Interview 34015 – Caption Index: 114
So, and then of course everybody said, now could I do without, without elephants?… Read More
So, and then of course everybody said, now could I do without, without elephants?… Read More
Yeah, yeah. Well I, it did not take much effort to convince my board on the necessity of a new elephant house. The alternation would have been that we stop elephants and this building, I would never keep elephants, animals, I mean elephants on the long term. Read More
For the, for the elephant park design?… Read More
Was it a difficult choice For the board?… Read More
What I said before, people, visitors should believe that this exhibit looks like in nature is a part of nature. I think this is most necessary. Read More
And ultimately, was it difficult to pick the final design for the elephant park?… Read More
What’s, what components are important in putting together an exhibit?… Read More
So for the benefit of the elephants, Do you have in your mind what the ideal zoo exhibit design approach is?… Read More
So at, at first the exhibit must be large enough and we offered 10% of the space of this Sioux for elephants. Formally there had been moved stock mainly and a big pond, which is now gone. Read More
Well, the main exhibit I could complete in my time was were the elephants. And in the old master plan from the fifties, there was no word, no idea to keep the elephants elsewhere as in this old building from 1864. And of course time has changed. We have learned… Read More
Did you help make a couple of exhibits that you wanted to go first in the master plan that were key to you and making the Cologne Zoo better her?… Read More
In this master plan that you did, what did you design and, and add in the planning?… Read More
Certainly we improved feeding, we improved transportation, all these kind of things. Read More
Did you have policies that you started to think about and implement for the running of the zoo?… Read More
Did you develop policies that helped change the zoo?… Read More
Like how to feed animals or policy about handling animals or about moving animal?… Read More
Did you enjoy this part of the job?… Read More
I think yes, yes. Was very interesting. Were you able to do it on your own or were there people guiding you through the process of the Of course I Paperwork, Of course I have had a very good, what do you say, leader of the administration department, the financial… Read More
Did you develop policies?… Read More
And how difficult was budgeting for you?… Read More