A lot of things were done back then with animals brought in by people. I think it did do some harming, no doubt about it. But it also did some helping. It helped some zoos like Central Florida Zoo where you could get animals. There wasn’t, I didn’t know if… Read More
But because of these kind of folks, yes, it led to pet shops, yes it led to some of these animals, biting people and causing problems. No doubt about that, you know, I had my issues, obviously you heard about my, the terrible thing happen to me. But then again,… Read More
The animals he had. Bill was the guy who loved animals. Yes, he imported animals, no doubt about that. We both know that, you know, and I go back to this, but I hope you understand. Back then, that is what happened. When my daughter was at St. Jude, she… Read More
That means she had five different types of chemotherapy, as well as radiation to the brain. At St. Jude, you did that back then. Read More
If you drew a card in a two, ’cause it’s research, right?… Read More
And what was it like to work with him?… Read More
And how did he either help or?… Read More
You mean with animals?… Read More
So even though the zoo had a place for Daisy, remember we moved the zoo on July the fourth, we were still building the zoo and I did this. And so we did this about six months before we opened the new central Florida zoo. And so I had a… Read More
And you also were working with Bill Chase at the time?… Read More
And I knew Bill. Yup. Read More
Or was it just to bring in more animals?… Read More
No, no, it wasn’t a vision of the animals. A vision of building the zoo. Read More
Like Daisy, my lion, was there, you know?… Read More
Remember, he went barefoot all the time. He went on the west coast, outside of below, I’m sorry, above Tampa. I can’t remember the place he started. Like Silver, not Silver Springs. The springs up there. Near (indistinct). He walked from the ocean out of that place. And I followed… Read More
We let all the little towns know, and sure enough, he did it, let me get this right. One, two, three. On the fourth day he went into Daytona beach in the ocean and we raised, didn’t do too good. We only raised $11,000. His feet were bloody. That was… Read More
Now, as you were raising money, did you have a vision for what you wanted to do with this money?… Read More
He ain’t going anywhere out here, okay?… Read More
So that was one of my fiascos at that zoo. I had another one, too, I can’t remember what it was about diarrhea. But that’s another story. I can’t remember it. So you were, you were looking for animals for the zoo. You were approaching people to try and sponsor… Read More
I made up to 15 over two years. No healthcare or nothing. Robbie hooks the trailer up. We go out to the golf course. We’re going out there, and I’m going 35 or 40. I make the turn going to golf course like this. Unbelievable, Robbie’s still alive if you… Read More