Jane was amazing with them. And then my dogs, you know,… Read More
So, so it was intimate. She got to, everybody got a book signed, she got a pic. Every it was, it was, it was a special night. And Joe Rody was there, you know, and he introduced Jane. I had, because he’s an, he’s just an amazing, he’s so dynamic… Read More
It was like she was 30 years ago, you know. But afterwards, you could see she was spent, we had, we had to drink. She always had her little scotch, single malt scotch every night. And we sat there and talked for a while. And then, and then when I… Read More
And then Joe Roadie came the second night. And the third night we had the fundraiser. So it, it was probably her most, it was the last contact with animals. And I have a picture with her. You have it, I think with the giraffe and our big male giraffe… Read More
And she didn’t know. And then about two months before she came to Long Neck Matter, so about four months ago, I get a call from her assistant. Susanna said, look, we’re gonna be in Austin, and then she’s gotta be in New York, but she’s got three days Rick… Read More
And on the third day we do a fundraiser. I guaranteed her a hundred thousand dollars for her project in, in, in Tanzania. Jane’s Dream, which is her legacy project, which is just being built. Joe Roddy, Joe Roddy is designing it for free, the Imagineer. So it’s great. And… Read More
Can we do, I, I know you promised you could do a fundraiser, could she rest for two days?… Read More
So she said, yeah, well write something. I did, of course she changed a little bit, but she hadn’t been there. And I said, Jane, is there any way, you know, if you come to Austin, she was in, and I saw her in Austin the year before. Read More