And as I said, sometimes most zoos now and credited zoos have their own person that keeps track of that. So they make sure the keepers are looking at their animals regularly and filling out the forms. And sometimes quarterly, at least yearly it’s required. And there’s a whole system… Read More
And what I worry a little bit about it, and I’m not a scientist, but we do all the cortisone studies to show if they’ve stressed, is stress a bad thing?… Read More
Do you feel zoos and aquas need to be more involved with animal welfare?… Read More
They knew I was walking around. So I, I think that was helpful that, you know, and it was part of that management by walking around, just going and thanking them. And they all knew I was coming and, and they kind of appreciated, I think. And it, I, it… Read More
Oh, I think they are so much more now than ever before. Every, any, any zoo. Now, even a small zoo, Akron has their own animal welfare curator. And all that person does is goes through the, you know, the accreditation has a real process of animal welfare. Now you’re… Read More
So I came back ’cause my, what I was worried about is would the maintenance staff not finish one project and then start another?… Read More
And so there were exhibits closed all the time because they hadn’t done this or that. So we, we tried to keep most of the exhibits open and with animals. Now it might be sleeping, it might be back in a corner, but I could see it. And so that… Read More
It had a wrapper on it and I forget all the things it said, but it said, you are appreciated it. Happy birthday, you’re appreciated. And, and everybody’s birthday, I would try to find that person. Now it might be a day late or a week late or whatever, but… Read More
And as I was doing it, I’d talked to keepers as I walked around or even guessed as I walked around. Read More
And I, on that checklist I would, could I see the animal or not?… Read More
I did not do traditional rounds. I think it’s important for zoos to be out in the zoo. And I, I’m sure I was out in the zoo every day, but I didn’t get there in the morning and traditionally do a round and walk around. First of all it… Read More
No, but I did management by walking around and I thought it was very effective and people knew it. So what I did, I did two things every month. I took a checklist like yours, I had 192 exhibits from a leaf cutter and exhibit to an elephant exhibit. Read More
And is that something you did?… Read More
I know there probably are because I think cities sometimes have sister zoo relationships with probably not so much with China anymore, but with, with places. And, and through that you might part be part of a delegation that would go to the, the city because there’s a sister zoo… Read More
When I got to Cleveland, we had a sister zoo relationship in Wuhan China. It was a disaster in a sense that it was really just a way to trade animals. We gave them a raccoon, they gave us red pandas, you know, I mean it was kind of silly. Read More
How important do you feel it is for a zoo director to make rounds of the zoo?… Read More
And if they’re back away, your camera, you can phase out the mesh too. So, so there’s lots of ways to make make a wow exhibits. It starts with exhibitry when you can, when you can interpret ’em close, it’s, it’s even better. Read More
So, you know, and that’s sort of a wow experience when you can you see ’em. And you know, the other thing that’s more wow than when you and I started in zoos is the mesh that we have now, it somewhat disappears. It’s not chain link and it’s not… Read More
Why don’t zoos seem to have more sister zoo relationships?… Read More
I say, well your cat at home sleeps all day, doesn’t it?… Read More