On the way to Zoosiana in Broussard, La., near Lafayette, I was told we'd be spending a few hours with the owner of the zoo. Owner of a zoo? A private citizen can own a zoo? That can't be right. But, oh, it is! George Oldenburg is the owner and director of Zoosiana and if there's one person I've ever met who loves animals, it's George.
As George escorted me from exhibit to exhibit he spoke to the animals -- sometimes they even talked back. They appear to wait for him and view him as a friend when he approaches their respective enclosures.
