“I have no idea why in the world, “the AZA wouldn’t come to help those guys, “more than going out there and criticize him “and getting them all laid down in front of the media. “Because their thing wasn’t built right “and wasn’t done all that.” (laughs) He looks at… Read More
What would you do if you’re in your backyard, grilling out, grilling with your grandkids, and some guy pops over the fence and says, “F you,” in front of your grandkids?… Read More
You know what you can do?… Read More
I guarantee you I’ve seen myself do things, in nature, we all know from what man can do. We’ve all seen people pick up cars when someone’s trapped under it. It’s amazing what the human body can do when it’s upset. We don’t know what the animal world can do. Read More
And she’s, she needs her, our help. Everybody’s help. The other thing I’ll say to you on this one, as you can disagree with this one, when the tiger at the San Francisco zoo, I’m sorry, those boys broke in the dadgum zoo, on drugs, drunk and everything else after… Read More
And yes, that moat was there for what, 20, 30 years, with those cats in it, nothing happened, did it?… Read More
We all do. But the AZA happens to represent all of us. And I just think we have to wake up and get to the, we have to have the SSPs, we have to have all that stuff. And we, and we put money into it, by the way. The… Read More
And that’s what life’s all about. All I know is what’s worked in Columbus. All I know is no one loves, or not say loves, respects the AZA and it’s, in my own certain ways as I do the AZA, because of that thing they did. Not because of what… Read More
I’m just saying we have to start working closer together. We have to start agreeing. We have to stop thinking that Jack Hanna’s wrong. Or I’m sitting here talking about maybe San Francisco having all the unions. But I do know that that can’t continue, you know, for this zoo… Read More
I would give anything to AZA that I know what they do. I also know the problems they have. Read More
We have problems here at the Columbus Zoo too, all right?… Read More
“Because we’re not much of anything right now, “to anybody, you know?… Read More
“We’re a pain in the ass, it seems like to everybody.” You know, he just went on and on. I didn’t even told Steve, this. Someone told me “Don’t be mad at Steve, Jack. “‘Cause he didn’t vote against you.” That’s not the point. I’m sure, I don’t know what,… Read More
And I told you that was like me, Do I owe the AZA?… Read More
“This is not fair. Read More
“What happened to other zoos “that had these animals on the, on the short term loan?… Read More
“You know why? I know why. Read More
We sat in a little boardroom at that, I forget, I think it was the Marriott, who cares?… Read More
In that boardroom there. I brought up Mel Dodge here at the Parks and Recreation, Ken Cook, who’s now rose to be one of the top vice presidents of Price Waterhouse. Pretty bright guy. I brought, I dunno, myself, I dunno, about five of us, that’s all went. And Steve… Read More
“Pack your bags, get the you-know-what out of here. “Now, everybody with me in this room, bam, big deal.” Slammed it down, walked and slammed the door. Steve’s there just sitting there. Got in the car, Ken didn’t say a word all went back to Columbus from Cleveland. Then we… Read More