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Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 581

I think the Congo exhibit is a very good model. It concentrates on a couple of species that need management and care, gorillas, okapis, for example, and, backs them up ecologically and educationally with smaller or abundant species. It presents the conservation picture in considerable detail, offers the visitor a… Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 578

The problem of dealing with animals surplus is unresolved. We don’t know how to deal with the surplus of large animals. It is a problem of large animals. Nobody’s worrying about a surplus of bearing beetles or frogs, or fishes. I wish I had a quick and easy answer. I… Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 579

Sometimes you do euthanize them, but almost always for serious health problems. But, eliminating an animal because it is of the wrong sex or genetic line, which happens in nature very hard to do in a zoo. And zoos as they’re still struggling with the problem. We talked about the… Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 576

It brings up the point then, sometimes animal dealers certainly would take the surplus at times from zoos. Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 577

How should zoos be dealing with surplus animals today?… Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 575

And Mr. Z, Hondoler came out of, originally a fertilizer company. And I became aware of him when I was still in St. Louis. And he traveled all over the world and developed great many connections, which he used to obtain animals and sell them to zoos. My impression of… Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 574

Oh, yes. Not daily. No. There were days when I would concentrate in a particular area. So I couldn’t be counted on to be in every exhibit in every area every day. If I did, I wouldn’t do anything else in a 265 acre zoo. We had talked about animal… Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 572

Oh, I was very involved. Ran all the staff meetings, ran all the animal management meetings, ran all the major exhibit planning efforts and (clears throat) the longterm vision programs. I imagine most directors are. Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 573

Would you make rounds daily?… Read More

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How involved were you in the day as director?… Read More

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Were you involved in the day-to-day activities and hands-on after you became director?… Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 568

What was the most difficult time for you at the zoo?… Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 569

We have had some horrendous budget problems in the city of New York. And to the extent that the city pays a part of the zoo’s budget, which seems less every year, they were terrible times when I had to reduce staff, drop treasured projects, and plans for others. These… Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 566

Did you have the ability to talk conservation with them?… Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 567

We had very little ability to talk with them, there were too many people and we weren’t commonly aware of the fact that they were coming. So it was not the kind of situation that one could develop as a conservation effort, specifically. But on the other hand, it reminded… Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 564

What was the reaction from the politicians and celebrities when the panda came to New York, did you all of a sudden have more friends?… Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 565

A great many people came to see the panda and that included all sorts of friends and politicians and that was good. Read More

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Are we sure it’s helping the panda?… Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 563

In any case, pandas came to the Bronx Zoo, mainly through the efforts of Ed Kotch, the mayor. And when he went to China, he felt he would be helping the zoo and helping the panda by arranging a loan and he did. And in the event, he was not… Read More

Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 560

If they really care about their pandas, one would think they do, they are doing a lot of wonderful work with them, why not send out pandas for exhibits in a different way?… Read More

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