Now in one area, they have recently re-introduced giant anteaters, which are breeding. They want to re-introduce maned wolves in an area where they were once common. And that’s an animal that could certainly use that sort of attention. They also wish, they have a dream that they’d like to… Read More
You had talked about this as one group of individuals who have finance, trying to help the land, the Wildlife Conservation Society has received its own bequest of islands in the Falklands?… Read More
Doug and Chris Tompkins are a most unusual couple and long-term friends. They now own about two million acres in south America, primarily in Argentina and Chile. They are attempting to create or recreate areas where the original ecology would be conserved, and also to do it in a fashion… Read More
There aint no such thing as perpetuity. But they are preserving them, they’re buying time, which I think is the proper way we have to look at it for as long as they can. And that’s wonderfully valuable and generous. They’re trying to set up mechanisms and I’m not familiar… Read More
Is this a viable tool to save habitat?… Read More
Should zoos invest in this?… Read More
You agreed with the recommendations?… Read More
I did. Douglas and Chris Tompkins, wealthy individuals, have been criticized in some circles for their eco philanthropy of purchasing land to preserve it as wilderness. Read More
What part did you play?… Read More
Oh, I helped review it a bit and provide a little stuff in the back but I really think that Bert De Boer is the man who we owe the greatest admiration to in that re required effort. Read More
The world zoo conservation strategy back in 1993 was a long awaited and difficult first step. It was put together primarily by the distinguished Dutch biologists, Leobert De Boer and Bert was trying to push forward the idea of zoo people acting globally in every aspect of their work. He… Read More
So that world zoo conservation strategy was, it was a strong, intelligent idea and it’s something that has to be updated, repeated and made better. Read More
You talked about in 1993 the World Zoo Conservation Strategy was released, how surprising was that report and what did it introduce to the zoo world?… Read More
You ready?… Read More
Should others zoos be following suit with that type of approach or should they be looking at more of the approach that you have expound?… Read More
The preservation of sperm, an ova where you can, in a frozen zoo is a very expensive proposition. But it is actually much less expensive than preserving the animals themselves. And whether it compares favorably or economically with other methods of saving wildlife is less a question than whether the… Read More
How much of a solution is it?… Read More
It’s a very special solution. This is not the sort of thing that you’re going to use to meet the problems that Paul Ehrlich and Ed Wilson have called to the public’s attention by saying that we’re going to lose 25% of the world’s wildlife in the next, so many… Read More
Where would you put it?… Read More
So the advantage of the frozen zoo in the long run is that it has the potential to buy time for species, to preserve diversity. Read More