And that’s why we lost them. I think this is probably one reason why we’re not getting successful breeding with white-sided dolphins, because out in the ocean, they’ll see them in pods of 2, 3, 400. And I think you’ve got to have that critical mass or close to it… Read More
What effect did that have on acquiring those specimens and how you had to acquire them?… Read More
Well, you’re talking about the animal activists, the animal writers now. Read More
How that affected our collecting?… Read More
And of course, killer whales were the big, big thing and then dolphins. And I’d always liked the Pacific white-sided dolphins, Lagenorhynchus. And so it was designed for that, and also for beluga whales because this was to be a saltwater, cold water exhibit, and belugas were such great animals. Read More
The belugas have been just such a great attraction. They’re easy to maintain. They’re funny, laughable animals. And they take to being in an aquarium very well. Public loves them, and the white-sideds are so athletic and give people a very, very good idea what these animals are physically capable… Read More
And thinking back on it, now we’ve not had good luck in a breeding program. And you want me to get a little more technical on this WCLE, who was another one of the authors of animal ecology, along with Orlando Park, Tom Park, K.P. Schmidt, L. Emerson, WCLE wrote… Read More
And how did you develop the list of animals that you were going to maintain in this new exhibit?… Read More
I guess I just sat down and said, okay, what do we want to exhibit?… Read More
How do we develop a vision for it, the aquarium really needed a good kick in the pants?… Read More
We had done pretty much what we could do within the confines of the original aquarium. And we had done a few things like putting in a Southeast Asian exhibit, but we needed to go farther than that. And it seemed to me that the really important aquariums in the… Read More
So it was my opinion we just had to go with an expansion for Marine mammals. And obviously, we couldn’t do it within the confines of the existing aquarium. We had to go and expand the perimeter of the building. So that’s how that came about. Read More
It’s been a great thing for the aquarium. Great thing for the city. There were others who, as I said, were lukewarm, you’re never gonna raise the money. We can’t do this. And then after it was a fair complete sort of stuck their fingers in their lapels and said,… Read More
I think the last one they had was something like $67 million and they accomplished that. And now I think we’re on our third one. You spoke about the oceanarium. Read More
How did you develop this vision for the oceanarium?… Read More
Well, I felt that the aquarium really…… Read More
Bill, the oceanarium must’ve been a wonderful and was a wonderful exhibit. Read More
How did the board feel about the exhibit?… Read More
I think there were a majority of the board, majority of the members of the board were enthusiastic about it. There were some that were lukewarm, not because they didn’t like the idea of the oceanarium. They were tentative because they didn’t think we could raise the money. And then… Read More
I think it was difficult to secure corporate money, foundation money, private money, but they worked on it, and they got… Actually, we raised more money, maybe by about a million or $2 million, than our goal was. We had Delco Corporation that gave us a sizable donation. I’m sorry,… Read More