Interview 33485 – Caption Index: 514
What do I know about it?… Read More
What do I know about it?… Read More
And it’s, I said, no, that’s not how the zoo community works. So I’ve always, you know, if I got an email from someone or a call from someone, we’re building a tiger enclosure. We’re not really sure how the fence should be. What do you think, Doug? And you… Read More
You Following up on that, about this profession, what do you know about this profession that you obviously devoted so many of your, so many years of your life here?… Read More
I remember sitting with a, with a group of very high-end marketing execs from here in London, a friend of mine who was in that community. And I think I got invited out for entertainment value. And so, you know, we’re at some restaurant that I couldn’t conceivably have afforded… Read More
You know, don’t you get the lawyers involved?… Read More
I mean, since November, 2018 when I left the Highland Wildlife Park made the rather dubious move into zoo consultancy, I’d been advised that, you know, this wouldn’t be, that this is something that I could excel at. Other people obviously had more faith in myself than I did, but… Read More
To what extent do you continue to be active in the, the zoo?… Read More
The zoo field?… Read More
And it was like, you know, so what’s your history with polar bears?… Read More
This is all I’ve ever wanted to do. I mean, since I was the, as as far back as I can remember before I even went to primary school zoos, what held a, a unique fascination for me. What, what one thing that, that was really cool is that a… Read More
And the it penny dropped, the first polar bears I ever saw was a kid, as a kid, as a would’ve been, well from memory, a 4-year-old were the first polar bears I worked with as a zookeeper, obviously quite a long lived species. And so yeah, Jim and Queenie,… Read More
Why do you say that you could not do another type of job?… Read More
Hopefully their country site that they’re focusing on will be able to take up the slack. But every, everything is temporary. You know, sometimes it might last 200 years, sometimes it might last 30. You just take advantage of whatever resources you have at the time. Read More
Will they survive the length of time municipal zoos have?… Read More
I think, I think the probable answer is in the grand scheme of things, maybe not the number of occasions where the, the children of the founder no longer have an interest in maintaining the collection. Has it, you know, if it’s maybe developed into some form of a trust,… Read More
There are Bronx in Amba, I believe. So there, there are these examples where the zoo or the zoological society has developed a long-term presence and relationship, and I think more and more zoos need to do this. Read More
What are your thoughts about private zoos owned by people of means?… Read More
So you, you, you own an inverted commas that little bit of the wild world, that’s what you, you focus on. And we talk about establishing, you know, breeding programs for this species or that species in, in western zoos in Europe or in North America or Australasia. It’s a… Read More
I mean, we’re, I, I mean, I think they will, as I’ve said, you know, they will become even more and more important and if they really, if they start to really buy into their, the conservation role that they can play, you know, both in what they do on… Read More
What direction do you think will help ’em stay relevant?… Read More