Interview 34015 – Caption Index: 95
And how difficult was budgeting for you?… Read More
And how difficult was budgeting for you?… Read More
Were you, were you involved heavily in having to do policy for the zoo and budgeting for the zoo?… Read More
Do you have any stories that you could share with us, situations in the zoo where you learned something as director that where you learned a lesson?… Read More
I, myself, Yes, Until lesson I had to learn very much because my poor zoo experience was very limited. But if you ask me not specifically, I had to learn. It’s all too long ago. Read More
Well all in a sudden you are a well known person in the city because you appear in the papers and the radio and tv, et cetera. So very quickly you are, I mean, established in the Cologne Society and you are invited to all events, which I was never… Read More
What about some of the things that may have surprised you in a bad way?… Read More
Oh, I don’t know if I can call it bad, but after some few years already, I could not move through the city. Everybody knew me and some wanted to greet me, et cetera. But nowadays, you see after 20 years ago to the city, nobody knows me anymore. Read More
That you could talk about the good things that surprised you and the bad things?… Read More
But what surprised you about the position of director?… Read More
We didn’t have any problems with the union unions. You become director. Read More
Were there limitations because of union issues?… Read More
There was a master plan from the fifties, which almost was fulfilled. And then after some time we developed our own master plan. And how long do you think a master plan should be? Good for Sure my successor made a new master plan. Which difference? Not so very much… Read More
Yes, They do. And how did that affect the zoo’s development and running?… Read More
Yes. Did the zoo have to deal with, because it was a holding company, does the zoo have to deal with unions or not?… Read More
Or were you starting to develop, did you think you wanted to do a master plan for the zoo?… Read More
Now when did you start thinking about future planning when you first came?… Read More
Did you, what was the most, when you first got in was the, what was the most important problem?… Read More
You said, I must fix this right away. Was it the water?… Read More
Yes. Okay. When did You And of course the subsidy from the city was about 80% in the beginning, but shrink from year to year. So they left the zoo, but they didn’t want to pay anymore. So we had to bring up all money for investigations, for building new… Read More
Yes. You indicated friends of the zoo, but they’re, they’re, Yeah, of course. Now this zoo was founded in 1860, like other zoos. All other zoos in Germany at that time as a shareholding company. And this worked very well. The shareholders never got a benefit. In the first years… Read More