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So, you must’ve gotten very big public relations from this birth?… Read More

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Did it take time to, did you approach the rancher instantaneously?… Read More

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How did you convince him that this was a good thing for the San Antonio Zoo?… Read More

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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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Where were you searching?… Read More

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And how did that come about?… Read More

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Well, there weren’t many available, so it took years to find some, and I found a pair that was in the zoo. I think they were perhaps five years old. I thought, okay, that’s pretty good. I probably won’t find some that young anywhere else. So I better grab onto… Read More

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We had the first birth in any zoo outside of Africa of the white rhino. I brought in a pair of rhinos. I took years to find just the right pair that I was looking for. And I found the pair that Fred Zeehandelaar, a good old Fred J. Zeehandelaar,… Read More

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However, and even Marvin Jones didn’t know this, we had the first birth from the pair that I brought in and what a great day that was for me. I really enjoyed it. I finally did something right. I picked the right age animals from the right dealer and brought… Read More

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What was your criteria?… Read More

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They sell cattle that way and why not their exotic animals as well?… Read More

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You mentioned white rhino. You said, well, there’s a lot of white rhino, but white rhino weren’t all that prevalent years ago. Read More

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Did the San Antonio Zoo have white rhino births?… Read More

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I think Texas ranching is more attuned to antelope species than there would be to elephants. Rhinos, I think, well, we know that some ranchers have had rhinos on the ranch, but in smaller quarters than what we’re talking about for rhinos and elephants in great numbers. But I don’t… Read More

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In Texas there’s a group, the Exotic Wildlife Association, what’s their role and how does their role interface with AZA or (indistinct)?… Read More

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The Exotic Wildlife Association as I understand it are concerned with ranching and the keeping of exotics on their ranches. Their whole thought is, let’s get together, have meetings, talk about what we’re doing to keep our animals on the ranch and reproducing them and offering them for sale just… Read More

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Would the statement that AZA and Texas zoos ultimately might need each other be appropriate?… Read More

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I hope that someday that I hear that in some meeting of AZA. I’d love to hear them finally say what I’ve been saying for years, that we need them and we ought to be using them. But that use means sharing and sharing is the only way it’ll ever… Read More

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Is that part of this philosophy of wanting to keep the Texas ranchers at bay or not go to bed with them?… Read More

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AZA members, ranching society members. Read More