Interview 38268 – Caption Index: 468
And they didn’t like it, but I just felt it had to be said. And whether people like me for it or not, I, you know, I don’t care. I walk away with a good conscience. It failed. Read More
And they didn’t like it, but I just felt it had to be said. And whether people like me for it or not, I, you know, I don’t care. I walk away with a good conscience. It failed. Read More
And he said, what do you mean? I said, what are you gonna do when it fails, Dan?… Read More
Because it’s gonna fail. Well, at least we’re gonna say we tried. And I said, but you’re trying, knowing full well that your odds of being successful are really small. The association’s gonna spend millions of dollars on this, over a million at the time that you could have put… Read More
And I looked at Dan, I said, what’s your plan B?… Read More
30 some animals left. And two years before I left, they decided, someone decided we’re gonna save it, and we’re gonna do a capture program. We’re gonna breed these dolphins. And I sat in a meeting with about 30 people and Randy Wells, who was our guy that worked dolphins,… Read More
And so I sat in this meeting and Dan Ash sat next to me and they were pushing this program, we’re gonna put a million dollars into this. We’re gonna save the animal. Read More
No matter what you do to thy own self, be true. And I think you can tell from our conversations, that’s what I’ve done. I don’t back down. If I believe in something, I believe it. And I base it upon my experience and the facts that I have. And… Read More
You know what? The vaquita is a dolphin down in Bay, Baja, right?… Read More
We were supporting field conservation. We were giving money to field conservation, to, to enrich the research capability out there. So I like that. And I, I’m, I’m proud of that, even though we went through a lot of hard times and a lot of hardships and broken relationships to,… Read More
But George early on took me under his wing and said, you know what?… Read More
You don’t know that answer. Well, let’s find out what it is. And maybe what you could do that they did for elephants for a while, is maybe we create a commercial part of it and make it sustainable like crocodiles. Maybe that’s the way to go. I, I don’t… Read More
Okay, what’s its reproductive capability?… Read More
How can they take out millions of pangolins and still the species survive?… Read More
So once you’ve got your surveys done, how are you going to really save this?… Read More
And you’re creating laws to stop illegal trafficking, but it hasn’t stopped it. What it’s done is stop the honest person and not the dishonest person. So you better learn more about the animal. Read More
What would you say is your prowess accomplish Procession that I’m proudest of?… Read More
Yeah. Well, the latest has been the Pangolin program. You know, here’s a species that the only thing that was going on when we started that program was people were raising money to do penguin surveys. And it’s like, that’s, that’s nice, but you’re not understanding the biology of the,… Read More
Now, I don’t want you to go out and put up barb wire and chicken wire to keep a tiger. Now, that’s crazy. So there’s some restrictions and there’s some guidance into, if you wanna become a member, we wanna look at your facility, you wanna make sure you’re safe. Read More
If I can vet you and you’re taking the quality care and you’re spending your personal time and money and your commitment, why not?… Read More
No, we’re not going to. And that’s how they operate. So they have a lot of smaller zoos, they have a lot of private institutions, and it’s been challenging, but it’s been rewarding since I’ve been on it. We’ve, we’ve really created some, some guidelines now to move that forward. Read More