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I’m gonna go steer crazy. I love my wife, I’m gonna be here for her, but I’m gonna go steer crazy if I’ve got something creative to do. I wanna do portraits of animals. Read More

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Okay. Joe Sartore, national Geographic photographer, decades, came to me many years ago, over about 20 years ago, and said, and he lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. He lives just a couple minutes from my house. Couple minutes from the zoo. Joe said, Chappo, I need to talk to you. I… Read More

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Very, very proud of that. There’s even something that we did many, many years ago back really before digitization digitized and things got able, we did a thing called Zari with label the carry with Larry, the cable guy, Larry, the cable guy is kind of a odd comedian that… Read More

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How did it start and what was your relationship with its start?… Read More

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Some animals have a fun thing. So, you know, the photo arc science photos, poker program, zoo Ari. But what I’m probably also proudest of is that the zoo has launched some really wonderful people in the zoo world. We’ve launched zoo directors, zookeepers teachers, some phenomenal people got inspired… Read More

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Can I say several? Sure. You know, I’m really, really proud of the photo arc being launched at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo, Joe Sartor in the photo arc. And its documentation of currently over 16, getting close to 17,000 species. Many of them before they went intis, he’s now, he… Read More

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So I’m very, very proud of the photo arc, the beautiful photo arc that launched at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo with the naked Molera. That was our very first animal. Very proud of the photo arc. I’m very, very proud of the science focus program, our collaboration with the Lincoln… Read More

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Just horrible little boxes. I wish I would’ve stayed there long enough to demolish that building. It was horrible. When I inherited it, I kept, I had retrofitted that thing a dozen times. Okay. Improving the, the animal care and the animal management in that facilities through many, many dollars,… Read More

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What’s your proudest accomplishment as you think back?… Read More

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There’s an old facility at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo that when I walked in there in 86, it was considered the, it was considered the new building. It was built in the, the late seventies. It was outdated when it was built. It was called the Animal Kingdom building. It… Read More

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I don’t really have any big regrets. Read More

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Are there programs or exhibits that you would’ve implemented during your tenure that didn’t happen?… Read More

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I, I, if I could do it all over again, you know, I think I would try to stay more focused on conservation work and, and building resources for conservation. But again, it’s, it’s so hard when you’re struggling just to pay the bills to feed the animals and keep… Read More

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So, do I have any big regrets?… Read More

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No, I would, I would walk around the institution more. Okay. I would, I would learn more too sooner about politics and those relationships. I would do more reading on animal management. I would do more time researching if I really had the time to do that and try to… Read More

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Moving obvious to Lincoln, Nebraska, I was only to in Lincoln, Nebraska going, why Lincoln, Nebraska?… Read More

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I’ve, you know, If you could go back in time, anything you would’ve done differently, your chance?… Read More

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I would go back in time. You know, I was pretty mouthy as a young zoo director in South Bend, Indiana. And it’s part of the reason I left South Bend, Indiana. ’cause I was kind of a young cocky zoo director. I was one of the young zoo directors… Read More

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What, to what extent do you continue to be active, if at all, in the zoological field or the conservation field?… Read More

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You know, I, the zoo that I retired from, Lincoln Children’s Zoo, the, the team still calls on me every now and then for institutional knowledge and my opinion, you know, and things like that. And I go and visit with them and, you know, help them, you know, figure… Read More