Episode 2: From 1977-2018 Adrienne Whiteley worked at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, NY. As a voice
major in college, she found part-time work as a seasonal employee at the zoo. She didn't know then that she had
fallen 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, animal
care and well-being. Since 2007 she has been teaching a highly popular course at Syracuse University on zoo
animal management. In June 2018 we sat down to talk about elephants that paint, why penguins are vicious little
monsters, unpredictable lions, the heart problems of gorillas and Bambi. "There's a saying in the zoo community that
there are more tigers in Texas than there are in the wild. Nobody needs a tiger." This interview is a bonus edition to
my first episode of Premise: A Bold Move With The Cowardly Lion, also available on Brooklyn Free Speech Radio.