Well, I left the country before all struggle started and the occupation by the Soviet Union. And after that, the tax, the war, even among the mujahideen, the different, you know, people fighting for their freedom and independence. So I, in that time, I didn’t have any contact there. But… Read More
And he shot him in the face. So he was blind. And meanwhile he was so old and he was so fragile and he was practically one of the few animals which had survived. And when the international army conquered Afghanistan, after the Taliban had been all in the course… Read More
Can you talk about in Afghanistan, the wars and how this affected the zoo yourself and the welfare of the animals?… Read More
Yes, the administration in Afghanistan is very complicated and it’s very foreign, foreigner, even impossible to handle. But I, from the university as an advisor, was free to do what I wanted. The general expenses for food and salary was done by the university. Every money which came in at… Read More
What problems did you encounter at the zoo as you were advising them and how did you solve some of them?… Read More
How did we, – What problems did you find at the Cabo Zoo when you were advising them and how were you able to help solve them?… Read More
What would you say was the importance of the Ka zoo?… Read More
It is a good example why zoos in these developing men developing countries need zoos even more than we in Europe and the, and the United States, of course, the people have heard about snow, Leos have heard about bacterial pity, about cheetah, et cetera, but they never saw one… Read More
This was fascinating because yeah, it was a unique situation And you saw unusual animals. Of course we saw Marco Polo, we saw Marco Polo sheep. We saw severe in, I we did not see, but we, we saw a remnants of snow leopards. And I think Afghanistan is one… Read More
So I think we had about at least 20 Ys and we were on horseback. And it took us several days to, to come to the great palm here where the kgi are living. The Kgi at that time were the last free living tese because all the rest of… Read More
Well, first of all, until then, there were only very few people allowed to go to the Palma. This was of course, a part of Afghanistan, but it was ruled by Kgi Han. And he communicated directly with the Afghan king on the same level, you know, and I had… Read More
How did you receive permission and what effect did it have on your general philosophy about animals?… Read More
Yes, very much. And you must know this was, was the, what the Afghans themselves say, the golden time of Afghanistan. We were free to roam all over the country, which we did and saw every part of the country. And every three days I, we, we went out outside… Read More
Did you feel that your time as a animal keeper at Cologne to help give you some knowledge and Of course – That you felt you could do this other job of advising the zoo?… Read More
Yes. Yes. Read More
And were the zoo receptive to receiving your advice?… Read More
Yes, The zoo, Yes. And Practically I was a director of the zoo. There was nobody else, but my main job was those and at the university and on the sideline I managed the zoo, which was connected, which was founded by the university. Read More
Yes. And you became the scientific advisor, is that correct?… Read More
Yes, At the Cologne Zoo During my study when I was a student, I worked here as a animal keeper and learned very much because I was allowed to work in with the elephants, with great apes, even with birds, with hoofed stock. So I got a quite good overview… Read More
But yet, am I correct, in 1965, you were an assistant animal keeper?… Read More