It’s really difficult to tell about attendance because the weather’s been so terrible the last two years. This year has probably been the best since [2003].

We’ve added about 30 new panda items since Tai Shan was born in July.

It’s kind of embarrassing that we didn’t give names to all of the cheetahs, we being the FONZ.

But we won’t block off the den, and we won’t stop the mom from trying to come back in. If she wants to take the cub back in the den, she will be able to.

We apologize for the inconvenience folks had trying to get passes. But we want people to know that this is not the end. There will be plenty of opportunities later to see him.