We just brought animals in, and then turned around, and sent some of the money back. And by the way, 350,000 in Swazi world. Oh my gosh, that was like a godsend. They said 350,000, my God, that’s gonna help us out so much. They were thrilled to death with… Read More
How do we fit in the niche here to give people the relief from the craziness of the world?… Read More
Okay, maybe that’s not a lot of money, but at the time, it was a lot of money and it helped them dramatically restore habitat, get fencing that needed to be done properly. I mean, they used it, they send us reports every year. We knew exactly where the money… Read More
You know, you’ve gotta have the sizzle, you gotta have the wow, you gotta have all that. People want that. You can also show them, hopefully, what a native habitat might look like. Granted it’s artificial but what it might look like. So yes, we do. Now, maybe it’s not… Read More
What’s that all about?… Read More
I say it is because the people that are coming through their gate to see that brand new wonderful exhibit is giving us the money to support conservation in range countries. The exhibits cost what they cost, exhibit costs have gone up dramatically for a variety of reasons. That doesn’t… Read More
You say what?… Read More
It’s whoever can do the best soundbite and get that 30 seconds out there. And it’s not always, to me, not degrading, but I wish it was done better, more professionally. I don’t know who that is, I really don’t. I think we’ve lost some, we’ll get ’em back, but… Read More
I mean, an example might be a Jacques Cousteau, a Jane Goodall. The short answer is I don’t know who that would be. And that’s where I think were we need to find that person. Nobody’s coming to mind. Read More
I trust this person a hundred percent and they know what they’re talking about. We’ve kinda lost that a little bit. I think we had some charismatic zoo directors who could have pulled it off, but they’ve retired or passed away. And I don’t know of anybody who’s replacing that,… Read More
But we need to have, we need to have that person who you look at and go, you know what?… Read More
You gotta get your pathologist out there, you gotta get your geneticist out there, you gotta get your veterinarian out there, you gotta get your curator out there, everybody talking about it. So when the day comes that you’ve got to put down that high profile animal, they go, well,… Read More
Do we need or do we have, in this day and age, any charismatic committed heroes to help shift public opinion for conservation?… Read More
Quality of life, old animal, you know, just it’s time. So you take it to McDonald’s, you give him a hamburger, give him a milkshake for his last meal, and then you euthanize him. The best day of his life is when you euthanize him. Not the worst day of… Read More
So cannot embrace doing it for genetic purposes unless it’s a physical abnormality that, you know, you can’t get around. And certainly understand the medical side and quality of life side. But we haven’t had that serious discussion with our public. We avoid it ’cause it’s euthanasia. We avoid it. Read More
That’s hard, easy to say, hard to do. But it gets back to the sun bear story I was telling you. Animals writhing on the ground one day and the next day is like, hey, I’m healthy. No, this animal is in trouble and is going to die. We need… Read More
He said, you know, you’ve gotta euthanize your dog, right?… Read More
No. But to leave that female stand open, we thought would be a huge disservice. Now, I wasn’t in the leadership role, but I was certainly part of the discussion. And I learned a great deal from Jim and others about the importance of this. That animal, by the way,… Read More
So on and so forth. So in that case, again, not advisable, but it’s kind of like, it’s my relief if I don’t have any other options available. Euthanasia for medical reasons, quality of life, I have no issue with that. My biggest issue is, I think we sometimes wait… Read More
Do you wanna do it repeatedly?… Read More