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Episode 2: From 1977-2018 Adrienne Whiteley worked at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, NY. As a voicemajor in college, she found part-time work as a seasonal employee at the zoo. She didn't know then that she hadfallen into her career path. Over the next 41 years she worked her way up to the position of Senior Zoo Keeper,Collection Manager and Registrar, overseeing most aspects of the Zoo's operation, and, most importantly, animalcare and well-being. Since 2007 she has been teaching a highly popular course at Syracuse University on zooanimal management. In June 2018 we sat down to talk about elephants that paint, why penguins are vicious littlemonsters, unpredictable lions, the heart problems of gorillas and Bambi. "There's a saying in the zoo community thatthere are more tigers in Texas than there are in the wild. Nobody needs a tiger." This interview is a bonus edition tomy first episode of Premise: A Bold Move With The Cowardly Lion, also available on Brooklyn Free Speech Radio.