Lisa Stevens Quotations

We worked hard to find alternative means to keep these titles viable, including moving them to other companies. However, our efforts ultimately met with no success. We felt that it was time to fold our hand and let our customers know the final outcome.

Some females don't move their cubs at all, ... We may try moving the cub ourselves to see how she reacts.

I don't even want to think about it.

Some days he gets up really early, around four or five in the morning, and starts playing like crazy, climbing on his mother, climbing on the rocks,

I'm much more concerned about visitors. The animals are seeking cool places and are inactive. The visitors are out here walking around in this heat. So we really are more concerned about them and want them to be very careful about taking time to cool off.

We're seeing a cultural shift, ... People don't feel that 'used' is a dirty word anymore. Over 78% of buyers on Abebooks.com say they'd be thrilled to receive a used book as a gift.

The pandas are ready. I'm certain the visitors are ready. There's going to be a lot of fun to be had around the panda house.

He spends all his day in a tree. He comes down for short periods to play and nurse.

He is part of a major breeding program to maintain a healthy population of this endangered species in captivity. At 2 years of age, decisions will be made on where he should go to benefit the breeding population.

Right now, I'm paying overtime because he's not on our schedule. On Saturday, a keeper didn't leave until 9:30 p.m. because he didn't come down (from the tree) until 8:30 p.m.