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It was also testing me, you know, are you curatorial material?… Read More

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Dr. Dolan was very clear. When another individual and I moved into those positions, there were two of us, he sat us down. He said, you know, I just want you to know right off the bat, I’m a one man show. And we went, oh, okay. So I guess… Read More

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So when did you become then curator?… Read More

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I don’t remember the exact year, but it had to be somewhere in the mid to late seventies. And again, this was another bump up, taking me completely out of being a keeper and giving me more curatorial responsibilities. ‘Cause Jim, Dr. Dolan was traveling a lot, not around. There… Read More

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When did that happen, what year?… Read More

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What were your responsibilities?… Read More

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Yeah. Right, right. At some point in time, your named then the Curatorial Field Supervisor. Yeah. Read More

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Who you’re talking about?… Read More

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Dr. Dolan, Dr. James Dolan. Yeah. Read More

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Who was the general curator you were helping?… Read More

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Well, that basically is a made-up title that allowed me to step out of the union along with another individual and now take an office job helping the general curator at that time, who was going between the zoo and wild animal park. We were always at the wild animal… Read More

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So what is a zoo technician?… Read More

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Yeah. Read More

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What did you do?… Read More

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Because of your work ethic, how did you make that transition?… Read More

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Yeah, I think it was a combination of work ethic. Some people who had started in the very early years of the wild animal park moved on and through seniority. You know, you move up. Being a lead keeper is basically, you know, the straw boss for the working crew. Read More

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Those were coming in at a regular pace right up to the opening day. And so, I mean, you know, we were learning things, you know, by the seat of our pants basically. But I would say if I looked backed on it now and looked at our success rate,… Read More

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Right. Read More

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But you’re promoted then to a lead keeper?… Read More

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And a lot of talk about what do we do, how do we keep it, do we keep it?… Read More