 He was surprised, then, to receive a call from Buck saying he had been referred by Hornaday as a possible candidate for the position.Buck was headed to India at the time, and struck an agreement with the Zoological Society's board for him to collect some animals for the Zoo and then come to San Diego to become its director.It was strongly hoped that his acquisitions would include elephants, an animal the Society, and particularly Wegeforth, had been attempting to add to the Zoo's collection for some time.