Hi Y'all. I was a supervisor at World of Animals in Mesquite prior to the sale to Hardwicke and then the move of animals to Great Adventure. I was part of the grand roundup of rhinos, lions, giraffes, baboons and other wonderful creatures that I got to work with at WOA. I see Gary is here from the old crew. Anyone else? After I left WOA in 1973, I went on to work my way up to Curator at the Houston Zoo. Since 1989, I have worked in biomedical research at the University of Texas. This is "Raffie". He was bottle raised in our Safari Village. "Clyde" the lion went on to work with Jewel New at Ringling Bros. as part of an all male lion act. I got to see him in the late 70's when RB came to Houston. Clyde was still the same laid back guy as when I knew him.
