There is a, with a, a lot of zookeepers today, there’s a disregard for, you know, historical husbandry techniques, but in many cases they might be actually the best approach for dealing with this animal or that animal. And a good example is, okay, the training of animals seems to be, and I have seen it actually written, the most important role a zookeeper can play is training their animals. And, you know, training animals to walk into boxes and walk onto the, the scales is, is a very useful thing. Being able to net an animal or grab one with your bare hands is also really important. ’cause sometimes it’s the quickest, least stressful way to catch them. And in an emergency situation, you don’t have time to train something and the animal’s gonna be in an alien environment. So having those practical skills is important. And that is an aspect of, of zoos that is, is seems to be disappearing.
