So I talked with him and I found out he was a duplicate of me at that age. And he’s just retiring this year from the San Antonio Zoo, after being in San Antonio for many, many years as a senior keeper. I offered him more than once a higher… Read More
How important was it for you to be involved in the International Union of Zoo Directors?… Read More
And did that help San Antonio Zoo, or is it positive for zoos in the United States to be part of this organization?… Read More
But you know, you look for education now as number one, you have to, just like any other business, interest in if they have experience, if they have any experience in zoos, what experience was it?… Read More
What zoo was it?… Read More
And then you always, you have in your mind, this zoo has a great staff potential. They have, because you see them at conferences. As I went to conferences, these young people are still doing that. And that’s how I would, when I’d get a request from them to be… Read More
You were hired as a young age, as a curator, you probably thought you deserve it and have a lot of things to bring to the position. Read More
But what were you looking for when you were in the position in San Antonio to bring people aboard?… Read More
Well, I think we all look at, nowadays especially, not so much in years and years ago, we didn’t look at education as much as we did experience. I was always taught that and I was taught by the old time keepers, “You ain’t got enough experience.” That’s what they’d… Read More
I did. In fact, I think we got the Bean Award for that particular birth as well as we did for Colo and Fred didn’t, we didn’t have the Bean Award when he had the whooping crane in San Antonio, but. Read More
Did that type of birth help the marketing of the zoo and the fundraising?… Read More
It certainly did for the year that that animal was very small. Everyone wanted to come and see the white rhino. Of course they thought it was gonna be pure white. That’s always a difficult thing to explain to people who don’t really come to the zoo often, but they’re… Read More
What were some of your guidelines when you were looking to bring staff on board to your zoo?… Read More
Did you bring them back or were they just shipped to you?… Read More
They were shipped from Gelsenkirchen to us. Fred was holding them in Europe till he found a buyer. And that was one of his techniques to hold animals in the European zoo, let them exhibit them for awhile. And then they would ship them off to zoos, whichever zoo bought… Read More
So, you must’ve gotten very big public relations from this birth?… Read More
Did it take time to, did you approach the rancher instantaneously?… Read More
How did you convince him that this was a good thing for the San Antonio Zoo?… Read More
Well, this rancher was a member of my board. He was an excellent conservationist, still is, hunted in Africa, he loves animals. He saw the plight of the rhinos. And when we talked about my getting the white rhinos, he said, “Let’s do it.” And we did. Read More
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