Interview 8364 – Caption Index: 665
You bet I did. Read More
You bet I did. Read More
How did you do that?… Read More
No. I think in each of those cases, it was the curatorial staff that got the information and we all agreed that that’s what we should do. You talked about the incident with the gorilla and obviously it made the press in San Antonio. Read More
What kind of a presence did you have in the media?… Read More
How were you reacting relating to the media in San Antonio?… Read More
And you were part of a national program then?… Read More
Right. Read More
Would that kind of thing, with the tamarins, the Guam, kingfisher or some of these or the Andean condor, is that a program that is brought to you by your curatorial?… Read More
Was it by a curatorial staff saying we should be involved or was it you having the information saying, we will be involved in this project to help endangered species?… Read More
Yes, we did that with a lot of birds and it worked for the most part. Read More
And you had also involvement with the birds on Guam?… Read More
Graham Kingfisher project that several zoos got involved in because it was a serious problem that cropped up, it seems to me as I remember it, that it happened very quickly and we had to do something. And so we got as many as we could into zoos and the… Read More
Was that a national program that you participated in?… Read More
Ahem. Read More
Was one of your management strategies to try and double clutch or not?… Read More
No, I didn’t do that. We did bottle feed some, but got them used to other means of getting their food, rather than just with the keeper holding them and feeding them, trying to do it a little differently and better like the bird people and they’re using like the… Read More
How successful was your Andean with birds, through your Andean condor release program?… Read More
That was very successful. I noticed though that recently, we’re down to one Andean condor, so I’m not sure just, you know, that we had them for many years and I’m sure that what happened was, they just reached their lifespan and that’s it. But we did get eggs from… Read More
What was your philosophy regarding reproduction of endangered species via surrogate species?… Read More
Did you do any of that?… Read More