Interview 15695 – Caption Index: 355
So, when we were talking then about replacing animals that are lost or so forth, how did you do that?… Read More
So, when we were talking then about replacing animals that are lost or so forth, how did you do that?… Read More
Did you ever get those pygmy hippos?… Read More
Well, let me just stop. Read More
It’s very alarming. Read More
Was it difficult to replace animals?… Read More
Oklahoma has always been a little loose on permits for large carnivores. That’s how all this happened. So, we would just try to discourage people in pursuing it simply because we weren’t a source, we would tell ’em right up that we’re not a source and we’re not gonna be… Read More
Or how can I get a mountain lion?… Read More
Many times we would get people that would call and want to know how they could get ahold of something, whether it was a giraffe or a tiger. And I will tell you at one time there were 19 large carnivores in the city limits of Oklahoma City. This included… Read More
How can I get a pet bobcat?… Read More
How do you handle demands of donors, whether they be people who are just interested or influential people who want to have a giraffe at their zoo, with the best interest for the animals?… Read More
Well, these two animals in question had been part of a hepatitis research program in an animal lab in New York. So, they had been exposed and were carriers of hepatitis. This whole thing started by a young journalist who worked for, “The Daily Oklahoman,” in Norman, Oklahoma. He had… Read More
Then it brings up the question. Read More
Why wasn’t there room on the arc and wouldn’t they have been a recreational positive thing for the Oklahoma City Zoo?… Read More
What was the decision making?… Read More
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She died in transit and I don’t recall why but I think she just, I don’t even remember what her age was but yeah, she didn’t make it. She was almost there, she died in the truck unfortunately. There was some criticism but we also told the story about this… Read More
Now unfortunately, one of them didn’t make the trip. The other one did, the male made the trip and my understanding he’s fathered so many babies, it’s amazing. So, he’s passed his genes on. So, the one that didn’t make it was this Matilda that- Was an institution at the… Read More
How difficult was it when she died on her way to Disney?… Read More
So, we rethought the whole process and decided there’s a conservation issue with pygmy hippos, so let’s take a look at can we be part of a conservation program for pygmy hippos?… Read More
We have a better space for maintaining pygmy hippos than we do Nile hippos. The Nile hippos, the female was there as a result of a song called, “I want hippopotamus for Christmas,” that a local Oklahoma person had sang and made famous and so they needed to get Matilda… Read More