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Was Warren alone in the building?… Read More

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Warren was alone in the building and he immediately called for the closest person. And that was a fellow named Terry Strasser, who was a very good artist in the early days and still is a very good artist. Read More

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And Terry ran over there, I ran over there and there we were, looking at this baby gorilla and we thought, “Now what do we do?” We didn’t know whether it was a premature, who knew what a baby gorilla should weigh, you know?… Read More

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Excuse me one second. Warren was alone in the building. (indistinct) this cable out from your foot. Oh, okay. There we go. Thank you. Okay. Alright, go ahead. Read More

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Would you ask that again?… Read More

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Thanks. Read More

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And Warren’s separated the female very quickly, got into that youngster and opened it up where it could breathe and that’s why we have that gorilla today. Read More

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Was Warren alone in the building when this happened?… Read More

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Now, did you have to do some additions to this when the gorillas, as they were getting older, did you have to do something to teeth proof it?… Read More

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We didn’t have to make changes in the building itself because the building was built with that in mind that you would have what the gorillas needed at that time. We didn’t know a lot about keeping gorillas, as you can imagine in those days compared to what we’re doing… Read More

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So now the gorillas progress in age, did you know the female was pregnant?… Read More

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Earl Davis and Don Davis and Warren Thomas and I were all involved with the gorillas at the same time. Don and Warren, because he came on weekends, he was in veterinary school at Ohio State University and he had aspirations of being in the zoo business. So they decided… Read More

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No, there were not very many gorillas and certainly none that were breeding, no one had ever seen a gorilla breed in captivity, let alone give birth. Read More

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Now you built the great ape house or the primate building specifically for the gorillas, or they were put into a section that already existed?… Read More

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The great ape house in Columbus was a series of cages an indoor and outdoor facility for gibbons, orangs, chimps and hopefully for gorillas. Read More

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You acquired a male, a female, they all came together?… Read More

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The first gorillas at the zoo, how did that start?… Read More

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The first gorillas that came to the Columbus Zoo was a male, Mack and a female, Millie and a third gorilla, a female named Goma, I believe. They were young. I was put in charge of caring for them. In fact, I picked them up at the railroad station where… Read More

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There weren’t a lot of gorillas in the country?… Read More

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Or why don’t we think about that?… Read More