Well, of course I admire our favorite ones in this country, the big ones with the giant staffs and the wonderful things they’re doing. Bronx and Brookfield and Lincoln Park in San Diego, Philadelphia. The European zoos I have become very fond of because of the past history. When I… Read More
Is that fence in regards to the elephants or some other exhibits?… Read More
Any exhibit. Of course the elephants have their own fence and now they have their own huge enclosure fence. And then we have pedestrian railing to keep them at a certain distance from them. Read More
What would be, if you could name one and maybe you can, but what would be your proudest accomplishment?… Read More
People. The people who are now former San Antonio, former Seneca Park Zoo, former Columbus employees, I’m the proudest of those people. The other day I was thinking about San Antonio and how many people are presently former San Antonio keepers or curators, and I think of Mary Healy, Jim… Read More
But everything is done in teams in zoos nowadays. It’s costly, but maybe it’s a learning, it’s a time when the keepers might be learning one from the other as they’re working in these teams. Read More
But it seems strange to me that no matter where you go, who you talk to, an insurance company or a major company like Rackspace or whatever, they say, well, my team is working, you know?… Read More
It’s no wonder why the cost of everything is skyrocketing when a team has to do everything together, when in fact the same task was performed by one person years before. Now, it may not be all the fault of the zoo or the company. Maybe the regulating system in… Read More
So what better way to change that than to have an elephant that you can actually see?… Read More
Not pictures, not video, not on television. That’s not the same. I’ve seen many elephants in the wild and they never cease to amaze me. And I often wonder what does the visitor who’s never seen that think about having an elephant. And I think I also think that, I… Read More
Is that a complaint you had when you were president?… Read More
I heard it many times when I was a board member and as president. Elephants seemed to be always in the news, the AZA is building a new elephant, or at least your consortium is building a new elephant facility for space with breeding, et cetera. Read More
What’s your view regarding zoos maintaining elephants and how should it be done correctly if it can be?… Read More
I don’t know if it can be from the standpoint of who’s assessing the what’s correct and what isn’t. I think any zoo that can have an elephant ought to have it for the community, let’s face it, they may not be around in the next generation. Read More
Not what do you have to do because you are a member of our organization, but what you need from us, what’s the most important need?… Read More
And it’s always gonna be different. Not everyone has the same need. Lincoln Park probably has a different need than Brookfield. But that’s got a question that AZA should be asking its members. Yes. I think AZA ought to be asking them. Elephants seem– Let me also add one more… Read More
Maybe it’s different now, but I doubt it. Read More
What issues if you were on the board and were the chair and could make your thoughts known, would you want them to be addressing now?… Read More
Well, I think they have to reach out more to every zoo and ask them the question that I often did when I was on the board in the old days, too. Read More
What do you need from us as an association?… Read More