Interview 9511 – Caption Index: 190
You have likened zoos and wildlife to a library whose books are decaying and authors dying, do you still feel this way or have you seen enough changes in zoos?… Read More
You have likened zoos and wildlife to a library whose books are decaying and authors dying, do you still feel this way or have you seen enough changes in zoos?… Read More
We talked, and this is kind of an aside question, we talked about trying to promote groups of animals as opposed to individual animals, but in your career, have there been individual animals that you have felt close to?… Read More
Inevitably, a zoo biologists gets to know a few animals too well and I have. Jimmy, was an African gray parrot who moved from the zoo because he had a bump wing and was unsuitable for exhibition, and live with me and my wife for a little over 25 years. Read More
You said much heartbreak, you fear, would that be?… Read More
As zoo people look to the future, and we watch the animals whose histories we know and whose relatives we may have become very close to, diminish and their possibility of survival decline, I’m afraid that zoo biologists are going to be in for a great deal of heartbreak. Read More
I wanted teenagers who came to the zoo to take wildlife seriously, that’s not a small desire, after all it’s tough for teenagers to take anything seriously, I think. I guess, I would like to see zoos provide more opportunities for youngsters to become involved. I would like to see… Read More
And an the answer by the way, to prompt you of that question, what do you know about the profession that you devoted so many years of your life to?… Read More
You’ve mentioned that people have a great deal of hard work ahead of them. Read More
I think in a world of seven billion people, very few are likely to be remembered. But in my case, if I am remembered, I’d like to be remembered as someone who attempted to buy time for wildlife. We had talked about a little about teenagers and people that come… Read More
Have you thought about when you were director of the zoo, what’d you want the kids who came to the zoo to feel about their experience or was it the same as you wanted the adults to feel?… Read More
How would you like to be remembered?… Read More
What would you like your legacy to be?… Read More
What in the world? I can’t think of an answer to that. Read More
Where do I start?… Read More
What do you know about the profession that you’ve been so devoted to, sort of many years of your life?… Read More
Strictly conservation?… Read More
I think that zoos have to become primarily conservation organizations and I think they have to become more thoroughly committed to sustaining viable wildlife populations, both in their zoos and outside of the zoos. Read More
What (indistinct) responsibility does this bring to zoos?… Read More
Today, as was not the case, perhaps when I was born, zoos have become man’s primary contact with biological diversity. The vast majority of people will never see any great number of wild animals except in the zoo. That gives the zoo an enormous educational opportunity, an enormous window of… Read More
Are you concerned about zoos and aquariums staying viable, well you are, and pertinent and the next 25 years and what direction will help them stay relevant?… Read More